It’s their 78th year of presenting 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 for acting, production, stage presentation and dramatic achievement.

MONDAY 7^th MARCH – 7.30pm

• Beaumont School Junior Drama Company (J) When This is Over – devised
• Guy Crossland (S) Act 3 Sc. 1 – Hamlet speech by William Shakespeare
• Mimic Youth Theatre Company (S) The Boy Preference by Elinor Cook

TUESDAY 8^th MARCH – 7.30pm

• Stagecoach Bishop’s Stortford & Harlow (J) Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, Me by John Pritchard
• Barn Hermes (S) Antigone Now by Melissa Cooper
• Limitless Academy of Performing Arts (S) Scaramouche Jones by Justin Butcher

WEDNESDAY 9^th MARCH – 7.30pm

• Barn Errol (J) Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales – adapted by Philip Wilson
• St Albans High School for Girls (S) Milady by Beth Flintoff

THURSDAY 10^th MARCH – 7.30pm

• Archer Players (J) Oedipus the King by Sophocles translated by Ian Johnston
• St Albans Middle School Drama Club (J) Lord of the Flies by William Golding, adapted by Nigel Williams
• Company of Teens (S) When This is Over – devised

FRIDAY 11^th MARCH – 7.30pm

• Freman College (S) Be A Lady They Said – devised
• Limitless Academy of Performing Arts (S) Brook for Nothing by Paul Adam Levy
• St Christopher School (S) Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

SATURDAY 12^th MARCH – 2pm

• Hampton Gardens School (S) Macbeth by William Shakespeare
• Pump House CYT (S) Zero for the Young Dudes by Alistair McDowall

SATURDAY 12^th MARCH – 7pm

• Limitless Academy of Performing Arts (J) Life is Like a Box of Chocolates by Ruth Burton
• St George’s School (S) A Fishy Business by Margaret Wood

Award ceremony

NB: Some entries will be versions of longer plays which will have been abridged with the permission of the licensees.WARNING: Some entries may contain strong language or themes unsuitable for young children.

See www.wgcydf.org for more details.

WARNING: Some entries may contain strong language or themes unsuitable for young children