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Download Entry Form 2027

Note: All test pieces can be found in the LAMDA Anthology of Verse and Prose, Volume 20.

Class Number	Title	Subtitle	Piece Title and Author	Category	Time Limit	Cost
90	8 Years & Under	Verse Speaking	Seasons by Valerie Bloom	Speech		£6.00
91	9 - 11 Years	Verse Speaking	A Tip of the Slongue by Joseph Coelho	Speech		£6.00
92	12 - 15 Years	Verse Speaking	George Moses Horton, Myself by George Moses Horton	Speech		£7.00
93	16 - 99 Years	Verse Speaking	The Queen of Hearts by Christina Rossetti	Speech		£9.00
94	8 Years & Under	Set Prose Reading	The Magician’s Nephew by C. S. Lewis	Speech		£6.00
95	9 - 11 Years	Set Prose Reading	The Traitor Game by B. R. Collins	Speech		£6.00
96	12 - 15 Years	Set Prose Reading	Attention Seekers by Emma Brankin	Speech		£7.00
97	16 - 99 Years	Set Prose Reading	The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James	Speech		£9.00
98	8 Years & Under	Set Poetry Reading	The Slime Takeover by Joseph Coelho	Speech		£6.00
99	9 - 11 Years	Set Poetry Reading	Can I Sit There? by Avni Patel	Speech		£6.00
100	12 - 15 Years	Set Poetry Reading	Dancing Disk in the Sky by Hibaq Osman	Speech		£7.00
101	16 - 99 Years	Set Poetry Reading	Fairy Song by Louisa May Alcott	Speech		£9.00
102	8 Years & Under	Verse Speaking - Own Choice		Speech	Two Minutes	£6.00
103	9 - 11 Years	Verse Speaking - Own Choice		Speech	Two Minutes	£6.00
104	12 - 15 Years	Verse Speaking - Own Choice		Speech	Three Minutes	£7.00
105	16 - 99 Years	Verse Speaking - Own Choice		Speech	Four Minutes	£9.00
106	8 Years & Under	Prose Reading - Own Choice		Speech	Two Minutes	£6.00
107	9 - 11 Years	Prose Reading - Own Choice		Speech	Two Minutes	£6.00
108	12 - 15 Years	Prose Reading - Own Choice		Speech	Three Minutes	£7.00
109	16 - 99 Years	Prose Reading - Own Choice		Speech	Four Minutes	£9.00
110	8 Years & Under	Poetry Reading - Own Choice		Speech	Two Minutes	£6.00
111	9 - 11 Years	Poetry Reading - Own Choice		Speech	Two Minutes	£6.00
112	12 - 15 Years	Poetry Reading - Own Choice		Speech	Three Minutes	£7.00
113	16 - 99 Years	Poetry Reading - Own Choice		Speech	Four Minutes	£9.00
114	8 Years & Under	Poem - Own Composition*		Speech	Two Minutes	£6.00
115	9 - 11 Years	Poem - Own Composition*		Speech	Two Minutes	£6.00
116	12 - 15 Years	Poem - Own Composition*		Speech	Three Minutes	£7.00
130	Year R, 1 & 2	Group Speaking	Not restricted to school organised groups. Up to 20 performers per group	Speech	Three Minutes	£8.00
131	Years 3 & 4	Group Speaking	Not restricted to school organised groups. Up to 20 performers per group	Speech	Five Minutes	£15.00
132	Years 5 & 6	Group Speaking	Not restricted to school organised groups. Up to 20 performers per group	Speech	Five Minutes	£15.00
133	Open	Group Speaking	Not restricted to school organised groups. Up to 20 performers per group	Speech	Five Minutes	£15.00
135	8 Years & Under	Reading at Sight		Speech	Two Minutes	£6.00
136	9 - 11 Years	Reading at Sight		Speech	Two Minutes	£6.00
137	12 - 15 Years	Reading at Sight		Speech	Three Minutes	£7.00
140	11 Years & Under	Solo Acting	Monologue (excluding Shakespeare)	Speech	Three Minutes	£6.00
141	12 - 15 Years	Solo Acting	Monologue (excluding Shakespeare)	Speech	Four Minutes	£7.00
142	16 - 99 Years	Solo Acting	Monologue (excluding Shakespeare)	Speech	Five Minutes	£9.00
143	12 Years & Over	Shakespeare	Performer to present, from memory, an extract from any Shakespeare play.**	Speech	Four Minutes	£7.00
144	11 Years & Under	Acting Through Song	For performers using a backing track. Sound system available if required.**	Speech	Three Minutes	£6.00
145	12 Years & Over	Acting Through Song	For performers using a backing track. Sound system available if required.**	Speech	Five Minutes	£7.00
147	9 Years & Under	Group Drama	Own choice of a performance of an extract from a play.**	Speech	Five Minutes	£15.00
148	10 - 13 Years	Group Drama	Own choice of a performance of an extract from a play.**	Speech	Five Minutes	£15.00
149	14 Years & Over	Group Drama	Own choice of a performance of an extract from a play.**	Speech	Five Minutes	£15.00
150	Open	Public Speaking	A prepared talk on any subject	Speech	Five Minutes	£9.00
160	7 Years & Under	Favourite Poem	Non Competitive - Performers can choose to recite or read their favourite poem.	Speech	Two Minutes	£6.00
161	30 Years & Over	Favourite Poem	Non Competitive - Performers can choose to recite or read their favourite poem.	Speech	Four Minutes	£9.00

*Poems must be between 8 – 24 lines and submitted at time of entry. They will be marked 50% on composition and 50% on the performance.
**Costume and hand props are optional