On the Main Stage

The following competing groups will be performing 12 one-act plays over four days – three plays per night. Each play will be followed by a 25-minute interval. Shortly after the last performance of the evening, the plays will be openly adjudicated by Mike Tilbury from the

Guild of Drama Adjudicators (approx. 30 minutes).

As play lengths vary between 30 and 50 minutes, the time given for the end of the last performance is only approximate.

FRIDAY 22 MAY

19.30 – 22.50

ESOC THEATRE GROUP, DARMSTADT

A Friend of A Friend
written and directed by Bruno Sousa

ANGLOPHONE COLLABORATIVE THEATRE OF STUTTGART

This Side Of The Gestapo
by Stuart Marlow, directed by Raluca Urea

THE STOCKHOLM PLAYERS

The Dice
by Forbes Bramble, directed by Nigel Harvey

SATURDAY 23 MAY

19.30 – 22.45

IN PLAYERS INTERNATIONAL, AMSTERDAM

Virtual Reality
by Alan Arkin, directed by Sandy Topzand

ENGLISH COMEDY CLUB, BRUSSELS

War Brides
by Marion Craig Wentworth, directed by Conrad Toft

NEW ENGLISH AMERICAN THEATER, STUTTGART

The Diaries of Adam & Eve
by Mark Twain, adapted by Elton Townend Jones, directed by Charles C. Urban

SUNDAY 24 MAY

19.30 – 22.40

LUCERNE WORLD THEATER COMPANY

The Actor’s Nightmare
by Christopher Durang, directed by Charlie Lucarotti

AMERICAN THEATRE COMPANY, BRUSSELS

Spoon River Anthology
by Edward Lee Masters, adapted and directed by Christopher Flores

THEATER DE WAANZIN, GHENT

The Elephant Song
by Nicholas Billon

MONDAY 25 MAY

19.30 -22.15

NEW WORLD THEATRE CLUB, LUXEMBOURG

The Strange Horseman
by Michel de Ghelderode, directed by John Brigg

FRANKFURT ENGLISH SPEAKING THEATRE

Snowdrop
written and directed by Mike Riepl

THE VILLAGE PLAYERS, LAUSANNE

In The Middle of Nowhere
by Christopher Hemmens, directed by James Spencer & Christopher Hemmens

AWARD CEREMONY

22:30 – 23:30

Presentation of prizes by our adjudicator Mike Tilbury and the FEATS 2015 stage manager.

What is FEATS?

FEATS stands for the Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies. It is an annual competition between English-speaking theater groups from continental Europe to see who can put on the best production. It is also your chance to see four evenings of first-class entertainment consisting of three one-act plays per evening.

So how does FEATS work?

When the curtain goes up, the actors perform either published plays or original scripts lasting between a minimum of twenty and a maximum of fifty minutes. The performances take place under the critical eye of an invited adjudicator from the UK Guild of Drama Adjudicators, whose duty it is to make constructive criticism on each play at the end of every evening. This is one of the highlights of the festival!

On the final evening the points are added up and the Festival Awards are handed out: to the top three productions, the best actor and best actress, best stage presentation, best original script, special adjudicator’s award and the host group award the prize for best stage management.

As you can imagine, there’s a lot of action backstage. The competing teams have only ten minutes to place their set, and only five minutes to clear it, leaving a bare stage for the next group. While they are doing that, the audience members have time between the shows to mingle, chat and get refreshments at the bar.

Who is FEATS?

The 12 participating groups are selected from the 31 FEATS member groups who are from Scandinavia, the Benelux states, Switzerland, France, Italy and Germany. Due to the concentration of English speakers working in the various EU institutions, the Benelux groups, who founded the festival in 1976, are traditionally strongly represented.