County Drama Festival 2026: the results are in!
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All the nominations and results from this year's County Drama Festival
Trophy Winners
Somerset County Drama Festival 2026
Trophy | Winner |
The County Shield : Best Production Overall | Ilminster Entertainments Society For: ‘Knockin’ on Dave’s Door’ by Neil Webster |
The Hope Cup: Best Presentation (set, costumes, props etc) | The @2K Theatre For: ‘Please Take Your Seat’ by Lorna Evans |
The Eyris Jones Memorial Shield: Best Youth Production | Clevedon School Youth Group For: ‘Tuesday’ by Alison Carr |
The Cely Trevillian Bowl: Best production of an original script (NOT the best script!) | The @2K Theatre For: ‘Please Take Your Seat’ by Lorna Evans |
The Lydia Durston Trophy: Greatest Endeavour | Minehead Amateur Drama School (MADS) For: ‘The Wizard of Oz’ by Stewart Auty |
Brian Edwards Trophy: Technical Excellence | CUDOS Youth Company For: ‘Scary Play’ by Judith Johnson |
Philip de Glanville Trophy Champagne Moment | Weymouth Drama Club For: ‘One Down…’ by Paul Gorsuch |
Best Actress | Liz Browne from Taunton Thespians For playing Popova in ‘The Bear’ by Anton Chekhov |
Best Actor | Alastair MacLeod from Taunton Thespians For playing Smirnov in ‘The Bear’ by Anton Chekhov |
The Edward Grey Memorial Shield: Best performer under age 30 | Taya Bray from CUDOS For playing Joanne in ‘All the Little Lights’ by Jane Upton |
Trophy Nominations
Somerset County Drama Festival 2026
Trophy | Nominations |
The County Shield : Best Production Overall | Ilminster Entertainments Society For: ‘Knockin’ on Dave’s Door’ by Neil Webster (Highest Marks) |
The Hope Cup: Best Presentation (set, costumes, props etc) | CUDOS Youth Company For: ‘Scary Play’ by Judith Johnson Ilminster Entertainments Society For: ‘Knockin’ on Dave’s Door’ by Neil Webster The @2K Theatre For: ‘Please Take Your Seat’ by Lorna Evans |
The Eyris Jones Memorial Shield: Best Youth Production | Clevedon School Youth Group For: ‘Tuesday’ by Alison Carr (Highest Marks) |
The Cely Trevillian Bowl: Best production of an original script (NOT the best script!) | The @2K Theatre For: ‘Please Take Your Seat’ by Lorna Evans (Highest Marks) |
The Lydia Durston Trophy: Greatest Endeavour | Minehead Amateur Drama School (MADS) For: ‘The Wizard of Oz’ by Stewart Auty |
Brian Edwards Trophy: Technical Excellence | Ilminster Entertainments Society For: ‘Knockin’ on Dave’s Door’ by Neil Webster CUDOS Youth Company For: ‘Scary Play’ by Judith Johnson |
Philip de Glanville Trophy Champagne Moment | Ilminster Entertainments Society For: ‘Knockin’ on Dave’s Door’ by Neil Webster Dave’s Proposal to Angie Taunton Thespians For: ‘The Bear’ by Anton Chekhov First Chair pulled in half The @2K Theatre For: ‘Please Take Your Seat’ by Lorna Evans The fight for the chair Weymouth Drama Club For: ‘One Down…’ by Paul Gorsuch Des’ (Rob Tripp) tearful farewell to his dead friend |
Best Actress | Vicky Banham for playing various parts in ‘Please Take Your Seat’ (The @2K Theatre) Rosie Hawkins for playing Ange in ‘Knockin’ on Dave’s Door (IES) Liz Browne for playing Popova in ‘The Bear’ (Taunton Thespians) |
Best Actor | Mick Glynn for playing Bob Dylan in ‘Knockin’ on Dave’s Door (IES) Chris Walker for playing Larry in ‘One Down…’ (Weymouth Drama Club Nick Gibbons for various parts in ‘Please Take Your Seat’ (The @2K Theatre) Sam Gibbons for various parts in ‘Please Take Your Seat’ (The @2K Theatre) Alastair MacLeod for Smirnov in ‘The Bear’ (Taunton Thespians) |
The Edward Grey Memorial Shield: Best performer under age 30 | Alana Dobner for playing Dorothy in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (MADS) Oscar Sansom for playing Kal in ‘Scary Play’ (CUDOS YC) Taya Bray for playing Joanne in ‘All The Little Lights’ (CUDOS) |
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