Waiting list. Our waiting list is now full. ​The performance will be transmitted to the large screen in the bar if you’re unable to obtain a seat in the auditorium.

It’s their 79th year of presenting a wonderful week of entertaining, dramatic competition that attracts young people from Hertfordshire and its adjoining counties. They compete for various awards for junior and senior sections. There are two or three short (one-act) plays each night. The teams must adhere to the festival rules and will be awarded marks by a professional GoDa adjudicator for acting, production, stage presentation and dramatic achievement.

See www.wgcydf.org for more details.

Monday 6th March – 7.30pm

St Francis’ College (J) Jane Eyre’s Diary by Charlotte McDermott
Beaumont School Junior Drama Company (J) Like There’s No Tomorrow
by Belgrade Youth Theatre
Chancellor’s School (J) Agatha Twisty & the Murder in Pantoland  by Warren McWilliams

Tuesday 7th March – 7.30pm

St Albans Middle School Drama Club (J) Treasure Island by R L Stevenson
adapted by Todd Espeland
St Christopher School (J) Heritage by Dafydd James

Wednesday 8th March – 7.30pm

Limitless Academy of Performing Arts (J) Bassett by James Graham
St Albans High School for Girls (S) Flood by Lucy Foster

Thursday 9th March – 7.30pm

Junior Archer Players (J) Caesar by William Shakespeare
Senior Archer Players (S) 100 by Diene Petterle, Neil Monaghan & Christopher Heimann

Friday 10th March – 7.30pm

Nicholas Breakspear (J) Once Upon A Time . . . inspired by Carol Ann Duffy – devised
St Christopher School (S) The Last Post by Connor Vincent

Saturday 11th March – 7pm

Stagecall Community Arts Group 1 (S) Millionaire – devised
Barn Hermes (S) Harry’s Hotter At Twilight by Jonathan Dorf

Award ceremony