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SPEECH & DRAMA JUNIOR and SENIOR – OPEN Please refer to Speech & Drama Rules on pages 23-24 ADULT OPEN CLASSES Winners from these classes may be invited to perform at the Speech & Drama Concert. VERSE SPEAKING – All Verse to be memorised See Speech & Drama Rules 2 & 9 105* Onions by William Matthews Ref 24 or Any Other Poem or Extract from a Poem on Culinary Pleasures Time Limit: 2½ mins MEMORISED PROSE – See Speech & Drama Rules 2, 8 & 9 To present an OWN CHOICE selection from the SET book. Time Limit: 2½ mins 106* The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson – Hesperus Press Limited SOLO ACTING – See Speech & Drama Rule 6 Competitors and teachers are asked to show sensitivity in their choice of text and language. A Speech or Scene for ONE CHARACTER ONLY from any play, or dramatisation of a novel. Sketches not permitted. 107* Own Choice Time Limit: 5 mins NEW! READING ALOUD The Competitor will be required to read a passage at sight selected by the Adjudicator from the following book. 108 BYA 2016.qxp_Layout All the Light We Cannot 1 28/07/2016 See by 20:44 Anthony Page Doerr 1 – Fourth Estate Time Limit: 2 mins Bath Young Actor of the Year High achieving participants from the festival will be invited to take part in this prestigious event in Autumn 2017 and will be judged by a distinguished panel of adjudicators. Only three Candidates will be selected for each category. A cash prize will be awarded to the Junior Young Actor 2017 (10-13 years) and the Senior Young Actor 2017 (14 -18 years). Each performer will offer a Recital Programme no longer than 10 minutes around an own choice theme to incorporate at least THREE elements, one of which must be an acting piece and the other two taken from the following list: Verse Speaking, Memorised Prose and Mime. The programme should include an introduction, links and a conclusion. SPONSORED BY KINGSWOOD SCHOOL 22 www.midsomersetfestival.org.uk
SPEECH AND DRAMA RULES 1. OWN CHOICE. The printed books or copies of own choice pieces must be brought by the Competitors and handed to the Adjudicator’s Steward before performing. In Acting Classes, all cuts should be clearly marked. Title and author of all Own Choice items must be supplied in writing at the time of performance, in order to comply with the new Performing Rights Rules. All Own Choice selections must be by published authors. 2. VERSE. GESTURE and MOVEMENT are NOT permitted in the speaking of Lyrical Verse. All Verse must be memorised. Gesture is allowed in the speaking of Memorised Prose. SPEECH & DRAMA 3. BIBLE CLASSES. See instructions for Classes 35 – 37. Own Choice selections may be taken from any version of the Bible or the Thomas Cranmer Prayer Book. 4. GROUP SPEAKING / SHARED VERSE Movement optional. Hand props allowed. Groups must enter under a Collective Title, NOT Individual Names. 5. MIME CLASSES. In all Mime Classes no-one under 10 years may enter. No costume or handprops are allowed. Table and chairs will be provided. Shoes, if worn, must have soft soles. Sound effects or music may accompany the mime offstage. Tape Recorder or CD Player (13 amp or battery operated) to be provided by the Competitor. N.B. DANCE DRAMA is not accepted in these classes. See Class 53. 6. ACTING CLASSES. a. In all classes a Scene from any Published Play or Dramatisation from a Novel may be used. SKETCHES (scenes written in isolation) ARE NOT PERMITTED. An exception is made for scenes set for Exam Syllabi. Competitors should set their own scene. Solo performers must use the lines of ONE character only. No Competitor may appear in more than one scene in the same class. Chairs and tables will be provided. Sound effects or music may accompany the acting / devised performance offstage. Tape recorder or CD player (13 amp or battery operated) to be provided by the Competitor. b. In ALL Acting Classes, minimal hand props essential to the action may be used. eg: fan, bag, handkerchief, stick, shawl, but an excessive number will lead to marks being deducted. School uniform or practice skirts may be worn, but NOT STAGE COSTUME or masks. c. GROUP ACTING CLASSES. These must consist of three or more speaking parts, and Competitors cannot enter the same scene in more than one class. In School Classes, entrants in each group must be from the same school. Groups must enter under a Collective Title, NOT Individual Names. 7. THEME. See Instruction by Class. 8. TIME LIMITS. All Time Limits must be strictly observed. Competitors will be penalised if exceeded, and marks will be deducted. Introductions are NOT included in the time limit. 9. CONDUCTING or offstage direction in any class will incur a penalty. 10. SUBSTITUTIONS. Any School or Club entering Competitors in Solo or Duologue Classes must put the name(s) of any entrants on the entry form. No substitution will be allowed. Substitutions are allowed in Group Performances. 11. YOUTH DEBATING and PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASSES. Speeches must be composed by the Competitor. Minimal notes and visual aids may be used. NB: Competitors and teachers are asked to show sensitivity towards their audience in their choice of text and language. Principal Sponsor – ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST 23
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Page 3 and 4: Welcome to the Mid-Somerset Festiva
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