N/B: The highlighted texts in this color have either been changed or re-introduced in 2019.
DURATION OF PERFORMANCES AND NUMBER IN CAST IN 2019 KENYA NATIONAL DRAMA AND FILM FESTIVALS
ITEM |
DRAMA CATEGORY |
MAXIMUM TIME (MINUTES) |
MAXIMUMCAST |
| PLAY | PRIMARY |
35 |
22 |
| SECONDARY AND COLLEGES |
40 |
22 |
|
| UNIVERSITIES |
60 |
40 |
|
| PLAY IN FRENCH |
25 |
15 |
|
| PLAY IN KENYAN SIGN LANGUAGE (PRIMARY) |
20 |
20 |
|
| PLAY IN KENYAN SIGN LANGUAGE (SECONDARY AND COLLEGES) |
25 |
20 |
|
| CULTURAL CREATIVE DANCE | PRIMARY |
10 |
30 |
| SECONDARY AND TERTIARY |
15 |
30 |
|
| SPECIAL NEEDS INSTITUTIONS (PRIMARY) |
10 |
25 |
|
| SPECIAL NEEDS INSTITUTIONS (SECONDARY AND COLLEGES) |
15 |
25 |
|
| MODERN CREATIVE DANCE | PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY |
7 |
9 |
| SOLO VERSE | PRE-PRIMARY |
3 |
2 |
| PRIMARY |
5 |
2 |
|
| SECONDARY AND TERTIARY |
5 |
2 |
|
|
SOLO VERSE IN FRENCH |
SECONDARY |
5 |
2 |
|
CHORAL VERSE IN FRENCH |
SECONDARY |
5 |
12 |
|
SOLO VERSE |
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| CHORAL VERSE | ECDE |
3 |
15 |
| PRIMARY |
5 |
15 |
|
| SECONDARY AND TERTIARY |
5 |
15 |
|
| SPOKEN WORD | SECONDARY AND TERTIARY |
5 |
2 |
| NARRATIVE | PRIMARY |
5 |
4 |
| SECONDARY AND TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS |
7 |
4 |
|
| DRAMATISED SINGING GAMES | PRE-PRIMARY |
5 |
20 |
| STAND-UP COMEDY | SECONDARY AND TERTIARY |
5 |
2 |
| MIME | UNIVERSITIES |
5 |
1 |
| FEATURE FILM | All |
30 |
– |
| SCREEN DANCE | All |
10 |
– |
| SCREEN NARRATIVE | All |
10 |
– |
| SCREEN VERSE | All |
5 |
– |
| DOCUMENTARY | All |
15 |
– |
| ADVERT | All |
1 |
– |
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Infringement of the rule on time shall attract a penalty of (one) 1 mark per minute. For the film genre, any item that exceeds the stipulated time by over 10 minutes shall be stopped;
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Infringement on the rule on number of cast shall incur a penalty of five (5) marks for every extra person.
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Participants performing solo items during the Kenya drama festivals shall be accompanied by ONE teacher/tutor/lecturer. All other items shall present ONLY 2 teachers to accompany the performers. This shall be based on gender considerations, i.e. for a girls’ institution, one accompanying teacher shall be a female and vice versa.
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Regional committees and/or institutions are encouraged to sponsor some learners to accompany the films of institutions from their region at the national drama Festival.
Source: Drama Rules and Regulations Book 2019
Thanks alot for this information. Where can I get the drama guide?