The 2020 EdTA Festival was a large regional level theatre festival that included participants from over 30 top international schools around Guangdong province.

2020年EdTA深圳戲劇節,是一個大型的地區級戲劇賽事，參與者來自廣東省內30多所國際學校。

Two of RDF's students, Tony Xie (9C) and Chelsea Wong (12B), took up the challenge and participated in two different categories, Monologue and Duologue competitions.

深圳瑞得福學校的兩名學生Tony謝沛君（9C）和Chelsea黃棋玉（12B）勇于挑戰自己，參加了兩個不同類別的比賽，即獨個人白和雙人情景劇比賽。

The contest was extremely intense as all the participants were highly skilled and experienced in drama. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it through the Duologue competition with the duet scene from "The Bear" (by famous classical russian playwright Anton Chekhov), performed by Tony Xie and Chelsea Wong.

比賽非常激烈，因為所有參賽者都有很高的戲劇技巧和經驗。令人遺憾的是，我們的選手沒能夠在雙人情景劇比賽中突圍。由Tony Xie和Chelsea Wong表演的雙人情景劇《熊》（俄羅斯著名古典劇作家Anton Chekhov的作品）未能獲獎。

But after two days of non-stop competition in the Monologue category, we had a blast in finals and won the 2nd best place in Guandong province with the ‘Is this a dagger which I see before me’ monologue (one of the most famous soliloquies in Shakespeare’s Macbeth), performed by Chelsea Wong.

但在兩天不間斷的個人獨白劇比賽中，瑞得福學子在決賽中大放異彩。Chelsea黃棋玉表演的 "Is this a dagger which I see before me "獨白?。ㄉ勘葋啞尔溈税住分凶钪莫毎字唬┇@得了廣東省第二名的好成績。

Chelsea Wong黃棋玉:

"My self, Tony and Mr Aleh, attended the Shenzhen EdTA Drama Competition 2020. It was a fun and eye-opening experience as I got to meet many other young actors from all over the Guangdong province and witness their performances. I participated in the monologue category and I performed the ‘Is this a dagger' monologue by Shakespeare from Macbeth. I also performed a duologue with Tony and we presented a scene from ‘The Bear’ By Anton Chekov.

"我、Tony和Aleh先生，參加了2020年深圳EdTA戲劇比賽。這是一次有趣的、開闊眼界的經歷，因為我認識了許多其他來自廣東省各地的年輕演員，并目睹了他們的表演。我參加了獨角戲組，表演了莎士比亞《麥克白》中的 "這是一把匕首 "的獨角戲。我還和Tony一起表演了一段雙人劇，我們表演了Anton Chekhov的《熊》中的一幕。

Being my first drama competition, those two days were certainly one of the most stressful moments in my life. During the competition the schedule was really packed: we had rehearsal after rehearsal, performance after performance and then more rehearsals, then a quick bite for lunch and more performances, then an improvised simmer down djembe session then back to rehearsals and performances. Despite that, I really enjoyed the event. In fact, the anxiety and exhaustion where what I most enjoyed about it, because it left me with a feeling of accomplishment and a sense of pride that I came out of it in one piece. Phew. I was really supprised that I got the 2nd place but this wouldn't have been possible without the guidance and hardwork of our drama teacher Mr. Aleh and the support of RDF.

作為我第一次參加的戲劇比賽，那兩天無疑是我生命中最緊張的時刻之一。比賽期間，日程安排得非常緊湊：我們排練了一次又一次，表演了一次又一次，然后是更多的排練、表演和課程。盡管這樣，我真的很享受這次活動。事實上，我最喜歡的是比賽中的焦慮和疲憊，它給我留下了一種成就感和自豪感，因為我完整地走了出來。吁。我對自己獲得第二名感到非常驚喜，但如果沒有我們的戲劇老師Aleh先生的指導以及深圳瑞得福學校的支持，這是不可能的。

Overall, the EdTA drama competition was a great experience. It really gave me a deeper insight into acting and a better understanding of the rehearsal process and its intensity."

總的來說，EdTA的戲劇比賽是一個很好的經歷。它確實讓我對表演有了更深的了解，對排練過程及其強度有了更深的認識"。

Aleh Koba（指導老師）:

"This is my first year with EdTa as a participant and I was surprised with the level of the performances that I've seen in the two days of competition. The level of skills and competence of students in Monologues and Duologues was outstanding, and I was particularly impressed by the Group Scenes, I haven't seen such inspiring and touching performances for a long time. Many of my students have been learning drama at RDF only for a year and I was truly excited and proud to see their passion on stage and the great results they have been able to achieve in such a short period of time. The interest in drama and theatre culture in China has increased noticeably over the past few years and is growing rapidly at this very moment, and I am so happy and lucky to be a part of this process and contribute with my theatre knowledge and experience."

"這是我第一年以參與者的身份參加EdTa，在兩天的比賽中，參賽者表現出來的表演水平深深驚訝了我。學生們在獨白和對白中的技巧和能力水平非常突出，我對群戲的印象尤其深刻，我已經很久沒有看到如此鼓舞人心和感人的表演了。我的許多學生在深圳瑞得福學校學習戲劇只有一年的時間，看到他們在舞臺上的激情和在這么短的時間內取得的巨大成果，我真的感到很興奮和自豪。在過去的幾年里，中國人對戲劇和戲劇文化的興趣明顯增加，此刻正在迅速增長，我很高興也很幸運能成為這個過程的一部分，并以我的戲劇知識和經驗做出貢獻。"