{"id":5598,"date":"2026-03-17T20:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madf.im\/?p=5598"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:19:48","slug":"winners-of-madf-festival-of-one-act-plays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madf.im\/?p=5598","title":{"rendered":"Winners of MADF Festival of One Act Plays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Manx Amateur Drama Federation\u00a0our\u00a02026 Festival of One Act Plays\u00a0at the\u00a0Erin Arts Centr\u00a0has come to an end, all too soon.
Saturday 14th March<\/strong>\u00a0saw the awards presented, see below for the listing.<\/a>

WALKER FAMILY\u00a0AWARD<\/strong>\u00a0– Best Newcomer Me, My Monsters and I<\/strong>\u00a0– Stage Door Academy



SURE MOBILE AWARD<\/strong>\u00a0– Best Use of Sound & Lighting Lockdown<\/strong>\u00a0– Elite Theatre Arts

Nominations:
<\/strong>Little Dolls – High Horse Productions
Theodora – Starling Crew
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DAPHNE CLARK MEMORIAL TROPHY<\/strong>\u00a0– Best Comedic Moment Roast Dinner<\/strong>\u00a0– Service Players

Nominations:
<\/strong>Janet and John – Service Players
Theodora – Starling Crew
Matter of Husbands – Cobbled \u00a0Heights
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NADINE TALBOT AWARD<\/strong>\u00a0– Best Dramatic Moment Janet and John<\/strong>\u00a0– Service Players

Nominations:
<\/strong>Parallels – Rushen Players
Theodora – Starling Crew
Little Dolls – High Horse Productions
Lockdown – Elite Theatre Arts
Blood of the Lamb – Rushen Players
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OLGA GRAY AWARD<\/strong>\u00a0– Best Youth Actress Daisy Maddocks<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0In Juliet\u2019s Garden<\/strong>\u00a0– Stage One Drama

Nominations:
<\/strong>Emily Furner – Me, My Monsters and I – Stage Door Academy
Eva Macauly – Lockdown – Elite Theatre Academy
Maddie Wood – In Juliet\u2019s Garden – Stage One Drama
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MARK CLIFT TROPHY\u00a0<\/strong>– Best Actor Thomas Iain Dixon<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Theodora\u00a0<\/strong>– Starling Crew


Nominations:
<\/strong>Steve Blower – Parallels – Rushen Players
Bernard Wood – Janet and John – Service Players
Tom Cain – Roast Dinner – Service Players
Toby Smith – Roast Dinner – Service Players

STAN WOOLLOCK TROPHY<\/strong>\u00a0– Best Youth Actor Oran Molloy<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Lockdown\u00a0<\/strong>– Elite Theatre Arts


Nominations:
<\/strong>Flynn Gartside – Lockdown – Elite Theatre Arts

JEAN C WEBB AWARD<\/strong>\u00a0– Best Actress Ailsa Harrop<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Blood of the Lamb\u00a0<\/strong>– Rushen Players


Nominations:
Rachel Martin – Janet and John – Service Players
Gemma Varnon – Theodora – Starling Crew
Megan Hills – Little Dolls – High Horse Productions
Lisa Smith – Roast Dinner – Service Players
Kim Childs – Roast Dinner – Service Players
Laura Jones – Matter of Husbands – Cobbled Heights
Robyn Hughes – Blood of the \u00a0Lamb – Rushen Players

JOHN BOWRING TROPHY<\/strong>\u00a0– Best Director in Youth Plays Jacqui Hawkes<\/strong>\u00a0– Stage One Drama


CAINE FAMILY TROPHY<\/strong>\u00a0– Best Director in Festival Sarah Lockyer<\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Blood of the Lamb<\/strong>\u00a0– Rushen Players


CYRIL SPENCER TROPHY<\/strong>\u00a0– Best Youth Play in Festival In Juliet\u2019s Garden<\/strong>\u00a0– Stage One Drama


SERVICE PLAYERS & CAINE FAMILY PRIZE<\/strong>\u00a0– Runner Up Best Play in Festival Roast Dinner\u00a0<\/strong>– Service Players


NORTHERN ARTS ROSE BOWL<\/strong>\u00a0– Best Play in Festival Blood of the Lamb<\/strong>\u00a0– Rushen Players

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Finally our sincere thanks to our\u00a0GODA Adjudicator, Sue Doherty<\/strong>, who not only enlightened us with her extensive knowledge and experience, but also entertained us with anecdotes from her life in Drama.\u00a0

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The Manx Amateur Drama Federation\u00a0our\u00a02026 Festival of One Act Plays\u00a0at the\u00a0Erin Arts Centr\u00a0has come to an end, all too soon.Saturday 14th March\u00a0saw the awards presented, see below for the listing. WALKER FAMILY\u00a0AWARD\u00a0– Best Newcomer Me, My Monsters and I\u00a0– Stage Door Academy SURE MOBILE AWARD\u00a0– Best Use of Sound & Lighting Lockdown\u00a0– Elite Theatre ArtsNominations:Little … Continue reading Winners of MADF Festival of One Act Plays<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5598"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5611,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5598\/revisions\/5611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madf.im\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}