NSDF 2026 - Registration Form

NSDF 2026 - Registration Form

This information will be kept secure. Please refer to our NSDF Privacy Policy for details. We need this completed form, in order for you to particpate in NSDF 2026. If you require the form in a different format or have any questions, please contact our Festival Administrator Amy - amy@nsdf.org.uk
SECTION 1 - Participant Type
What Type of Participant Are You?*
If you fit into more than one category, please just choose one. If you are attending LAB as well as the rest of the festival, please select 'LAB Attendee' only
Section 2 - Safeguarding & Age

For participants who state that they are under 18 or a vulnerable adult we would need permission from a parent or guardian for you to attend the festiva. If a participant states they are 18 or over please bring proof of age to the festival as these will be checked upon registration.
Date of Birth*

MonthDayYear
Date
Aged 16 - 17A vulnerable adult aged 18 or overNeither (aged 18 - 26 and not a vulnerable adult)
**Vulnerable adult definition here:
If you are aged 16 - 17, or classified as a vulnerable adult, we require your parent/ guardian's contact information please type their email below*
Example: name@gmail.com
Parent or Guardian Name*
If you are aged 16 - 17, or classified as a vulnerable adult, we require your parent/ guardian's contact information - please type their number below*
If you are under 18 or classified as a vulnerable adult, we require your parent/ guardian's signature. All staff working with young people hold enhanced DBS checks and our core team has received safeguarding training. A note for parents to be aware of: as part of the festival young people may be attending performances with triggering subject matter, strong language and partial nudity. All content note warnings for each performance will be shared in advance. Please sign below to confirm you are happy for your child to be registered for and participate in NSDF 26.*

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Photography & Video:

There will be photographers documenting the festival for our social media and records - if you are under 18 or a vulnerable adult your parent/ guardian needs to fill out THIS form:

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This will confirm if they consent to you being in photos that might be used for promotional material. Please note this form needs to be filled out in order for us to process your application.
Yes my parent has filled out this formNo they do not consent to me being in photos
YesNoNA - I am 18 or over, and not a vulnerable adult
Section 3 - Attendance - Full Week vs Specific Days
In this section you will be asked to select which days you are attending the festival. You will then be asked to select which workshop you would like to attend on each day. The festival will be taking place at the Curve Theatre and LCB Depot both situated in Leicester centre. Full festival schedule will be shared with you after your registration.

There will always be two workshops taking place at the same time and all workshops have a numbers cap of 30 participants. This means we need to know your selection to monitor numbers. We will be operating on a "first come first serve basis". You will be emailed which workshop you will attend once we have confirmed numbers of people attending.

NSDF: LAB with White Noise

White Noise are running NSDF lab workshops EVERY day of the festival. LAB involves devising a piece of theatre and performing this at the end of the festival.

Untitled Sex Health Show is a dark comedy about sexual health and coming of age. Combining drag, pop culture, electronic music and a suspicious talking bin, the show encourages positive conversations about sexual health and empowers people to have happier, healthier sex lives.

Join a week of research and development of a new show by NSDF alumni company White Noise Theatre:

- Share your thoughts and ideas around the topic of sexual health.

- Develop your skills in performance art, drag, cabaret and comedy.

- Learn about devising and collaboration in a real, professional creative room.

- Make a meaningful contribution to the development of a new show that will be shared at the end of the festival.

Come for one session or the whole week!

Dates and Times are:
Tuesday 7th April - 2-4pm
Wednesday 8th April - 11am-1pm
Thursday 9th April - 11am-1pm
Friday 10th April - 11am-1pm
Saturday 11th April 9am-12pm (Tech and Last rehearsal) 1-2pm performance sharing.

Technical workshops are also being held primarily for our Young Technicians - a group of young people involved in teching the shows at the festival - however general festival participants are welcome to join these workshops too.

Festival Performances:

Across the festival, you’ll have the chance to see a selection of performances chosen through our show submissions process. Created by emerging artists from across the UK, these shows bring fresh ideas, new voices, and a wide range of styles to the National Student Drama Festival stage.

Festival Rehearsed Reading
Experience new writing brought to life in a rehearsed reading. Actors perform with scripts in hand, giving audiences a chance to hear bold ideas, fresh voices, and stories still in development.

Morning Reflection - Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings
A relaxed morning conversation led by Amy Dalton-Hardy to gather, reflect, and share ideas with other artists at the National Student Drama Festival. We’ll chat about the work we’ve seen, the world we’re living in, and how theatre can respond to it. Then we’ll look forward, what kind of theatre do we want to make next? What risks do we want to take, and how might we shape the future of theatre together?
Attending the festival for the entire weekOnly attending the festival on certain days
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White Noise - Lab Workshop 1)Caring For Ourselves and Other Artists led by Rachel Valentine Smith. Working together is always fun with Rachel Valentine-Smith. If you are starting a new company, working regularly with the same friends / collaborators, thinking you might start a company, or generally interested in models of creative collaboration for all it's joy and knottiness - then this workshop is for you. We will cover practical and guided exercises for you to establish working practices that support in the making of work. Alongside these tangible tools we will dive into some of the harder stuff such as ideas of "success", challenging conversations and boundary setting. There will be a balance of practical and conversational orientated exercises that will be adaptable for any access needs.Technical workshop
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Tuesday 7th April: 6pm - 7pm: Technical Team Chats - What is Tupple? Shedding light and making noise on the technical side of theatre. This workshop will be hosted by Rowan and Emma, we will teach you the grand NSDF tradition of Tupple whilst hosting a casual conversation about what goes into technical theatre. If you've ever wondered 'what do the words the technicians are shouting about mean', or who to ask what, or why we've run the same cue a million times in the tech rehearsal, you can find out here!

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Wednesday 8th April: 10am - 11am: Morning Reflection with Amy Dalton Hardy A relaxed morning conversation led by Amy Dalton-Hardy to gather, reflect, and share ideas with other artists at the National Student Drama Festival. We’ll chat about the work we’ve seen, the world we’re living in, and how theatre can respond to it. Then we’ll look forward, what kind of theatre do we want to make next? What risks do we want to take, and how might we shape the future of theatre together?

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White Noise - Lab Workshop 2)Accessibility for Emerging Artists Workshop by Joe Strickland This workshop will look at incorporating accessibility into live performances, for artists and audiences. We'll talk through the most common and achievable forms of access for emerging artists, as well as creative accessibility and more specific forms of access for you, your collaborators, and your audience. We'll balance the creative and logistical benefits and challenges and talk frankly about the realism of creating accessible work of all shapes and sizes in all manner of venues. There will be an opportunity at the start of the workshop to let me know specific things you want me to cover and I'll build them into our discussion.Technical workshop
Directing Masterclass with Nadia Emam In this directing masterclass, director Nadia Emam guides you through an introduction to the basic skills necessary for theatre directing and guidance through the steps the director takes in making a production – from getting the job to the final performanceSustainable Practice for Emerging Artists led by Joe Strickland This workshop will look at ways that we can take our current creative practice, or our planned future practice, and find ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle to ingrain a sustainable way of creating art and performance from the beginning. We'll discuss the creative and logistical trade offs, as well as when the best times to follow and break our own rules might be in order to achieve an overall more sustainable practice. There will be an opportunity at the start of the workshop to let me know specific things you want me to cover and I'll build them into our discussion.Technical Workshop
Setting up a Theatre Company with White Noise Thinking of setting up a theatre company after uni? Join White Noise Theatre for a whistle-stop tour of everything you need to know, from deciding a name, incorporating a company, funding your work and useful tips on how to get your work out there.A discussion based workshop TBCTechnical workshop
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White Noise Lab workshop 3)How to Build A budget workshop with Keerthi Kollimada: Come join our CEO Keerthi Kollimada for a session on all things budgeting. As a producer/ artist / designer and more, budgets will play a big role in your theatre career. It has very little to do with maths, and more to do with practicalities and a little common sense. Keerthi will be going over a budget template, answering questions and there will be time to consult on any budgets you may bring with you.Technicial Workshop
Thursday 9th April: 2pm - 3:45pm: Edinburgh Fringe Panel Discussion This will cover topics such as: What to expect at the fringe, Different routes to the fringe - for example venue versus show technician, taking a programmed show versus pub stand up... How to chose your venue and communicate with them, What/when do you need to prepare, Savvy tech tips, What's 'reasonable' for a design, General survival tips!

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Interplay Theatre - Devising with Young People.This workshop explores methods of making theatre with and for young people. Associate Director, Lizzy Whynes will give an introduction to Interplay Theatre and lead exercises demonstrating the Interplay way of working, drawing inspiration from Interplay Theatre's touring production "Out of Orbit".A discussion based workshop tbcTechnical workshop
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White Noise Lab 4)Dramaturgy workshop with Titilola Dawudu A practical introduction to dramaturgy and the tools used to develop new work. Through discussion and exercises, we’ll explore how writers and collaborators can interrogate a piece of work and discover the story it wants to tell. Open to writers, directors and anyone interested in making new theatre.Technical Workshop
How to Pitch Your Show With Cara Nolan This practical workshop is designed to help artists confidently present themselves and their work to venues, programmers, and potential collaborators. Together, we will explore how to shape a compelling pitch that communicates your artistic vision, the value of your work, and why it belongs in a particular space or programme. Participants will learn how to structure and organise a clear, engaging pitch; understand what venues and programmers need to hear in order to make decisions; and develop strategies for speaking about their practice with clarity and confidence. Through guided exercises and discussion, the session will support artists to articulate their ideas, highlight what makes their work distinctive, and build stronger professional relationships. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have a stronger sense of how to advocate for their work and approach pitching as an opportunity for dialogue and collaborationA discussion based workshop TBCTechnical Workshop
Creative Workshop with Chris Thorpe: Making Solo work. This workshop focuses on personal experience/identity and making autobiographical work. It's about the questions we need to ask ourselves, and the thinking we can employ, to make sure that work that comes from you isn't just all about you.Discussion Based workshop TBCTechnical Workshop
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White Noise - final workshop, dress and tech rehearsalA discussion based workshop TBCTechnical Workshop
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Saturday 11th April: 2:15pm - 5:15pm. Let's talk Directing with Elin SchofieldElin has worked as a Director, Associate Director and Assistant Director across the UK, Europe and in New York for over a decade. She has worked at different scales: from the National Theatre's Olivier to the theatre fringes. So let's talk about the joys and challenges and everything in between. There are no stupid questions.

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Section 4 - Personal Information

Your personal information, contact details and access requirements.
Your Name*
Pronouns (if you do not want to share put NA)*
Do you have any strict dietary requirements or allergies we should know about?*
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Yes - as a member of technical teamYes - as a member of the management teamYes as an audience memberYes bringing a showYes as a general festival participantYes in some other capacityNo
If yes, what year:*
If you're currently in education, please tell us the name of your educational institution*
YesNoN/A I am under 18
Phone Number*
Email Address*
Example: name@gmail.com
YesNoNA- I am under 18 or a vulnerable adult
opt out
YesNo
If yes please detail your access requirements here. Please note in order to put adequate support in place we need to be told access requirements at least 3 weeks before the festival, and we will do our best to accomodate them. If you have any urgent requests please email amy@nsdf.co.uk. If you don't have any access requirements write 'N/A'.*
Emergency Contact name*
Emergency Contact relationship to you*
Emergency Contact phone number*
Section 5 - Equal Opportunities Form
As a publicly funded organisation, NSDF is required to monitor the cultural diversity of all its volunteers.

The information you provide will be used for monitoring purposes only and all data will be aggregated and anonymised. The forms will be kept securely and will not be shown to colleagues or third parties without your consent. No decisions will be made or action taken about a person based on their answers to the questions.

I consent to the data I provide below being kept in this manner and only used for the purposes explained above.

Please contact Amy at amy@nsdf.org.uk if you have any queries.
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NSDF 2026 - Registration Form

SECTION 1 - Participant Type

Section 2 - Safeguarding & Age

Section 3 - Attendance - Full Week vs Specific Days

Section 4 - Personal Information

Section 5 - Equal Opportunities Form

Section 6 - Pre-festival Questionnaire

Sharing your data