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Performing English language theatre in Geneva, Switzerland since 1933 |
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The Geneva English Drama Society provides a diverse theatre programme with a wide variety of styles and periods. A typical season includes 3-4 full stage productions and 20 fortnightly staged playreadings, plus workshops and social events. The play readings normally attract 50-100 people, and provide onstage roles for both experienced and aspiring actors. |
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THE FEATS 2011 ADJUDICATOR
Mr. Tony Rushforth
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Tony Rushforth studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and acted with the Harrogate Repertory Company and also directed productions at the Bradford Playhouse, the Ashcroft Theatre in Croydon, Georgian Theatre, Richmond and at the Edinburgh Festival.
For twenty years he was Head of the Drama Department at St. Mary’s University College in Strawberry Hill. He spent six months as Visiting Fellow in Performing Arts at Melbourne University and adjudicated the Sydney Theatre Festival before returning to act in the film The Opium Wars. For six years Tony was the Artistic Director of The Questors International Theatre Festival in London which enabled him to travel and see the work of many European companies.
More recently he has been busy directing and also teaching Theatre Workshops in the U.K. and in Europe and for the Drama League of Ireland where his travels have taken him to Dublin,Cork, Galway and two Summer Schools at Maynooth University.
Tony writes for the theatre and his published plays include The Kerry Dance and Seascape. In November his two new plays : Voyager and Lovers will be premiered at The Questors Theatre.
For six years he was a judge for the National Drama Festivals' New Play Award. He is a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music, a member of: The Writers’ Guild, The Society for Theatre Research and The Guild of Drama Adjudicators and has an M.A. in Modern Drama.
Tony has adjudicated the Irish, Scottish, English and Welsh One Act Finals and he will return to the British All Winners in Guernsey in July 2011. In 2004 and 2007 he adjudicated the All Ireland Open Finals in Athlone and Wexford.
In 2009 Tony adjudicated the prestigious FEATS in Brussels and is delighted to be returning to FEATS 2011 and paying his first visit to Geneva. |
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Contact
Geneva web site: www.geds.ch/feats
email: geds@geds.ch
FEATS
The Geneva English Drama Society
case postal 83
1217 Meyrin 1
Switzerland
Permanent site of the:
Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies
www.feats.eu
updated 4 April 2011
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