​***IMPORTANT DRAMAFEST NEWS!***
Only one week left to register and upload your videos for the B.C. NTS DramaFest.
We have currently stopped using the National Theatre School site for submitting content, and will be returning to it later in April.
To register and submit your videos go to:
BC NTS DramaFest - April 30 & May 1, 2021 -
https://bcnts.ourconference.ca/
Please use our one stop site (above) for registering, uploading videos and submitting scholarship applications.
Give your students the link so they can do their own registrations.
The DEADLINE to register and submit filmed pieces is 6:00 p.m. on WED. APR. 7, 2021



Provincial Drama Festival
check out the website www.bcdramafestival.com
B.C. National Theatre School Festival
 2020 VISION
 https://ent-nts.ca/en/intro-nts-festival-british-columbia
MAKE THEATRE HAPPEN!
Here’s a chance for your students to actively participate in the B.C. NTS DramaFest by submitting their theatrical work on video!

The videos will be adjudicated and the outstanding pieces will be shown at the Fest. on either Fri. Apr. 30 or Sat. May 1, 2021.
There will be no Zones, but students must have a current ABCDE member-teacher in their school to sponsor and approve any submissions.

The full set of rules and regulations is available at http://bcdramafestival.com/pages/fi/fi_rules.html

The rules have been changed to accommodate our online fest. this year, so please ensure that you read all of them…especially the part about securing streaming rights.  Original work is highly encouraged!   

Online Registration for Video submissions and Festival Participation will open on Mon. Mar. 1, 2021. 

Entry Fee:  $20.00 per submission (to cover the overall adjudication costs)
Festival Participation Fee: $25.00 per person (Workshop & Other costs)

Any questions?  
Contact Sharon Conrad  theatre.garden@yahoo.ca OR Gordon Hamilton ghamilton@sd35.bc.ca

Go create!​
B.C. NTS DramaFest Video Submission & Registration Deadline:  Mar. 31, 2021
We're so happy to see that many of you are keen to submit work by your students to the DramaFest.   This is a great opportunity for all ABCDE Drama Teachers and their students to participate in the provincial Festival.



Congratulations to all of the 2020 Zone Champions:

Zone 2- Northwest Outstanding Production: the Firecracker Incident by Don Zolidis,
Charles Hayes SS, Alison O'Toole
Zone 3- North Central: Outstanding Production:  Iphigenia in Aulis by Euripedes,
Nechako Valley SS, Cynthia Horbeck
Zone 9 - Upper Fraser Valley
Outstanding Production: Dead-Tective, Robert Bateman Sec., Ms. Jo-Ann
Fernandes
Alternate Production: The Familiar Case of Kate Black, W.J. Mouat, Mr. Brian Billo
Zone 10 - North Island
Outstanding Production: The 146 Point Flame, Carihi Sec., Ms. Christine Knight
Alternate Production: Ghost Story, Highland Sec., Ms. Lisa Williams
Zone 13 - Surrey
Outstanding Production: The Sandbox, North Surrey Sec., Mr. Craig Wrotniak
Alternate Production: Huebner the Reluctant, Enver Creek Sec.,
Mr. Jonathan McIntosh
Zone 14 - TriCities
Outstanding Production: God of Carnage, Terry Fox Sec., Mr. Dan Tilsley
Alternate Production: Radium Girls, Riverside Sec., Ms. Coco Roberge
Zone 16 - Vancouver:
Outstanding Production: Dining with David by David Ives.
​Directed by Marcus Stusek, ABCDE sponsor: Jamie Donnici

In addition to the Zone Productions, the three Outstanding Scripts from the
Youthwright competition are invited to perform at the Festival.

Youthwright winner have been announced (see Youthwright tab on this page!)



If your zone does not have a festival, and you're interested in starting one, contact members of the executive for ways to get started.