Well, that’s it. We’re done for another year.

FEATS 2026 began in the evening, on Friday the 22nd of May, blazed brightly for 4 days, and extinguished itself in the early hours of the following Tuesday. We saw 28 performances (including the now annual FEATS “skit”), participated in nine tutorials and attended two group workshops. Over a thousand tickets were sold and hundreds of slices of birthday cake were eaten.

Perhaps we should move on to the important stuff - sorry Mr Brigg.

Our adjudicator, Louise Manders, awarded the John Kearey Trophy for Best Production to The Hamburg Players for their performance of Caryl Churchill’s ‘Escaped Alone’. Our runner-up was The Irish Theatre Group who brought us ‘Love in a Glass Jar’ by Nancy Harris. Third place went to Semi-Circle Basel for their rendition of Tom Stoppard’s ‘Another Moon Called Earth’. The Blackie Award for Best Actress went to FEST’s Veronika Ries for her portrayal of Mrs Stephenson, in ‘Sorry, Wrong Number’. Anthony O’Sullivan won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Bone in ‘Another Moon Called Earth’. Best Original Script went to Thomas van Eijl’s ‘Tell Him We Waited’. Lucerne World Theatre Company won The Grand Duchy Award for Best Presentation for ‘Doubles’ by Michael Frayn. The Stage Management trophy was won by The Irish Theatre Group.

What tremendous fun it all was! Let the record show that not a drop of rain fell during the four days. Indeed, the sun blazed away happily and the sky was an uninterrupted blue canvas. Thank you to the crew and staff at Theater Diligentia & Pepijn, who were calm and efficient in the face of medical emergencies, unlocked weaponry and thirsty punters.

On behalf of us all at The AATG, thank you for coming, thank you for sharing your hard work and talent, and good luck with your upcoming plans and projects.

Luxembourg, the baton is yours…