Hong Kong School Drama Festival

Hong Kong School Drama Festival

Video of 'Introduction to Hong Kong School Drama Festival'

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Education Bureau Circular Memorandum No. 171/2024

Nomination Form of School Drama Training Course

*All secondary and primary school teachers-in-charge or respresentatives of school drama teams are welcome.

*For the arrangements of the Hong Kong School Drama Festival 2024/25, please visit the website of the co-organiser Hong Kong Art School ( http://hksdf-hkas.com ).

The Hong Kong School Drama Festival (the Festival) aims to encourage primary and secondary schools to develop drama as a regular co-curricular activity in school. By participating in drama training and performance, students can achieve a balanced and whole-person development with enriched learning experiences. The activity is partially subsidised by the Lok Sin Tong Benevolent Society, Kowloon. The events of the Festival will be organised in three phases, i.e. the Training Phase, the School Performance Phase and the Public Performance Phase. To facilitate schools' production of plays in the School Performance Phase, participating primary and secondary schools will receive a cash grant for each drama team. Each drama team invited to perform in the Public Performance Phase will be eligible for an additional cash grant.

Drama performances are categorised under three language groups:

Performance duration of each play:

Primary Schools: 15-20 minutes

Secondary Schools: 20-30 minutes

Points to Note

• Any registered day secondary or primary school may apply.
• Each school may join in more than one language group.
• Two or more schools may jointly present a play. In such case, schools will be regarded as one single unit for cash grant and awards.
• Schools can write their own scripts, use existing scripts or make use of scripts in adapted form. In the latter case, schools should clear the copyright of the scripts used for their plays.
• The play can only be performed by students of the participating schools while other people may be involved in the production work.
• The organiser reserves the rights to use the visual materials of the participating schools in the Festival, such as pictures, videos, texts, photos of activities, images, posters, pictures or audios, etc. for record and publicity purposes. The media of promotion includes but is not limited to publications, websites and promotional materials. Schools should include this note in the school circular.

Schedule of the Festival

Remarks:

Training Phase:

• The aim of the School Drama Training Course is to equip participants with basic principles and practices on drama. Schools may nominate teachers or other school representatives who are actively involved in the school drama teams to participate.
• The aim of the Outstanding Student Drama Training Course is to enhance student participants' skills of theatrical performance and the final scenes presentations will be held at the end of the courses.

School Performance Phase:

Participating schools will be grouped randomly according to different language groups. Each school has to produce a play for adjudication on-site on a specified date as agreed. Venues for the performance can be the school hall, activity room or other places arranged by the participating schools. Please arrange audiences (students/parents) to attend the performance. A post-performance talk will be conducted by the adjudicators right after the school performance.

Public Performance Phase:

Drama teams with outstanding performances at the School Performance Phase will be invited to perform in the public. Some of the prizes for the School Performance Phase will also be presented at the prize presentation ceremony in this Phase.

 

Promotional Poster of Public Performance 2023/24

Prizes for the School Performance Phase

• Award for Outstanding Script
• Award for Outstanding Director
• Award for Outstanding Performer
• Award for Outstanding Stage Effect
• Award for Outstanding Cooperation
• Award for Commendable Overall Performance
• Adjudicators' Award

* Adjudicators may, at their absolute discretion, award the above prizes to schools and students.

* Only students or teachers (not including external tutors/alumni) of the participating schools are eligible for the Awards for Outstanding Script and Awards for Outstanding Director. Only students of the participating schools are eligible for other awards.

School Drama Handbook (Available in Chinese version only)

• Reference Scripts of Primary Schools
• Reference Scripts of Secondary Schools

School List of Public Performance

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