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Speech & Drama Classes
Saturday 6th March - Sunday 14th March 2021
Online (virtual) classes
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Adjudicators:
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Jean-Marc Perret LLAM
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JEAN-MARC PERRET trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. His theatre credits include the Royal Shakespeare Company and many regional appearances. His TV & Film appearances include Prince Caspian in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, and Revelation. In the US, he has played in This Is Us and American Woman.
He is currently a teacher and examiner for the London College of Music (Drama / Communication & Musical Theatre). He previously examined for LAMDA for ten years and Trinity College, London for two years.
He is trained as a British Academy of Dramatic Combat fight instructor: credits include Disney’s Cinderella, d’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers and an exhibition event of Great Britain and Hungarian Olympic fencers.
He has adjudicated previously at The Watford Festival and is delighted to be returning, and is also looking forward to the novel experience of an online festival.
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SPEECH SECTION
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- All verse speaking to be performed from memory
- All entrants are expected to dress appropriately (See Regulation 6)
- Entrants who disregard these regulations are liable to be penalised
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VERSE SPEAKING (SET POEMS)
Please contact Katherine Barker on 020 9859 7819 or katherine@watfordfestival.co.uk for a booklet containing the poems. Note that there may be different wordings in different published editions and performances will be judged according to the versions in the poem booklet we provide.
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| S0 |
Reception Year & under |
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£6.00 |
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Cat in Moonlight by Douglas Gibson OR
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Splash by Anonymous OR
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To the Fair by Brian Moses
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| S1 |
School Year 1 |
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£6.00 |
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Bella Had a New Umbrella by Eve Merriam OR
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I Went Fishing by Anonymous OR
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Morning Song by Bobbi Katz
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| S2 |
School Year 2 |
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£6.00 |
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A Smile by Jez Alborough OR
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Motorway Witch by Max Fatchen OR
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Someone by Walter de la Mare
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| S3 |
School Year 3 |
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£6.50 |
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Alphabet Stew by Jack Prelutsky OR
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My Grannies by June Crebbin OR
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Robin’s Song by Anonymous
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| S4 |
School Year 4 |
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£6.50 |
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English by Eleanor Farjeon OR
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The Lamplighter by Robert Louis Stevenson OR
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The Lonely Scarecrow by James Kirkup
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| S5 |
School Year 5 |
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£6.50 |
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Bad Day at the Ark by Roger McGough OR
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Come In by Robert Frost OR
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Just Another Pebble by Eunice Buchanan
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| S6 |
School Year 6 |
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£6.50 |
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Floradora Doe by Jack Prelutsky OR
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Miller’s End by Charles Causley OR
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Something Told the Wild Geese by Rachel Field
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| S7 |
School Year 7 |
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£7.00 |
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Empty House by Gareth Owen OR
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Geography Lesson by Brian Patten OR
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The Snare by James Stephens
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| S8 |
School Year 8 |
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£7.00 |
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Blackbird by John Drinkwater OR
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Cards Dealt by Joseph Coelho OR
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Sea-Fever by John Masefield
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| S9 |
School Years 9 & 10 |
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£7.00 |
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Let There Be Peace by Lemn Sissay OR
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Not My Business by Niyi Osundare OR
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The River’s Story by Brian Patten
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| S10 |
School Years 11 — 13 |
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£7.50 |
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Half-Past Two by U. A. Fanthorpe OR
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Home Thoughts from Abroad by Robert Browning OR
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Throwing a Tree by Thomas Hardy
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VERSE SPEAKING (OWN CHOICE – But NOT a set poem listed above)
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| S11 |
Reception Year & under |
1 min |
£6.00 |
| S12 |
School Year 1 |
1 min |
£6.00 |
| S13 |
School Year 2 |
2 mins |
£6.00 |
| S14 |
School Year 3 |
2 mins |
£6.50 |
| S15 |
School Year 4 |
2 mins |
£6.50 |
| S16 |
School Year 5 |
2 mins |
£6.50 |
| S17 |
School Year 6 |
2 mins |
£6.50 |
| S18 |
School Years 7 & 8 |
3 mins |
£7.00 |
| S19 |
School Years 9 & 10 |
3 mins |
£7.00 |
| S20 |
School Years 11 — 13 |
3 mins |
£7.50 |
SONNET (OWN CHOICE)
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| S21 |
School Years 9 & 10 |
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£7.00 |
| S22 |
School Years 11 — 13 |
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£7.50 |
PROSE READING (OWN CHOICE)
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- The chosen piece of prose must be read from the pages of the book itself
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| S23 |
School Years 2 & under |
2 mins |
£6.00 |
| S24 |
School Year 3 |
2 mins |
£6.50 |
| S25 |
School Year 4 |
2 mins |
£6.50 |
| S26 |
School Year 5 |
2 mins |
£6.50 |
| S27 |
School Year 6 |
2 mins |
£6.50 |
| S28 |
School Year 7 |
3 mins |
£7.00 |
| S29 |
School Year 8 |
3 mins |
£7.00 |
| S30 |
School Year 9 & 10 |
3 mins |
£7.00 |
| S31 |
School Years 11 — 13 |
3 mins |
£7.50 |
STORYTELLING
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- Competitors to tell a story (known or invented) in their own words
- No costumes
- Props & visual aids permitted
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| S32 |
School Years 6 & under |
3 mins |
£6.50 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING
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- Prepared speech / talk on any topic
- Notes and visual aids permitted
- 2 minutes are allowed for preparation
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| S33 |
School Years 6 & under |
3 mins |
£6.50 |
| S34 |
School Years 7 — 9 |
4 mins |
£7.00 |
| S35 |
School Years 10 — 13 |
4 mins |
£7.50 |
DRAMA SECTION
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MIME
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- Own choice of subject
- Practice clothes only to be worn (white or black shirt, blouse or T-shirt; black trousers or tights)
- No music, costumes or hand props to be used
- Solo - One stage block OR one chair is permitted
- A title should be announced but no introduction or verbal explanation given
- Bare feet or soft footwear to be worn
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Solo
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| S40 |
School Years 6 & under |
3 mins |
£6.50 |
| S41 |
School Years 7 — 9 |
4 mins |
£7.00 |
| S42 |
School Years 10 — 13 |
4 mins |
£7.50 |
ACTING
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- All Own choice
- All classes must be performed from memory – no script reading
- Costume or Practice clothes (white or black shirt, blouse or T-shirt; black trousers or black skirt) should be worn. NB : No extra marks will be awarded for costume
- Appropriate footwear should be worn to suit the character
- Hand props and music may be used
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ELIZABETHAN, JACOBEAN OR RESTORATION
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Solo
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| S46 |
School Years 7 — 9 |
4 mins |
£7.00 |
| S47 |
School Years 10 — 13 |
4 mins |
£7.50 |
SCENE FROM A PLAY, SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED PROSE OR MONOLOGUE
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(excluding Elizabethan, Jacobean or Restoration)
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Solo
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- * Please see note 4.4 in Regulations & General Information
- All acting rules apply
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| S50 |
School Years 4 & under |
3 mins |
£6.50 |
| S51 |
School Years 5 & 6 |
3 mins |
£6.50 |
| S52 |
School Years 7 — 9 |
4 mins |
£7.00 |
| S53 |
School Years 10 — 13 |
4 mins |
£7.50 |
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