All England Theatre Festival

26/08/2026

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24/08/2026

📯📯📯Calling all community drama groups from across the South!
The entry form for the 2027 Totton Festival of Drama is now up and live on our website.
Our award winning short play festival is happening on the week of the 15th March 2027 at the Hanger Farm Arts Centre in West Totton.
A first round of the All England Theatre Festival and 5 Counties Youth Festival.
Visit www.tottondrama.co.uk/2027 for more details

18/08/2026

As one season end another begins. Let's make 2027 our best year yet. Sign up to take part of this fabulous festival.All England Theatre Festival 2027. Theatre worth sharing!

We've got the dates for next year's festival! It will be staged at Ledbury's excellent Market Theatre on 18-20 March 2027 - so if you're a theatre group, now's the time to start thinking about suitable entries. They can run for a maximum 55 minutes and the festival is governed by the All-England Theatre Festival's rules. Each performance is assessed by an independent adjudicator and successful productions may be entered into subsequent AETF rounds. Contact festival chair David Newton ([email protected]) for further details. Photo is a flashback to the 2023 festival and spotlights the soaraway success of Jim Newcomb's extraordinary play 'Beside The Seaside, Beside The Sea'.

03/07/2026

Good luck TACT-Total Arts Community Theatre our 2026 representing England at this year's British final.

Van loaded! The England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 team, TACT, about to embark on our journey to the British Final in Mold!

17/05/2026

Congratulations, we can't wait to see you at the finals. !

🏆🏆Our 2026 Champions and representing us at the All England Theatre Festival Grand Final - Illminster Entertainment Society (The Warehouse Theatre, Ilminster) with their production of Knockin' on Dave's Door by Neil Webster, adapted for the stage by Ken Cooper.

14/05/2026

The Eastern Area Final is Fast approaching!
Don’t forget to book your tickets to see some fantastic theatre a book now -https://www.ticketsource.com/barn-theatre/e-bkgeag

11/05/2026

After a wonderful varied and entertaining Central Area Semi Final the winners going through to The English Final are TACT-Total Arts Community Theatre with their play The Weight of Small Things by Tilly Lane. Congratulations to all the teams who took part and produced a great day of theatre.

07/05/2026

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The annual Maidenhead Drama Festival returned to Norden Farm Centre for the Arts last week, bringing four evenings of one-act theatre. https://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news/arts/705886/maidenhead-drama-festival-returns-with-a-week-of-standout-performances.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook =1777998759

05/05/2026

If you would like to like to see the final 4 groups competing in the eastern area final, then please see the details below .

04/05/2026

This week sees our second area final when Central teams will compete at Artrix Bromsgrove on Saturday 10th May https://www.artrixbromsgrove.co.uk/whats-on/all-shows/aetf-semi-final-central-area-2026 Good Luck everyone

AETF Central Area Semi Final- Six one act shows. Three shows in the afternoon and three in the evening with an Adjudication at the end of each session.