Runnymede Drama Group is a community theatre group based in Chertsey

Chertsey

Chertsey is a town in Surrey, England, on the River Thames and its tributary rivers such as the River Bourne. It can be accessed by road from junction 11 of the M25 London orbital motorway. It shares borders with Staines, Laleham, Shepperton, Addlestone, Woking, Thorpe and Egham...

, Surrey

Surrey

Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of...

 that is notable for not only for its longevity, but also for its success both at a national and international level being one of the few groups to have won every major festival in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and having also been selected to represent the United Kingdom on the international stage.

History

Based in the Surrey town of Chertsey, RDG was founded in 1948. It stages at least five productions each year, including drama festival entries. The group has also been noted for its production and promotion of new material, such as its 2000 production of Scarecrow

Scarecrow

A scarecrow is, essentially, a decoy, though traditionally, a human figure dressed in old clothes and placed in fields by farmers to discourage birds such as crows or sparrows from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops.-History:In Kojiki, the oldest surviving book in Japan...

Festival honours

• National Drama Festivals Association
  National Drama Festivals Association
  The National Drama Festivals Association was formed in 1964 to encourage and support amateur theatre in all its forms and in particular through the organisation of drama festivals in the United Kingdom....
  
   - British All Winners Drama Festival
  • 2006 - Runners-Up
  • 2002 - Winners
  • 2000 - Winners
  • 1993 - selected to appear in festival
  • 1977 - selected to appear in festival

• National Festival of Community Theatre
  National Festival of Community Theatre
  -History:The NFCT, established in 1927, is a celebration of amateur theatre at local, national and UK level. Each year, the national amateur organisations in the home nations promote a series of one-act play festivals and, through various eliminating rounds, take part in the final stage, the...
  
  
  • British Final Festival of One Act Plays
    • 2002 - Selected to represent England (winners of English festival)
    • 2000 - Overall Winners
    • 1993 - Selected to represent England (winners of English festival)
  • All-England Theatre Festival
    All-England Theatre Festival
    The All-England Theatre Festival organises the only country-wide eliminating contest for one-act plays in performance throughout England. It provides an opportunity for Amateurs to compete against like-minded groups and to benefit from the adjudication they receive to improve the quality of their...
    
    
    • 2002 - English Winners
    • 2000 - English Winners
    • 1996 - English semi-finalists
    • 1993 - English Winners
    • 1977 - English semi-finalists

• International Festival of Amateur Theatre - Mondial du Théâtre
  Mondial du Théâtre
  The Mondial du Théâtre, also titled the International Festival of Amateur Theatre and the World Festival of Amateur Theatre is the premier festival in the world celebrating amateur and community theatre...
  
  
  • Represented the United Kingdom in 2001 in Monaco.