Lingo Fest!
The Theatre Festival for Language Learners.
A Multilingual Theatre Festival that will be held in two cities during International Languages Week.
Dates and Locations:
- Lingo Fest Auckland - Friday August 21st at Kings School in Remuera.
- Lingo Fest Wellington - Friday August 14th at the Newtown Community Centre Theatre.
This event is a celebration of the diversity of languages in our community and our enthusiasm for learning different languages. This festival is open to everyone (all ages).
Quick facts:
- All ages and levels are welcome to enter a performance.
- Students perform a short play, dialogue or monologue in the language they are learning.
- Plays can be up to 15mins long, monologues up to 3mins.
- Students need to perform in costume
- No cue cards permitted.
- All performers will receive a certificate & prizes for “stand out” performances.
- Limited time available on each day so register your group asap!
Olivia Sumich,Festival Director022 312 6351
This could be a great opportunity for our 2nd language learners - although I imagine a little daunting for some of them too. Do you think it is aimed more at students learning french or mandarin etc as a 2nd language at an English speaking school?
ReplyDeleteThis could be a great opportunity for our 2nd language learners - although I imagine a little daunting for some of them too. Do you think it is aimed more at students learning french or mandarin etc as a 2nd language at an English speaking school?
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