Mike Tilbury has been actively involved in theatre all his life and divides his time between acting, directing and adjudicating. He is a Council Member of the Guild of Adjudicators, a position he has held on a number of occasions, and as a past Chairman he played a key role in bringing about considerable change and modernisation within the Guild. He is currently Chairman of the Drama Festivals Consortium.
He has sat a number of times on the examining panel at the Selection Weekend for prospective adjudicators, run acting workshops and appeared several times at the famous Minack Open-Air Theatre in Cornwall.
As actor he has appeared in everything from Ayckbourn to Ibsen and as director has particularly enjoyed the challenges of Tennessee Williams, Howard Brenton - and French farce. He recently directed a production of Ray Cooney's English farce Funny Money.
His adjudicating work has taken him all over the United Kingdom as well as to Gibraltar, Luxembourg, Belgium and Spain where he adjudicated the Costa Del Sol Festival - in English, with temperatures in the 90's and bats flying around the auditorium! He has adjudicated the English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish Finals as well as the British Final for the All England Theatre Festival. He has also adjudicated the All Winners Festival for the National Drama Festivals Association on three occasions.
He is delighted to be returning to adjudicate his second Hertford festival.
Mike Tilbury will give his adjudication after each performance.
