The Exmouth Amateur One-act Festival is back.

This year’s festival takes place at the Blackmore Theatre from Monday, April 9 to Saturday, April 14. Weekday performances start at 7.30pm, while Saturday’s performance starts at 7pm.

“This is the preliminary round of the western division of the All England Theatre Festival 2018,” said Trevor Brice of the Exmouth Players.

“Will we see one of the drama groups taking part in our festival go through to the western semi- finals and then through to the English final in June this year, and ultimately representing England in the all-British final in July?

“Please come and support this year’s participating drama groups and see which of them you think deserve to go through to the semis.

“Better still, why not vote on all the classes? To vote you will need to purchase a season ticket and attend all the week’s performances.”

Professional adjudicator Sonia Woolley GoDA will judge the performances.

“On the final night, the adjudicator announces the winners and runners-up in each class and announces the winner and runner up and the group going through.”

Some plays may be of a sensitive nature and/or unsuitable for certain age groups.

Tickets are £10 (under 16s £5). Week season tickets: £50 (under 16s £25). To book, call Ticketline 07484 509514.

For more information about the festival, visit blackmoretheatre.co.uk or Blackmore Theatre Facebook Page.

The running order is:

April 9: Mezzalchemy – ‘The Thousand And One Nights’, by Paul King; the Exmouth Players – ‘Plaster’ by Richard Harris; Mezzamorphoses – ‘Oedipus’ by Paul King.

April 10: Salterton Drama Club – ‘Space Tour: Into Knoware’ by Daniel Rhys Hill; the Exmouth Players – ‘Memoires of War’ by Jake Taviner.

April 11: TIPPS – ‘The Allotment’ by Gillian Plowman; Exton Drama Club – ‘Last Tango In Little Grimley’ by David Tristam.

April 12: SADS Youth – ‘Bad Reception’ by Paul Vincent; Broadclyst Theatre Group – ‘The Molecule Duplicator’ by John Gregory.

April 13: Ottery Community Theatre – ‘The Knitting Circle’ by Jill Machin; the Exmouth Players – ‘On The Seventh Day’ by Alan Smith; Ottery Community Theatre – ‘The Mayfair Brothers’ by Steve Chapman.

April 14: SADS Juniors – ‘The Rebels Of Gas Street’ by Jan Needle.