Jan Palmer Sayer
Admitted to GoDA 2001
Address
Hertford
Herts
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Qualifications and Experience
B.Ed (Hons) (London University)
MA Theatre and Performance Studies (University of Manchester)
Headteacher of a Specialist Arts College (retired December 2012)
Director, Shattered Windscreen Theatre Company
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Future Adjudications
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Recent Adjudications
2024
Havering Festival
Worcestershire Theatre Festival
Maidenhead Drama Festival
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2023
Perthshire District Festival
Totton Festival
AETF English Final
2022
SCDA Northern Division Finals
Easter Festival of Plays, Isle of Man
Western Area Final and Youth Festival
Havering Full-Length Peripatetic Festival
Wales Final
Lighthorne Festival
aactWorldFest, Florida
National Drama Festival
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2021
Gibraltar Drama Festival: 17-21 May
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2020
All my festival bookings cancelled due to Covid-19
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2019
F.E.A.T.S. (Munich)
Bristol One Act Festival
Ulster Drama Festival
AETF Northern Area Semi Final
Sedgefield Drama Festival
SCDA Eastern Divisional Final
Spelthorne and Runnymede Drama Festival
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2018
Brentwood Festival
Woking Drama Festival
Maidenhead Festival
aactWorldFest (Florida)
South West Ross Drama Festival
Orkney Festival
Waltham Forest Festival of Theatre
Cambridge Drama Festival
Western Area - Semi Final
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Finals
AETF Divisional Finals (Central, Western and Northern Areas)
AETF Eastern Area Final (2014, 2020 and 2023)
AETF English Final (2013)
DAW Wales Final (2015 , 2018 & 2020)
NDFA British All Winners Festival (2014, 2016 & 2020)
British Final (2016)
SCDA Scotland Final (2017)
Recent Directing Experience
2024
The Bright and Bold Design
The Winslow Boy
2023
Peep
Captain Corelli's Mandolin at the Minack Theatre (Runners up: Minack Trophy)
2022
Hindle Wakes
Husbands and Sons
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2021
Pressure by David Haig
The 39 Steps at the Minack Theatre
2020
Alfie
Girl Walks into a Bar
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2019
I, Don Quixote at the Minack Theatre (Runners up: Minack Trophy)
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2017
The Wicked Lady at the Minack Theatre
Our Man in Havana
2016
The Frontier Trilogy
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
2015
The Grapes of Wrath at the Minack Theatre (Winners: Minack Trophy)
The Innocents
Other Information
Previous GODA Chair
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GODA Training Day Panel (2010).
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GODA Selection Panel (2013, 2017 and Chairman 2014).
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National Festivals Conference (Organiser 2010 and 2015).
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Prepared to travel and stay overnight.
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