Runnymede Drama Group

Runnymede Drama Group ("RDG") is a community theatre group based in Chertsey, Surrey that is notable for not only for its longevity, but also for its success both at a national and international level being one of the few groups to have won every major festival in the United Kingdom and having also been selected to represent the United Kingdom on the international stage.

Runnymede Drama Group
Full nameRunnymede Drama Group
Founded1948[1]
AffiliationNational Drama Festivals Association
Key peopleColin Dolley GODA
CountryUnited Kingdom
Websiterdg.org

History

Based in the Surrey town of Chertsey, RDG was founded in 1948.[1] It stages at least five productions each year, including drama festival entries. The group has also been noted for its production and promotion of new material, such as its 2000 production of Scarecrow.[2]

Festival honours

  • National Drama Festivals Association - British All Winners Drama Festival
    • 2012 - Winners
    • 2006 - Runners-Up
    • 2002 - Winners
    • 2000 - Winners
    • 1993 - selected to appear in festival
    • 1977 - selected to appear in festival
  • National Festival of Community Theatre
    • British Final Festival of One Act Plays
      • 2002 - Selected to represent England (winners of English festival)
      • 2000 - Overall Winners
      • 1993 - Selected to represent England (winners of English festival)
    • All-England Theatre Festival
      • 2002 - English Winners
      • 2000 - English Winners
      • 1996 - English semi-finalists
      • 1993 - English Winners
      • 1977 - English semi-finalists
  • International Festival of Amateur Theatre - Mondial du Théâtre
    • Represented the United Kingdom in 2001 in Monaco.[3][4]
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References

  1. Colin Dolley, Scene and Heard - Fifty Years of the Runnymede Drama Group, 1998, (Cambridge Publishing Services), ISBN 0-948790-21-0
  2. D. L. Lepidus, New playwrights: the best plays of 2000, page 106 Contemporary playwrights series (Publisher: Smith and Kraus) 2002
  3. Profile of Judith Dolley at RDG.org
  4. 12ème Festival Mondial du Théâtre Amateur at Monaco.net


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