NORTH ESSEX THEATRE GUILD AWARD NOMINATIONS 2014-15
SHOWCASE FESTIVAL
(33 productions were adjudicated this season)
KING COSTUME AWARD
Bures Stage Society:
C.M.T.S. Youth:
CTM Productions:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
Kelvedon Players:
KYDS:
L.A.D.S:
Little Waltham Drama Group:
Manifest Theatre Group:
Pantoloons:
Platform musicals & plays:
Village Players (Nayland):
Wickham Bishops Drama Club:
W.A.O.S:
W.O.W:
Peter Pan
Musical Mayhem & The Wizard of Oz
Christine the Musical
Rumpelstiltskin
Little Boy Blue
Dick Whittington
Guys and Dolls
Beauty and the Beast
Jack the Ripper
Puss in Boots
Promises, Promises
Jack and the Beanstalk
Red Riding Hood
The Sound of Music & The Addams Family
Our House
JEAN JONES AWARD FOR SET DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION/DRESSING etc.
Bures Stage Society:
Kelvedon Players:
L.A.D.S:
Manifest Theatre Group:
Orpen Players:
Pantoloons:
Village Players (Nayland):
Wickham Bishops Drama Club:
Wivenhoe Pantomime Group:
Peter Pan
Little Boy Blue
Guys and Dolls
Jack the Ripper
Ali Baba
Puss in Boots
Jack and the Beanstalk
Red Riding Hood
Little Red Riding Hood
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
B.A.T.S:
Bures Stage Society:
C.M.T.S:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
Kelvedon Players:
KYDS:
Mad Hatter Productions:
Manifest Theatre Group:
Platform musicals & plays:
Wickham Bishops Drama Club:
W.A.O.S:
Wivenhoe Pantomime Group:
The U.V. lighting sequence in Robinson Crusoe
Lighting & sound in Peter Pan
Lighting in Little Shop of Horrors
Lighting, sound & special effects in
Rumpelstiltskin
Lighting & sound in Little Boy Blue
Lighting, sound & special effects in Dick
Whittington
The sound design in The Drowsy Chaperone
Lighting & sound in Jack the Ripper
Lighting in The Sound of Musicals & Promises,
Promises
The lighting in Red Riding Hood
Lighting, sound & projections in The Addams
Family
Lighting & sound in Little Red Riding Hood
ADJUDICATORS’ AWARD
C.M.T.S:
C.M.T.S:
CTM Productions:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
K.A.T.S:
KYDS:
L.A.D.S:
Mad Hatter Productions:
Platform musicals & plays:
Tollesbury Amateur Players:
Wickham Bishops Drama Club:
W.O.W:
Steve Church & Steve Salmon for the voice and
operation of Audrey 2 in Little Shop of Horrors
Energy & enthusiasm of the cast in Musical
Mayhem
Ensemble performances of the company in
Christine the Musical
Alice Molnar for her dancing in Rumpelstiltskin
Matthew Kane and Paul Hodgson for the parcel
sketch & Kerry Shoesmith Dean and team for
make-up in Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Grace Upton as Tom Cat in Dick Whittington
Choreography & the W.W.1 section in Show
Hits 2014
Choreography in The Drowsy Chaperone
Kim Anderson, Caroline Fritz & Barbara Ryan
for their performance of “At the Ballet” in The
Sound of Musicals
Young T.A.Ps for their playing of sailors and
pirates in Treasure Island
Jack Williams for his presentation of Reflex
Jack Martyn & Max Lenoir for their comic pairplaying in Our House
BEST YOUNG ACTOR (21 and under)
Bures Stage Society:
C.M.T.S. Youth:
CTM Productions:
K.A.T.S:
K.A.T.S:
KYDS:
L.A.D.S:
Mad Hatter Productions:
Manifest Theatre Group:
W.A.O.S:
W.O.W:
W.O.W:
Zak Wheeler as Captain Hook in Peter Pan
Harry McCarthy as the Scarecrow in The
Wizard of Oz
Fred Martins as Lucky Gordon in Christine the
Musical
Matthew Kane as the Genie in Aladdin Jnr.
Alex Wood as Jafar in Aladdin Jnr.
Ben Collins as Idle Jack in Dick Whittington
Ben Braden as Sky Masterson in Guys and
Dolls
Barney Fritz as The Man in the Chair in
The Drowsy Chaperone
Malachy Lockie as Daniel Mendoza in Jack the
Ripper
Ed Tunningly as Rolfe in The Sound of Music &
Lucas in The Addams Family
Mark Ellis as Dad in Our House
Ben Huish as Joe in Our House
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS (21 and under)
Bures Stage Society:
C.M.T.S. Youth:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
KYDS:
KYDS:
Little Waltham Drama Group:
Mad About Theatre Company:
Mad Hatter Productions:
Orpen Players:
Platform musicals & plays:
W.A.O.S:
W.O.W:
Maisy Skeggs as Tinkerbell in Peter Pan
Lola Garlick as the Lion in The Wizard of Oz
Hannah Bailey as Grettle in Rumpelstiltskin
Daisy Greenwood as Queen Rat in Dick
Whittington & Nadia in Dracula Spectacula
Alice Mason as Wraith in Dracula Spectacula
Rebekah Walker as Rose in Beauty and the
Beast
Emily Greenaway as Aniseed Allspice in BakeOff!
Molly Osborne as The Drowsy Chaperone in
The Drowsy Chaperone
Millie Hack as Fairy Tiddlybell in Ali Baba
Jenny Collins as Yum Yum in The Mikado
Ashton Reed as Wednesday in The Addams
Family
Alice Tunningly as Billie in Our House
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
C.M.T.S:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
Kelvedon Players:
Pantoloons:
Platform musicals & plays:
Platform musicals & plays:
Village Players (Nayland):
Wickham Bishops Drama Club:
Wivenhoe Pantomime Group:
Charlie Vaughan as Mr. Mushnik in Little Shop
of Horrors
Jack Biggs as Sammy Slowcoach in
Rumpelstiltskin
John Holmes as Willard Wigglesworth in Little
Boy Blue
Craig Taylor as Clerk Kent in Puss in Boots
William Hooper as Dr. Dreyfus in Promises,
Promises & Ko Ko in The Mikado
Simon Mitchell as Pish Tush in The Mikado
Justin Dowding as The Squire in Jack and the
Beanstalk
Jack Williams as Lupus Reg in Red Riding
Hood
Peter McDonagh as Jack in Little Red Riding
Hood
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
C.M.T.S:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
Pantoloons:
Pantoloons:
Platform musicals & plays:
Platform musicals & plays:
Jessica Hewett as Chiffon, Samantha Slim as
Ronette & Katie Barnett as Crystal in Little Shop
of Horrors
Sara Green as Queen Millicent in
Rumpelstiltskin
Clare Ryan as Felix in Puss in Boots
Sue Stedman as Queen Megan in Puss in
Boots
Sally Fisher as Marge Mc Dougall in Promises,
Promises
Dawn King as Katisha in The Mikado
Tollesbury Amateur Players:
Village Players (Nayland):
W.A.O.S:
Jackie Quilter as Blind Puke/Bertha Gunn in
Treasure Island
Lucy Bartlett as W.P.C. Leek in Jack and the
Beanstalk
Julie Codling as Elsa Schraeder in The Sound
of Music
BEST DAME
B.A.T.S:
C.M.T.S:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
KYDS:
Village Players (Nayland):
Wickham Bishops Drama Club:
John Hoskyns as Olivia Crusoe in Robinson
Crusoe
Charlie Vaughan as Nurse Jemima Jollop in
Babes in the Wood
Vince Webb as Mother Hubbard in
Rumpelstiltskin
Matthew Russell as Dame Dolly Dumpling in
Dick Whittington
Jim Bond as Dame Trott in Jack and the
Beanstalk
Graham Pipe as Grandma Merry in
Red Riding Hood
BEST ACTOR
C.M.T.S:
C.M.T.S:
Orpen Players:
Pantoloons:
Platform musicals & plays:
Platform musicals & plays:
Tollesbury Amateur Players:
Wickham Bishops Drama Club:
Peter Norfolk as the Sheriff of Nottingham in
Babes in the Wood & Orin the dentist in Little
Shop of Horrors
Drew Welham as Seymour in Little Shop of
Horrors
Michael Poole as Yousless Al Bega in Ali Baba
Kris Tyler as Roger the Ogre in Puss in Boots
Graham Bowden as J.D. Sheldrake in
Promises, Promises
Gareth Gwyn Jones as Chuck Baxter in
Promises, Promises
Jon Salmon as Long John Silver in Treasure
Island
Iain Lodge as Sir Jasper in Red Riding Hood
BEST ACTRESS
Bures Stage Society:
Bures Stage Society:
C.M.T.S:
L.A.D.S:
Manifest Theatre Group:
Platform musicals & plays:
Wickham Bishops Drama Group:
Stefanie Clayton as Wendy in Peter Pan
Jo Lennox as Tiger Lily in Peter Pan
Samantha Slim as Robin Hood in Babes in the
Wood
Jamie-Leigh Royan as Miss Adelaide in Guys
and Dolls
Nancy Dines as Marie Kelly in Jack the Ripper
Kerry Gullen as Fran Kubelik in Promises,
Promises
Laura Kittle as Belinda Merry in Red Riding
Hood
W.A.O.S:
Corrina Wilson as Maria in The Sound of Music
& Alice in The Addams Family
COLLYER-SMITH MARINE TROPHY FOR BEST MUSICAL
C.M.T.S:
CTM Productions:
L.A.D.S:
Mad Hatter Productions:
Manifest Theatre Group:
Platform musicals & plays:
W.A.O.S:
W.A.O.S:
W.O.W:
Little Shop of Horrors directed by David
Thompson
Christine the Musical directed by Lindsay Lloyd
Guys and Dolls directed by Gavin Rouse
The Drowsy Chaperone directed by Wade Ablitt
Jack the Ripper directed by Kerry King
Promises, Promises directed by Andrew
Hodgson
The Sound of Music directed by Eric Short
The Addams Family directed by Nikki MundellPoole
Our House directed by Amy Trigg
ERIC DYSTER CUP FOR BEST PANTOMIME OR CHILDREN’S PLAY
B.A.T.S:
Bures Stage Society:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
Kelvedon Players:
KYDS:
Orpen Players:
Pantoloons:
Wickham Bishops Drama Club:
Robinson Crusoe directed by Val Eldridge
Peter Pan directed by Tim Bush
Rumpelstiltskin directed by David & Dawn King
Little Boy Blue directed by Rosemary Townsend
Dick Whittington directed by Alex Berriman
Ali Baba directed by Peter Cox
Puss in Boots directed by Phil Osborne
Red Riding Hood directed by Sue Matten
The following categories cover both the SHOWCASE and FULL-LENGTH
PLAY Festivals:
TIMMEN’S AWARD FOR MUSIC
C.M.T.S:
L.A.D.S:
Little Waltham Drama Group:
Mad Hatter Productions:
Platform musicals & plays:
W.T.Y.G:
Wickham Bishops Drama Club:
W.A.O.S:
The chorus for their singing in Babes in the
Wood
James Tovey for his musical direction in Guys
and Dolls
The singing & the musical accompaniment in
Beauty and the Beast
Adam Abo Henriksen & Gabriella Fusi for their
musical accompaniment in The Drowsy
Chaperone
The singing of the company in The Sound of
Musicals & The Mikado
The singing of the ensemble numbers & the
musical accompaniment in Grease
The band for their musical accompaniment in
Reflex
Janet Moore for her singing as the Mother
Abbess in The Sound of Music
THE TERRY SADLER MEMORIAL TROPHY FOR FRONT OF HOUSE
Brantham Amateur Theatre Society
Clacton Amateur Dramatic Society
Kelvedon Players
Headgate Theatre Productions
KYDS Youth Drama Society
Mad About Theatre Company
Manifest Theatre Group
Witham Amateur Operatic Society
Writtle Cards
THE MILLENNIUM WRITER’S AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL SCRIPT
Bardfield Players:
Orpen Players:
Pantoloons:
Wickham Bishops Drama Club:
Fitting the Bill by David Yates
Ali Baba by Peter Cox
Puss in Boots by Phil Osborne
Something Wicked by Iain Lodge
THE JIMMY JAMES MEMORIAL AWARD FOR DIRECTION
The recipient of this award will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 18/9/15
FULL-LENGTH PLAY FESTIVAL
(40 productions were adjudicated this season)
COSTUME AWARD
Bentley Green Players:
Colchester Theatre Group:
Dedham Players:
Kelvedon Players:
Little Waltham Drama Group:
Manifest Theatre Group:
Platform musicals & plays:
Shane Diggens Productions:
The Vicar of Dibley Christmas
The Hypochondriac
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Old Times
The Cemetery Club
Roleplay
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
Dad’s Army
SET DESIGN/CONSTRUCTION/DRESSING incl properties
Bardfield Players:
Bentley Green Players:
Bocking Theatre Club:
C.A.D.S:
Colne Engaine Drama Group:
Dedham Players:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
L.A.D.S:
Manifest Theatre Group:
Phoenix Theatre Company:
Platform musicals & plays:
Writtle Cards:
Fitting the Bill
The Vicar of Dibley Christmas
Bunkered
Neville’s Island
Nobody’s Perfect
Humble Boy
God of Carnage
Abigail’s Party
Quartet & Roleplay
The Cripple of Inishmaan
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
The Cemetery Club
LYNDON TROPHY FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Bentley Green Players:
C.A.D.S:
Colchester Theatre Group:
Dedham Players:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
L.A.D.S:
Manifest Theatre Group:
Platform musicals & plays:
Wickham Bishops Drama Club:
Lighting & music tracks in The Vicar of Dibley
Christmas
Lighting & sound in Neville’s Island
Lighting & music in The Hypochondriac
Lighting & sound in Humble Boy
Lighting in Waiting for Godot
The revolving wall in The Ladyillers
Lighting, sound & special effects in Roleplay
The lighting design for The Second Mrs.
Tanqueray
Lighting & sound in Something Wicked
THE NORMAN HARRIS TROPHY- ADJUDICATORS’ AWARD
Bentley Green Players:
C.A.D.S:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
The characterisations of the supporting cast in
The Vicar of Dibley Christmas
The ensemble playing of the cast in Neville’s
Island
The ensemble playing of the cast in God of
Carnage
Headgate Theatre Productions:
Kelvedon Players:
L.A.D.S:
Maldon Theatre Drama Group:
Will Parrick, James Potter, Kevin Topple &
Tony Winn for their acting in Waiting for Godot
Tony Winn for his conception of Pinter’s Old
Times
The characterisations of the Gangsters in The
Ladykillers
Dedric Smith for his contrasting performances in
Dad’s Army
BEST YOUNG ACTOR (21 or under)
C.A.D.S:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
L.A.D.S:
Phoenix Theatre Company:
James Hooker as Eddie in Season’s Greetings
Connor McBurney as Billy in The Cripple of
Inishmaan
Adam Hart as Harry Robinson in The
Ladykillers
Liam O’Connor as Billy in The Cripple of
Inishmaan
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS (21 or under)
Colne Engaine Drama Group:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
KYDS:
Platform musicals & plays:
Alice Halfpenny as Dee-Dee in Nobody’s
Perfect
Jazz Ely as Helen in The Cripple of Inishmaan
Sophie Stocker as Emily in Remembrance
Kate Edwards as Ellean in The Second Mrs.
Tanqueray
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Bardfield Players:
B.A.T.S:
C.A.D.S:
Dedham Players:
Dedham Players:
Platform musicals & plays:
Shane Diggens Productions:
Village Players (Nayland):
Writtle Cards:
Iain Ruffle as Leighton Lancaster in Fitting the
Bill
Keith Raby as Vincent in Natural Causes
Robert Eason as Harvey in Season’s Greetings
Paul Reed as Cecil Graham in Lady
Windermere’s Fan
Martin Rayner as Jim in Humble Boy
Malcolm Kimmance as Cayley Drummle in
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
Glyn Evans as Corporal Jones in Dad’s Army
John McCarroll as Dick in Dead Ringers
Jerry Thomas as Saul Hodgkin in The Ghost
Train
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
B.A.T.S:
Colchester Theatre Group:
Colchester Theatre Group:
Teresa Fraser as Celia in Natural Causes
Claire Worland as Beline in The Hypochondriac
& Maxine in Stepping Out
Barbara Pears as Mrs. Fraser in Stepping Out
Dedham Players:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
Kelvedon Players:
Manifest Theatre Group:
Phoenix Theatre Group:
Phoenix Theatre Group:
Shane Diggens Productions:
Village Players (Nayland):
Angie Reed as The Duchess of Berwick in Lady
Windermere’s Fan
Caroline Roberts as Eileen Osbourne in
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Giovanna Austin as Nancy Groves in Looking
for Love
Helen Bridge as Arabella in Roleplay
Tricia Childs as Eileen Osbourne in
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Gemma Anthony as Judith in Someone Else’s
Pretty Toys
Jane Rayner as Mrs. Gray in Dad’s Army
Emma Wallis as Frances in Dead Ringer
THE CLIFF HUDSON AWARD FOR COMEDY
Bardfield Players:
Bentley Green Players:
B.A.T.S:
C.A.D.S:
C.A.D.S:
Colchester Theatre Group:
Colchester Theatre Group:
Colne Engaine Drama Group:
KYDS:
Orpen Players:
Carolyne Ruffle in Fitting the Bill
Amanda Powell & Sarah White in
The Vicar of Dibley Christmas
Sheila Martin in Cash on Delivery
The puppet show in Season’s Greetings
Paul Welham in Holiday Snap
Ben Maytham & Rod Green in The
Hypochondriac
Jackie Grant in Stepping Out
Ian Pike in Nobody’s Perfect
Jon Beales in Remembrance
Comic team playing of the cast in Death by
Fatal Murder
THE DAVID KNIGHT SHIELD FOR BEST ACTOR
C.A.D.S:
Colchester Theatre Group:
Dedham Players:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
Kelvedon Players:
L.A.D.S
Maldon Drama Group:
Manifest Theatre Group:
Platform musicals & plays:
Village Players (Nayland):
Gary Huggins as Gordon in Neville’s Island
Steve Dunt as Argan in The Hypochondriac
Michael Cook as Lord Darlington in Lady
Windermere’s Fan & Felix in Humble Boy
Shane Whitworth as Johnnypateenmike in
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Russ Winsor as Deeley in Old Times
Daniel Tonbridge as Prof. Marcus in The
Ladykillers
Dave Hawkes as Toad in The Wind in the
Willows
Paul George as Justin in Roleplay
William Hooper as Aubrey in
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray
Justin Dowding as Bolton/Gerry in Dead Ringer
BEST ACTRESS
Bardfield Players:
Louisa Ruthven as Jemima in Fitting the Bill
Colchester Theatre Group:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
Kelvedon Players:
Manifest Theatre Group:
Platform musicals & plays:
Writtle Cards:
Leanne Howard as Toinette in The
Hypochondriac
Rebecca Hurst as Sophie in The Star Spangled
Girl
Catherine Bailey as Annette in God of Carnage
Heidi Hamber as Anna in Old Times
Alison Baker as Julie-Ann in Roleplay
Elly Kent Dyson as Paula in The Second Mrs.
Tanqueray
Liz Curley as Ida in The Cemetery Club and
Miss Bourne in The Ghost Train
THE DORIS GRIFFITH MEMORIAL CUP FOR BEST PRODUCTION
Bentley Green Players:
C.A.D.S:
Colchester Theatre Group:
Colne Engaine Drama Group:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
Headgate Theatre Productions:
Manifest Theatre Group:
Platform musicals & plays:
The Vicar of Dibley Christmas directed by
Lynda McWilliams
Neville’s Island directed by Paul Welham
The Hypochondriac directed by Ian Amos
Nobody’s Perfect directed by Jan McIntosh
Waiting for Godot directed by Malcolm
Kimmance
The Cripple of Inishmaan directed by Paul T.
Davies
Roleplay directed by Val Taylor
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray directed by
Andrew Hodgson