BATTLE OF THE BARDS 2025

Be bold. Be Brave. Be the Bard!

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Relive the excitement of last year’s event

Want to test your skills in treading the boards?

Want to test your skills in treading the boards? S4A is proud to announce ‘Battle of the Bards’. A dramatic performance competition that requires the performer/performers to be YOUR own director to bring alive some of the most significant theatre pieces ever written by the Bard himself, William Shakespeare. This is about YOUR interpretation and how YOU believe the script should be performed. Battle out against OR with your buddies and show Hong Kong how much talent you have.

William Shakespeare is renowned as the greatest playwright and poet in the whole world. Not everyone has an opportunity to try and perform his work, but this competition allows anyone aged between 8 and 18 to try their luck. No costumes are worn, only basic black clothes with only a chair and a prop (if needed) are allowed on stage to bring the work alive. This is acting and storytelling at its mesmerising best. Finalists will have the opportunity to perform before a panel of professional judges from the field of performance and literature.  Your job is to see how you can connect with your audience through a monologue, duologue or group performance through vocal skills and physical and technical acting skills.

If you love performing and believe you have talent, this is your opportunity to make yourself heard. Download scripts

HOW TO APPLY

Participants should be aged between 8 and 18 years old.

By 6 January 2025

1. Select Your Category:

Monologue

/

Duologue

/

Ensemble

2. Apply online

3. Pay the Application Fee

1. Receive a Limited Edition Contestant Pack
2. Choose your Audition Piece (Provided by S4A)

By 13 January 2025

Submit the Audition Video in .MP4 or .MOV format to S4A to battleofthebards.s4a@gmail.com

20 January 2025

Announcement of Finalists

1 & 2 March 2025

Finalists will be invited to perform in the Finals on the at The Laundry Steps, Tai Kwun

CATEGORIES

Monologue

Performer: 1
Time limit: 5 min
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Duologue

Performers: 2
Time limit: 5 - 10 min
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Ensemble

Performers: 3 - 10
Time limit: 8 - 10 min
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RULES

1. There are no costumes allowed - only theatre blacks
2. 1 prop and 1 chair limit for Monologue and Duologues 
3. 3 props and 3 chairs limit for Ensemble performances

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CONTACT

If you have any questions please feel free to contact S4A

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