2025 Music and Drama Festival Performance Genres

The National Drama Workshop has released the official genres for the 2025 Music and Drama Festivals. The festivals will be held separately for Primary Schools, Junior Schools and Secondary Schools.

Primary School Categories

A) Early Childhood Development (ECD)

1. Singing Game
2. Solo Dramatized Verse
3. Choral Dramatized Verse
4. Film Category

B) Lower Primary School Genres

1. Solo Dramatized Verse
2. Choral Dramatized Verse
3. Film Category

C) Upper Primary School Genres

1. Solo Dramatized Verse
2. Choral Dramatized Verse
3. Play
4. Narrative
5. Solo Dance
6. Modern Dance
7. Film Category
8. Cultural Creative Dance

Junior School Categories

1. Play
2. Cultural Creative Dance
3. Choral Dramatized Verse
4. Solo Dramatized Verse
5. Narrative
6. Spoken Word
7. Solo Dance
8. Solo Dramatized Verse (French)
9. Modern Creative Dance
10. Comedy
11. Mime
12. Live Broadcast
13. Film Category

Secondary School Categories

1. Play
2. Cultural Creative Dance
3. Choral Dramatized Verse
4. Solo Dramatized Verse
5. Narrative
6. Spoken Word
7. Solo Dance
8. Solo Dramatized Verse (French)
9. Modern Creative Dance
10. Comedy
11. Mime
12. French Choral Verse
13. French Play
14. Live Broadcast
15. Film Category

Note:

• Each level—Primary, Junior and Secondary—will have a separate festival.