Actress Kate Dyson, this year’s adjudicator, said she was a great champion of amateur theatre and spoke of its important contribution to the arts, bringing people together to share their laughter, tears, joys and grief. Burgess Hill Theatre Club, Southwick Players, Wick Theatre Company, Rottingdean Drama Society and Henfield Theatre Company all won awards on the night, with Wick Theatre Company claiming the big prize, best overall production, for Taking Sides.
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Harry Atkinson won best director for Southwick Players' play Dinner | JPIMedia
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Henfield Theatre Company won the Arthur Churchill Award for most ambitious production with their play One Man, Two Guvnors | JPIMedia
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Mike Wells, director of Wick Theatre Company's Taking Sides, accepts the award for best overall production | JPIMedia
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Winners at the Brighton and Hove Arts Council Drama Awards 2019 | JPIMedia