THE ROSE BOWL AWARDS 2025
The winners will be announced on Sunday 30th November 2025
The Chris Harris Award for Best Variety/Revue/Pantomime
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NOMINEES
Exeter Little Theatre – Elf
Glitter and Twisted Theatre Company – Judy, Liza and Barbra
Sodbury Players – Aladdin
First Corporate Award Coup De Theatre
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Amateur Players of Sherborne – The 39 Steps – Back projection of chase over the Moor
Bath Theatre School – Les Misérables – Use of Revolve
Spirolux Award for Technical Achievement
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Cotswold Players – The History Boys – Flashback Projections & Lighting
The Oldland Players – Party Piece – Set Construction
Studio Theatre – Noises Off – The Turning Set
Swan Theatre Company – Sleuth – Set Construction
TinkCo – Jekyll & Hyde the Musical – Lighting Design
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Orchestra/Sound
David Higson Award for Best Supporting Actor (Dramatic Production)
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โFreddie Wopat as Jørgen Tesman in Hedda Gabler – Amateur Players of Sherborne
Alex Milner as Larry in Boys in the Band – Bagel Fresh Productions
Ross Aldridge as Polonious in Hamlet – Bonzo Productions
Glenn Chapman as Mephistopheles in Faustus, That Damned Woman – Cotswold Players
Simon Moss as Headmaster in The History Boys – Cotswold Players
Rob Adam as Bottom in Midsummer Night’s Dream – Taunton Thespians
Quartet Community Foundation Award for Best Supporting Actress (Dramatic Production)
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Teodora Boca as Dorine in The Tartuffe- Clifton Amateur Dramatic Society
Rachel Fox as Liz Essendine in Present Laughter – Salterton Drama Club
Wendy Gomm as Monica Reed in Present Laughter – Salterton Drama Club
Katie Webb as Queenie in Blackadder II – Sodbury Players
Alison Maynard Griffin as Helga in Kindertransport – Swan Theatre Company
The Rose Bowl Award for Best Supporting Actor (Musical Production)
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Cameron Love as Reuben and Pharaoh in Joseph and the Technicoloured Dreamcoat – Axminster Musical Theatre
Chris Parslow as Sir John in Me and My Girl – BLOC Productions
Oli Beech as Lumière in Beauty and the Beast – Devizes Musical Theatre
Lance Vernon as Max in Sunset Boulevard – Exmouth Musical Theatre Company
Daniel Bettinson as Manfred in Sunset Boulevard - Exmouth Musical Theatre Company
Carl Holdway-Bradley as Donkey in Shrek – Weston Super Mare Operatic Society
Towergate Insurance Award for Best Supporting Actress (Musical Production)
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Lou Knight as Miss Hannigan in Annie – Athenaeum Masqueraders
Sabrina Messer as Ado Annie in Oklahoma – Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society
Sarah Amio as Mother Superior in Sister Act – Promenade Productions
Sarah Campbell as Carrie in Carousel – Wells Operatic Society
Natasha Newsam Mabey as Dragon in Shrek – Weston Super Mare Operatic Society
Walter Hawkins Award for Creativity and Design
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Athenaeum Limelight Players – Alice in Wonderland – Costumes and Masks
Bristol Musical Youth Productions – 42nd Street – Costumes
Exeter Little Theatre Company – Blackadder: The Elizabethan Years – Props
Perform Chepstow – Spamalot – Costumes and Props
Salterton Drama Club – Present Laughter – Set Design/Build
Swan Theatre Company - Colder Than Here – Set Design by Graham House
Jimmie Morris Award for Best Choreography
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Bridgwater Operatic Society – Cats
Bristol Amateur Operatic Society – BAOS goes to Hollywood
Michael Shah - Kelvin Players – Romeo & Juliet – Stage Combat
Megan Pugh-Adams - Perform Chepstow – Spamalot
Elisha Webster - Wells Operatic Society – Carousel
Weston Super Mare Operatic Society – Joseph and the Technicoloured Dreamcoat
C H & HH Consultancy Award for Best Publicity
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Bristol Amateur Operatic Society – The Hunchback of Notre Dame
CLOGS Musical Theatre – Dick Whittington
Perform Chepstow – Spamalot
Shaftsbury Arts Centre Music & Drama Group – The Wonderful World of Oz
The Rose Bowl Award for Best Actor in a Youth Production
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Hamish Metcalfe as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables – Bath Theatre School
Joe Daw as Joe Casey in Our House – Bristol Amateur Operatic Society
Zachary Green as Jamie in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie - Zenith Youth Theatre
Mitch Wilmot as Oliver ‘Daddy’ Warbucks in Annie – Phoenix KYT
Keynsham Light Opera Group - Musicals by Candlelight
Barbara Macrae Award for Best Actress in a Youth Production
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Lauren Penney as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (Youth) – Athenaeum Masqueraders
Sophie Butler as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls – Centre Stage
Lucy Jenkins as Eponine in Les Misérables – Perform Chepstow
Aoife McBride as Belle in Beauty and the Beast – Phoenix Youth Theatre
Flo Yardley as Evita in Evita – Zenith Youth Theatre
Cora Tamblyn as Pritti Pasha in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Zenith Youth Theatre
The Award for Best Youth Actor in an Adult Production
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Hazell Perrett as Annabella Schmidt/Pamela Edwards/Margaret Mctyte in The 39 Steps – Amateur Players of Sherborne
Lottie Vought as Annie in Annie – Athenaeum Masqueraders
Grace Butcher as Eva in Kindertransport – Swan Theatre Company
Alex Ball as Flounder in The Little Mermaid – Trowbridge Musical Theatre
Katy Pattinson as Tobias in Sweeney Todd - Trowbridge Musical Theatre
Jean Fennell Award for Best Youth Production
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Athenaeum Masqueraders – Wizard of Oz (Youth)
Bristol Musical Youth Productions – 42nd Street
Centre Stage – Guys and Dolls
Centre Stage – Les Misérables
Phoenix KTY – Annie
Zenith Youth Theatre – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Joan Hawkins Award for Best Shakespeare, Classic or Restoration Play
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Bonzo Productions – Hamlet
Clifton Amateur Dramatic Society – The Tartuffe
Kelvin Players – Romeo & Juliet
Sodbury Players – Blithe Spirit
St Alban’s Players – See How They Run
Taunton Thespians – Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Award for Best Opera / Light Operatic Production
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Bath Gilbert & Sullivan Society – Ruddigore
Knights Solicitors Award for Best Actor (Dramatic Production)
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Ryan McKenzie as Michael in Boys in the Band – Bagel Fresh Productions
John Salter as Hector in The History Boys – Cotswold Players
Nick Booty as Johnny in Home I’m Darling – Exmouth Players
Paul Turner as Gary Essendine in Present Laughter – Salterton Drama Club
Jamie Pullen as Garry Lejeune & Roger Tramplemain in Noises Off – Studio Theatre
Mark Payne as Alec Bradley in Colder Than Here – Swan Theatre Company
Eileen Hartley Hodder Award for Best Actress (Dramatic Production)
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Lorna Evans as Miss Shepherd in The Lady in the Van - @2k Theatre
Sarah Nias as Hedda Gabler in Hedda Gabler – Amateur Players of Sherborne
Anna-Marie Manley as Madame Arcatiin Blithe Spirit - Bath Operatic & Dramatic Society
Alice Dillon as Johanna Faustus in Faustus, That Damned Woman – Cotswold Players
Jo Crozier-Cole as Edith Taylor in Equally Divided – Wells Operatic Society
Amy McIntosh as Rory in One Hundred Words for Snow – Swan Theatre Company
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Bernard Fennell Award for Best Actor (Musical Production)
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Regan Meadowcroft as Lola/Simon in Kinky Boots – Exeter Little Theatre
Sam Balch as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar – Keynsham Light Opera Group
Will Ferris as Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman – The Worx Productions
Richard Webb as Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde in Jekyll & Hyde – TinkCo
Tom Creswick as Joseph in Joseph and the Technicoloured Dreamcoat – Weston Super Mare Operatic Society
Nick Toop as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society
Melanie Evans Award for Best Actress (Musical Production)
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Tabitha Cox as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady – Bath Light Operatic Group
Bethan Hughes as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde – Bristol Musical Comedy Club
Sarah Lucas as Maria in The Sound of Music – Cotswold Players
Debra Butler as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard – Exmouth Musical Theatre Company
Emily Sollors as The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods – St Mary’s Players
Michelle Hole as Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd – Trowbridge Musical Theatre
John Coe Award for Best Dramatic Production
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Bagel Fresh Productions – Boys in the Band
Cotswold Players – Faustus, That Damned Woman
Kelvin Players Theatre Company – The Weir
Salterton Drama Club – Present Laughter
Swan Theatre Company – Duet for One
Swan Theatre Company – Kindertransport
The Evening Post Award for Best Musical Production
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Axminster Musical Theatre – Come From Away
Bath Light Operatic Group – My Fair Lady
Exmouth Musical Theatre Company – Sunset Boulevard
Merlin Theatre Productions – Come From Away
Wells Operatic Society – Carousel
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory