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38 To place editorial email [email protected] ste warton dr ama group placed second in scotland! Stewarton Drama Group have been placed SECOND OVERALL in Scotland at the conclusion of the National Final of the Scottish Community Drama Association’s One-Act Play Festival with their multi-award winning production of ‘Waste Management’, written and directed by Ayrshire playwright and SDG member, Nancy McPherson. The Stewarton team’s journey to the National Final began back in February, when they were placed First in Ayrshire at the first round of the competition in Kilmarnock’s Palace Theatre where the team also lifted the trophy for the Best Stage Lighting. Following on from their win in Ayrshire, the team’s success continued when, for only the 5th time in their 40-year history, they were placed first from an original entry of 46 plays across the whole of West of Scotland, at the Western Divisional Final in March in the Fullarton Theatre in Castle Douglas. The team also lifted the trophy for Best Stage Presentation. At the National Final in East Kilbride at the end of April, the Stewarton team competed as one of the top 8 plays in Scotland alongside clubs from as far afield as Orkney, Aberfeldy and Plockton at the conclusion of this annual competition which began with an original entry of 125 plays. That was only the 10th occasion in their 40-year history that Stewarton Drama Group had made it to the prestigious National Final of the competition, and their final placing as Second Place overall in Scotland puts their production of ‘Waste Management’ into the SDG history books as one of the top 3 highest placed plays the group have ever performed – picking up a total of seven trophies in all along the way ! The ‘Waste Management’ Team’ at the National Final The ‘Calendar Girls’ team with their trophies All rights reserved All customers must receive written confirmation from The Review that designed adverts can be used in additional publications or online. All advertisement rights are the sole property of The Review. Whilst every care is taken, prices and content are subject to change and the publisher can take no responsibility for omissions or errors. No responsibility is taken for unsolicited submissions or the return of submitted items. Published by thereviewstewarton.com – Copyright © Solutions on Demand Ltd Permission to use any of the material contained in this magazine should be obtained in writing to Solutions on Demand Ltd, 22D Main Street, Stewarton, Ayrshire, KA3 5AE Not only that, but the Group’s production of the smash hit play ‘Calendar Girls’, written by Tim Firth, and directed by Nancy McPherson, which played to sell out crowds in the Stewarton Area Centre back in October 2013, not only won the 2013 Ayrshire Full Length Play Festival, but the production was also awarded the trophy for the Winning Full Length Play in the whole of the West of Scotland, taking the group’s trophy haul to nine pieces of silverware this year ! ‘Calendar Girls’ was a very special production indeed for the group, performed in celebration of SDG’s 40th Birthday. The whole community supported the production so generously, raising a total of £1,500 through raffles and collection buckets, which was all donated by SDG to Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research in Scotland.