Awards
Every year, Rottingdean Drama Society enter their autumn production into the Annual Brighton & Hove Arts Council Drama Competition which showcases not-for-profit drama in and around Brighton and Hove.
Brighton & Hove Arts Council
Brighton & Hove Arts Council was founded in 1974 to promote the not-for-profit arts locally and supported financially by Brighton & Hove City Council.
The aim of the Arts Council is to promote the not-for-profit arts in and around Brighton and Hove. They currently have some 50 member organisations which are independent groups focussing predominantly on drama, music, poetry, spoken word, and visual arts.
Membership is available to organisations and individuals in a not-for-profit capacity and more information can be found at their website.
Awards Achieved
Below is a list of all the awards, Rottingdean Drama Society has been awarded over the years.
Best Actress
Lesley Arnold, in The Love on the Dole as Mrs Hardcastle
October 2006. For a composed & touching performance - with an excellent Lancastrian accent, utter truth and consistency in the role..
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See below for a selection of past productions. The full list can be found in the Productions section.
Arabian Knights (2008)
The Admirable Crichton (2006)
Frankenstein, The Panto! (2009)
Toad of Toad Hall (1992)
The House on the Cliff (2006)
Comedy of Errors (1992)
