NATIONAL DRAMA AND FILM FESTIVAL 2024 UPDATES
Theme
“Unlocking opportunities for socio-economic transformation through drama and film”
Dates
a. National Festival
Reporting: 9th April
Action: 10th – 17th April
State concert: 18th April
Venue: University of Embu/Kangaru School
b. Regional Festivals
Group 1: Eastern, Coast, Western and Rift Valley
The week of 11th – 17th March
Group 2: Nairobi, Central, Nyanza and North Eastern
The week of 18th – 24th March
c. County Festivals
Group 1 Counties should be done by 5th March
Group 2 Counties should be done by 11th March
Categories and their Genres
Category A: Early Years Education (pre-primary and lower primary)
a. Pre-primary (PP1 and PP2)
- Singing games
- Solo verse
- Choral verse
b. Lower Primary (Grade 1 – 3)
- Solo verse
- Choral verse
- Film for early years
Category B: Primary schools
- Play
- Cultural creative dance
- Modern creative dance
- Solo verse
- Choral verse
- Narrative
- Solo dance
- Film
- Special Needs Education (SNE) items for special needs institutions which include: Play in KSL, Dance for MH, PH, HI and VI
Category C: Secondary Schools
- Play
- Play in French
- Play in KSL for SNE institutions
- Cultural creative dance
- Modern creative dance
- Solo verse
- Solo verse in French
- Choral verse
- Choral verse in French
- Spoken Word
- Narrative
- Film
- Dance for VI, PH and HI
- Stand-up comedy
- Solo dance
- Mime
Category D: Colleges (TTCs, TTIs and VTCs)
- Play
- Cultural creative dance
- Modern creative dance
- Solo verse
- Choral verse
- Spoken word
- Narrative
- Film
- Play in KSL
- Dance (SNE)
- Stand-up comedy
- Solo dance
- Mime
Category E: Universities
- Play
- Cultural creative dance
- Modern creative dance
- Solo verse
- Choral verse
- Spoken word
- Narrative
- Film
- Mime
- Stand-up comedy
- Solo dance
Category F: Junior Secondary
- Modern dance
- Solo verse
- Choral v
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