News from GMDFland and amateur theatre
~ share ~ share ~ share Outdoor Theatre – Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing Join us for an exciting and glorious outdoor theatre experience!Greater Manchester Drama Federation along with its member amateur dramatic societies will be performing that wonderful William Shakespeare comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. Trickery and misunderstandings everywhere! … Continue reading →
Annual General Meeting Aug 2023
Hello Everybody, The 2023 Annual General Meeting will be held on Weds 30th August 8pm at Altrincham Little Theatre 17 Oxford Rd, Altrincham WA14 2ED. The Notice of same and Agenda is here and the Nomination Form is here. We … Continue reading →
2024 GMDF One Act Play Festival
Entry forms proper will be published here early in the New Year. In the meantime if you are interested in entering the 2024 Festival, which will be our 62nd Festival please complete our Register of Interest Form here. Be part … Continue reading →
Auditions
GMDF members, if you need help to enter up your Audition / Production please click here.
Continue reading →Support Your Local Theatre
Support your local theatre – you won’t be disappointed. Greater Manchester Drama Federation (GMDF) member societies may be amateur but not in terms of thier committment to high standard performance. They produce fantastic dramas, musicals and pantomimes and all at … Continue reading →
What’s On in GMDFland
Greater Manchester Drama Federation (GMDF) members work very hard to produce top quality plays, musicals and pantomimes and they present them to you at very intelligent prices. No adverts, no boring trailers to sit through – it’s a cut straight … Continue reading →
One Act Play Festival 2019
Be part of this fantastic One Act Play Festival Why? – because the GMDF One Act Play Festival is quite simply the “Go To” Festival when it come to taking part in a competitive One Act festival. This is always … Continue reading →
2019 GMDF One Act Play Festival
Be part of this fantastic One Act Play Festival Why? – quite simply because this is always a terrific week’s theatre with a great array of awards across two youth sections, an adult section and an original play section – … Continue reading →
TicketSource Plugin for WordPress Websites
TicketSource have released a plugin for WordPress websites. This allows your customers to book directly from your website so no need to go from your website over to TicketSource via an external link. It’s easy to install and set up. … Continue reading →
Vocal Technique Course
An exciting vocal technique course with Sue Radcliffe Come and find your theatrical voice! GMDF is delighted to annouce that it will be hosting a vocal technique course on Sunday 24th June 2018 at Hyde Little Theatre’s Studio 9, Market … Continue reading →
Save Stage Lighting
Our Stage Lighting is under threat! Please don’t sleepwalk into this potential nightmare and rely on others to act. Read on and then please do something positive. Regulations are about to come into force that in essence mean that in … Continue reading →
Major fire at Howorth Wrightson in Denton
Major fire on Wednesday evening at Howorth Wrightson in Denton. Many props damaged. Have you booked any props for future productions from Howorth Wrightson? Then they want to hear from you as their paper records went up in smoke when … Continue reading →
GMDF Directory
The new GMDF Directory GMDF has a new Directory for member societies’ member performers, Directors, MDs, choreographers etc. This is something GMDF has traditionally shied away from for a long time. However times change and we must change with them. … Continue reading →
GMDF 2016 Full Length Festival Nominations
Here are the GMDF 2016 Full Length Festival Nominations. Congratulations to you all. Our thanks to Ian, James, Peter and David for their hard work and commitment to the adjudication process. Please use the search box on the top right … Continue reading →
StageScripts has a new agent
Some information here which you may find useful! Many of you will remember Martin Roche as a past adjudicator for the musicals section of the full length festival and also the one act – hopefully your recollections are happy! Martin … Continue reading →
2016 GMDF One Act Play Festival
The 2016 GMDF One Act Play Festival will be held at Players Theatre, Anfield Road, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Cheshire. SK8 5EX 6th – 11th June 2016. What is a One Act play Festival all about you may ask? A good … Continue reading →
GMDF Full Length Drama Festival
The GMDF Full Length Drama Festival The Full Length Drama Festival is one of the largest of its kind in the UK. There are some 120+ entries (approx 90+ in the drama section and 28+ in the musical / pantomime … Continue reading →
Add a TicketSource Link
How to add a TicketSource link to your event listings Take a look at both these links http://new.gmdf.org/whatson/?type=production&productionid=847 http://new.gmdf.org/whatson/?type=production&productionid=768 You will see at the foot of the description a TicketSource image and it links to the relevant production at TicketSource.This … Continue reading →
2015 Annual General Meeting
The 2015 Annual General Meeting will be held at Guide Bridge Theatre, Audenshaw map on Thursday 20th August at 7.45pm. It’s your GMDF so please lend it your support. Please click the links below for full agenda details and a … Continue reading →