​Organisers of the Mid-Somerset festival say they are delighted at the standards so far.

The best of the week’s performances can be seen at the festival speech and drama concert tomorrow night at 7pm in the Guildhall, where admission is free.

Wednesday saw classes in mime, Shakespeare, Dickens and verse-speaking taking place.

There was an outstanding performance from Maisie Carter in the Solo Acting class while the Shirnia siblings swept the board with Julian, Liberty, Florence and Elliot all taking first place in their respective classes.

Wednesday afternoon saw more verse-speaking classes with some mime and Shakespeare as well.

Several of the major awards have now been decided:

Bath High School Cup - Julian Shirnia

Browne Challenge Trophy - Liberty Shirnia

Donald Sadler Trophy - Oliver Bell

Evelyn Sandford Memorial Cup - Fredde Vaughan

Whiting Challenge Trophy - Isla Iago

Plowman Memorial Trophy - Maia Crudgington

Cawood Challenge Rose Bowl - Eve Saunders

Farnell Thurston Trophy - Francesca Haggarty

Harper Challenge Trophy - Oliver Rigg

De Reyes Challenge Trophy - Emma Hodgson

Results for Speech & Drama Classes Wednesday morning 10 March

Class 9 Verse Speaking (6 & under 6½) Remy Benson

Class 10 Verse Speaking (6½ & under 7) Oscar Wills

Class 11 Verse Speaking (7 & under 7½) Liberty Shirnia

Class 12A Verse Speaking (7½ & under 8) Alistair Darnton

Class 12B Verse Speaking (7½ & under 8) Freddie Vaughan

Class 14A Verse Speaking (8½ & under 9) Gregory Iago

Class 14B Verse Speaking (8½ & under 9) Julian Shirnia

Class 22 Verse Speaking (12 & under 13) Emma Keane

Class 44 Memorised Prose (11 & 12) Elliot Shirnia

Class 47 Dickens (12 – 14) Elliot Shirnia

Class 48 Dickens (15 – 18) Elizabeth Hatherall

Class 59 Group Devised (under 16) Osborne Trio

Class 67 Group Mime (under 12) KPS6

Class 80 Duo Acting (under 11) Florence & Julian Shirnia

Class 87 Duo Shakespeare (13 & 14) Lara Spearman & Florence Woolley

Class 95A Solo Acting (13) Charles Beaven

Class 95B Solo Acting (13) Maisie Carter

Class 101 Solo Shakespeare (13 & 14) Hannah Lawrence

Class 106 Repertoire (13-18) Katy Wilson

Results for Speech & Drama Classes Wednesday afternoon 10 March

Class 13 Verse Speaking (8 & under 8½) Oliver Pitt

Class 15A Verse Speaking (9 & under 9½) Jamie McCleave

Class 15B Verse Speaking (9 & under 9½) Angel Chant

Class 16 Verse Speaking (9½ & under 10) Oliver Bell

Class 17 Verse Speaking (10 & under 10½) Lauryn Somerville

Class 23 Verse Speaking (13 & under 13½)Charles Beaven

Class 24 Verse Speaking (13½ & under 14)Isla Iago

Class 28 Sonnet (14 & over) Julia Smith

Class 31 Bible Recitation (11 – 14) Felicity Giles

Class 55 Dance Drama (open) RHS Dragon Group

Class 58 Group Devised (10 & under 12) Weston All Saints Primary

Class 92 Solo Acting (10) James Darnton

Class 96 Solo Acting (14) Holly Bodimeade

Class 97 Solo Acting (15) Danielle Morgan-Dudd

Class 105 Classical Drama (14 & over) Julia Smith

Results for Thursday morning 11 March

Class 1A Primary Verse Speaking (6) Joseph Bruton

Class 1B Primary Verse Speaking (6) Cara James

Class 2 Primary Verse Speaking (7) Naomi Poole & Thomas Hancock

Class 4A Primary Verse Speaking (9) Luke Cotton

Class 4B Primary Verse Speaking (9) Eve Saunders

Class 5A Primary Verse Speaking (10) Ashley Hunt

Class 5B Primary Verse Speaking (10) Jacob Bacon

Class 18 Verse Speaking (10½ & under 11) Oliver Rigg

Class 19A Verse Speaking (11 & under 11½) Henrietta Long

Class 19B Verse Speaking (11 & under 11½) Daisy Mant

Class 53 Theme (12 & under) Roundstone School

Class 74 Solo Mime (12, 13 &14) Charles Beaven

Class 76 Group Acting (12 & under) Royal High School Group 1

Class 77 Group Acting (15 & under) Next Stage Youth

Class 83A Duo Acting (under 14) James Everrett &

Joshua Lawrence

Class 84 Duo Acting (under 15) Florence Kosky &

Hannah O’Toole-Thrower

Class 86 Duo Acting (under 21) Freire Selwood Miller &

Frankie Damant

Class 88 Duo Shakespeare (under 18) Maddy Gray &

Eleanor Osborne

Class 90 Solo Acting (8 & under) Julian Shirnia

Class 91 Solo Acting (9) Charlotte Chilton

Speech & Drama results for Thursday afternoon 11 March

Class 3A Primary Verse Speaking (8) Rosa McKay

Class 3B Primary Verse Speaking (8) Maia Crudgington

Class 6 Primary Verse Speaking (11) Hannah Rokkas

Class 8 Primary Group Acting Holy Family School

Class 20 Verse Speaking (11½ & under 12) Francesca Haggarty

Class 21 Verse Speaking (12 & under 12½) Yasmin Meaden

Class 72 Duo Mime (under 19) Poppy Harrison &

Holly Guscott

Class 81A Duo Acting (under 12) Isabelle Ingledew &

Olivia Hewes

Class 81B Duo Acting (under 12) Esme Ivory-Peters &

Freya Snart

Class 82A Duo Acting (under 13) Skip Greig & Henry Pratt

Class 82B Duo Acting (under 13) Francesca Haggarty &

Olivia Brown

Class 83B Duo Acting (under 14) Isla Iago &

Freya Price-Reynolds

Class 94 Solo Acting (12) Emmy Hawker

Thursday evening

Class 78 Group Acting (21 & over) Next Stage Youth 2

Class 85 Duo Acting (under 17) Daisy Lloyd &

Katrina Millar

Class 98 Solo Acting (16) Adam Lloyd-James

Class 99 Solo Acting (17 & 18) Emily Schofield

Class 102 Solo Shakespeare (15 & 16) Adam Lloyd-James

Class 103 Solo Shakespeare (17 & 18) Emily Schofield

Speech & Drama Results for Friday morning 12 March

Class 25 Verse Speaking (14) Emma Hodgson

Class 26 Verse Speaking (15 & 16) Elizabeth Hatherell

Class 27 Verse Speaking (17 & 18) Alice Handol

Class 30 Bible Recitation (10 & under) Julian Shirnia

Class 33 Reading Aloud (6) Remy Benson

Class 34 Reading Aloud (7) Alistair Darnton

Class 35 Reading Aloud (8) Isabella Harris-Johnstone

Class 36 Reading Aloud (9) Ollie Bell

Class 37 Reading Aloud (10) Rory Finnamore

Class 38 Reading Aloud (11) Jennifer McGlynn

Class 39 Reading Aloud (12) Emmy Hawker

Class 40 Reading Aloud (13 & 14) Emma Hodgson

Class 41 Reading Aloud (15 – 18) Madeleine McGlynn

Class 42 Memorised Prose (7 & 8) Isabella Harris-Johnstone

Class 43 Memorised Prose (9 & 10) Arthur Farley

Class 45 Memorised Prose (13, 14 & 15) Isabel Yerburgh

Class 49 Story Telling (11 – 15) Charlotte Modley

Class 51 Group Speaking (12 & under) Royal High School Juniors

Class 62 Duo Devised (under 16) Amelia Schiller &

Alice Wordsworth

Class 64 Solo Devised (10 & under 12) Daniel Stevens

Class 65 Solo Devised (under 16) Emma Gardner

Class 70 Duo Mime (10 & under 12) Jessica Brown &

Olivia Chamberlain

Class 73 Solo Mime (10 & 11) Florence O’Connor

Class 75 Solo Mime (15 – 18) Madeleine McGlynn

Class 79 Duo Acting (under 10) Tom Craven &

Jordan Taylor

Class 93 Solo Acting (11) Francesca Haggarty

Class 107 TV Newsreading (10 & 11) Megan Cole

Class 109 TV Newsreading (14 – 18) Daisy Sibun

Class 110 Public Speaking Solo (12 – 14) Elliot Shirnia

Class 111 Public Speaking (15 – 18) Amy Baker

Class 108 TV Newsreading (12 & 13) Tad Forty

Class 113 Youth Debating (18 & under) Star Team A