Festival Results | SCDA Edinburgh District

SCDA EDINBURGH DISTRICT 1-ACT FESTIVAL

Our Festivals

Although competition forms part of the motivation for entering a Festival, We cannot stress strongly enough that they are not cutthroat events. Non-competitive entries are welcome at district round festivals for clubs who don’t wish to compete but would still like to experience the fantastic atmosphere and fun to be had.

We know, based on feedback from clubs who enter festivals, how much they enjoy performing to a new audience and socialising with likeminded-people.

Festivals also provide an opportunity to learn both from the adjudicators and from each other.

To enter, a club has to be a current SCDA member.

There are two categories

The Open festival, open to all groups,

The Youth Festival, restricted to teams of performers under-18 years old.
This event has three stages. Only the Open festival has a British final

District Festival. Open and youth Teams participate within their own district with the winning team or teams progressing.
Divisional Festival. The winning 2 teams (1 for Youth) from each of the four Divisional Finals go through to the
Scottish Final. The winner of the Scottish Final go forward to represent Scotland at the British Final.
The British final is restricted to Open festival entry's

All the performances are reviewed by an independent adjudicator, different at each round who gives a public assessment and awards the trophies. The Festivals are held at a central venue and spread over a number of nights.

What we compete for are these Trophies

Other Competitions

The Scott Salver Competition
If a club is premiering an original play in the festival, the author is eligible to enter the Scott Salver competition with the play, not the performance, being judged by a panel of readers

Geoffrey Whitworth Competition

The competition is held in conjunction with the United Kingdom One-act Plays Festivals. The Geoffrey Whitworth Trophy is awarded annually to an original play, debuting in the UK One-act Plays Festivals

The poster competition.

The only proviso being that the SCDA logo and or reference to your membership should be included on the flyer/poster.

Monologue Competition

For individual members or club members in this two tier competition. This has Performance and Writing categories.

The written monologue has to be performed