ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

 ... an annual one-act drama festival  in which drama groups from across  the area compete for a number of prestigious trophies and awards. The winner and runner up can opt to go forward to the semi final of the All England Theatre Festival, see below for more details. Click here to see a brief history of the festival.

... run by volunteers, is a non-profit initiative and is in its 79th year! Every Spring, one-act plays are performed in front of an esteemed professional adjudicator and you, the audience. The performances are between 20 and 55 minutes long, ranging from comedies to thrillers to highly-emotional dramas, dance, music and indeed any form of performance theatre. Click here to see the rules. 

Each performance is critiqued by the adjudicator in front of the audience as soon as it has finished.  The adjudicator marks each production for acting, direction, stage presentation and dramatic achievement. (see the marking system below) 

We encourage everyone to come along and watch all of the performances.

Points out of 100  are awarded by the Adjudicator in the following areas:

ACTING: 40 points

DIRECTION: 35 points

STAGE PRESENTATION: 15 points

DRAMATIC ACHIEVEMENT: 10 points

And they can be removed too, for not sticking

within the times for setting up or striking the set: 

UP TO 1 MINUTE: 1 point

UP TO 2 MINUTES: 3 points

UP TO 3 MINUTES: 6 points

UP TO 4 MINUTES: 10 points

UP TO 5 MINUTES: 15 points

OVER 5 MINUTES: Disqualification

The results are announced at the end of the final 

session on Sunday evening.