Theatre Nova Scotia coordinates the Nova Scotia High School Drama Festival each May at Dalhousie University’s Fountain School of Performing Arts in Halifax.
The festival is open to students and teachers from across the province and provides a three-day, theatre-intensive getaway! The Wednesday to Friday festival includes nightly performances from schools, a vast selection of student and teacher workshops, master-classes, a professional presentation, and many creative opportunities for students.
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First established in 1974, DramaFest was originally governed and run by the board of directors of the Educational Drama Association of Nova Scotia (EDANS) – a professional association branch of the Nova Scotia Teacher’s Union which oversees Drama in schools. After 34 years of the Festival in 2008, EDANS decided to hand over governance of the festival to Theatre Nova Scotia. Although DramaFest has become a program of TNS, it still depends on the partnership of three key organizations:
For over 15 years, Theatre Nova Scotia has been leveraging its connection to the professional theatre community to deliver impactful programming to students and teachers at DramaFest.
