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Awards 2009

Below is a complete list of awards for the 2009 season. Find out more about the event here

 

Drama (Adults)

Best Actor

Robert Colbeck (Adel Players)

Best Actress

Vivien Egarr (Callverley Players)

Best Supporting Actor

Peter Oxtoby (Fulneck Dramatic Society)

Best Supporting Actress

Gilly Rogers (Westgate Drama Group)

Best Male Cameo

Greg Adams (Fulneck Dramatic Society)

Best Female Cameo

Pam Booth (Yeadon Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society)

Best Newcomer

Natalie de Silva (Otley Little Theatre)

Best Stage Presentation Runner Up

Mel Silver (S.T.A.R.S.)
Best Stage Presentation

Dick Porter and Dougie Brennan

(Fulneck Dramatic Society)

Technical Excellence
Theft (S.T.A.R.S.)

Yorkshire Post Trophy for the overall excellence of their in the round production of Breaking the Code

Adel Players

Ilkley Playhouse Trophy for staging the difficult play Brassed Off

Otley Little Theatre
Best Comedy Performance
Pardon Me, Prime Minister (Menston Thespians)
Best Director Runner Up

Peter Gilbert (Hope Theatre Group)

Best Director

Dave Robbins (Fulneck Dramatic Society)

Best Play 3rd place
Breaking the Code (Adel Players)
Best Play Runner Up
Theft (S.T.A.R.S.)
Best Play
Journey's End (Fulneck Dramatic Society)

Best Programme Design 3rd place

Pardon Me, Prime Minister (Menston Thespians)

Best Programme Design Runner Up

Journey's End (Fulneck Dramatic Society)
Best Programme Design
All's Well That Ends Well (Hope Theatre Group)
Ambience Front of House
Westgate Drama Group

Youths in an Adult Production - Performance awards

Chris Andrews (Adel Players)

William Andrews (Adel Players)

Daniel Sanderson (Otley Little Theatre)

Nicholas Bellwood (Otley Little Theatre)

Chairman's Special Award for their contribution to Brassed Off  (Otley Little Theatre)

Otley Brass Band

Chairman's Special Award for her many years of service to amateur theatre and to the Wharfedale Festival of Theatre

Betty Brewster (Otley Little Theatre)

 

Pantomimes (Adults)

Best Principal Girl
Tracy Annal (Yeadon Charities Association)
Best Principal Boy

Laura Judge (Yeadon Charities Association)

Best Pantomime Dame

Steve Millward (Otley Little Theatre)

Best Pantomime Villain

Caroline Marsden (Otley Little Theatre)

Best Comedy Support

Andy Burns and Chris D'Arcy (Addingham Pantomime Group)

Best Choreography

Christine Braid (Yeadon Charities Association)

Best Musical Director

Vicky Burns (Addingham Pantomime Group)

Best Director

Kath Williams (Yeadon Charities Association)

Best Stage Presentation
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Yeadon Charities Association)

The Pantomime Cup for Best Pantomime

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Yeadon Charities Association)
Chairman's Special Award

The "Forest Friends" (Pearce Dance Academy) in Snow White (Otley Little Theatre)

Youths in an Adult Production - Performance awards

Lauren Ellis (Addingham Pantomime Group)

Mark Gregory (Addingham Pantomime Group)

Chairman's Special Award for excellence

The Dwarves (Addingham Pantomime Group)

Best Programme Design
Snow White (Addingham Pantomime Group)

 

Musicals (Adults)

Best Actress

Samantha Ball (Yeadon Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society)

Best Actor

Rob Edwards (Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society)

Best Supporting Actor

Dale Chadwick (Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society)

Best Supporting Actress

Sally Brown (Iklley Amateur Operatic Society)

Best Cameo Performance

Barry Kay (Ripon Amateur Operatic Society)

Chairman's Special Award for performance of the difficult "Contract" number in their production of Gigi

Carol Dowden, Wendy England, Eric Vernon and Duncan Bogle (Harrogate Phoenix Players)

Best Choreography

Andrew Walton (Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society)

Chairman's Special Award for Outstanding Lighting and Costumes

The King and I (Ripon Amateur Operatic Society)
Best Stage Presentation
Mack and Mabel (Yeadon Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society)
Best Musical Director

John Webb (Yeadon Amateur Operatic Society)

Best Director

Jonathan Tate (Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society)

The Wharfedale Festival of Theatre Trophy for Best Musical (Adults)

Carousel (Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society)
Best Programme Design
Mack and Mabel (Yeadon Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society)

Youths in an Adult Production - Performance awards

Chloe Campbell (Harrogate St Andrew's Players)
Lydia Bradd (Harrogate St Andrew's Players)

Daniel Lancaster (Ripon Amateur Operatic Society)

Peter Marsden (Ripon Amateur Operatic Society)

Chloe Judge (Ilkley Amateur Operatic Society)

Spirit of Theatre Award for her many years of service to the amateur theatre

Kath Lunn (Chairman of Deanery Players, Harrogate)

 

Youth & Schools

Best Actor
Luke Saville (Intake High School)
Best Actor Runner Up
Lewis Sinkala (Ralph Thoresby School)
Best Actress

Lucy Bairstow (Kaleidoscope Youth Drama Group)

Best Actress Runner Up (joint award)

Gemma Dobson (Intake High School
Chantelle Brooks (Ralph Thoresby School)
Best Choreographer

Andrea Hayley Mallen (Stage 84)

Best Stage Presentation
Fame - the Musical (Ralph Thoresby School)
Best Musical Director

Katy Gaul (Kaleidoscope Youth Drama Group)

Best Director
Hannah Smith (Ralph Thoresby School)
Best Play

The Canterbury Tales (Kaleidoscope Youth Drama Group)

Best Musical
We Will Rock You (Stage 84)
Certificates of Merit

Olivia Whitely, Josh Russell, Sam Kelly (Intake High School); Jacob Simpson, James Haddesley (Kaleidoscope Youth Drama Group); Lisa Gill, Ben Guilfoyle, Andrew Wilson (Stage 84)

Outstanding Performance Awards

Fran Bundey, Daniel Donnell, Roya Nadry, Hannah Smith, Chantelle Brooks, Domanik Wightman (Ralph Thoresby School); Richard Billings, Sarah Makinson, Sophie Wysoczanski (Stage 84); Lucy Bairstow, Kat Martin (Kaleidoscope Youth Drama Group); Gemma Dobson, Dane Hiscocks, Tom Lilley, Luke Saville, Maxine Wade (Intake High School)

Chairman's Special Award - for successfully directing a musical while still a student at the school

Hannah Smith (Ralph Thoresby School)
Best Programme Design

The Canterbury Tales (Kaleidoscope Youth Drama Group)

 


Created on: 16/07/2009 Last updated: 24/06/2010


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