Youth Actor competition

Are there any budding actors out there? Come and show your acting skills with a piece of your choice.

Newbury Fringe Festival 2007 has been funded by:

Newbury Fringe Festival 2007 has been funded by:

Greenham Common Trust

Greenham Common Trust

Vodafone Ltd

Vodafone

Sheepdrove Organic Shop

Sheepdrove Organic Shop

West berks BME Forum

West berks BME Forum

The Nawab Indian Restaurant

The Nawab Indian Restaurant

Indigo Bay Indian Restaurant

Indigo Bay Indian Restaurant

Newbury Town Council

Newbury Town Council

West Berkshire District Council

West Berkshire District Council

Venue

Sunday 27 May 1pm, Town Hall, Council Chamber.

Judges will be looking for:
Characterisation   Good use of voice
Good choice of actions   Use of space
Communication and quality of performance      
Competition rules
  1. Competitors must be secondary school age at the time of the competition (i.e. 11-18yrs)
  2. Competitors may act a solo piece of drama with actions and speech of up to three and a half minutes
  3. Competitors may choose their own piece, which may be sourced from a play, prose, poem, audition piece or from any other text. It may be written by themselves
  4. Props and costume may be used, but are not compulsory. A table, chair and door will be available for use at the venue. Any additional props or costumes must be provided by the competitors and taken away after use
  5. Material used must be non offensive regarding subject matter and language
  6. Three judges and a small rolling audience will watch the performances
  7. Winners of all competitions will be decided on the day and awarded their cups on the Victoria Park bandstand at 5pm
  8. Neither West Berkshire Council nor Newbury Fringe Festival will take responsibility for the supervision of competitors. Parents and guardians may accompany their children and be part of the small rolling audience
Entry to the competition

Please print the entry form which can be found here. Alternatively, application forms can be collected from libraries, school arts departments or youth clubs.

Further information

Contact: Robin Mayes on: rmayes@westberks.gov.uk

West Berkshire District CouncilThe West Berkshire Youth Arts Competition in association with Newbury Fringe Festival.

 

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