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15 - 16, 22 - 23 May 2027
Registrations now open

Event Categories

Nursery Rhyme

Age 3 - 4 years

The piece performed must be memorised and recited in spoken format, without melody. No props are allowed.

Verse

Ages 4 - 12 years

The piece performed must be memorised and recited in spoken format, without melody. No props are allowed.

Prose

Ages 5 - 12 years

The piece performed must be memorised and recited in spoken format, without melody. No props are allowed.

Reading Aloud

Ages 6 - 12 years

The piece must not be memorised. It must be presented as reading aloud from the text which should be held in the hand and referred to. No props are allowed.

Public Speaking

Ages 7 - 14 years

Each speaker may speak for up to 3 minutes. An easel will be available if the speaker wishes to use a presentation board but this is not compulsory. Cue cards are allowed and optional. Speakers in the 13-14 years category will be asked one question by the adjudicator about their presentation.

Find Your Event Age

The event age is the age your child will be on 1 May 2027

Please note that your child's event age and current age may not be the same

Please select one of the age-appropriate performance pieces from the list below. The piece should reflect your child's event age, even if that differs from your child's current age.

Performance Pieces 

Nursery Rhyme

Pat-a-Cake

3

Ages:

Nursery Rhyme

Little Bo-Peep

4

Ages:

Verse

At the Seaside

4

Ages:

Verse

Hurt No Living Thing

5

Ages:

Verse

The Little Plant

6

Ages:

Verse

The Elf and The Dormouse

7, 8

Ages:

Verse

The Arrow and the Song

9, 10

Ages:

Verse

Something Told the Wild Geese

11, 12

Ages:

Prose

The Ugly Duckling

5

Ages:

Prose

The Little Engine That Could

6

Ages:

Prose

The Princess and the Goblin

7, 8

Ages:

Prose

The Secret Garden

9, 10

Ages:

Prose

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

11, 12

Ages:

Reading Aloud

The Adventures of Pinocchio

6

Ages:

Reading Aloud

The Milkmaid and Her Pail

7, 8

Ages:

Reading Aloud

John and the Green Dragon

9, 10

Ages:

Reading Aloud

Beowulf and Grendel

11, 12

Ages:

Public Speaking

Why Failure Is Just as Important as Success

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

Ages:

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