London Fringe Production of the Year 2014: Full Result

Epsilon's production of Chicken Shop, which ran at the Park Theatre (Park90) in September, has won West End Frame's London Fringe Production of the Year Award. Love Story at the Union Theatre finishes second whilst Damn Yankees at the Landor Theatre finishes third. Other runners up include Sweeney Todd (Tooting Arts Club) and In The Heights (Southwark Playhouse). Check out the full result below.

Thank you to everyone who has supported and voted in the 2014 West End Frame Awards! We received over 52,000 votes this year and can't wait to launch the first 2015 Award in February! We will be revealing the full 2014 winner's list, including Editor's choice awards, in due course.

WINNER

Chicken Shop 

Park Theatre (Park 90)

Photo Credit: Kim Hardy Photography

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Chicken Shop wins 'London Fringe Production of the Year' Award

Epsilon's production of Chicken Shop, which ran at the Park Theatre (Park90) in September, has won West End Frame's London Fringe Production of the Year Award. 

Speaking to West End Frame, producer Angela Bull said: "Thank you West End Frame for this recognition. The buzz you get when you find a script that you know is special is so exciting, and then when the whole team come together for the first time, cast and crew, that excitement is palpable. 

"Epsilon couldn't have wished for a better team of people to be involved in a production. This award is for all of us and for the hard work that was put in. We would also like to thank the Park Theatre for housing us through the summer and believing in our season. 

"We all had such an amazing time working on Chicken Shop and so to top everything off by winning this award truly is the cherry on top. Above all, the show would have been nothing without its audience, who not only showed immense support during the run but have now gone a step further and voted us London Fringe Production of the Year. It just doesn't get any better than that! Thank you!"

Guest Blog: Making theatre a platform to help as well as entertain

Epsilon’s last production, “Skin Tight” at Park Theatre, was two years in the making and was the success we’d hoped it would be and more; so obviously when Jemma, Epsilon’s Artistic Director, and I sat down after the whirlwind subsided and said, “wouldn’t it be great to do a season of plays next year, back to back with cross casting, just like the old fashioned Rep” we of course thought this would be marvellous, and you know what, as hard work as it is, we weren’t wrong.

Angela Bull

We spoke to our friends at Park Theatre again and pitched our idea to produce two plays, with a linking theme and to take residency for two months over the summer. Jez Bond, Park Theatre Artistic Director, loved the plays we suggested and booked us in.

The theme I spoke about that links both plays is bullying, both of the physical kind and the faceless intensity of cyber-bullying.

Hendrix in Chicken Shop is from lesbian parents and hideously bullied at school because of it, “If your mum is gay then clearly, you must be too”. Crystal Springs, however, follows an arc of many small seemingly trivial acts that end up in tragedy.

We had already started working on Anna Jordan’s play Chicken Shop for a scratch night towards the end of last year which was received with great enthusiasm. This is a heartbreaking story about the trials of growing up, the transition into adulthood, where it can lead and how it can shape the rest of your life. It also shows that when in adulthood, it’s not necessarily easier.