N.B. Due to changes in copyright regulations, reading from photocopied documents is not permitted. Any reading must be from a commercially obtained document.
This proposed schedule is subject to change if entries exceed our expectations.
All time limits include any introduction.
Titles and authors MUST be given at the time of entry to comply with copyright regulations which demand that this information has to be in the programme. The programme is compiled in July.
DV16 VERSE SPEAKING – under 16 years
Own choice of any poem Time limit – 4 minutes
DVX VERSE SPEAKING – any age
Own choice of any humorous poem Time limit – 4 minutes
This may be a dialect poem and may be delivered in regional speech where appropriate
DA10 DUOLOGUES or GROUP SCENES – under 10 years
Own choice Time limit – 5 minutes
DA12 DUOLOGUES or GROUP SCENES – under 12 years
Own choice Time limit – 5 minutes
DA14 DUOLOGUES or GROUP SCENES – under 14 years
Own choice Time limit – 7 minutes
DA16 DUOLOGUES or GROUP SCENES – under 16 years
Own choice Time limit – 7 minutes
DA17 DUOLOGUES or GROUP SCENES – 16 years and over
Own choice Time limit – 7 minutes
DS SHAKESPEARE – any age solo or group
Own choice from any play Time limit – 7 minutes
DP14 PROSE READING – under 14 years
Own choice from ‘The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’ by CS Lewis
No longer than 3 minutes (including any intro)
DP16 PROSE READING – under 16 years
Own choice from ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Bronte
No longer than 3 minutes (including any intro)