All-England Theatre Festival - Structure

Structure

The All-England Theatre Festival organises an eliminating series of Festivals which leads ultimately to the English Finals. The winner of the English Final goes on to compete in the British Final Festival of One Act Plays against the winners of similar Festivals in Wales (Drama Association of Wales's Wales Final Festival of One Act Plays), Scotland (Scottish Community Drama Association's SCDA Festival) and Northern Ireland (Association of Ulster Drama Festivals's Ulster One-Act Finals). This "British Final Festival of One Act Plays" is the culmination of the National Festival of Community Theatre in the United Kingdom.

England is divided into 4 Areas for the purposes of this Festival. Each Area is also divided into a number of Divisions according to the size and / or history of the individual Areas. Each division has a number of festivals and, dependent on the festival, either the winner or the winner and runner-up will proceed to the Divisional Quarter Final. The winners of the Divisional Quarter Finals go forward to the Area Semi-Final. The winners of the four Area Semi-Finals go forward to the English Final. The member festivals in 2008 were as follows:

  • English Final - contested by winners of semi-finals below
    • Northern Area - Semi Final - contested by winners of quarter-finals below
      • North West Division - Quarter Final
        • Cumbria District
        • West Pennine District
        • Merseyside Preliminary Round
        • Manx Amateur Drama Federation, One Act Play Festival
      • North Central Division - Quarter Final
        • Nidderdale & District Drama Festival
        • Richmond Festival
      • North East Division - Quarter Final
        • Hull & East Riding District Festival
        • Saltburn '53 Festival
    • Central Area - Semi Final - contested by winners of quarter-finals below
      • Central Division (Central Area) - Quarter Final
        • Leicester & Rutland Festival
        • Tamworth Hastilow Festival
        • Stoke-on-Trent Annual One Act Festival
        • Warwickshire Play Festival
      • Western Division (Central Area) - Quarter Final
        • Hereford County Festival
        • Birmingham's Festival of Acting and Musical Entertainment
        • The Worcester Theatre Festival
        • The Shropshire Drama Festival
    • Eastern Area - Semi Final - contested by winners of quarter-finals below
      • North Division (Eastern Area) - Quarter Final
        • Bedford Drama Festival
        • Cambridge Festival
      • South Division (Eastern Area) - Quarter Final
        • Southern Counties Drama Festival
        • Elmbridge Festival
      • East Division (Eastern Area) - Quarter Final
        • Southend Festival
        • Waltham Forest Festival of Theatre
      • West Division (Eastern Area) - Quarter Final
        • Maidenhead Drama Festival
    • Western Area - Semi Final - contested by winners of quarter-finals below
      • Central Division (Western Area) - Quarter Final
        • Avon Drama Festival
        • Bristol Drama Festival
        • Cheltenham One Act Play Festival
        • Somerset County Drama Festival
        • Harold Joliffe One Act Play Festival
      • Southern Division (Western Area) - Quarter Final
        • Dorset Drama League
        • The Totton Drama Festival
      • Western Division (Western Area) - Quarter Final
        • The Teignmouth Festival
        • Cornwall Festival
        • Exmouth Festival

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