Eleven drama students from Northland may get the chance to represent their country at a global Shakespearean contest in London next year.
The Whangarei Boys' High School students scooped three individual and a group award at the national University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare festival held in Wellington last weekend.
Groups performed scenes from Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream in front of about 400 people during an unbelievable 16 hours of competitive Shakespeare performances by regional high school finalists from around the country.
The competitive categories consisted of five and 15-minute scenes from the works of the famous writer and playwright.
Austin Mills won the Most Innovative Interpretation Award (student directed) for a death scene of Mercutio, a character in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.