Next festival: 13-23 May 2023
Celebrate online
On Zoom in time zones around the world, 13 to 23 May 2023
The next Oratory Festival starts in
Online booking is now open for the following categories: Poetry Recital • Your Original Poetry • Shakespeare Sonnet • Prose Reading • Solo Acting • Public Speaking – Presenting an Argument • Public Speaking – Speaking to Inform • Public Speaking – Impromptu • News Report. Schools and other larger groups are encouraged to contact us by email at entries@oratoryfestival.com to discuss your exact requirements.
Celebrate oratory online
We’ll be holding Zoom events in a range of time zones from Saturday 13 May to Tuesday 23 May, 2023. If you’re between the ages of 6 and 18, you can enter our friendly competition by reading the words of great writers in Poetry Recital from Memory, Shakespeare Sonnet, Prose Reading or Solo Acting. Or wow us with your original oratory in Your Original Poetry, as well as our public speaking categories Presenting an Argument, Speaking to Inform or Impromptu. This year, we’ve also added a News Report category.
Debbie Newman and Alison Coates, Chief Judges
Our new syllabus
Contact us
If you have any questions, or would like to make a booking for a school or group by email, we’d love to hear from you at entries@oratoryfestival.com.
British & International Federation of Festivals
We are delighted to be affiliated to the British & International Federation of Festivals for Music, Dance & Speech.
The Noisy Classroom
Helping young people become persuasive and creative speakers, critical listeners, analytical thinkers and engaged citizens
The International Oratory Festival is founded and run by the Noisy Classroom. Based in the UK, we are a training organisation dedicated to promoting and supporting the use of speaking and listening in schools. We also offer online coaching for families and individual young people around the world. Visit noisyclassroom.com or email info@noisyclassroom.com to book!