York student play selected for NSDF
A University of York student play has been accepted to the prestigious National Student Drama Festival (NSDF) it was announced last week.
The Drama Society’s production of Steven Berkoff’s Metamorphosis, directed by Alex Wright and originally performed in Week Three, has been chosen to perform in the Scarborough-based festival.
The decision comes just weeks after the Art’s Council reversed a judgement to cut the festival’s funding – a decision that would have rendered the future of the event in jeopardy.
The festival, running from the 15th to the 21st of March, showcases some of the finest examples of student drama in the country. DramaSoc Chair, Jamie Wiles, said that “this production has been successful in the highly competitive selection process for the National Student Drama Festival.”
“Every year, professional selectors see over 150 shows to decide the ten best to be performed, Metamorphosis is one of those ten,” he added.
Each production will be viewed by an audience of , professional directors, national artists and students.
This is the third year running that DramaSoc has been successful in the NSDF’s selection process. Last year, William Bowry took a Stone Cold Dead Serious to the festival.
