THE Harry and Pearl Ensemble took out the major award of Best Production in the One Act Play Festival at The Players Theatre over the June long weekend.
The winning play, “Edmund and June”, was written by locals Judy Campbell and Bill Harrow.
The pair have been rehearsing and polishing the production for the past six months.
“Bill and I poured our hearts into writing this play and bringing it to life on stage,“ Judy told NOTA.
“We like nothing more than giving people a good laugh and maybe shedding a tiny tear.”
The play centered around ageing ventriloquist Edmund and delightful-but- naughty dummy June, who had the audience in stitches.
Festival coordinator Barbara Sherrin told NOTA the quality of the performances this year was outstanding.
“Edmund and June was such a unique concept, and it was clear a lot of thought went into this script and the actors’ preparation.
“The audience was enthralled from start to finish.”
Taking out the second-best production award was “Family Matters”, another original script from accomplished playwright Janet Dawson.
Janet also took out the Best Female Actor award in a very heartfelt production.
The festival’s adjudicator was extremely well-credentialed Jo Bloom, who has worked as an actress, director, producer, educator and playwright in Sydney, Melbourne and London.
She has performed principal roles in over 20 productions and has a wealth of theatrical knowledge.
