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Our Mini Festival is the name we give to the showcase of new directors given the opportunity to show off their directorial skills before taking on a full length production
The Lane End Players have a long list of member who are able to direct any of our four major productions each year but before they are given the opportunity to do so, they are first asked to produce a short one act play which we at the Lane End Players refer to as a Mini Festival. The new director is asked to showcase their directorial skills by using experienced actors in their chosen one act play. The play is then performed on one night only in front of an audience of members and invited guests. We also invite someone from the theatre industry to come along as an adjudicator who then gives their feedback at the end of the evening. This is a great way for new directors to gain the experience they need and over the years we have had some very good one act plays chosen...
2016
Director - Jake Everitt
"Demonology" by Don Nigro
2016
Director - Lannie Staff
"Garden Pests" by Jean McConnell
2015
Directors - Alison Hartnett and Lisa Harnett
"Caught on the Hop"
2015
Director - Ritchard Tysoe
"Gosforth's Fete" by Alan Ayckbourn
2013
Director - Martin Hailey
"Joining the Club" and "Peas" by David Tristram
2011
Director - Tom Everitt
"A Little Box of Oblivion" by Stephen Bean
2010
Director - Ceri Nicolson
"Blue Remembered Hills" by Dennis Potter
2009
Director - Sophie Marshall
"Don't Blame it on the Boots" by Nick Warburton
2008
Director - Alan Rimmer
"The Intruders" by Peter Horsler
2006
Director - James Wood
"It's What He Would Have Wanted" by unknown
2004
Director - Sally Sugrue
"When the Bough Breaks" by Kathy Mead
2001
Director - Phillipa Lee
"The Bear" by Anton Chekhov
1999
Director - Bob Connor
"Us and Them" by David Campton
1998
Director - Catherine Everitt
"Bottles with Baskets On" by Mike Tibbetts
1992
Director - Dave Bowden
"A Kind of Alaska" by Harold Pinter
1992
Director - Libby Beck
"A Separate Piece" by Tom Stoppard
1990
Director - Tish Marshall
"Still Life" by Noel Coward
The Lane End Players have a long list of member who are able to direct any of our four major productions each year but before they are given the opportunity to do so, they are first asked to produce a short one act play which we at the Lane End Players refer to as a Mini Festival. The new director is asked to showcase their directorial skills by using experienced actors in their chosen one act play. The play is then performed on one night only in front of an audience of members and invited guests. We also invite someone from the theatre industry to come along as an adjudicator who then gives their feedback at the end of the evening. This is a great way for new directors to gain the experience they need and over the years we have had some very good one act plays chosen...
2016
Director - Jake Everitt
"Demonology" by Don Nigro
2016
Director - Lannie Staff
"Garden Pests" by Jean McConnell
2015
Directors - Alison Hartnett and Lisa Harnett
"Caught on the Hop"
2015
Director - Ritchard Tysoe
"Gosforth's Fete" by Alan Ayckbourn
2013
Director - Martin Hailey
"Joining the Club" and "Peas" by David Tristram
2011
Director - Tom Everitt
"A Little Box of Oblivion" by Stephen Bean
2010
Director - Ceri Nicolson
"Blue Remembered Hills" by Dennis Potter
2009
Director - Sophie Marshall
"Don't Blame it on the Boots" by Nick Warburton
2008
Director - Alan Rimmer
"The Intruders" by Peter Horsler
2006
Director - James Wood
"It's What He Would Have Wanted" by unknown
2004
Director - Sally Sugrue
"When the Bough Breaks" by Kathy Mead
2001
Director - Phillipa Lee
"The Bear" by Anton Chekhov
1999
Director - Bob Connor
"Us and Them" by David Campton
1998
Director - Catherine Everitt
"Bottles with Baskets On" by Mike Tibbetts
1992
Director - Dave Bowden
"A Kind of Alaska" by Harold Pinter
1992
Director - Libby Beck
"A Separate Piece" by Tom Stoppard
1990
Director - Tish Marshall
"Still Life" by Noel Coward