SEMI FINALS

The Area Semi Finals and AETF Final for 2026 ...

AREA SEMI FINALS

The winners from the Preliminary rounds (or Quarter Finals if applicable) went through to the relevant Semi Final.

NORTHERN AREA SEMI FINAL

2nd - 3rd May 2026

Saltburn Community Theatre
Adjudicator: David Price

And the winner was:

Red Onion with 'Tigers' by Brian Hutchinson

CENTRAL AREA
SEMI FINAL

10th May 2026

ARTRIX Bromsgrove

Adjudicator: Jan Palmer Sayer

And the winner was:

TACT with 'The Weight of Small Things' by Tilly Lane

WESTERN AREA SEMI FINAL

Saturday 16th May

The Merlin Theatre, Frome

Somerset BA11 2HG

Adjudicator: Bob Tomson

And the winner was:

Illminster Entertainment Society with 'Knockin' on Dave's Door' by Neil Webster (adapted for the stage by Ken Cooper)

EASTERN AREA
SEMI FINAL

24th May, 2026

Barn Theatre, Oxted
Adjudicator: Keith Phillips

And the winner was:
Woking College with "The Changing Room" by Chris Bush