Guild of Drama Adjudicators

Guild of Drama Adjudicators
Full name Guild of Drama Adjudicators
Founded 1947
Key people

Patron - Sir Alan Ayckbourn
Chairman - Colin Dolley
Vice-ChairmanPaul Fowler

'Hon. Secretary - Jo Crossley'

'Hon. Treasurer - Peter Reiss
Country United Kingdom
Website Official site

The Guild of Drama Adjudicators (GoDA) is the world's longest established body dedicated to the adjudication of all forms of theatre, both professional and amateur.

Full Members of the Guild are entitled to use the post-nominal letters, GoDA

Associate Members are entitled to use the post-nominal of GoDA(Associate)

History

GoDA was founded in 1947 as a response to the growing dissatisfaction about standards of adjudication in the boom festival years after World War II with an editorial in the magazine Amateur Stage providing the impetus for its establishment.[1] Ostensibly, it was founded for the benefit of Amateur Drama and from its beginnings its members were available to assist Amateur Dramatic Societies across the United Kingdom with constructive criticism both at Drama Festivals or at performances specific to individual groups.[2]

To achieve its founding aims GoDA established recognised principles of practice for its members to apply and adhere to. The Guild also formulated definitive objectives to this end, namely:

Membership

There were originally forty-six founder members and, with a few exceptions, additional members are selected by means of annual Selection Weekends where candidates are instructed and tested. Candidates for membership must have had professional or amateur stage experience and demonstrate a thorough knowledge of drama (with many members engaged in teaching drama in some form). Over eighty per cent of members have had professional stage experience as actors, directors, or stage managers. Once accepted into the Guild, members are mentored for a period of two years before rising from Associate Members to Full Members with a minimum of six festivals having been adjudicated by them during that time. Even then, their admission is at the discretion of the GoDA Council, based upon confidential reports from two Festival Organisers by whom the Associate Member has been employed and an appraisal by two senior members of the Guild.[3]

The scope of the activities of the members of the Guild range from adjudicating drama festivals for full plays, one-act plays, or verse-speaking festivals to lecturing on drama and various aspects of theatrical art. On occasion the Guild has been called upon to aid in the production of plays, operas and musicals. In terms of the geographic scope of the organisation, although based in the UK, the Guild provides services internationally if requested and have an international reputation for their work.[3]

Current Full Members of the Guild

[4]

A

Arthur Aldrich

Geoffrey Annis LRAM

B

William Burns MBE

C

Beverley Clark

Robert Clarke

Jill Colby

D

Tom Doherty

Colin Dolley - Chairman

Carolyn Drury

E

Charles Evans FRSL

F

Paul Fowler Vice chairman

H

Alan Hayes

David Henson

Ben Humphrey FRSA

J

Chris Jaeger MBE

Bev Jenkins

K

Mike Kaiser

L

Jane Levan

M

Louise Manders

Scott Marshall

Robert Meadows

Paul Mills

N

Ron Nicol

Sally Noble

O

Jill O'Hare

Marie O'Sullivan

P

Jan Palmer Sayer

Prof. Michael Patterson

Michael Poynor

R

Andrew Rawlinson

Arthur Rochester

Tony Rushforth

Jeannie Russell

S

Ian Sarginson

Jennifer Scott- Reid

Helen E Sharman

Colin Snell FRSA

Cherry Stephenson

T

Keith Thompson

Mike Tilbury

V

David Vince

W

David H Williams

Jim Wolstencroft

Richard Woodward

Sonia Woolley

Russell Whiteley

Current Associate Members of the Guild

B

Anna Beaney

John Bromley

Imelda Byrne

D

Sue Doherty

Meryl Duff

G

Frances Glynne

H

Alan Haslett

M

Julie McLoughlin

O;

Stephen Oliver


P;

David Price

R;

Joe Riley FRSA


W; Sandra Wynne

References

  1. George Taylor, History of the amateur theatre, page 179 (White Horse Library), (Venton) 1976
  2. British Theatre Association, British Drama League, Drama, Issues 139-146, page 49 (British Theatre Association), 1981
  3. 1 2 3 www.amdram.co.uk) - Introducing GODA
  4. , Official Website.
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