Palace Players take top spot in drama festival

The Palace Players (Bishops) were announced as the winners of the Orkney district heats of this year’s Scottish Community Drama Association one-act play festival.

In a slight change of format from previous years, all the results were announced last night on the final evening of performances.

Adjudicator Tony Rushforth awarded the Challenge Cup for first place to Palace Players (Bishops) for their performance of David Campton’s The Cagebirds.

Second place went to  Hoy and Walls Entertainments Group for their original production The Play, with The Storm Watchers by George Mackay Brown, performed by the Stromness Drama Club, taking third place.

Full report in this week’s The Orcadian.