A wonderful week of entertaining, dramatic competition that attracts around 250 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 adjudicator, Bev Clark GODA, for acting, production, stage presentation and dramatic achievement.

Entries to the Youth Drama Festival are welcome from schools, drama clubs, in fact any group participating in youth drama.

MONDAY 2nd MARCH – 7.30pm
Hertswood Academy (J) Grimm Tales: The Golden Goose & Iron Hans – Carol Ann Duffy
Richard Hale Players 1 (S) Je Suis Charlie – Devised*
JCoSS (S) Arbeit Macht Frei – Paul King

TUESDAY 3rd MARCH – 7.30pm
Pump House CYT (J) Afternoon at the Seaside – Agatha Christie
Barn Avant Garde (S) The Ribbon – Guy Las
Richard Hale Players 2 (S) Freedom to Speak – Devised*

WEDNESDAY 4th MARCH – 7.30pm
Habs Girls (J) Hamlet – William Shakespeare abridged by Martin Lamb & Penelope Middelboe
JCoSS Theatre Troupe (J) Our Man – Daniel Clucas
Company of Teens (S) The Wardrobe – Sam Holcroft

THURSDAY 5th MARCH – 7.30pm
Barnwell School (J) I Had A Dream – Devised
Freman College (S) Ten Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse – Don Zolidis
Stagefright (S) Happy Families – Andra Bishop (devised)

FRIDAY 6th MARCH – 7.30pm
Barn Beckett (J) The Little Match Girl & Stitched Up – adapted by Lara Silverstone from Hans Christian Andersen
The Astley Cooper School SDC (S) DNA – Dennis Kelly

SATURDAY 7th MARCH – 7.00pm (NB Earlier time)
Swavesey Youth Theatre (J) Don’t Feed the Animals – Jemma Kennedy
Barn Hedwig (J) DNA – Dennis Kelly
Award ceremony

See www.wgcydf.org for more details.

* May contain strong language

Tickets

Tickets are now available for just £6.

Group bookings: Book for 6 or more people for one evening and the price is reduced to £5.

Season ticket: Book a ticket for every evening and pay just £22.50, a saving of £13.50.

Buy online or from the Box Office. Discounts for groups and season tickets are applied automatically online when you add the seats to your order in one transaction.