The winners were announced at the Virtual Awards Ceremony on 14 November 2021
CHRIS HARRIS AWARD for BEST VARIETY/REVUE/PANTOMIME
WINNER: Bath Theatre School - Theatre Unboxed - celebrating the return of theatre
Thornbury Musical Theatre Group – Sleeping Beauty
FIRST CORPORATE COUP DE THEATRE AWARD
WINNER: Bonzo Productions – The Sound of Music – Entrance of Nuns
Thornbury Musical Theatre Group - Barnum – Immersive theatre experience pre show
SPIROLUX AWARD FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
WINNER: Clevedon Light Opera Club – Shrek the Musical – Staging
Curtain Up Theatre School – Legally Blonde Jnr.
TinkCo - Big Fish – Set/AV design
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Socety – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Car
DAVID HIGSON AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Drama)
WINNER: Rob Pardoe as Albert the Horse – Wind in the Willows – Actonians Drama Group
QUARTET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Drama)
WINNER: Vikie Meachin as Daria Chase – The Game’s Afoot – The Oldland Players
SOLUTIONS ON STAGE AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Musical)
WINNER: Harvey Causley as Andre Thibault – Dirty Rotton Scoundrels – Axminster Musical Theatre
Harry Wright as Judd Fry - Oklahoma - Centre Stage
TOWERGATE INSURANCE AWARD for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Musical)
Robin Brakstad as Jolene Oakes – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Axminster Musical Theatre
Jenny Nixon as Mother Abbess - The Sound of Music - Bonzo Productions
WINNER: Emma Griffiths as Lina Lamont – Singin’ in the Rain – Bristol Amateur Operatic Society
Katie Webb as Daphne Fritters – Dick Barton – Sodbury Players
Frankie Le Bon as Josephine Bloom – Big Fish – TinkCo
Kirstine Champion as Baroness Bomburst – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society
WALTER HAWKINS AWARD for CREATIVITY AND DESIGN
Bath Operatic & Dramatic Society - Legally Blonde – Choreography
WINNER: Bristol Musical Youth Productions - Elf – Make Up/Costume
Clevedon Light Opera Club – Shrek the Musical – Props/Make up/Costume
Thornbury Musical Theatre Group - Barnum – Set/AV/Costume
Zenith Youth Theatre Company - Pinocchio – Costume/Make Up/Props
CH & HH CONSULTANCY AWARD for the BEST PUBLICITY MATERIAL
Athenaeum Limelight Players – Blackadder II
Bristol Amateur Operatic Society – Singin’ in the Rain
Clevedon Light Opera Club – Shrek the Musical
St Philip & St James Church Drama Group – Snow White
WINNER: TAOS Musical Theatre – Little Shop of Horrors
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
PAMELA SOUTHERN AWARD for BEST ACTOR in a YOUTH PRODUCTION
WINNER: John Gompels as Buddy - Elf - Bristol Musical Youth Productions
Braden Jukes as Benedict – Much a shoo be doo About Nothing – Courage Performers
Toby Fox-Evans as Emmett - Legally Blonde Jr – Curtain Up Theatre School
BARBARA MACRAE AWARD for BEST ACTRESS in a YOUTH PRODUCTION
WINNER: Amelia D’Ademo as Elle – Legally Blonde Jr – Curtain Up Theatre School
Lily Smith as Wendla – Spring Awakening – Zenith Youth Theatre Company
JEAN FENNELL AWARD for BEST YOUTH PRODUCTION
Zenith Youth Theatre Company – Pinocchio
WINNER: Zenith Youth Theatre Company - Spring Awakening
JOAN HAWKINS AWARD for BEST SHAKESPEARE, CLASSIC OR RESTORATION PLAY
WINNER: The Cotswold Players - Julius Caesar
Courage Performers – Much a Shoo Be Doo About Nothing
LINDA EVANS AWARD FOR BEST OPERA/LIGHT OPERATIC PRODUCTION
WINNER: Bath Gilbert & Sullivan Society – Iolanthe
BEVAN BRITTAN LLP SOLICITORS AWARD for BEST ACTOR (Drama)
Roger Chadbourne as Tom – Table Manners – Amateur Players of Sherborne
Adam Healey as Cyrano – Cyrano de Bergerac – Kelvin Players Theatre Company
WINNER: Mike Haslett as Dafydd – A Chorus of Disapproval – St Albans Players
Alan Coles as Sidney Bruhl – Deathtrap – Taunton Thespians
Stephen Coles as Felix Geisel – The Game’s Afoot – The Oldland Players
EILEEN HARTLY HODDER AWARD for BEST ACTRESS (Drama)
Bev Taylor-Wade as Sarah – Table Manners – Amateur Players of Sherborne
WINNER: Lydia Marsh as Blanche Dubois – A Streetcar named Desire – Bath Operatic & Dramatic Society
Jude Bucklow as Medea – Medea – Bradfordians Dramatic Society
Gill Cowen as Hazel – The Children – Kelvin Players Theatre Company
BERNARD FENNELL AWARD for BEST ACTOR (Musical)
Richard Murray as The Captain –The Sound of Music - Bonzo Productions
Conner Vickery as Cosmo Brown – Singin’ in the Rain – Bristol Amateur Operatic Society
Simon Vardakis as Barnum – Barnum – Thornbury Musical Theatre Group
Martin Whiteley as Edward Bloom – Big Fish – TinkCo
WINNER: Nick Harris as Caractacus Potts – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society
George Miles as Shrek - Shrek - Bath Light Operatic Group
MELANIE EVANS AWARD for BEST ACTRESS (Musical)
Grace Hawker as Maria - The Sound of Music - Bonzo Productions
WINNER: Laura Coates as Sandra Bloom – Big Fish – TinkCo
Sarah Andrew as Maria – The Sound of Music – Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society
JOHN COE AWARD for BEST DRAMATIC PRODUCTION
WINNER: Amateur Players of Sherborne - Table Manners
The Oldland Players - The Game’s Afoot
THE BRISTOL EVENING POST AWARD for BEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION
Bonzo Productions – The Sound of Music
Clevedon Light Opera Club - Shrek the Musical
TinkCo – Big Fish
WINNER: Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society – The Sound of Music
Bath Light Operatic Group - Shrek
ONE-OFF LOCKDOWN AWARD
WINNER: Cotswold Players
Frome Drama Group
St Philip & St James Church Drama Group
Thornbury Musical Theatre Group