Dear Friends ,
It’s that time of year again – Entry forms are now available for our 2026 TAMWORTH
HASTILOW One-Act Drama festival.
The festival celebrates the great talent of local drama groups as they take part in
friendly competition to win the silverware on offer or claim a place in the next round
of the All-England Theatre Festival national competition. (Groups opting to enter this
part of the festival will have the opportunity to represent the Central Division at the
Quarter Final April 25th.
If you haven’t taken place in the festival before, why not give it a try, it can be lots
of fun?
The festival will be taking place at The Rose Theatre RUGELEY Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th April.
The festival, open to all amateur theatre groups and players of all abilities, is where
you can meet similar groups in friendly competition – it is a fantastic learning tool
for both groups and audience alike with a professional adjudication taking place on
every play.
Two or three one-act plays will take part in each session. Some plays will be well-
known, others newly written. The plays may have large casts or be two-handers, be
youth or adult, be realistic dramas, fantasies, comedies or tragedies…..
At the final session on the Sunday there will be the presentation of some lovely
awards and we will learn who will be going forward to the Central division quarter
Final and maybe upwards to the Central Area semi-final, English and British Finals.
PLEASE NOTE – groups wishing to opt to go forward must be available for the
following dates Quarter Finals 25th April – Crown Wharf Theatre -STONE.
Semi Finals Sun 10th May Artrix Theatre BROMSGROVE
English Final Sat 30th May Leicester Little Theatre.
(remember you can just do the open festival in Rugeley and win awards if you don’t wish to go forward.)
The basic entry rules are:
The performance must be between 20 – 55 minutes long and have a minimum of 2
speaking parts.
Groups will have 10 minutes to set and 5 minutes to strike their sets.
The number of places is limited and we need to know numbers by 1st December 2025
Don’t delay. Groups will be allocated a place on a first come basis.
You don’t need to know the title of your entry to register your interest.
You can be assured of a very warm welcome to our festival.
Please note that you can only opt to go forward in the ALL ENGLAND competition
through one festival. However even if you are opting to go forward through another
festival, you can still enter the open section of our festival which gives you the
opportunity to perform your play for another adjudicator and audience.
Please complete the entry form to reserve your place
Kind regards
Sue Fortune (festival organiser)