Wadebridge Festival of Music and Speech
Music adjudicator
2026 Festival
Caroline Diffley
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Caroline Diffley ARCM
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Caroline studied at the Royal College of Music and spent a term at the Academia Chigiana
in Siena.
Her first teaching post was at the Kent Music School. She moved to Oxford,
where she taught at the Dragon School, and later to Devon where she was a tutor at
Dartington College of Arts and also taught at Wells Cathedral School for eleven years.
She has been an ABRSM examiner for many years, examining grades and diplomas all over the
world.
As well as her work for The British and International Federation of Festivals, Caroline
runs a busy private teaching practice in Exeter.
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Speech adjudicator
2026 Festival
Rebecca Vines
Rebecca Vines MA, BA, FRSA, FVCM, LLAM, LALAM, LGSMD, ALAM, ATCL, ANEA, Cert GSMD
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Rebecca read journalism at Cardiff University, during which time she wrote a weekly
column for The Guardian newspaper. She continues to work for a range of publications as
a features writer, ghost writer, and theatre critic.
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Rebecca then studied as an actor at the London Centre for Theatre Studies; and her
theatre credits include off-West End, Fringe, tour, educational theatre and voiceover.
Favourite roles include Maggie (Dancing at Lughnasa); Elizabeth (The Crucible); Beverley
(Abigail’s Party); Madame Arcati (Blithe Spirit); Martha (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
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Rebecca trained as a specialist drama teacher at The Guildhall. She has taught in a range
of primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions for the last twenty years; and
is the Principal of her own drama school, which operates internationally. Rebecca sits on
the Adjudicator’s Council for the British and International Federation of Festivals; on the
Awards Panel for the UKPA; and is a LAMDA, GCSE and A level examiner.
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In 2014, Rebecca was awarded the prestigious Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts in
recognition of her work in the youth theatre sector. Rebecca is passionate about helping
performers take their first professional steps, and helps emerging talents to form and
manage their own theatre companies.