Last night we began with Hospital Food by Eugene O’Hare, then Spelling it Out by Chris Maybury with the final play What Are You Doing Here?’by David Campton. To use our Adjudicator’s words “So how was your evening? Well we spent time with young people in a cancer ward, there was another person who sold her soul to the devil and there were a marauding group of football fans. Did you enjoy it?” We certainly did. What fantastic talent and energy these young people displayed.

Robert Meadows stressed how well these young groups worked together such that the energy created by the group dynamics enabled individual characters to have the confidence to be purposeful and real.

Today we are introducing an afternoon Matinee to cope with this year’s increased entry, so please come along and support the teams. Only £6 (£2 for under 19s).

We open the Matinee at 1:30PM with Chris Maybury’s Mother’s Pride, things go wrong for Rebecca when she is wrongly diagnosed with epilepsy. Next Simon Armitage’s Eclipse explores the mystery around the disappearance of the intuitive and thoughtful Lucy Lime.

Be sure to stay for Robert Meadows’ insightful adjudication.

Check out all the festival pictures by Ron Beswick in our One Act Album.

• Susie Beswick, MADF One Act Play Festival Coordinator