Raw Theatre

You & Me by Peter Yates

After 15 years a mother and daughter and meet for the first time. Where do you start? What do you say? What do you answer? Will their emotions override their hopes?

BacktoBack Theatre

Bounce by Tom Derrington

Jesse is a life coach, helping thousands of people to uncover their true purpose.
But when a young man living with depression is transformed during one of his intense live events, things quickly unravel.
Now his mother is desperate to find out what happened to her son.

Bitterne Park School

Josephine the Angel by Paul King

A true story of New York Fire Company and the events at the World Trade Centre on September 11th, 2001 This is a story of bravery and of luck. Or was it angels?

Titchfield Youth Theatre

Digging by John O'Hanlon

Alice and Jack meet on an archaeological dig. When Jack digs up a roman wooden vessel his life begins to unravel. What is the link between the wooden jar and the mysterious silent Girl in White?

Studio Theatre

Lady Molly of Scotland Yard: The Ninescore Mystery by Lesley Bates adapted from the original novel by Baroness Orczy

The ladies of the female department of Scotland Yard invite you into their office to show you how Lady Molly solved her very first murder case – the infamous Ninescore Mystery.

Bishopstoke Players

Yankee Doodle by Adrian Barrett

Sophie has been having a recurring dream, is it due to the stress of her looming GCSE's, or is there something darker hiding in the shadows of time?

Starcast Drama Company

Appropriate Audience Behaviour by Ian McWethy

Carol and Ashley are expecting a tale of woe as they take their seats to watch Hamlet, but the real tragedy is that they’re sitting next to the world’s noisiest weirdos.

SUP Theatre Company

Jane Austen in Southampton by Philippa Messent Watling

Jane finds herself at the centre of a comedy of manners. She must navigate the minefield that is the social lives of the landed gentry while dodging the most horrific of fates... mild embarrassment.

Starcast Drama Collective

15 Reasons not to be in a play by Alan Haehnel

This is a play about not being in a play, ironically expressed through a hilarious series of monologues, duets, and ensemble scenes.

SUP Theatre Company

The Space Between by Richard Fear

Two soldiers are trapped aboard a spaceship on a seemingly endless voyage. Unable to remember why, and for how long, they have been adrift in the void, they must piece together the clues to their past lives before isolation drives them into madness.

Bishopstoke Players (Youth)

Tremulous by Le Wilhelm

Two awkward teenagers meet in an orchard to carry out their pre-planned suicides. The girls discuss friendship, feelings and fears, whilst observing the life around them. Is it scarier to take your own life or live in this crazy lonely world?

Starcast Performance Arts School Drama Company

Cut by Ed Monk

A group of actors rehearses a play within a play within a play. As the plot complications multiply, the actors begin to forget who is playing whom. Then they can’t seem to remember who they really are, as opposed to the people they are playing. Then things start to get confusing...

Light UP

Hood by Katherine Chandler

There’s no money left, there’s five struggling kids to feed and interfering Father Tuck just won’t let them be. But our modern day hero, Robyn Hood is determined to keep her family together, whatever it takes…

Our 2024 Adjudicator: David Price GoDA

David has over 40 years’ experience of amateur performance, mostly relating to his involvement with Builth Wells Young Farmers’ Club. He writes and directs their annual Drama, Entertainment and Pantomime entries, and has been successful in the Club representing Wales at the National Finals on 6 occasions, performing at such venues as Blackpool Opera House and the Princess Theatre, Torquay. Having won in 1996, runners up in 2005 and 2006, they went on to an unprecedented triumph for 3 consecutive years in 2011/12/13.

His writing also includes a number of Pantomimes for the ‘Old Stagers’ company, raising over £60,000 for TENOVUS Cancer Research from their performances. Most recently he directed their production of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’, which raised over £9,000 for local charities.

As a member of Builth Wells Community Arts, he has acting in productions ranging from ‘Oh. What a Lovely War’ to ‘Cider with Rosie’. He is currently a Patron and Board member of Wyeside Arts Centre.

His experience of drama adjudication spans over 20 years, and includes festivals for YFC, WI, ‘All England Theatre Festival’, ‘Drama Association of Wales’ and ‘Scottish Community Drama Association’. In 2022 he had the honour of adjudicating the ‘UK Community Drama Festival’ National Finals in Rhyl. He also adjudicated the Wales finals for the Drama Association of Wales in 2019 and 2023.

He is a farmer and former County Councillor, having had the pleasure of being elected Chairman of Powys County Council in 2009/10. He was appointed High Sheriff of Powys by HM the Queen for 2018/19. He is married to Elaine and has three daughters.

David became an Associate of the Guild of Drama Adjudicators in September 2013 and received full membership in 2016. He was elected to serve on GoDA council from 2021 to 2023, and currently leads on a bursary scheme devised to encourage more youth entries in drama festivals.