Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies
The awards
These are the award categories that the participating groups compete for in FEATS festival. The names of the trophies have changed over the years. Below, they are given in chronological order. To find out who won what in which year, please consult the FEATS database.
First place
1976
The Phillips Cup (donated by Phillips Petroleum); replaced by
2001
The Kast Cup for Best Production (donated by Kast Telecom); replaced by
2010
The Founders’ Trophy (donated by the AATG).
Second place
1980
The Luxembourg Cup (donated by the New World Theatre Club); replaced by
1990
The Mervyn Briscoe Award (in memory of Mervyn Briscoe, Chairman of the Rotterdam One Act Play Festival, May 1976); replaced by
2008
The ECC Centennial Cup.
Third place
1983
The RAMD Award (RAMD = Rheindahlen Association of Music and Drama, donated by the Ariel Theatre Guild, RAF Headquarters Germany, Rheindahlen); replaced by
1995
The Wedgwood Trophy (presented by Wedgwood, Germany); replaced by
2004
The Taché Diamonds Award (presented by Taché Diamonds); replaced by
2012
The BATS Trophy
Best actor and best actress
2002
Blackie Awards (donated by the English Comedy Club in memory of E.A. Blackwell, founding member of FEATS and Chairman of the ECC in 1976). Prior to 2002 the best actor and best actress awards were donated by the host groups. At varying intervals, best supporting actor and best supporting actress awards were also donated by the host group until the steering committee finally decided that these should no longer be given.
Best stage presentation
1980
The Grand Duchy Trophy. Until 1990 this award was for “best set”.
Stage management
1983
The Marcel Huhn Memorial Award (Marcel Huhn was a founding member of FEATS, and stage manager for the BATS production in 1976); replaced by
1996
The Marcel Huhn/Bruno Boeye Memorial Award (Bruno Boeye was a lighting director from Belgium who was responsible for lighting many of the Antwerp and Brussels winning entries). The stage management trophy is unique in being awarded, not by the adjudicator, but by the FEATS stage manager and crew, on the basis of their assessment of the performing groups’ own stage teams.
Best original script
1984
The Verulam Award (donated by Rod West of The Earl of Verulam’s Men of The Hague, an early entrant to FEATS); replaced by
1999
The DAW-Verulam Award (supported by DAW, the Drama Association of Wales, which published many of the winning scripts); replaced by
2023
The William Valk Award for Best Original Script (donated by Tagora)
Discretionary award
1980
The Anthony Cornish Discretionary Award (presented by Anthony Cornish, member of GODA and a frequent adjudicator in the early days of FEATS); replaced by