Awards and Achievements 2014

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.

The Mayor's Award 2014

This is awarded by the Mayor of Hunstanton to the students who have shown real progress since joining JGDATA. Five students form each academy were nominated. Eight students gained the Silver Mayor's Award and two students gained the Gold Mayor's Award. Congratulations to all winners . . .

Ruby, Pearl and Tate with the certificate of commendation and the Shakespeare Cup 2014 - Presented by Michael G Williamson and The Mayor of Hunstanton Cllr Carol Bower.

The award winning MEGA Stars 2014

The Award Winning SHOOTING Stars (Saturday Group)

The Award Winning SHOOTING Stars (Friday Group)

Our Awards and Achievements 2014 . . .

What a great weekend we spent at the Princess Theatre Hunstanton as part of the Drama Festival of One Act Plays, July 2014.
Saturday Matinee was opened with the MEGA Stars (11yrs – 18yrs) performing ‘Crash Bang Bump’ and all six actors were amazing. Their great characterisation
had the audience laughing all the way through this comedy piece which they timed beautifully. CLICK HERE for information about this show.

The matinee had our SHOOTING Stars (4yrs – 11yrs) performing as the finale to the afternoon, their musical extravaganza ‘The Sock Monsters’ and all 34 students were outstanding. This was the second time they had performed this show and with all the lighting and costumes they were brilliant. CLICK HERE for more information about this show.

This was the second year JGDATA had entered the SHOOTING and MEGA Stars for this festival and the students, as always were true professionals. However, this was the first year that JGDATA entered an adult group, the SUPERNOVAS who had the audience in stitches with their production of 'The Holiday Club' on Saturday evening. CLICK HERE for more information about this show.

There were 13 drama entries in total (8 of which were adult entries and 5 were youth entries.)
JGDATA were nominated 12 times (YES 12 times!) and we won a trophy 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 had nominations for the following:
Best Youth Male Actor (Tate for 'Bang Crash Bump')
Best Youth Female Actress (Pearl for 'The Sock Monsters')
Best Youth Female Actress (Ruby for 'The Sock Monsters')
Best Youth Female Actress (Charlotte for 'The Sock Monsters')
Best Youth Female Actress (Eve for 'Bang Crash Bump')
Best Female Actress (Elaine for 'The Holiday Club')
Best Supporting Female Actress (Cat for 'The Holiday Club')
Best Supporting Female Actress (Faith for 'Bang Crash Bump')
Best Original Script (John Giller for 'The Holiday Club')
Best Original Script (John Giller for 'Bang crash Bump')
Best Youth Production (MEGA Stars for 'Bang Crash Bump')
Best Production of the whole Drama Festival
And we won 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 second year in a row, they award JGDATA for ‘The Sock Monsters’

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 continues to be an award winning Drama and Theatre Academy