Drama
If you love acting, then we would love to see you perform at WCAF! From improvising and devising to Shakespeare and dramatic sightreading, there are solo, duo and group competitive and non-competitive opportunities along with workshops for everyone, of all ages, abilities and experience.
Large group entries are FREE and all entries have 25% discount if completed by 1st December 2025.
Entries MUST be made online via Play&Perform.
​We do not believe any enthusiastic performer should miss out on WCAF because of financial concerns or additional needs. We want to make taking part as easy as possible and to ensure we include everyone who wants to take part. Please contact admin@wcaf.org.uk to discuss any accessibility requirements or to discover more about free places.
There are many competitive and non-competitive opportunities to perform monologues and solo scenes. You can perform your own choice of solo or enter one of the Shakespeare classes. For experienced performers there are the open acting and comedy acting classes. The Festival Prize for Solo Acting is a great opportunity to offer several different performances and comes with a prize of £50! ​
Middle Ground Theatre Company is offering a week's work experience to a young performer who displays excellence in acting at the festival. This will be awarded at the adjudicators' discretion.
There are solo, duo and group opportunities to devise, prepare and perform your own piece of drama. Solo competitive classes include both set verses and 'own choice' poetry, along with sonnets. Use the prompts and stimuli in the syllabus to help inspire you!
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For anyone who is good at thinking on their feet, the new Improvisation classes are for you! The adjudicator will give you a prompt and some time to prepare, then you will perform your short piece.
Entries MUST be made online via Play&Perform.
Performers will be given a short passage and 5 minutes to read and practice their performance. The performer will then give an acted performance while holding amd reading from the script.
Entries MUST be made online via Play&Perform. ​
We will be offering non-competitive acting workshops at WCAF for young people aged from 7 upwards and for adults. They will look at monologues and characterisation.
Actors who are also musicians or singers may also wish to enter the Sproule Prize. The Sproule Prize is for performers up to the age of 15. Competitors must perform a poem or an acted scene AND a song or a piece of music on any instrument.
