F.E.A.T.S.
(Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies)
The Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies (FEATS) is an annual competition between English-speaking amateur theatrical groups based in mainland Europe. The festival spans four days, usually over the Whitsunday weekend, with the venue rotating each year between main cities. Audiences are treated to three one-act plays per evening which are then constructively criticised and evaluated by an invited adjudicator who must be a member of the Guild of Drama Adjudicators (GoDA), the UK-based internationally recognised body for the adjudication of all forms of theatre. On the final evening awards are presented for the: Best Production, Second Best Production, Third Best Production, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Stage Presentation, Best Stage Management, Best Original Script, and a Discretionary Award. A Fringe festival runs parallel providing events during the day.
The Bonn Players, initially under our original name The British Embassy Players, have participated in FEATS many times since 1987, winning numerous awards along the way. These awards are listed below.
On the final evening awards are presented for the: Best Production, Second Best Production, Third Best Production, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Stage Presentation (called ‘Best Set’ until 1990 when it was renamed to include lighting, sound, costumes & makeup as well as set), Best Stage Management, Best Original Script, and a Discretionary Award.
Previous Bonn Players’ performances at FEATS are as follows:
| 2018 | Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade | Second Prize for Best Production, Best Actress (Joanna Thorn ), Best Stage Management (Gill Atkinson) and Best Presentation (everyone!) |
| 2016 | Once Bitten by Fergus Moloney | |
| 2011 | Virtual Reality by Alan Arkin | First Prize for Best Production and Best Actor (Peter Ferrow and Scott Jacobs jointly) |
| 2009 | To Dance Upon A Star (FEATlets) by Marjorie Cross | Second Prize for Best Production and The Dame Judi Dench Award for Best Performance (Maria Herschbach) |
| 2008 | Curtain Calls (a masque) by Marjorie Cross | First Prize for Best Production |
| 2007 | And Go to Innisfree by Jean Lenox Toddie | Best Actress (Margot Nisita) and Best Stage Management (Gill Atkinson) |
| 2005 | I Can't Remember Anything by Arthur Miller | |
| 2003 | Virtually Possible by John Stevens | Antony Cornish Discretionary Award for Teamwork and Production Conception |
| 2001 | The Happy Journey by Thornton Wilder | |
| 2000 | Heart's Desire by Caryl Churchill | Best Set |
| 1999 | Agnes of God - Act II by John Pielmeier | First Prize for Stage Management |
| 1998 | The Open Couple by Dario Fo | First Prize for Best Production, Best Actress (Kathleen Schroers) and Best Supporting Actress (Christine Upward & Katharina Froemming jointly) |
| 1996 | Excerpts from The Good Doctor by Neil Simon | First Prize for Best Production and Best Set |
| 1994 | Pity about Kitty by Jimmie Chinn | Third Prize for Best Production |
| 1993 | Who was Hilary Maconochie? by James Saunders | |
| 1992 | Coming of Age in Cardigan Street by Julie Horne | Best Original Play and Best Stage Management |
| 1991 | Pizzazz by Hugh Leonard | |
| 1990 | Gosforth's Fete by Alan Ayckbourn | |
| 1989 | Lunch Hour by John Mortimer | Best Actress (Sarah Bogusch) |
| 1988 | After Magritte by Tom Stoppard | Third Prize for Best Production and Best Set |
| 1987 | The Nightingale And Not The Lark by Jennifer Johnston | |