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Week of the 24th March 2025
Totton Festival of Drama 2025
Enter our 2025 Festival
The festival team are working hard to make sure that all competing groups can put on their best possible production and really enjoy their festival experience - and in the Hanger Farm Arts Centre, you have perfect intimate space in which to perform.
As always, our one act play festival is open to all amateur drama groups, schools and colleges and we always love welcoming new groups to the festival as well as welcoming back old friends.
All performances must be between 20 and 55 minutes and contain a minimum of two speaking parts. The full rules for the Totton Festival can be found here.
Should you also wish to enter the national competition (the All England Theatre Festival) you must also make sure you adhere to their rules also.
If you would like to enter the festival please complete the online entry form below.
Please do not hesitate to get in contact with us if you have any questions about any aspect of the Totton Festival. We would love to hear from you.
The deadline for entries for the 2025 competition is Friday 24th January 2025.
Our 2025 Adjudicator: Bob Tomson GoDA
Bob Tomson has been an actor, stage and screen writer, a college and university lecture in drama, and now divides his time as a professional director in both theatre and TV.
His early years he acted with the National Youth Theatre and became their Associate Director for several years.
As resident director at various reps, he has founded no fewer than 18 youth theatre groups, has become a sought-after guest tutor at leading London Drama Schools and on amateur theatre training courses.
This is Bob’s first visit to the Totton Festival.
Rounds of the national competition
All England Theatre Festival Round 1
Totton Festival of Drama
Week of the 24th March 2025 at Hanger Farm, Totton
All England Theatre Festival Round 2
Western Area Semi Final
Saturday 17th May 2025 at Merlin Theatre, Frome
Adjudicator: Paul Fowler GoDA
All England Theatre Festival Round 3
English Final
Saturday 7th June 2025 at Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight
Adjudicator: Nancy Heath GoDA