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Live Arts 2025
This 2025 Live Arts Festival will take place on Saturday 15th, Sunday 16th, Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd March.
The dance, music and speech & drama competitions will take place at William Brookes School, Much Wenlock.
The competitions are distributed across the two weekends as follows
Dance will be on all 4 days – Saturday 15th, Sunday 16th, Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd March.
Speech& Drama on Saturday 15th
Music:
– instrumental and non-musical theatre singing on Saturday 15th
– musical theatre singing on Sunday 16th
The details of these events can be found by clicking the relevant link below:
– Dance
– Music
– Speech & Drama
Music Page
The 2025 Live Arts music event consists of eight competitions with each competition offering a selection of classes. The following lists these competitions and classes and their online entry forms can be accessed by clicking the relevant link.
The competition takes place over two days of the weekend of 15th and 16th March in William Brookes School. The classes are split over these two days as follows.
SATURDAY 15th March – Instrumental classes and non-musical theatre singing classes, including vocal groups. Adjudicator: Richard Fox
SUNDAY 16th March – Musical Theatre singing classes. Adjudicator: Erica Deakin
People wishing to enter for any of the competitions should first read the ‘Rules and Conditions’ which can be found by clicking this link. (This will open in a new tab) (Link to be provided).
Please note, payment is taken online either via the PayPal system or using a debit/credit card. The latter is done via PayPal – but you do NOT have to have a PayPal account to pay by debit or credit card.
Primary (Years 1 to 6)
The primary duet and trio competitions are in the same class and consist of:
– Singing Duet/Trio
– Singing Duet/Trio – Musical Theatre
– Instrumental Duet/Trio
They have separate entry forms which are available via these two links
– 2025 Primary Duet
– 2025 Primary Trio
2025 Primary Group
– Singing Group (choir)
– Instrumental Group
2025 Primary Singing Solo
– Singing Solo
– Singing Solo – Musical Theatre
2025 Primary Instrumental Solo
– Novice All Instruments (including Recorder)
– Woodwind (including Recorder)
– Brass
– String – any string instrument
– Piano
Senior (Years 7 to 13)
The senior duet and trio competitions are in the same class and consist of:
– Singing Duet/Trio
– Singing Duet/Trio – Musical Theatre
– Instrumental Duet/Trio
They have separate entry forms which are available via these two links
– 2025 Senior Duet
– 2025 Senior Trio
2025 Senior Group
– Singing Group Years 7 to 9
– Singing Group Years 10 to 13
– Instrumental Group Years 7 to 9
– instrumental Group Years 10 to 13
2025 Senior Singing Solo
– Singing Solo Years 7 to 9
– Singing Solo Years 9 to 13
– Singing Solo – Musical Theatre Years 7 to 9
– Singing Solo – Musical Theatre Years 10 to 13
2025 Senior Instrumental Solo
– Woodwind Years 7 to 9
– Woodwind Year 10 13
– Brass Years 7 to 9
– Brass Years 9 to 13
– String Years 7 to 9
– String Years 10 to 13
– Piano Years 7 to 9
– Piano Years 10 to 13
Speech & Drama Page
The 2025 Live Arts speech & drama event consists of six competitions – listed below. Their entry forms can be accessed by clicking the relevant link.
People wishing to enter for any of the six competitions should first read the ‘Rules and Conditions’ which can be found by clicking this link. (This will open in a new tab) (Link to be provided).
Please note, payment is taken online either via the PayPal system or using a debit/credit card. The latter is done via PayPal – but you do NOT have to have a PayPal account to pay by debit or credit card.
2025 Choral Speaking Primary
2025 Verse Speaking Primary/Secondary
2025 Reading for Performance Primary/Secondary
2025 Creative Poetry Writing for Performance Primary/Secondary
2025 Acting (Solo) Primary/Secondary
2025 Acting (Duologue) Primary/Secondary