2019-20 Nominations
First of all, we must say a huge thank you to our adjudicators Ian, Andrew, James and Nigel for their commitment and dedication to the adjudication process.
Congratulations to all nominees and winners, well done.
Certificates
Winning and Nomination certificates will be issued in the coming weeks (please be patient). We will send these to the member Society Hon Secretary in order that he/she may send your certificates on to you.
To that end, will all Societies please complete a database update form and reurn it as an attachment to the following email address. gmdfhonsec@gmail.com If you prefer to complete the form online please click here (it’s much quicker and easier)
If you wish to collect your certificate(s) please contact us via the above email address.
We will keep this page updated about certificate production progress so please keep checking back. Thank you
Adjudicator | Name | Character | Production | Society | Winner | Category | Reason |
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Nigel | Sally Mason | Wishee Washee | Aladdin | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Female Actor | ||
Nigel | Lisa Hartley | Sheriff | Robin Hood | Prestwich ADOS | Best Female Actor | ||
Nigel | Sophie Lord | Audrey | Little Shop of Horrors | Whitefield AODS | Best Female Actor | ||
Nigel | Sarah Thewlis | Adelaide | Guys and Dolls | Stockport Operatic Society | Winner | Best Female Actor | |
Ian | Stacey Friedman | Helena | Madame Rubinstein | Whitefield Garrick | Best Female Actor | ||
Ian | Ali Davenport | Aileen McCormack | Whisky Galore | Wilmslow Green Room | Best Female Actor | ||
Ian | Jacqui Brian | Alma Rattenbury | Cause Célèbre | The Marco Players | Best Female Actor | ||
Ian | Claire White | Elizabeth | Dead Certain | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Female Actor | ||
Ian | Chelsey Seyward | Nell Gwynn | Nell Gwynn | Macclesfield ADS | Winner | Best Female Actor | |
James | Abbie Jones | Charlotte | Brontë | Summerseat Players | Winner | Best Female Actor | |
James | Andrea Parle | Maggie | Hobsons Choice | Summerseat Players | Best Female Actor | ||
James | Melanie Davy | Ursula | Ladies in Lavender | Northenden Players | Best Female Actor | ||
Andrew | Rebecca Anderson, Esme Mather & Ellie Murphy | Anne Brontë, Charlotte Brontë & Emily Brontë | Brontë | Farnworth Little Theatre | Winner | Best Female Actor | |
Andrew | Holly Bolland | Helen Graham | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Summerseat Players | Best Female Actor | ||
Andrew | Tracy Burns | Stevie Smith | Stevie | Chads Theatre | Best Female Actor | ||
Andrew | Christine Morton | Connie | Albert Nobbs | Phoenix Players | Best Female Actor | ||
Andrew | Tracey Parker | Kath | The Kitchen Sink | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Female Actor | ||
Nigel | Ian Ball | Tevye | Fiddler on the Roof | Saddleworth Musical Society | Best Male Actor | ||
Nigel | Gary Jones-McCaw | Sky Masterson | Guys and Dolls | Stockport Operatic Society | Best Male Actor | ||
Nigel | Cameron Kennedy | Silly Billy | Rumplestiltskin | Guide Bridge Theatre | Best Male Actor | ||
Nigel | Cameron Rowe | Widow Twankee | Aladdin | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Winner | Best Male Actor | |
Ian | Andrew Kirby | Norman | Table Manners | Chads Theatre | Best Male Actor | ||
Ian | Ian Wilkinson | Henry Plantaganet | The Lion in Winter | Players Theatre Cheadle | Winner | Best Male Actor | |
Ian | Geoff Bird | Dr Bonney | It Runs in the Family | Woodford Players | Best Male Actor | ||
Ian | Peter Munro | King Charles II | Nell Gwynn | Macclesfield ADS | Best Male Actor | ||
James | Jonathan Trueman | Charles | Strangers On A Train | Brookdale Theatre | Best Male Actor | ||
James | Savva Zverer | Andrea | Ladies In Lavender | Northenden Players | Winner | Best Male Actor | |
James | Richard Leigh | Sidney Bruhl | Deathtrap | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Male Actor | ||
James | Cameron Rowe | Clive | Passing Strangers | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Male Actor | ||
Andrew | Tom Chinnery | Charles | Blithe Spirit | Northenden Players Theatre Co | Best Male Actor | ||
Andrew | Keith Fenwick | Reg | Quartet | Brookdale Theatre | Best Male Actor | ||
Andrew | Jeff Harpin | Eddie | View from the Bridge | Sale Nomads | Winner | Best Male Actor | |
Andrew | Hamish Lawson & Martin Prichard | Hirst & Spooner | No Mans Land | Chads Theatre | Best Male Actor | ||
Andrew | Clive McCoy | Albert | Albert Nobbs | Phoenix Theatre Company | Best Male Actor | ||
Nigel | Domonique McClafferty | Audrey II | Little Shop of Horrors | Whitefield AODS | Winner | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
Nigel | Chloe Whatmough | Hodel | Fiddler on the Roof | Saddleworth Musical Society | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
Nigel | Jo Burton | Piccalilli the Witch | Jack and the Beanstalk | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
Nigel | Elaine Shaw | Fruma-Sarah | Fiddler on the Roof | Saddleworth Musical Society | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
Ian | Eilidh Pollard | Rhonda Milne | Secret Rapture | Chads Theatre | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
Ian | Catherine Rimmer | Nancy | Nell Gwynn | Macclesfield ADS | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
Ian | Linda Richardson | Old Ma Gwynn/Queen Catherine | Nell Gwynn | Macclesfield ADS | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
Ian | Deborah Thompson | Shelby | Steel Magnolias | Brookdale Theatre | Winner | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
James | Heather Baguley | Annie Parker | When We Were Married. | Carver Theatre | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
James | Julie Cunningham | Various Roles | Under Milkwood | Whitefield Garrick | Winner | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
James | Dawn Rowe | Sylvia | Stepping Out | Rossendale Players | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
James | Zoe Molynuex | Ida | See How They Run | Phoenix Theatre Co | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
Andrew | Catherine Cropper | Isabella | Measure for Measure | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
Andrew | Nathalie Haley | Cathy / Bertha | Brontë | Farnworth Little Theatre | Winner | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
Andrew | Elaine Nuttall | Rose / Alice | Albert Nobbs | Phoenix Players | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
Andrew | Caroline Weekes | Gerda | The Hollow | Whitefield Garrick | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
Andrew | Grainne Wiggan | Beatrice | View from the Bridge | Sale Nomads | Best Supporting Female Actor | ||
Nigel | Steven Cheeseman | Orin | Little Shop of Horrors | Whitefield AODS | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
Nigel | Danny Tooby | Ring Slave | Aladdin | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Winner | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
Nigel | Jonathan Nolan | Scarecrow | Wizard of Oz | Carver Theatre | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
Nigel | Matt Rigby | Nicely Nicely Johnson | Guys and Dolls | Stockport Operatic Society | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
Ian | Sam Hindmarch | John | The Lion in Winter | Players Theatre Cheadle | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
Ian | Richard Leigh | OConnor | Cause Célèbre | The Marco Players | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
Ian | Scott Jones | Sgt Bagwell | Cause Célèbre | The Marco Players | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
Ian | Josh Besso | Lesley | It Runs in the Family | Woodford Players | Winner | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
James | Andy Cantillon | Mike | Dinner | Macclesfield ADS | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
James | Simon Fletcher | Inspector Hubbard | Dial M For Murder | Prestwich ADOS | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
James | Stephen Davies | Bramwell | Brontë | Summerseat Players | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
James | Robin Thompson | Robert | Dont Dress For Dinner | Farmworth Little Theatre | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
James | Sam Cooper | Mark | Things I Know To Be True | Bolton Little Theatre. | Winner | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
Andrew | Paul Cohen | Laurence | Abigails Party | Square Pig Productions | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
Andrew | Daniel Cope | Pete | The Kitchen Sink | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
Andrew | Chris Dunn | Arthur Huntingdon | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Summerseat Players | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
Andrew | Jonathan Higgs | Foster | No Mans Land | Chads Theatre | Winner | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
Andrew | Matt Rigby | Angelo | Measure for Measure | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Supporting Male Actor | ||
Nigel | Beth Hilton | Dorothy | Wizard of Oz | Carver Theatre | Best Youth Performer Female | ||
Nigel | Holly-May Hughes | Blousey | Bugsy | Heywood AODS | Best Youth Performer Female | ||
Nigel | Lucy Grogan | Tallulah | Bugsy | Heywood AODS | Winner | Best Youth Performer Female | |
Nigel | Sinead Grimshaw | Jafar | Aladdin | CYGNETS | Best Youth Performer Female | ||
Nigel | Sabre Packer | Aladdin | Aladdin | CYGNETS | Best Youth Performer Male | ||
Nigel | Alex Walton | Widow Twankee | Aladdin | CHYPS | Winner | Best Youth Performer Male | |
Nigel | Oliver Barlow | Bugsy | Bugsy | Heywood AODS | Best Youth Performer Male | ||
Nigel | Jack Hobson | Fat Sam | Bugsy | Heywood AODS | Best Youth Performer Male | ||
Ian | Sarah Morgan | Lisa | Lucky Numbers | Players Theatre Cheadle | Winner | Best Youth Performer Female | |
Ian | Sam Higgs | Steven | Lucky Numbers | Players Theatre Cheadle | Best Youth Performer Male | ||
Ian | Alfie Bousefield | Shane | Lucky Numbers | Players Theatre Cheadle | Best Youth Performer Male | ||
Ian | Josh Nicholls | Christopher Rattenbury | Cause Célèbre | The Marco Players | Best Youth Performer Male | ||
Ian | Duncan Munro | Ned | Nell Gwynn | Macclesfield ADS | Winner | Best Youth Performer Male | |
Andrew | Nemone Wolfendale | Eva | Kinderstransport | Players Theatre Cheadle | Winner | Best Youth Performer Female | |
Andrew | Nathaniel Leteney | Little Arthur | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Summerseat Players | Winner | Best Youth Performer Male | |
Andrew | Murder at Greythwaite Manor School | Carmel Brid Theatre School | Winner | Best Youth Theatre Production | |||
Andrew | Treasure Island | CYGNETS | Best Youth Theatre Production | ||||
Nigel | Leah Peart | Genie | Aladdin | CYGNETS | Winner | Best Performer in Youth Production Female | |
Nigel | Sinead Grimshaw | Jafar | Aladdin | CYGNETS | Best Performer in Youth Production Female | ||
Nigel | Holly-May Hughes | Blousey | Bugsy | Heywood AODS | Best Performer in Youth Production Female | ||
Nigel | Hal Diouani | Jafar | Aladdin | CHYPS | Winner | Best Performer in Youth Production Male | |
Nigel | Jack Hobson | Fat Sam | Bugsy | Heywood AODS | Best Performer in Youth Production Male | ||
Nigel | Sabre Packer | Aladdin | Aladdin | CYGNETS | Best Performer in Youth Production Male | ||
Nigel | Laura Floyd | Crow | Sleeping Beauty | Sale NOMADS | Best Performance in a Pantomime | ||
Nigel | James Walton | Satsuma | Aladdin | CHYPS | Winner | Best Performance in a Pantomime | |
Nigel | Diane Douglas | Stormhag | Sleeping Beauty | Sale NOMADS | Best Performance in a Pantomime | ||
Nigel | Ryan Smart-Stanton | Dame Dottie Dimple | Jack and the Beanstalk | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Performance in a Pantomime | ||
Nigel | Little Shop of Horrors | Whitefield AODS | Winner | Technical Award | For original sets, props, costume and lighting | ||
Nigel | Sleeping Beauty | Sale NOMADS | Technical Award | Excellent set, costumes and lighting | |||
Nigel | Bugsy | Heywood ADOS | Technical Award | Excellent set, costumes and props | |||
Nigel | Jack and the Beanstalk | Bolton Little Theatre | Technical Award | Excellent set and SFX. | |||
Ian | A Bunch of Amateurs | Bolton Little Theatre | Technical Award | A fully working sprinkler system on-stage | |||
Ian | Lucky Numbers/The Lion in Winter | Players Theatre Cheadle | Winner | Technical Award | Innovative and convincing stage design | ||
Ian | The 39 Steps | Droylsden Little Theatre | Technical Award | An impressive presentation making use of a variety of tricky props and furniture so necessary to bring The 39 Steps to life. | |||
James | Under Milkwood | Whitefield Garrick | Winner | Technical Award | Under Milkwood sound and lighting and video wall teams | ||
James | Arsenic and Old Lace | CHADS Theatre | Technical Award | The set for Arsenic and Old Lace | |||
James | Deathtrap | Bolton Little Theatre | Technical Award | The set and ambiance for Deathtrap | |||
James | Passing Strangers | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Technical Award | The sound team for Passing Strangers | |||
James | Ladies in Lavender | Northenden Players | Technical Award | Ingenious stage design for Ladies in Lavender | |||
Andrew | And a Nightingale Sang | Summerseat Players | Technical Award | An overall cohesion to the set that worked to allow scenes to flow; slick lighting changes helped to drive the play forward; rear projection; the many sound effectspiano, mouth organ, air ride sirens, bombswere perfect; the timing between recorded piano and live dialogue was outstandingly executed | |||
Andrew | Brontë | Farnworth Little Theatre | Winner | Technical Award | Very complex, but magnificently atmospheric and perfectly cued lighting plot using overhead rig. Commissioned scores are very rare indeed: the ambient piano and flute gave an otherworldly feel to not only scene changes but also played under certain key scenes. The opening song, beautifully performed and spellbinding in theatrical effect, was the perfect way to start the play. Sound effects such as the sea, school bell and the wind were not overused. The eerie howl and change of lights for Branwells death scene combined brilliantly. Technically faultless from beginning to end. | ||
Andrew | Kinderstransport | Players Theatre Cheadle | Technical Award | Carefully designed multi-part set; well-chosen and appropriate props; inventive, smooth and vivid lighting; impactful rear projections. | |||
Andrew | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Summerseat Players | Technical Award | Ingenious staging; stylised settings; washes, silhouettes and spots; brave music choices. | |||
Andrew | View from the Bridge | Sale Nomads | Technical Award | Open, practical, multi-purpose set; slick, smooth and imaginative lighting; scene changes illustrated by 1950s jazz moving to key moment accompanied by more modern, electronic almost ambient sounds that combined music and sound effects. | |||
Nigel | Charlotte Appleby | Aladdin | CHYPS | Best Choreographer | |||
Nigel | Gary Jones-McCaw | Guys and Dolls | Stockport Operatic Society | Winner | Best Choreographer | ||
Nigel | Megan Douglas | Sleeping Beauty | Sale NOMADS | Best Choreographer | |||
Nigel | Jessica McEvoy | Little Shop of Horrors | Whitefield AODS | Best Choreographer | |||
Nigel | Claire Sweeney | Guys and Dolls | Stockport Operatic Society | Winner | Best Musical Director | ||
Nigel | Adam Garnett | Sleeping Beauty | Sale NOMADS | Best Musical Director | |||
Nigel | Alex Williams | Aladdin | CHYPS | Best Musical Director | |||
Nigel | Sarah Osmond | Little Shop of Horrors | Whitefield AODS | Best Musical Director | |||
Nigel | The cast of Aladdin | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Winner | Adjudicator's Award | For providing all the ingredients of a great evenings theatre | ||
Nigel | Aladdin | CHYPS | Adjudicator's Award | An amazing flying carpet effect. | |||
Nigel | Little Shop of Horrors | Whitefield AODS | Adjudicator's Award | An original and imaginative plant expertly operated. | |||
Ian | Eilidh Pollard | Wilmslow Green Room | Winner | Adjudicator's Award | Musical composition and performance seamlessly integrated into and enhancing scenes within Whisky Galore. | ||
Ian | Mel Beswick | Chads Theatre | Adjudicator's Award | Coping magnificently as an 11th hour understudy as Annie in Table Manners | |||
Ian | Alex Machin | Northenden Players | Adjudicator's Award | Coping magnificently as an 11th hour understudy as Peter in A Taste of Honey | |||
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James | Apeel Drama Group | Winner | Adjudicator's Award | For trying something daring with the stage set in the Noble Spaniard | |||
James | Northenden Players | Adjudicator's Award | The live music in Ladies in Lavender | ||||
James | Manchester Athenaeum DS | Adjudicator's Award | For their Community Spirit | ||||
Andrew | Chads Theatre | Winner | Adjudicator's Award | For ongoing commitment to challenging and high-quality studio productions | |||
Nigel | Mal Wood | Little Shop of Horrors | Whitefield AODS | Winner | Best Director | ||
Nigel | Jenny Hollinshead | Sleeping Beauty | Sale NOMADS | Best Director | |||
Nigel | Michael Jones-McCaw | Guys and Dolls | Stockport Operatic Society | Best Director | |||
Nigel | Rumplestiltskin | Mike Lawlor | Guide Bridge Theatre | Best Director | |||
Ian | Peter Haslam | Cause Célèbre | The Marco Players | Best Director | |||
Ian | David Ward | The Lion in Winter | Players Theatre Cheadle | Best Director | |||
Ian | Francesca Dykes | Nell Gwynn | Macclesfield ADS | Winner | Best Director | ||
Ian | Mike Jordan | Dead Certain | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Director | |||
Ian | David Carlile | Steel Magnolias | Brookdale Theatre | Best Director | |||
James | Eleanor Maxwell | Brontë | Summerseat Players | Winner | Best Director | ||
James | John Cunningham | Under Milkwood | Whitefield Garrick | Best Director | |||
James | Simon Mott | Deathtrap | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Director | |||
James | Sandra Simpson | Things I Know To Be True | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Director | |||
James | Eleanor Ford | Ladies In Lavender | Northenden Players | Best Director | |||
Andrew | Caroline Baines | And a Nightingale Sang | Summerseat Players | Best Director | |||
Andrew | David Black | View from the Bridge | Sale Nomads | Winner | Best Director | ||
Andrew | Tracy Burns | No Mans Land | Chads Theatre | Best Director | |||
Andrew | Jason Crompton | Abigails Party | Square Pig Productions | Best Director | |||
Andrew | Natalie Crompton | Brontë | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Director | |||
Nigel | Aladdin | CHYPS | Best Pantomime | ||||
Nigel | Aladdin | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Pantomime | ||||
Nigel | Sleeping Beauty | Sale NOMADS | Winner | Best Pantomime | |||
Nigel | Jack and the Beanstalk | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Pantomime | ||||
Nigel | Aladdin | CHYPS | Winner | Best Youth Theatre Production | |||
Nigel | Bugsy | Heywood AODS | Best Youth Theatre Production | ||||
Nigel | Guys and Dolls | Stockport Operatic Society | Winner | Best Musical Production | |||
Nigel | Little Shop of Horrors | Whitefield AODS | Best Musical Production | ||||
Ian | Nell Gwynn | Macclesfield ADS | Winner | Best Production | |||
Ian | Cause Célèbre | The Marco Players | Best Production | ||||
Ian | The Lion in Winter | Players Theatre Cheadle | Best Production | ||||
James | Brontë | Summerseat Players | Winner | Best Production | |||
James | Under Milkwood | Whitefield Garrick | Best Production | ||||
James | Things I Know To Be True | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Production | ||||
James | Ladies In Lavender | Northenden Players | Best Production | ||||
Andrew | And a Nightingale Sang | Summerseat Players | Best Production | ||||
Andrew | Brontë | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Production | ||||
Andrew | No Mans Land | Chads Theatre | Best Production | ||||
Andrew | Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Summerseat Players | Best Production | ||||
Andrew | View from the Bridge | Sale Nomads | Winner | Best Production |