Theatre group wins award at UK drama festival

The nine cast and crew performed their locally written one-act play called A Wake

An amateur theatre group from Alderney has won an award at a drama festival in the UK.

Alderney Theatre Group won the Exemplary Award for best comedy moment at the National Drama Festival held in Coventry last week.

Groups from within the British Isles were invited to compete at the festival due to their success in the festival circuit.

The nine cast and crew performed their locally written one-act play called A Wake.

Alderney Theatre Group won an award for the best comedy moment

Alex Flewitt, from the group, said winning the award was "the icing on the cake" of the experience they had at the festival.

She said the cast and crew were "just thrilled that we'd had such a positive experience and managed to showcase our wonderful island of Alderney to so many new people".

The National Drama Festival showcases groups who had previously won awards and have been deemed by adjudicators as the "cream of amateur theatre".

It is described by organisers as one of the prestige annual events in the amateur theatre calendar.

Alderney Theatre Group was praised for direction, atmosphere and the relationships between characters.

The group thanked sponsors from Guernsey Arts, Guernsey Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Club and Alderney residents.