The very best of youth drama from Hertfordshire and the Home Counties
The week-long Welwyn Garden City Youth Drama Festival attracts around 200 young people, competing for the cups awarded for junior and senior sections.
The entries are adjudicated at the end of each evening by a GODA (Guild of Drama Adjudicators) adjudicator, Mike Kaiser, who awards points under the recognised Youth Drama Festival scoring system.
Tickets are available now: £5 per evening, or £18 season ticket.
Performances start at 7.30pm Monday-Friday and 7.00pm Saturday.
More information from the Youth Drama Festival website.
Monday 17th May at 7.30pm
DramaTroupe (J) — Blackout by Davey Anderson
St Columba’s College (J) — Neville’s Island by Tim Firth
Hertswood School (S) — It Snows by Bryony Lavery, S Hogget & S Graham
Tuesday 18th May at 7.30pm
Hertswood School (J) — Moontel Six by Constance Congdon
Barn Juniors (J) — Burgers & Crumpets at Smithers by C Martin & Group
Phoenix Youth Theatre (S) — Slaughter City by Naomi Wallace
Wednesday 19th May at 7.30pm
Freman College (J) — Rainbow’s Ending by Noel Greig
Wareside Entertainers (J) — Is It Time Yet Dad? by Wayne Denphy
Swavesey Village College (S) — Blackout by Davey Anderson
Thursday 20th May at 7.30pm
Phoenix Youth Theatre (J) — Grimm Tales by C Duffy & T Supple
Monk’s Walk School (J) — Walking with Shadows by Ben Myers
Stagefright (S) — The Happiest Days of your Life by Andra Bishop
Friday 21st May at 7.30pm
Astley Cooper School (J) — Grimm Tales by C Duffy
Barn Seniors (S) — Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Pump House (S) — Blackout by Davey Anderson
Saturday 22nd May at 7pm — Final Presentation Evening
Theatreskool (J) — Unlikely Lad by John Bradwell
Sky Blue Theatre Dramawise (S) — The Method by Frances Bartram
Monk’s Walk School (S) — The Last Valentine by Glyn Maxwell
The week-long Welwyn Garden City Youth Drama Festival attracts around 200 young people, competing for the cups awarded for junior and senior sections.
The entries are adjudicated at the end of each evening by a GODA (Guild of Drama Adjudicators) adjudicator, Mike Kaiser, who awards points under the recognised Youth Drama Festival scoring system.
Tickets are available now: £5 per evening, or £18 season ticket.
Performances start at 7.30pm Monday-Friday and 7.00pm Saturday.
More information from the Youth Drama Festival website.
Monday 17th May at 7.30pm
DramaTroupe (J) — Blackout by Davey Anderson
St Columba’s College (J) — Neville’s Island by Tim Firth
Hertswood School (S) — It Snows by Bryony Lavery, S Hogget & S Graham
Tuesday 18th May at 7.30pm
Hertswood School (J) — Moontel Six by Constance Congdon
Barn Juniors (J) — Burgers & Crumpets at Smithers by C Martin & Group
Phoenix Youth Theatre (S) — Slaughter City by Naomi Wallace
Wednesday 19th May at 7.30pm
Freman College (J) — Rainbow’s Ending by Noel Greig
Wareside Entertainers (J) — Is It Time Yet Dad? by Wayne Denphy
Swavesey Village College (S) — Blackout by Davey Anderson
Thursday 20th May at 7.30pm
Phoenix Youth Theatre (J) — Grimm Tales by C Duffy & T Supple
Monk’s Walk School (J) — Walking with Shadows by Ben Myers
Stagefright (S) — The Happiest Days of your Life by Andra Bishop
Friday 21st May at 7.30pm
Astley Cooper School (J) — Grimm Tales by C Duffy
Barn Seniors (S) — Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Pump House (S) — Blackout by Davey Anderson
Saturday 22nd May at 7pm — Final Presentation Evening
Theatreskool (J) — Unlikely Lad by John Bradwell
Sky Blue Theatre Dramawise (S) — The Method by Frances Bartram
Monk’s Walk School (S) — The Last Valentine by Glyn Maxwell
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