SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn National Shakespeare Festival 2023 Award Results

SGCNZ are delighted to announce the award recipients of our National UOSWSF 2023! You can find the full list HERE

Congratulations to all award recipients and to everyone else as well! What a weekend of talented performers, supportive audiences, helpful volunteers, and more! Thank you to one and all!

SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn National Shakespeare Festival 2023

Time to get excited to see the 48 finest performances of scenes from all of Shakespeare’s plays!

We are excited to announce that the SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn National Shakespeare Festival will take place between Thursday 1 June 2023 at 4.00 pm and Monday 5 June at 12 noon.

It will be held on 1 June 2023 at Te Whaea, in the AM on 2 June at Wellington East Girls’ College, on June 2 (pm) – 4 June at St James Theatre and on 5 June at the Banquet Hall, Parliament.

Tickets will be available on Ticketmaster.

National Festival Schedule (PDF)

Non-Performer Information Pack

PUBLIC PERFORMANCES SCHEDULE (PDF)

Accommodation options (PDF)

SGCNZ REGIONAL UOSWSF 2023

The Regional University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals are coming up!

Get ready to view 5 – 15 minute scenes from Shakespeare’s timeless plays performed by Shakespeare- and Drama-loving students from your Area.

The Festivals will take place from late March to 6 April 2023. The list is subject to change, but will be updated regularly.

Find out how to get in contact with your local Regional Representative and Information about Dates, Tickets and Criteria in the list below.

2023 SGCNZ UOSWSF Dates & Information

2023 Criteria and Guidelines

Scene Suggestions
Want to be one of the Performers bringing Shakespeare to life in front of an audience of Shakespeare lovers and have the chance to eventually be selected to perform at the Globe in London?

Have a look at the SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals 5 & 15 minute Scene Suggestions and be inspired by recorded previous productions via Glass Gecko Films ‘Shakespeare on Demand’, get your classmates involved and enter at otago.ac.nz/shakespeare

Ministry of Youth Development Survey

Participant Feedback link for July 2023 – September 2024

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NationalShakespeareFest_PF

We are asking all participants in SGCNZ’s activities – SGCNZ UOSWSF, SGCNZ NSSP, SGCNZ YSC, SGCNZ Dance Nimble Soles, SGCNZ PPWS and Competitions between 12 and 24 years old to complete this survey from the Ministry of Youth Development.

Funding from this source is contingent on us having at least 3500 people respond about their experience of being involved in any of these activities in whatever capacities – acting, directing, mentoring, crew, front of house, MCs, volunteering…. gaining new skills, friends, cultural and inclusivity awareness, and much more. Positivity will ensure our continuation!
As the MYD age range is from 12 – 24, it is not just for those still at school or university.

Any queries about this, please contact Dawn Sanders, dawn@sgcnz.org.nz

M: 027 283 6016 P: 04 384 1300

SGCNZ UOSWSF 2017 – 2022 National Festival now available on Vimeo!

The Vimeo from the SGCNZ e-National UOSWSF is now available to view!
46 outstanding selected scenes by secondary students from throughout NZ & our allied Competition Winners
Plus hours more viewing including:

SGCNZ e-Regional UOSWSF 2020
Award winning scenes from the entire span of Shakespeare’s work
Performances from the SGCNZ Young Shakespeare Company
Three plays from the 2017 & 2019 SGCNZ National Shakespeare Schools Production

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An excellent resource for Schools participating in SGCNZ events or as exemplars and aids for Drama and English Departments internationally.

Great viewing for any Bardolator.

Click the “SGCNZ Shakespeare On-Demand” link to watch!

Buy Videos on the Glass Gecko Films Home Page.

If you want to know more about the SGCNZ UOSWSF and its impact on the student, watch the following documentary called Shakespeare in Motion. Project-managed by SGCNZ PPWS Alumna Maddie Brooks Gillespie, this video is a great testament to how performing Shakespeare impacts the students participating in the SGCNZ Shakespeare Festivals.

What are SGCNZ’s UOSWSF?

Each year, SGCNZ holds 24 Festivals nationwide, in which secondary-age students, from 11 to 19 years old, perform 5- and 15-minute scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, set in any time, place, dress – though definitely in Shakespeare’s words. The Regional Festivals are scheduled between mid-March and mid-April.

An outstanding 5- and 15-minute scene from each region are then chosen to perform at the National Festival, held over King’s Birthday weekend in Wellington at the Michael Fowler Centre and Opera House. There are awards of certificates, books and even some money. Leading theatre practitioners present 22 workshops, give talks, advice, and view emerging talent. Groups of students may pay to participate in the workshops and attend the public performances on the Friday and Saturday if not chosen to perform. Contact us for further information.

SGCNZ believe in making the festival affordable for all participants, so individual entry fees do not apply. Schools/ Home School Cluster Groups, however, must be financial members at the time of participation in their Regional Festival and the National Festival. Subscriptions are per calendar year, and cost $200 (gst inclusive) for Schools, or $110 (gst inclusive) for Home School Cluster Groups.

SGCNZ Competitions

SGCNZ’s allied competitions offer students the option to explore design, music, and essay-writing. For more more information about the competitions please see here.

The competition finalists are invited to attend the UOSWSF workshops and can attend the festival performances and the Award Ceremony free of charge. They will receive their monetary prizes at the Award Ceremony on the Sunday evening of the National Festival.

SGCNZ NSSP & YSC

Then there are further opportunities!

The Supreme Winner of the SGCNZ/Tony Catford Shakespeare Costume Competition and SGCNZ/Morrison Music Trust Competition and 46 students selected from the Regional and National Festivals attend the SGCNZ National Shakespeare Schools Production (NSSP), a week-long intensive course with workshops, rehearsals and culminating performances.

SGCNZ NSSP is held in the September/October holiday each year. During this week, 24 students are chosen to form SGCNZ Young Shakespeare Company (SGCNZ YSC) and travel to the Globe in London and Stratford Upon Avon for two and a half weeks in July the following year (fees apply).

History of SGCNZ’s Festivals

Just nine months after the founding of Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand in June 1991, SGCNZ held its first Regional Shakespeare Festival in Schools. The Sheilah Maureen Winn Charitable Trust came to the party to assist with funding from the first National Festival soon after. In 2006 the University of Otago entered the scene with a significant contribution, which resulted in the rebranding to the SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals. This much appreciated partnership has continued, along with valued contributions from other sponsors.

From the initial seven regions, the Festivals have grown to 24 regions. Over 5500 students each year from over half the schools with secondary students perform the 5-minute student-directed and 15 minute adult or student-directed scenes. One of each is chosen to be performed at the National Festival at King’s Birthday weekend each year, where participants attend talks, workshops and other performances. Specific criteria have been introduced to include an additional scene in Regions with very large participation. These are outlined in the Board Policy document.

With more than 131,500 students nationwide having participated in the first 31 years of the Festivals, the impact can now be seen on stages throughout the country, big and small screens, backstage, front of house, in various arts administrative roles, and in a vast array of non-theatre based positions. Check out what some of our alumni are up to here.

“The SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival is EPIC…thank you to all who make it happen…”

“The UOSWSF has been an amazing opportunity that I have benefited from every year for the past five years…”

PAST FESTIVALS

SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn National Shakespeare Festival 2022

The Performance schedule for the 2022 SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn National Shakespeare Festival has been finalized.

What a wonderful weekend with wonderful interpretations of Shakespeare’s work. Link to Performance Schedule.

SGCNZ REGIONAL UOSWSF 2022

We are thrilled to announce the dates for the Regional and National University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival! This list is subject to change in the current uncertain climate, but we will be updating the information regularly. Regional festivals will take place between Sunday 3 April and Wednesday 13 April. The National Festival will take place between Thursday 2 June and Monday 6 June. You can also find contact information for your local festival via the link below:

Click here for Regional and National Shakespeare Festivals 2022 Dates and Information

Click here for Regional Festivals 2022 modus operandi

SGCNZ UOSWSF ZOOM Q&A Tuesday 29 March 4.30pm-5.30pm

‘In the Wings’ Covid 2022 SGCNZ e-UOSWSF Plan of Action

Covid 2022 SGCNZ e-UOSWSF Plan of Action

In the highly probable situation of Covid affecting one or more regions or schools again this year, SGCNZ has in place an emergency digital plan – ‘In the Wings’.

A list of all the Regions and their current methodology on the presentation of their Festivals will be posted here soon.

Here is the slightly tweaked final version of the SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival Filming Guidelines of 2020 for use this year for groups to follow with regard filming rules.

All groups should film their scenes as soon as they are able or feel ready to, remembering simplicity and largely use of the camera as audience are what is required, rather than creating an elaborate short film.

It will be also be useful to preview these to self-evaluate your scene, even if it is performed live, which we certainly hope they can be, especially at the National Festival.

If a whole Region needs or wants to ‘go digital’, the films can be submitted and will be assessed in the same way as in 2020 year, through the process outlined in the Guidelines. If just a few schools are closed, they can submit their scenes on film, via Glass Gecko Films, to be assessed by their Region’s assigned Assessors and selections made under the same policies, and the others remain live.

There are various options of ‘live’ Festivals, depending on the Region. In some, the plan is to proceed as though the Festival will proceed as normal, though with mask wearing and My Vaccine Passes. Viewing these will be requested at non-school venues. Numbers of audience members and social distancing will be updated as ‘Traffic Lights flicker and change’!

Some Festivals will be held in one school, with groups coming in one or two schools at a time, to perform and be assessed, maybe with a small audience. In others, Assessors will go from school to school. Some may be able to have them almost normally, though with masks and seating as defined.

Please adhere to your Region’s methodology – unless you decide to move all your entries to join a different Region. Ask your Regional Representative if you are unsure of any details – or Dawn Sanders if these are unable to be answered by them.

However, if ‘Traffic Light’ restrictions preclude all live components, rest assured, we are ready to respond immediately and again create e-Festivals as necessary and Glass Gecko Films receive your films you have ‘waiting in the wings’! These worked in 2020!!

Please contact Dawn Sanders, SGCNZ CEO if you have any queries M: 027 283 6016 P: 04 384 1300 (W) E: dawn@sgcnz.org.nz

Updated 10/02/22

SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival

FESTIVAL ON – SGCNZ UOSWSF 2022

The thrill of being back on stage live again for SGCNZ’s University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals in our 30^th anniversary year, is still resonating, with the beautifully filmed version and fantastic photos now available. For prospective and experienced directors alike, it is worth paying a $15 Membership for a month’s subscription to ‘Shakespeare on Demand’ via Glass Gecko Films to watch and share ideas and techniques in inspire your ‘imaginary forces’.

All being well, next year’s Festivals will take a similar format, with the Regional Festivals taking place at some stage in the last 3 weeks of Term I and the National Festival over Queen’s Birthday Weekend 2-6 June 2022. If the renovations are not too Covid-constrained, we will be back in the St James for the National Festival! However, the Michael Fowler Centre is also booked, just in case.

For 2022 intendent directors, a great thing to do during Lockdown, between studying/teaching, is having a look at the SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals Scene Suggestions and recorded previous productions as mentioned above. So start thinking about yours!

STOP PRESS! We are now officially welcoming Community Groups to participate in our Festivals – Year 7-13 aged 11-19, and in Primarily Playing with Shakespeare Year 1-8 ages 5-12. Contact us for more information.

Thank you again to all those who made this year’s happen, the sponsors, mentioned in detail in our last issue, the award donors (see list in this issue), the Regional Representatives, Assessors, Selectors, teachers/directors, crews – backstage and front of house, volunteers, parents, audiences …and of course, all the enthusiastic participants nationwide.

Here’s to an exciting, and let’s hope, uncompromised, 2022!

SGCNZ NATIONAL UOSWSF 2021

What a fantastic feast of Shakespeare all the current Shakey Sponges delivered in SGCNZ’s Regional, and National University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival over Queen’s Birthday Weekend! Warmest congratulations to all – so much innovation, imaginative concepts and commitment. Wonderful to see The Bard live again on stage by hundreds of courageous and enterprising young people from throughout the country!!

Festival Dates

Regional and National UOSWSF 2021 festival dates: Click here

Awards
There is no ‘winner’ – awards are made to celebrate specific areas of ability, skills and excellence.
To download the Awards List please click here.

Photos
Photos of your performances and the Awards Ceremony can be ordered from Brian Scurfield of Memory of Light Photography.

Film
Kelsey of Glass Gecko Films filmed all of the SGCNZ National UOSWSF performances so you can relive your time on stage or share your performance with loved ones who were unable to attend. These can be purchased individually from Glass Gecko Films or a subscribe to the SGCNZ Streaming Channel on Vimeo for access to the whole Festival Weekend along with performances from other years! Click here for more information.

Merchandise
Looking for something to commemorate your Festival experience? From apparel and jewellery to books, mementos and activities we have something for everyone!
Download the order form here or contact the office to find out more.

‘The apparel oft proclaims the man’ – Hamlet

Feedback
Send us an email or letter and message us on social media. All of your messages and thoughts are collected to endorse the benefit of our funding, improve our programmes and ensure SGCNZ is able to keep going for another 30 years!

University of Otago
A message from SGCNZ Alumni studying at Otago in 2021.

SGCNZ NATIONAL UOSWSF 2021

Thursday 3- Monday 7 June 2021 | Wellington

We are planning for this to be an exceptional Festival in every facet, celebrating our 30 years of them!! We can’t wait to see you in Wellington for SGCNZ National UOSWSF 2021!

Click here for the exciting schedule full of stimulating learning and enjoyable experiences alongside the magnificent performances of the National Festival Participants.

For those travelling to Wellington we have created a list of some of the accommodation providers, including some discounts – all subject to availability. Click here for the accommodation list.

Performance Schedule

The Festival Weekend is split into three sessions at the Michael Fowler Centre and followed by a closing session at Parliament. For the full performance schedule click here.

Saturday 5 June
Session One ~ Student Performances.
Sunday 6 June
Session Two ~ Student Performances and Inspiring Alumni Performances & Presentations.
Session Three ~ SGCNZ YSC Performances, Competition Prize Giving & Scene Award Ceremony.
Monday 7 June
Closing Session ~ Assessors and Selectors Feedback Session & Inspiring Arts Careers Forum.

Ticket sales are now open via TicketMaster ~ Buy Tickets. You can purchase tickets to each individual session or a discounted pass to all three sessions at the Michael Fowler Centre. Please note booking fees will apply.

To purchase tickets to the closing session at Parliament please contact the SGCNZ office

National Festival Information Packs and Forms

For digital copies of the performer and non performer information packs please contact us directly.

Download the Performer Information Pack Forms here

Download the Non Performer Information Pack Forms here

Dinner Options
In between the Sunday performances and the evening YSC Performance & Awards & Prizegiving Ceremony there is break to purchase dinner outside the Michael Fowler Centre. We recommend booking in advance and letting the restaurant know that you will need quick service as you have to get back before 6.45pm to be seated.

Wellington has a plethora of fabulous restaurants to choose from! Here is a compilation of many in the area surround the Michael Fowler Centre. Please note all this information was correct when the document was compiled but may change, these restaurants are not endorsed by SGCNZ. For the Restaurant List click here.1

This page will be updated as information is finalised.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us

SGCNZ REGIONAL UOSWSF 2021

Friends, teachers, students, lend us your ears….

Congratulations to all the participants of our SGCNZ Regional University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals! Over the last month stages across the country have come alive with your amazing, creative and innovative interpretations of the Bard and we applaud your hard work and verve!

We look forward to seeing many of you at our National Festival – remember entry is open to non-performers too.

Be inspired by the wonderful Workshop Tutors, words of wisdom from the Assessors and each other!!

Regional Festival Results | Coming Soon

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Wellington 13-15 April – Wellington East Girls’ College

An exciting panoply of plays wowed the audience every evening- from crowd favourites including Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream to seldom performed gems such as Cymbeline and The Two Noble Kinsmen. Congratulations to all those involved on and off the stage!

For Results and Awards click here

The Wellington Regional Festival was covered by Photographer Brian Scurfield and Videographer Sally Bollinger – order your digital memories today!

Photos- click here——–Video- click here

Regional and National Festival Dates

Click here for the Regional and National Festival dates and contact information

Please bear in mind this document is continuously updated as more information is confirmed and will also remain flexible should there be any more COVID-19 constraints. Contact us for more information if required.

Last updated: 22 March 2021

Register

Registrations are open now! Fill out the SGCNZ UOSWSF online registration form on the University of Otago website and start rehearsing today. UOSWSF Registration Form

For instructions on how to to fill in the SGCNZ UOSWSF registration form at the University of Otago website click here.

Please contact us if you have any problems or queries about registering.

Inspiration

If you need some help deciding where to begin with choosing your 5 or 15 minute pieces, here are a few Scene Suggestions.

Glass Gecko Films is providing a new service: SGCNZ Shakespeare-On-Demand (SOD) Video Subscription Service. An excellent resource for schools participating in SGCNZ events or as exemplars and aids for Drama and English Departments. Go to Glass Gecko’s website for more information.

‘Name what part I am for, and proceed’- Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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‘In the Wings’ Covid 2021 SGCNZ e-UOSWSF Plan of Action

In the possible situation of Covid affecting one or more regions again this year, SGCNZ has in place an emergency digital plan – ‘In the Wings’.

Here is the slightly tweaked final version of the SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival Filming Guidelines of 2020 for use this year if necessary. This information is also available on the University of Otago registration website.

If a whole Region needs to ‘go digital’, it can be submitted and will be assessed in the same way as last year, through the process outlined in the Guidelines. If just a few schools are closed, they can submit their scenes on film to be assessed in a collective Virtual Region, which will be viewed by assigned Assessors and selections made under the same policies.

It is recommended that all groups film their scenes as soon as they are able or feel ready to, remembering simplicity and use of the camera as audience is what is required, rather than creating an elaborate short film.
It will be useful to preview these to self-evaluate your scene, even if it is performed live, which we certainly hope all can be.

However, if a Lockdown call is made which precludes this, rest assured, we are ready to respond immediately and again create e-Festivals as necessary and receive your films you have ‘waiting in the wings’! These worked last year!!

Please contact Dawn Sanders, SGCNZ CEO if you have any queries M: 027 283 6016 LL: 04 384 1300
E: dawn@sgcnz.org.nz

Last updated: 4 March 2021

SGCNZ UOSWSF 2020

SGCNZ COVID-19 e-National UOSWSF Scene Award Recipients!

What a fantastic weekend having the pleasure of seeing all of your ingenious, innovative and brave approaches to Shakespeare which were selected for the SGCNZ e-National UOSWSF – mostly rehearsed and some even filmed mid-COVID-19 lockdown levels!

Incredibly hard decisions were made by those of us in the same room in Wellington – Scene Assessors Ryan Hartigan (University of Otago) and Salesi Le’ota and SGCNZ CEO Dawn Sanders – plus Scene Assessor John Gardyne (Trinity College, London) who joined us via Zoom at 5am UK-time!

We’re super excited to announce the Scene Award recipients…

Click here to download the list

A huge congratulations again to everyone who confronted COVID by entering the Festival in spite of all the challenges presented.

Watch this space in about a week’s time for the SGCNZ NSSP List!

SGCNZ e-National UOSWSF scenes announced!

Congratulations to all who entered this year’s SGCNZ COVID-19 e-Regional University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals! We were overwhelmed by your fantastic creativity and how you embraced the constraints of rehearsing and filming scenes over lockdown.

We are delighted to announce the groups from the 24 e-Regional Festivals who have been selected for the e-National Festival, which will be assessed on 25 & 26 July.

Click here to download the list

The films from each Regional Festival and the National Festival will be made available on Vimeo – watch this space for details on how and when to access them.

SGCNZ COVID-19 University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals

So exciting – at last!! With the announcement of the move to Level 2 confirmed to take effect from Monday 18 May, we will do as promised and give you an extra week to get the films in to GlassGeckoFilms.

Glass Gecko Films have devised a method of capturing all the work so many have done to creating entries for the SGCNZ Regional University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals, here are the specifications of what is required and how to submit your filmed scene. Please adhere to all the instructions and timings.

The Guidelines for Filming and Assessment have been re-worked to suit the new digital format of the 2020 UOSWSF’s.

We would like everyone to try to get their films in by Friday 12 June – or earlier, so that GlassGecko does not get swamped with them on the closing date of 5pm on Monday 15 June.

Final Registration will be due on Tuesday 2 June. That will give you Queen’s Birthday Weekend (usually the National Festival!) for the final entering and checking of information on the University of Otago Registration page.

Be sure you have the name of the play correctly spelt and in the right line, and the act and scene written as eg Act IV scene iii. Note the upper case A for Act and upper case Roman numerals for the number/s of that and lower case scene and Roman numerals for them. All this accuracy is vital for uniformity and to create a fully professional visual image in every way. Only you can update, or enter new, information on the Registration Page, as neither SGCNZ, nor GlassGecko has access to your password. What you write, is what will appear on the screen.

We also have a new opportunity for student photographers to submit production photographs of your filmed pieces. There will be an award for best photography of a performance. For more information see the Photography guidelines.

We look forward to seeing it, as will all those around NZ and, potentially, the world!

Contact Dawn Sanders E: dawn@sgcnz.org.nz or M: 027 283 6016 with any queries.

2020 Regional Festival Dates & Closing Dates

Instructions on how to to fill in the SGCNZ UOSWSF registration form at the University of Otago website

If you need some help deciding where to begin with choosing your 5 or 15 minute pieces, here are a few Scene Suggestions.

SGCNZ UOSWSF 2019

SGCNZ UOSWSF results are out now. Congratulations to everyone involved in the National Festival for 2019. Thank you to all participants for a fantastic weekend!

To order a DVD or MP4 of the performances, go to Glass Gecko Films

To purchase photos of the performances, go to Memory of Light Photography

SGCNZ UOSWSF 2019 Performance Schedule

SGCNZ National UOSWSF Schedule

Results are available for the SGCNZ Wellington Regional UOSWSF

SGCNZ National UOSWSF 2018

All students who performed in the National Festival can be extremely proud of themselves. Thank you to all participants for a fantastic and magical weekend! Click here to find out who excelled in which category.

To order a DVD or MP4 of the performances, go to Glass Gecko Films

To purchase photos of the performances, go to Memory of Light Photography

Click here to view the performance schedule

SGCNZ National UOSWSF 2017

Over 400 years after the Bard’s death, his words are more alive than ever, and the creativity, enthusiasm and talent of New Zealand’s youth shows that Shakespeare’s plays have lost none of their relevance.. Due to popular demand Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ added another region, which means that Shakespeare’s words and works were celebrated in 24 Regional Festivals.

Click here to find out who excelled in which category

Order a DVD or MP4 of the performances from Glass Gecko Films

Order official photos from Memory of Light photography

Click here to see the performance schedule

SGCNZ National UOSWSF 2016

Watch the SGCNZ UOSWSF 2016 Music Montage by Glass Gecko here

What a Festival it was! We were excited to present the SGCNZ National University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival 2016 at the Michael Fowler Centre, St James Theatre and Parliament.

Have a look at the Festival schedule

Click here to see the performance schedule

Not only did we have Diana Devlin assess at the 2016 Festival, but she also gave a talk at Parliament on Monday after the Assessors’ feedback session.

SGCNZ Regional UOSWSF 2016

2016 was an exciting year for Shakespeare Globe Centre NZ. Not only was it the Quattro Centennial of Shakespeare’s death, but it was also the 25th anniversary of SGCNZ and the University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival, making the 23 Regional Festivals throughout the country and the palpable excitement from the numerous participants all the more special.

The dates for the SGCNZ Regional and National University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festivals 2016 were:

Dates for SGCNZ UOSWSF 2016

SGCNZ Wellington Regional UOSWSF 2016

Students in the Wellington region were zealously learning their lines, rehearsing their scenes and preparing themselves for the 25th SGCNZ Wellington Regional University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival from 12-14 April 2016 at Wellington East Girls’ College.

For those participants in the Wellington Regional Festival who would like to view the photos taken at that time, please go to www.brianbarrett.co.nz or email images@brianbarrett.co.nz

SGCNZ National UOSWSF 2015

View the results of SGCNZ National UOSWSF 2015

View the Competition Winners

Order the official Festival photographs by Mel Waite Photography, mel@melwaitephotography.co.nz

Regional Festivals 2015

For those participants in the Wellington Regional Festival who would like to view the photos taken at that time, please go to www.brianbarrett.co.nz or email images@brianbarrett.co.nz~~~

Each year, SGCNZ holds 23 Festivals nationwide, in which high school students perform five and 15 minute scenes from Shakespeare’s plays, set in any time, place, dress – though definitely in Shakespeare’s words. The Regional Festivals 2015 were scheduled between late March and the end of April. View the 2015 Regional Festival dates