Success for A Kind of Alaska
A Kind of Alaska won Spelthorne and Runnymede Drama Festival and collects the Runner Up Trophy at Woking Drama Festival.
The 2011 autumn drama festival season was very successful for RDG. At Woking Drama Festival at the Rhoda McGaw Theatre, our entry A Kind of Alaska by Harold Pinter was awarded the Runners Up Trophy.
Other awards were - Best Actress - Frankie Godliman, Best Supporting Actress - Caroline Ross, - Technical Excellence - John Godliman for the setting. Nominations were also received for Judith Dolley for Best Director and for Marc Anderson for Best Actor.
The following week, the play had even greater success, winning the Spelthorne Festival. Other trophies were won by Judith Dolley (Best Director), Frankie Godliman (Best Actress) and Caroline Ross (Best Supporting Player). Nominations were given to Marc Anderson (Best Actor) and for the awards for Stage Presentation and Technical Merit.
The Best Director trophy, designed and made by Brian Smithies, husband of RDG's Gillian Smithies, in memory of Jane Walters, was presented to Judy by Wally Walters - a touching moment.
The picture shows Frankie Godliman (left) with Marc Anderson (right) and Woking Drama Association President Tim Matthews.