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THE ROSE BOWL AWARDS 2023
Nominations for year ending August 2023
The Chris Harris Award for Best Variety/Revue/Pantomime
NOMINEES
WINNER - Trowbridge Musical Theatre – A Walk Through The West End
Wellington Pantomime Group – Once Upon a Time in Pantoland
Sodbury Players - Cinderella
First Corporate Award Coup De Theatre
NOMINEES
WINNER - Cotswold Players – The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Stereoscope
Amateur Players of Sherborne – Whose Life Is It Anyway – Patient in Bed
Bath Light Operatic Group – Mack and Mabel – Keystone Kops (Routine)
Cotswold Players – Pressure – The Weather (Sound Effects)
BLOC Productions – Elf the Musical – Santa’s flying sleigh and Snowfall
Sodbury Players – Dracula – The feeding frenzy – Brides of Dracula
Sodbury Players Youth – Romeo and Juliet – Marriage of the 5 Romeos and Juliets
Spirolux Award for Technical Achievement
NOMINEES
WINNER - Cotswold Players – Around the World in 80 Days – Technical Stage Design & Lighting
Bath Light Operatic Group – Mack and Mabel – Lighting
Cotswold Players – Pressure – Costume, Make-up & Lighting
Exmouth Musical Theatre – Avenue Q – Puppeteering
Sodbury Players – Cinderella – Lighting & Sound
Trowbridge Musical Theatre – The Sound of Music – Music & Orchestra
David Higson Award for Best Supporting Actor (Dramatic Production)
NOMINEES
WINNER - Taunton Thespians – Much Ado About Nothing – Ben Jordan as Don John
@2k Theatre – Absent Friends – Andrew Pearce as Colin
Taunton Thespians – Much Ado About Nothing – maat ward as Dogberry
Quartet Community Foundation Award for Best Supporting Actress (Dramatic Production)
NOMINEES
WINNER - Cotswold Players – Pressure – Alice Dillon as Kay Sommersby
Actonians Drama Group – London Suite – Rebekah Grose as Diana
Athenaeum Limelight Players – The Vicar of Dibley – Jackie Brown as Alice Horton
Sodbury Players – Dracula – Lizzie Abbot-Davies as Nurse Nesbitt/Grice
Swan Theatre Company – Crown Matrimonial – Tanya Ogden as Mabell, Countess of Airlie
Swan Theatre Company – Stepping On My Shadow – Siân Spencer as Carol
Taunton Thespians - Pride and Prejudice – Claire Haworth as Mrs Bennet
Solutions On Stage Award for Best Supporting Actor (Musical Production)
NOMINEES
WINNER - Bristol Amateur Operatic Society – Young Frankenstein – Chris Sterry as Igor
Athenaeum Masqueraders – Priscilla Queen of the Desert – Darren Moore as Mitzi
Bath Light Operatic Group – Mack and Mabel – George Miles as Frank Wyman
Exeter Musical Society – Shrek, The Musical – Daniel McLoughlin as Farquaad
Exmouth Musical Theatre – Footloose – Toby Hill as Willard Hewitt
Towergate Insurance Award for Best Supporting Actress (Musical Production)
NOMINEES
WINNER - Exmouth Musical Theatre – Footloose – Debra Butler as Vi Moore
Bath Light Operatic Group – Mack and Mabel – Sophie Baxter as Lotty Ames
Bristol Amateur Operatic Society – Young Frankenstein – Louise Cottell as Inga
BLOC Productions – Elf the Musical – Lucy Pope as Emily Hobbs
TinkCo – Anything Goes – Grace Hawker as Erma
TinkCo – Calendar Girls – Louise Van Der Watt as Cora
Walter Hawkins Award for Creativity and Design
NOMINEES
WINNER - Swan Theatre Company – Stepping on my Shadow – Concept of Travel
Bristol Musical Youth Productions – We Will Rock You – Design Concept, Costumes & Props
Curtain Up Theatre School – The Little Mermaid - Set and Costume Design
St Philip & St James Church Drama Group – Cinderella – Use of Stage Space
Thornbury Musical Theatre Group – Shrek – Costumes
Wellington Pantomime Group – Once Upon a Time in Pantoland - Set & Costume Design
Zenith Youth Theatre – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Lighting & Costumes
CH & HH Consultancy Award for Best Publicity Material
NOMINEES
WINNER - Axminster Musical Theatre – Sister Act
Cotswold Players – The Welkin
St Phillip & St James Church Theatre Group – Cinderella
Thornbury Musical Theatre Group Juniors – The Wizard of Oz
Trowbridge Musical Theatre – A Walk Through The West End
Trowbridge Musical Theatre – The Sound of Music
Pamela Southern Award for Best Actor (Youth Production)
NOMINEES
WINNER - Bristol Amateur Operatic Society, Youth – The Addams Family - Finn Wisby as Gomez Addams
Beechen Cliff & Hayesfield Schools with Bath Theatre School – Oklahoma – Finlay Anderson as Jud Fry
Bristol Musical Youth Productions – The SpongeBob Musical – Max Brewer as SpongeBob
Bristol Musical Youth Productions – We Will Rock You - Des Coghlan-Forbes as Brit
Bristol Musical Youth Productions – We Will Rock You – Max Brewer as Galileo
Centre Stage – The Addams Family – Joseph Lewis as Gomez Addams
Thornbury Musical Theatre Group, Juniors – The Pied Piper – Cameron Phillips as Dame Diana
Trowbridge Youth Theatre – Matilda – Alex Ball as Bruce
Barbara Macrae Award for Best Actress (Youth Production)
NOMINEES
WINNER - Curtain UP Theatre School – The Little Mermaid – Poppy Rhys Jones as Ursula
Bristol Musical Youth Productions – We Will Rock You – Daisy Bullock as Killer Queen
Exmouth Youth Theatre – School of Rock – Ruby Reed as Rosalie Millins
Trowbridge Youth Theatre – Matilda – Lorretta Iles as Matilda
Keynsham Light Opera Group - Musicals by Candlelight
Linda Evans Award for Best Youth Actor in an Adult Production
NOMINEES
WINNER - BLOC Productions – Elf the Musical – James Flintoff as Michael Hobbs
Amateur Players of Sherborne – Whose Life Is It Anyway – Charlotte Berry as Trainee Nurse, Kay Sadler
Jean Fennell Award for Best Youth Production
NOMINEES
WINNER - Zenith Youth Theatre – Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
Bristol Amateur Operatic Society Youth – The Addams Family
Bristol Musical Youth Productions – We Will Rock You
Centre Stage – The Addams Family
Thornbury Musical Theatre Group Juniors – The Wizard of Oz
Zenith Youth Theatre – The Theory of Relativity
Zenith Youth Theatre – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Joan Hawkins Award for Best Shakespeare, Classic or Restoration Play
NOMINEES
WINNER - Sodbury Players Youth – Romeo and Juliet
Taunton Thespians – Much Ado About Nothing
Bevan Brittan Solicitors Award for Best Actor (Dramatic Production)
NOMINEES
WINNER - Amateur Players of Sherborne – Whose Life Is It Anyway – Robert Brydges as Ken Harrison
Amateur Players of Sherborne – The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole – Liam Beard as Adrian Mole
Cotswold Players – Pressure – John Salter as James Stagg
Cotswold Players – Pressure – Phil Domaile as Eisenhower
Cotswold Players – The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Andrew Milne as John Jasper
Kelvin Players – True Mirror – Sam Grayston as King James
The Oldland Players – A Bunch of Amateurs – Stephen Coles as Jefferson Steel
Sodbury Players – Dracula – James Frost as Renfield
Eileen Hartley Hodder Award for Best Actress (Dramatic Production)
NOMINEES
WINNER - Cotswold Players - The Welkin – Sarah Wiggins as Elizabeth Luke
Amateur Players of Sherborne – Betrayal – Sarah Nias as Emma
The Bradfordians Dramatic Society – Amadeus – Rachael Courage as Constanze Weber
The Bradfordians Dramatic Society – Blithe Spirit – Caroline Murray as Ruth Condomine
Cotswold Players – Ladies on the Costa – Carlotta Lucking as Mavis
Kelvin Players – True Mirror – Nicky Schoonderwoerd as Queen Margaret
Sodbury Players – Dracula – Maria Kellengray as Lucy Wellerman
Swan Theatre Company – Crown Matrimonial – Vivienne Evans as Queen Mary
Bernard Fennell Award for Best Actor (Musical Production)
NOMINEES
WINNER - Bath Light Operatic Group – Mack and Mabel – Geoff White as Mack Sennett
Bristol Amateur Operatic Society – Young Frankenstein – Tom Carron as Dr Frederick Frankenstein
Thornbury Musical Theatre Group – Shrek – Jamie Wright as Shrek
Weston Super Mare Operatic Society – Kinky Boots – Carl Holdway Bradley as Lola
Melanie Evans Award for Best Actress (Musical Production)
NOMINEES
WINNER - Axminster Musical Theatre – Sister Act – Silvey Webber as Deloris Van Cartier
Bath Light Operatic Group – Mack and Mabel – Grace McDonald as Mabel
St Mary’s Players – Evita – Emily Sollors as Evita
Trowbridge Musical Theatre – The Sound of Music – Daisy Woodruffe as Maria
Weston Super Mare Operatic Society – Kinky Boots – Jodie Gibson as Lauren
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society – Anything Goes – Jennifer Holland-Brewer as Reno
John Coe Award for Best Dramatic Production
NOMINEES
WINNER - The Bradfordians Dramatic Society – Amadeus
Cotswold Players – The Welkin
Cotswold Players – Pressure
Kelvin Players Theatre Company – The Nether
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The Evening Post Award for Best Musical Production
NOMINEES
WINNER - Bath Light Operatic Group – Mack and Mabel
Athenaeum Masqueraders – Rent
Axminster Musical Theatre – Sister Act
Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society – Guys and Dolls
Bristol Amateur Operatic Society – Young Frankenstein
St Mary’s Players – Evita
Weston Super Mare Operatic Society – Kinky Boots
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society – Legally Blonde
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society – Anything Goes
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