Winner Suzy Clements is presented with her
award by Stuart Coney from Marriott Hotels,
sponsors of The Windsor Fringe
Marriott Award for New Drama Writing

Suzy Clements, from Somerset, was presented with The Windsor Fringe Marriott Award for New Drama Writing and a prize of £500 after the final performances of the three winning plays at the Ex-Services and Social Club in Windsor on October 4. Andy Gittins, an amateur actor from Windsor, and Rupert Haigh, a legal trainer and proof reader from Finland, were the two other finalists out of 304 entries from 14 countries worldwide in the prestigious international award.

The Windsor Fringe Marriott Award for New Drama Writing has gone from strength to strength since 2004.

Each year three amateur playwrights are chosen as winners, and have their plays performed during Windsor Fringe Drama Nights.

One of the three playwrights is chosen as an overall winner, and receives a £500 cash prize. All three plays are performed each night for three nights in a row during the Windsor Fringe.

Fay Weldon: “The recent awards event at the Windsor Fringe Festival showed to what degree live theatre is appreciated over the yawning boredom of today's box. The audience was enthusiastic, the hall crowded, tension mounted as the prize was announced.

“Three very good new half-hour plays surfaced from 171 entrants from ten countries around the world.

“Accomplished writing, lively performances, new talent on its way to the professional top, thanks to the efforts of local Windsor Fringe committee members, and theatre enthusiasts who give their time and experience to make sure it gets there.”