National Drama Festivals Association

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The National Drama Festivals Association (NDFA) was formed in 1964 to encourage and support amateur theatre in all its forms and in particular through the organisation of drama festivals.

Since 1974 the NDFA has organised the British All Winners Festival (BAWF) where the very best of British amateur theatre take part in a week-long celebration of theatre. The winners of all NDFA member festivals, be they Full Length or One Act Member Festivals, in the previous year are eligible for invitation to take part.

The NDFA also sponsor a Playwriting Competition - the George Taylor Memorial Award. The objective of this competition is to promote new writing for the theatre. Adjudication is carried out by a panel of judges and the winners receive a certificate and a cash prize.

Membership of the NDFA is open to all Drama Festival Organisations and also to Theatre groups and individuals who are interested in taking part and supporting drama festivals throughout UK.

[edit] Affiliated Festivals

The following are the member festivals, that between them organise a mixture of Full Length and One Act festivals, many with Youth Sections:^[1]

Avon Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Bangor Drama Festival Two festivals:
- Bangor Drama Festival (Full Length)
- Bangor Drama Festival (One Act)
Bedfordshire Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Birmingham Drama Festival Two festivals:
- Birmingham Drama Festival (Full Length Peripatetic)
- Birmingham Drama Festival (One Act)
Brentwood Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Cambridge Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Chalfont St.Peter (One Act with Youth Section)
Dorset Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Elmbridge Drama Festival (One Act)
Exmouth Drama Festival (One Act)
F.E.A.T.S. (Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies) (One Act)
Felixstowe Drama Festival (Full Length)
Fleetwood Drama Festival (Full Length)
Furness & Cartmel Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Glamorgan Two festivals:
- Glamorgan "Glammies" Festival (Full Length Peripatetic)
- Glamorgan One Act Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Guernsey Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Guildford Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Gwent Two festivals:
- Gwent Drama Festival (Full Length Peripatetic)
- Gwent One Act Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Haverhill Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Havering & SW Essex Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Hertford Theatre Week (Full Length)
Isle Of Man Two festivals:
- Isle of Man "Easter" Festival (Full Length)
- Isle of Man Drama Festival (One Act)
Kirklees Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Leatherhead Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Leverhulme Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Llandrindod Wells Drama Festival (Full Length)
Maidenhead Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Manchester Drama Festival Two festivals:
- Manchester Drama Festival (Full Length Peripatetic)
- Manchester Drama Festival (One Act)
New Forest Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Newtownabbey Drama Festival Two festivals:
- Newtownabbey Drama Festival (Full Length)
- Newtownabbey Drama Festival (One Act)
North Staffs Drama Festival (Full Length Peripatetic)
Rafta Drama Festival (One Act)
Sawston Drama Festival (One Act)
Sheffield (SADATA) Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Sidmouth Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Skegness Two festivals:
- Skegness Drama Festival - Full Length and One Act;
- Skegness Youth Festival - One Act
Somerset Two festivals:
- Somerset "Phoebe Rees" Festival - Full Length Peripatetic;
- Somerset Drama Festival - One Act with Youth Section)
Southend-on-Sea Drama Festival (One Act)
Southern Counties Drama Festival (One Act)
Spelthorne & Runnymede Drama Festival (One Act)
Stoke On Trent Drama Festival Two festivals:
- Stoke On Trent Drama Festival (Full Length)
- Stoke On Trent Drama Festival (One Act)
Teignmouth Drama Festival (One Act)
Thurrock Drama Festival (Full Length, One Act with Youth Section)
Wakefield Drama Festival (Full Length)
Waltham Forest Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Wellington Drama Festival (including Belfry Festival of Youth) (Full Length, One Act with Youth Section)
Welwyn Drama Festival (One Act)
Welwyn GC Youth Drama Festival (One Act)
Woking Drama Festival (One Act with Youth Section)
Worcestershire Theatre Festival (One Act)