CDA THEATRE FESTIVAL – CONDITIONS OF ENTRY & RULES

All societies, groups and schools affiliated to the CDA are invited to enter the CDA THEATRE FESTIVAL

The purpose or the Festival is two-fold:

It is designed to assist societies and to improve standards through WRITTEN ADJUDICATIONS
Trophies and certificates are awarded each year to winners in the Festival COMPETITION.  In the competition, awards will be made to those societies, which, in the opinion of the Adjudicators, best meet, the challenge of the Festival.  The Adjudicators will base their decisions on acting, direction, presentation and all-round enterprise.

Professional involvement:  in the case of PLAYS, all actors/directors/producers must be amateurs.  For this purpose those who have been engaged as a professional performer or director/producer within the previous 2 CDA Theatre Festival years shall not be deemed to be amateurs.  In the case of MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS, the foregoing comments regarding amateur status shall not apply to musicians and musical directors.

  1. The Festival will commence on 1st Sept 2009 and end on 31st Aug 2010
  2. There are 2 sections in the Festival, both of which cover adult and youth performances

(i)                  PLAYS SECTION

(ii)                MUSICALS, PANTOMIMES AND REVUES SECTION

  1. All Adjudicators will be drawn from the current panel of Adjudicators authorised by the Cornwall Drama Association, and normally 2 Adjudicators will attend a performance
  2. Societies, groups and schools may enter more than one production during the Festival period.  Any group may win more than one award.
  3. Entries will be accepted UP TO FOUR WEEKS PRIOR TO THE PERFORMANCE DATES
  4. THE ENTRY FEE is £30 per production.  Cheques payable to Cornwall Drama Association
  5. Groups will be adjudicated in their performance space during a normal public performance of a production.  There will be no spoken adjudication.  In due course (usually within 14 days) the director named on the application form will receive a confidential report.  The Adjudicators will see one performance of the play, and additional adjudications cannot be considered, for cast changes etc.
  6. No marks will be revealed at any time.
  7. It is requested that Directors/Secretaries send the names and ages of cast members who are 18 or under with the entry form.  This is to enable the Adjudicators to assess the young people for the ROY CROSLEY AWARD, made to outstanding young actors taking part in the Festival.
  8. A production will be entered in the Festival in the year in which its run starts, i.e. A production still running from August into September will be adjudicated before 31st August, when the Festival year ends.
  9. One copy of the play/script must be sent with the entry form.  However, no copies of Shakespeare’s plays will be required, nor well-know musicals or any pantomimes (please check with Adjudicators if in doubt).  These copies will be returned to the society with the written adjudication.  No photocopied scripts will be accepted by the Adjudicators unless these have been approved by the publishers

Please contact one of the Adjudicators named on the entry form if you have any queries about these rules.

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