Runnymede Drama Group

Runnymede Drama Group
Full name Runnymede Drama Group
Founded 1948[1]
Affiliation National Drama Festivals Association
Key people Colin Dolley GODA
Country United Kingdom
Website rdg.org

Runnymede Drama Group ("RDG") is a community theatre group based in Chertsey, Surrey that is notable for not only for its longevity, but also for its success both at a national and international level being one of the few groups to have won every major festival in the United Kingdom and having also been selected to represent the United Kingdom on the international stage.

History

Based in the Surrey town of Chertsey, RDG was founded in 1948.[1] It stages at least five productions each year, including drama festival entries. The group has also been noted for its production and promotion of new material, such as its 2000 production of Scarecrow[2]

Festival honours

References

  1. 1 2 Colin Dolley, Scene and Heard - Fifty Years of the Runnymede Drama Group, 1998, (Cambridge Publishing Services), ISBN 0-948790-21-0
  2. ↑ D. L. Lepidus, New playwrights: the best plays of 2000, page 106 Contemporary playwrights series (Publisher: Smith and Kraus) 2002
  3. ↑ Profile of Judith Dolley at RDG.org
  4. ↑ 12ème Festival Mondial du Théâtre Amateur at Monaco.net


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