Adjudicator

Adjudicator: Vivienne Cunningham LGSM

Vivienne trained with John Holgate at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and worked professionally in Theatre and Television. She has taught Speech and drama, Public Speaking, and Performance Techniques to all ages, both privately and in schools and colleges. Many of her pupils have achieved success in the Theatre, Television and Film industry, others have become teachers themselves. She worked for many years as Head of Drama at a school where the Drama Department established a strong reputation, winning numerous awards nationally and staging ambitious productions in the school’s state of the art theatre.

She was an examiner for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the English Speaking Union but now particularly enjoys working as an adjudicator for The British and International Federation of Festivals. Having competed in festivals since the age of four, entered numerous students and worked as a Convener, she now takes delight in encouraging students to share their work with an audience and experience the joy of performance.

Vivienne particularly enjoys writing plays and poetry and then watching them come alive on stage.