Awards and Achievements 2015

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 2015

This was awarded by the Deputy Mayor of King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Cllr David Whitby) to the students who have shown real progress since joining JGDATA. Seven students form each academy were nominated and awarded meaning twenty one students gained the Gold Mayor's Award fro Progress. Congratulations to all winners . . .

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SHOOTING Stars (Saturday Group)

SHOOTING Stars (Friday Group)

Students are presented with their performance awards.
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SHOOTING Stars (Wednesday Group)

Students are presented with their performance awards.
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MEGA Stars (Saturday Group)

Students are presented with their performance awards.
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AMBASSADORS

This year's Ambassadors are announced and awarded their T-Shirts.
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Ruby, Charlotte, Eve, Charlotte, Elaine, Faith, Pearl, Joshua and Charlotte with the certificate of commendation and the two trophies, Best Newcomer and Best Supporting Role 2015 - Presented by Michael G Williamson and The Mayor of Hunstanton.

The award winning MEGA Stars 2015 (with two actors missing.)

The Award Winning SHOOTING Stars (Wednesday Group)

The Award Winning SHOOTING Stars (Friday Group)

The Award Winning SHOOTING Stars (Saturday Group)

Our Awards and Achievements 2015 . . .

JGDATA entered two plays at the Princess Theatre Hunstanton as part of the Drama Festival of One Act Plays, July 2015 and were also the finale showcase.

Thursday Evening was opened with the MEGA Stars (11yrs – 18yrs) performing ‘The Oldest Superhero In Town’ and all ten actors were amazing. Their comedy play had the audience laughing all the way through. CLICK HERE for information about this show.

Then on the same evening our SUPERNOVAS (Adult group) performed their comedy ‘The New Car’ with and outstanding cast of six.

This was the third year JGDATA had taken part and both the SUPERNOVAS and the MEGA Stars won awards and trophies.
This year for the first time The SHOOTING Stars were invited to close the festival with a finale showcase, and they didn't disappoint. Performing their musical extravaganza 'Candy Mountain Rush' they had the audience clapping and stamping in their seats. CLICK HERE for information about this show.

There were 15 drama entries in total (9 of which were adult entries and 6 were youth entries.)
JGDATA were nominated 9 times and we won 2 trophies too!

Here is the breakdown of our amazing success:
A certificate of Commendation (SHOOTING Stars 'Candy Mountain Rush')
A certificate of Commendation (MEGA Stars 'The Oldest Superhero In Town')
A certificate of Commendation (SUPERNOVAS 'The New Car')
We had nominations for the following:
Best Supporting Youth Actress (Faith for 'The Oldest Superhero In Town')
Best Adult Actor (Tony for 'The New Car')
Best Original Youth Script (John Giller for 'The Oldest Superhero In Town')
Best Original Adult Script (John Giller for 'The New Car')
And we won two trophies:
The amazing ‘Best Newcomer Cup’ which is awarded by the adjudicators to Pearl for her role of Neon Ninja in the comedy play 'The Oldest Superhero In Town'.
The 'Best Supporting Role Cup' which was awarded to Elaine for her role of Magenta Smalls in the the adult entry comedy play 'The New Car'.

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