2017-Syllabus

SPEECH & DRAMA
JUNIOR and SENIOR – OPEN Please refer to Speech & Drama Rules on pages 23-24
ACTING
Competitors and teachers are asked to show sensitivity in their choice of text and language.
From any play or dramatisation of a novel. Sketches not permitted, except from exam Syllabi.
Costume not allowed. Only minimal hand props essential to the action may be used. eg: fan, bag,
handkerchief, stick, shawl. An excessive number will lead to candidates being penalised.
GROUP ACTING. No fewer than 3 performers
64 11 years and under Time Limit: 8 mins
65 14 years and under Time Limit: 10 mins
66 21 years and under Time Limit: 10 mins
DUOLOGUE ACTING Classes 67 – 69
67 under 10 years
68 under 11 years
69 under 12 years
Time Limit: 4 mins
DUOLOGUE ACTING Classes 70 – 74
Time Limit: 5 mins
70 under 13 years 73* under 17 years
71 under 14 years 74* under 21 years
72 under 15 years
DUOLOGUE SHAKESPEARE Speech or scene from any play
75 12 years and under
76* 16 years and under
77* 19 years and under
SOLO ACTING Classes 78 – 82
78 8 years and under 81 11 years
79 9 years 82 12 years
80 10 years
Time Limit: 6 mins
Time Limit: 3 mins
SOLO ACTING Classes 83 – 88
Time Limit: 4 mins
83 13 years 86* 16 years
84 14 years 87* 17 and 18 years
85 15 years 88* 19 - 21 years
SOLO SHAKESPEARE
Speech or Scene for ONE CHARACTER ONLY from any play
Time Limit: 5 mins
89 12 years and under 92* 17 and 18 years
90 13 and 14 years 93* 19 – 21 years
91* 15 and 16 years
NEW!
SIGHT READING OF A DRAMATIC SCENE FOR ONE PERSON
Candidates will have 3 minutes to prepare a scene suitable for male or female performers provided
by the Festival. Movement is allowed.
94 15 – 18 years
CLASSICAL DRAMA - EXCLUDING SHAKESPEARE
Time Limit: 5 mins
Speech or Scene for ONE CHARACTER ONLY from any play written before 1910
95 14 – 21 years
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