All England One Act Theatre Festival

AAD runs a First Round Festival as part of the All England One Act Theatre Festival. The festival moves around the area and the next one is scheduled for February 2007. The festival is open to all members of the Association and as soon as details are finalized, copies of the Rules, Entry Forms and other details are available on this site or via the Festival Secretary.

AVON ONE ACT DRAMA FESTIVAL 22 to 24 February, 2007 This is being held at the exciting new venue of The Blakehay 20\22 Wadham Street, Weston super Mare, BS23 1JZ, and we are welcoming the return of the popular adjudicator, Mike Kaiser, GODA. For those of you who prefer written directions rather than relying on multimap or little boxes in your car here are one of the editorial team's directions:

Drive through Weston to the Sea Front. Follow round to the right, past the Winter Gardens then next right, second left and you are in Wadham Street. There is a car park 200 yards past the Theatre. We are a tad disappointed in only being able to run for three nights; despite initial interest and response amongst Weston clubs and schools, only The Bleadon Players are entering. They of course are very welcome and we hope they enjoy taking part in the festival scene.For those of you whose companies are not entering this year or who have never thought about entering, do come along and support us. You are promised an evening of varied theatre and an adjudicator whose down to earth comments and encouragement are always worth listening to. Weston is very accessible in the winter [ no motorway queues!] Performances start at 7.30pm.

Thursday 22 February : Sodbury Players Youth Section in Dickens Children by Nick Warburton; The Bleadon Players in The Winter of 1917 by David Campton; Sodbury Players in Is there Anybody there? by Lee Flewett.

Friday 23 February : Oldland Youth in Hard Candy by Jonathan Rand; The Actonians in The Bet by Miles Malleson, adapted from a Chekhov short story; Oldland Players in Blue Sky Thinking by James Maxwell.

Saturday 24 February : Oldland Players in Semblance of Madness by John Newmeir; Apollo Players in Huis Clos by Jean Paul Sartre, translated by Stuart Gilbert. This will be followed by firstly, an adjudication of the evening's plays and followed by the adjudication of the Festival and the presentation of prizes.

Tickets £6 (£4 students) available from (01454) 228243 or the Blakehay (01934) 645493. ) Winners of the Avon Festival will progress to the Central Division Final where they will compete against other Round 1 finalists from local counties etc. The Divisional winner will then progress to the Western Area Final which is then followed by the English Final - normally in June. All rounds are adjudicated by independant adjudicators who are members of GODA [the Guild of Drama Adjudicators]. Following this round the English winner will be invited to participate in the British Final which can be anywhere in Great Britain or Northern Ireland

Plays for the Festival must be a minimum of 20 minutes long - maximum 55 minutes. They must include a minimum of 2 speaking parts on stage and can be either (a) a 1 Act play, (b) an extract from a longer play - subject to certain provisions, (c) some other form of theatrical performance. All plays will be marked out of 100 with 40 marks for Acting, 35 for production, 15 for stage presentation and 10 for endeavour,originality and technical achievement.

AVON ASSOCIATION OF DRAMA

ONE ACT PLAY FESTIVAL 2007

to be held at The Blakehay, Wadham Street, Weston-S-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1JZ

WEEK COMMENCING 21st to 24th FEBRUARY 2007

ENTRY FORM PART 1

TO BE RETURNED NO LATER THAN 1st DECEMBER 2006 Group/Society.......................................................................

Name and address of Producer/Director with whom easy contact can be made :- NAME....................................................................................... Address...................................................................................... ................................................................................................ ................................................................................................

Tel No (daytime)....................................(evening).....................................

ENTRY FEE Affiliated Groups £25.00 Non-Affiliated Groups £30.00 *

* N.B. A CLUB MAY ONLY OPT IF IT IS BASED WITHIN THE AAD DISTRICT OR IF IT HAS PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED PERMISSION FROM THE ALL ENGLAND FESTIVAL COMMITTEE. A CLUB MAY NOT OPT IF IT HAS PREVIOUSLY OPTED FROM ANOTHER COUNTY

We agree to pay £60.00 for the sale of Tickets on the Night we perform (for this sum you will receive 15 tickets @ a face value of £90.00 - i.e. 5 free tickets)

SIGNED on behalf of the Society.......................................................................................... Please return this form to Bob Allen, Festival Secretary AAD, 193 Glenfall, Yate, South Glos, BS37 4ND, Tel. (01454 325192), email www.bOb_s@hotmail.com

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR : Ann Aplin , Tel 01454 228 243

ENTRY FORM PART 2

NAME OF GROUP/SOCIETY.......................................................................................... ADULT/YOUTH Entry.....................................................

PLAY TITLE.................................................................................................................... AUTHOR......................................................(IF ORIGINAL PLEASE STATE)...................... TYPE OF PLAY (eg Comedy) ..............................................................................

APPROXRUNNING TIME ....................... ..... Max permitted 55mins. Min 20mins

Programme Details : BRIEF SYNOPSIS

ACTION PASSES IN...................................................................................................

CAST DETAILS (Please PRINT clearly)

PLEASE INDICATE, BY AGE, IF INDIVIDUAL CAST MEMBERS QUALIFY FOR JUNIOR AWARDS [17 and under]

Please note that due to restricted Programme space no additional credits can be included

IF YOU REQUIRE A WRITTEN ADJUDICATION PLEASE TICK HERE ......................

Please return this form to the address shown below *

Bob Allen, 193 Glenfall, Yate, South Glos, BS37 4ND

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AAD contacts: FESTIVAL DIRECTOR : Ann Aplin , Tel 01454 228 243

Bob Allen, Festival Secretary AAD, 193 Glenfall, Yate, South Glos, BS37 4ND, Tel. (01454 325192), email www.bOb_s@hotmail.com