Awards and Achievements 2013

Award Winning Drama and Theatre Academy . . .

The John Giller Drama and Theatre Academy are an award winning group of very talented students of all ages. Take a look at some of our awards and commendations to date. Don't forget to click on the links for each award winning show so you can see the students in action.

Chloe, Ruby, Melody, Tate, Sue and John collecting the 'SHAKESPEARE CUP' for JGDATA 2013

The SHOOTING Stars (Friday group) 2013

The SHOOTING Stars (Saturday Group) 2013

The MEGA Stars (Saturday Group) 2013

Our Awards and Achievements 2013 . . .

What a busy but very enjoyable weekend we spent at the Princess Theatre Hunstanton as part of the Drama Festival of One Act Plays, July 2013. Saturday Evening the MEGA Stars (11yrs – 15yrs) performed ‘An Excellent Adventure for the Fabulous Four’ and were brilliant. Full of character and fun, they had the audience laughing all the way through this comedy piece which they timed beautifully. CLICK HERE for information about this show.

Sunday Matinee the SHOOTING Stars (4yrs – 11yrs) performed ‘The Pirate’s Picnic’ and were outstanding. This was the third time they had performed this show and they went out in a blaze of glory – Fantastic. CLICK HERE for more information about this show.

This was the first time JGDATA had entered for this festival and the students were praised by everyone I met (including Michael G Williamson – Head Adjudicator, who spoke with me after the show and asked me to congratulate all the children involved.)

There were 11 drama entries in total (6 of which were adult entries and 5 were youth entries.)
JGDATA were nominated 9 times (YES 9 times!) and we won 2 trophies too!

Here is the breakdown of our amazing success:

A certificate of Commendation (These were awarded to the 5 outstanding shows of the whole festival.) - We were awarded one for both of our shows!
We had nominations for the following:
Best Youth Male Actor (Tate for 'The Pirate's Picnic')
Best Youth Male Actor (Max for 'An Excellent Adventure')
Best Youth Male Actor (Tommy for 'An Excellent Adventure')
Best Technical, Set and Sound Effects (Sue Murkett for 'An Excellent Adventure')
Best Original Script (John Giller for 'An Excellent Adventure')
Best Youth Production (MEGA Stars for 'An Excellent Adventure')
Best Youth Production (SHOOTING Stars for 'The Pirate's Picnic')
Best Production of the whole Drama Festival
And we won 2 trophies! Yes 2 trophies. The first was:
Best Youth Female Actor – Eve won this for ‘An Excellent Adventure for the Fabulous Four’
We also won the very coveted ‘Shakespeare Cup’ which is awarded by the adjudicators for their own personal favourite performance of the whole festival – and for the first time ever, they shared the award with two performances, ‘The Pirate’s Picnic’ and ‘An Excellent Adventure for the Fabulous Four’

A huge congratulations to everyone involved and a massive thank you to the parents, friends and extended family that have supported the students over the term. JGDATA is now officially an award winning Drama and Theatre Academy