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Hello Everybody, A big thank you to all those who attended last night’s virtual AGM, it was lovely to see you all. We have a new Board member! Hazel Phillips from Droylsden Little Theatre has agreed to join us. Welcome … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Please click here for the 2020 Entry forms and rules Be part of this fantastic 60th anniversary One Act Play Festival Why? – quite simply because this is the North West’s première Amateur One Act Play Festival and it is … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →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 →
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 →
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 →
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 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 →
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 →
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 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
GMDF 2015 Full Length Festival Winners Please use the search box on the top right hand side of the table to find quickly what you are looking for. You can search any term at all eg “winner” which will result … Continue reading →