FAQ Category: Organisation
Who sets the minimum and maximum running-time?
The rules stipulate a length of “not less than twenty minutes or more than fifty-five”. However, they add that the organising committee may set different minimum and maximum times within these bounds. In practice the maximum is very often set at 50 minutes or under in order to manage the evening timetable.
Read moreHow long does the festival last?
The festival runs for four evenings, usually Friday to Monday. So to make sure you see all the plays you should plan to arrive on Friday afternoon or early evening and leave the following Tuesday morning. Generally each evening will begin at 19:30 and end around midnight – later on the last evening to allow…
Read moreWho can perform at FEATS?
Any group that puts on productions in English and is based in mainland Europe. If a group has not taken part before, it is recommended that it applies to put on a production in the Fringe Festival which accompanies the main festival, and also sits in the audience for at least one main festival. Immediately…
Read moreWho is responsible for performing rights?
Participating groups must ensure that performing rights for plays are paid where required. Within the EU, copyright protection is applicable until seventy years after the author’s death; so even if you are performing a play written long ago, you need to check whether rights have to be paid, especially in the case of a translation.…
Read moreHow come the same groups get to perform on Sunday and Monday each year?
The running order is determined by the organising committee of the current festival, taking into account the following criteria: Any impression that certain groups are favoured in the running order by getting their requested “slots” as a matter of course is mistaken.
Read moreDo the previous year’s winners have automatic entry to the following festival?
No. Entry is by a rota system, in which groups having taken part in one year go to the end of the “queue” in the following year.
Read moreHow are adjudicators for FEATS selected?
All FEATS adjudicators are theatrical professionals with considerable experience. They are drawn from the members of GODA, the Guild of Drama Adjudicators, membership of which is subject to a selection procedure.
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