Well, here they are the Full Length Festival Nominations for 2023-24. Many Congratulations to all the nominees and winners – well done!
The Board is very grateful to Gerard, Andrew, Bill, Seb and Mike for their hard work and commitment to the adjudication process, it is much appreciated.
Gerard, Andrew, Seb, Mike and Bill will also be making awards for Best Drama Production, Best Musical, Best Pantomime and best Youth Theatre Production as well as their Adjudicator Awards. GMDF will be making their Board Awards.
Please use the search box on the top right hand side of the table to find quickly what you are looking for, it’s very efficient. You can search any term at all, eg “Technical” which will result in a list of all the Technical nominations, or you could also search for your society or your name. eg: searching “Bill Technical” will bring up Bill’s Technical nominations. To view the table on small screen devices simply swipe left.
Tickets for Awards Night(s) will be on sale on Tuesday 11th June.
| Adjudicator | Name | Character | Production | Society | Category | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | Maggie Blaszczok | Fay | Iron | Lyceum Theatre Oldham | Best Female Actor | |
| Andrew | Cathryn Hughes | Landlady | Two | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Female Actor | |
| Andrew | Carys Jones, Lorna Kong, Sarah Priestley and Cherrill Wyche | Shelley, Linda, Jan and Pearl | Ladies Unleashed | Green Room Theatre Wilmslow | Best Female Actor | |
| Andrew | Amelia Newman | Judy | Home I'm Darling | Prestwich ADOS | Best Female Actor | |
| Andrew | Jenny Owen | Connie | The Effect | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Female Actor | |
| Seb | Leonie Picariello | Inga | Young Frankenstein | Heywood AODS | Best Female Actor | |
| Seb | Kat Rawling | Reno Sweeney | Anything Goes | Brookdale Theatre | Best Female Actor | |
| Seb | Sasha Carrillo de Albornoz | Josephine Corcoran | HMS Pinafore | North Manchester AODS | Best Female Actor | |
| Seb | Izzi Smith | Bonnie Parker | Bonnie and Clyde | Prestwich ADOS | Best Female Actor | |
| Seb | Eilidh Pollard | Deb | Ordinary Days | Green Room Theatre Wilmslow | Best Female Actor | |
| Gerard | Niamh Phelan | Fanny | Hindle Wakes | Green Room Theatre Wilmslow | Best Female Actor | |
| Gerard | Annie Winch | Lady Macbeth | Macbeth | Macclesfield ADS | Best Female Actor | |
| Gerard | Georgia Richardson | Angela | My Brilliant Divorce | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Female Actor | |
| Gerard | Monica Wickham | Lydia | The Actress | Woodford Players | Best Female Actor | |
| Bill | Jill Ratcliffe | Vera | Stepping Out | Carver Theatre | Best Female Actor | |
| Bill | Louise Ward | Rita | Educating Rita | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Female Actor | |
| Bill | Lauren Nixon | Elizabeth | The Welkin | Macclesfield ADS | Best Female Actor | |
| Bill | Mel Beswick | Lady Chiltern | An Ideal Husband | CHADS Theatre | Best Female Actor | |
| Andrew | Jack Corcoran | Tristan | The Effect | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Male Actor | |
| Andrew | Phil McCarthy | David O Selznick | Moonlight and Magnolias | Lyceum Theatre Oldham | Best Male Actor | |
| Andrew | John O'Connell | Willy Loman | Death of a Salesman | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Male Actor | |
| Andrew | Colin Smith | Mick Dowd | A Skull In Connemara | Lyceum Theatre Oldham | Best Male Actor | |
| Andrew | Nicholas Worthington | Landlord | Two | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Male Actor | |
| Seb | Matt Ogden | Dewey Finn | School of Rock | Mossley AODS | Best Male Actor | |
| Seb | Mike Miller | Guy | Once | Whitworth AMDS | Best Male Actor | |
| Seb | Matt McGoldrick | Clyde Barrow | Bonnie and Clyde | Prestwich ADOS | Best Male Actor | |
| Seb | Sam Reid | Frederick Frankenstein | Young Frankenstein | Heywood AODS | Best Male Actor | |
| Seb | Dan Hickman | Billy Crocker | Anything Goes | Brookdale Theatre | Best Male Actor | |
| Gerard | Luke Oldham | Macbeth | Macbeth | Macclesfield ADS | Best Male Actor | |
| Gerard | Jamie King | Valentine | Two Gentlemen of Verona | Green Room Theatre Wilmslow | Best Male Actor | |
| Gerard | William Nolan | Holmes, Stapleton, Cecile and the Barymores | The Hound of the Baskervilles | CHADS | Best Male Actor | |
| Bill | Ian Wilkinson | Oscar | The Odd Couple | Players Theatre Cheadle | Best Male Actor | |
| Bill | Mark Bennett | Felix | The Odd Couple | Players Theatre Cheadle | Best Male Actor | |
| Bill | Chris Dunn | Mr Harvey | The Lovely Bones | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Male Actor | |
| Bill | Ian Chatterton | Richard Hannay | The 39 Steps | Woodford Players | Best Male Actor | |
| Bill | Ian Perks | Cooper | A Month of Sundays | Lyceum Theatre Oldham | Best Male Actor | |
| Andrew | Charlotte Cochrane | Gwendolyn | The Importance of Being Earnest | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Andrew | Natalie Crompton | Maria | A Comedy of Tenors | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Andrew | Stella Hutchinson | Lorna James | The Effect | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Andrew | Joy Plowes | Linda Loman | Death of a Salesman | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Andrew | Ruth Simpson | Josie | Iron | Lyceum Theatre Oldham | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Seb | Emma Konnanov | Reza | Once | Whitworth AMDS | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Seb | Shirley Harrison | Frau Blucher | Young Frankenstein | Heywood AODS | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Seb | Ochi Odey | Oda Mae Brown | Ghost | Mossley AODS | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Seb | Jill Ratcliffe | Mrs Cripps (Buttercup) | HMS Pinafore | North Manchester AODS | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Seb | Jane Hyde | Queen of the Fairies | Iolanthe | Rochdale Phoenix OS | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Seb | Ali Foye | Emma Parker | Bonnie and Clyde | Prestwich ADOS | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Gerard | Suzanne Copeland | Marge / Gemma / Dr Hill and others | The Cat's Mother | Macclesfield ADS | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Gerard | Jess Trimble | Beatrice Farra | Hindle Wakes | Green Room Theatre Wilmslow | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Gerard | Amy Leech | Fleance / Wee Macduff / Young Siward | Macbeth | Macclesfield ADS | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Gerard | Anita Goodwin | Katherine | The Actress | Woodford Players | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Bill | Cheryl Kelly | Lady Bracknell | The Importance of Being Earnest | Heald Green Theatre Co | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Bill | Catherine Cropper | Ruth | The Lovely Bones | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Bill | Suzanne Hudson | Nurse Wilson | A Month of Sundays | Lyceum Theatre Oldham | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Bill | Janet Leather | Matron | Be My Baby | Whitefield Garrick | Best Supporting Female Actor | |
| Andrew | Daniel Clynes | Paul Riggs | Murder By Misadventure | Whitefield Garrick | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Andrew | Sam Cooper | Biff Loman | Death of a Salesman | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Andrew | Paul Dawson | Ben Hecht | Moonlight and Magnolias | Lyceum Theatre Oldham | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Andrew | Matthew James | Laurence | Abigail's Party | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Andrew | Nathan Simpson | Mairtin Hanlon | A Skull In Connemara | Lyceum Theatre Oldham | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Seb | Kit Phillips | Buck Barrow | Bonnie and Clyde | Prestwich ADOS | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Seb | Michael Thompson | Igor | Young Frankenstein | Heywood AODS | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Seb | Paul Allison | Billy | Once | Whitworth AODS | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Seb | Samuel Maurice | Carl Bruner | Ghost | Mossley AODS | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Seb | Colin Garside-Trickett | Earl Tolloller | Iolanthe | Rochdale Phoenix OS | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Gerard | Andrew Kirby | Dr Watson | Hound of the Baskervilles | CHADS | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Gerard | Andy Cantillon | Banquo - scarry | Macbeth | Macclesfield ADS | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Gerard | Jamie King | Alan Jeffcote | Hindle Wakes | Green Room Theatre Wilmslow | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Bill | Paul Reid | John Christow | The Hollow | CHADS Theatre | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Bill | John Wild | Mr Alfieri | A View From the Bridge | Players Theatre Cheadle | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Bill | Vin Kenny | Aylott | A Month of Sundays | Lyceum Theatre Oldham | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Bill | Ben Latham | Stanley Gardner | Caught In The Net | Apeel Drama Group | Best Supporting Male Actor | |
| Andrrew | There's Only One | so it's | a surprise | on the night | Best Youth Performer Female | |
| Seb | Sylvie Hoyle | Summer | School of Rock | Mossley AODS | Best Youth Performer Female | |
| Seb | Molly Slack | Ivonka | Once | Whitworth AMDS | Best Youth Performer Female | |
| Seb | Jemimah Crossley | Little Fairy | Iolanthe | Rochdale Phoenix OS | Best Youth Performer Female | |
| Gerard | Katie Redfern | Squealor | Animal Farm | Partington Players | Best Youth Performer Female | |
| Gerard | Beth Winterbottom | Napoleon | Animal Farm | Partington Players | Best Youth Performer Female | |
| Gerard | Lila Beard | Clover | Animal Farm | Partington Players | Best Youth Performer Female | |
| Bill | No nomination | in | this | category | Best Youth Performer Female | |
| Andrew | There's Only One | so it's | a surprise | on the night | Best Youth Performer Male | |
| Seb | Oliver Cunliffe | Billy | School of Rock | Mossley AODS | Best Youth Performer Male | |
| Seb | Freddy Pooley | Zack | School of Rock | Mossley AODS | Best Youth Performer Male | |
| Seb | Alfie Crossley | Lord Chancellor’s Page | Iolanthe | Rochdale Phoenix OS | Best Youth Performer Male | |
| Gerard | Tony Gurney | Boxer the carthorse | Animal Farm | Partington Players | Best Youth Performer Male | |
| Gerard | Henry Cranston | A young animal | Animal Farm | Partington Players | Best Youth Performer Male | |
| Gerard | Harvey Churcher-Stambridge | Snowball | Animal Farm | Partington Players | Best Youth Performer Male | |
| Bill | No nomination | in | this | category | Best Youth Performer Male | |
| Andrew | Death Of A Salesman | Farnworth Little Theatre | Technical Award | Exemplary and integrated light and sound, with fascinating, captivating music choices. | ||
| Andrew | The Effect | Droylsden Little Theatre | Technical Award | Action driven by the lights, excellent use of projections, very good sound effects and tight synchronicity between sounds and lights. The music added a mix of gentleness and tension. | ||
| Andrew | Ladies Unleashed | Green Room Theatre, Wilmslow | Technical Award | Painted dry-stone wall, seascape and beach. A deep blue wash for the night-time scenes, the Victorian sections were washed in sepia. Flawless sound effects. | ||
| Seb | Once | Whitworth AMDS | Technical Award | Creative design, including functional on-stage pre-show bar and live band playing to give the feel of a real Irish pub setting. | ||
| Seb | Ghost | Mossley AODS | Technical Award | Creative use of digital technology to aid with the magical effects of the production. | ||
| Seb | Ordinary Days | Green Room Theatre Wilmslow | Technical Award | Interesting and creative use of the theatre space, with minimalistic set used to full dramatic effect and played in the round. | ||
| Seb | Bonnie and Clyde | Prestwich ADOS | Technical Award | Effective and interestingly designed in-house designed and build set which helped to convey the central narrative and allowed seamless scene changes. | ||
| Mike | Dick Whittington and the Pirates | Sale Nomads | Best Lighting Design Pantomime | |||
| Mike | Dracula | Partington Players Theatre | Best Lighting Design Pantomime | |||
| Mike | Dick Whittington | Carver Theatre | Best Lighting Design Pantomime | |||
| Gerard | The Cat's Mother | Macclesfield ADS | Technical Award | Fantastic use of space creating a claustrophobic small apartment on a large stage yet leaving space for whole series of scenes. | ||
| Gerard | Hindle Wakes | Green Room Theatre Wilmslow | Technical Award | Clever use of the space to create two distinct areas and change from one to the other. | ||
| Gerard | Macbeth | MADS | Technical Award | It seemed simple but everything was there including a really scary cauldron scene, a flying eyeball into the audience and a severed head dripping with blood. | ||
| Gerard | Hound of the Baskervilles | CHADS | Technical Award | Great sound effects, projection of the ‘chapter headings’ on to the back wall, used the whole of a large stage, amazingly accurate rolling on of the fireplace from the wings so the actor could lean on it without looking. | ||
| Gerard | The Cat and the Canary | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Technical Award | The way the ‘Foley’ team worked on stage to create some amazing sound effects at the same time as supporting the actors and making me laugh. | ||
| Gerard | The God of Carnage | Partington Players | Technical Award | The Vomtron – it says it all in the name. | ||
| Bill | Entertaining Angels | CHADS Theatre | Technical Award | Excellent set with great sound effects | ||
| Bill | The Kitchen Sink | Heald Green Theatre | Technical Award | Superb kitchen necessary to the plot | ||
| Bill | Caught In The Net | Apeel Drama Group | Technical Award | Wonderful farce setting with so many doors | ||
| Bill | Educating Rita | Farnworth Little Theatre | Technical Award | Great set in the round ideally suited to the play | ||
| Andrew | Daniel Cope | The Effect | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Director | ||
| Andrew | Stephen Davies | Death of a Salesman | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Director | ||
| Andrew | David Eyre | Murder By Misadventure | Whitefield Garrick | Best Director | ||
| Andrew | Victor Hassan | Ladies Unleashed | Green Room Theatre Wilmslow | Best Director | ||
| Andrew | Peter Fitton | A Skull in Connemara | Lyceum Theatre Oldham | Best Director | ||
| Andrew | Cameron Rowe | Two | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Director | ||
| Gerard | Andrea Bucccio | Macbeth | Macclesfield ADS | Best Director | ||
| Gerard | Richard Parker | My Brilliant Divorce | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Director | ||
| Gerard | Peter Scofield | Things I know to be True | Whitfield Garrick Society | Best Director | ||
| Bill | Christine Hall | The Importance of Being Earnest | Heald Green Theatre Co | Best Director | ||
| Bill | Nigel Westbrook | An Ideal Husband | CHADS Theatre | Best Director | ||
| Bill | Kayleigh Smith | The Welkin | Macclesfield ADS | Best Director | ||
| Bill | Dave Ward | The Odd Couple | Players Theatre Cheadle | Best Director | ||
| Seb | Amy Costello | Kolokolo Bird | Just So | CATS Youth Theatre | Best Performer in a Youth Production Female | |
| Seb | Sophie Doran | Sharpay Evans | High School Musical | HeyKids! (Heywood AODS) | Best Performer in a Youth Production Female | |
| Seb | Thalia S Vega | Eponine | Les Miserables | Prestwich ADOS Youth Theatre | Best Performer in a Youth Production Female | |
| Seb | Izzy Pickering | Wednesday Addams | The Addams Family | Brookdale Youth Theatre | Best Performer in a Youth Production Female | |
| Seb | Ava Deveney | Dingo Dog | Just So | CATS Youth Theatre | Best Performer in a Youth Production Female | |
| Seb | Jack Mabon | Gomez Addams | The Addams Family | Brookdale Youth Theatre | Best Performer in a Youth Production Male | |
| Seb | Harry Fenwick | Elephant’s Child | Just So | CATS Youth Theatre | Best Performer in a Youth Production Male | |
| Seb | Ethan Browne | Elder Magician | Just So | CATS Youth Theatre | Best Performer in a Youth Production Male | |
| Seb | George Ireland | Troy Bolton | High School Musical | HeyKids! (Heywood AODS) | Best Performer in a Youth Production Male | |
| Seb | Josh Ingham | Thernadier | Les Miserables | PADOS Youth Theatre | Best Performer in a Youth Production Male | |
| Seb | Jack Sandbach | Uncle Fester | The Addams Family | Brookdale Youth Theatre | Best Performer in a Youth Production Male | |
| Seb | Katherine Farrow | School of Rock | Mossley AODS | Best Choreographer Musical | ||
| Seb | Katie Fry | Young Frankenstein | Heywood AODS | Best Choreographer Musical | ||
| Seb | Emily Cohen | Just So | CATS Youth Theatre | Best Choreographer Musical | ||
| Seb | Jenya Robinson | Once | Whitworth AMDS | Best Choreographer Musical | ||
| Seb | Lissie Carlisle | The Addams Family | Brookdale Youth Theatre | Best Choreographer Musical | ||
| Mike | Diane Douglas, Hollie Martin, Karen Carr, Lauren Cowle | Dick Whittington and the Pirates | Sale Nomads | Best Choreographer Pantomime | ||
| Mike | Emma Houghton, Adele Cotteverte-Roques | Mother Goose | Heald Green Theatre Co | Best Chroeographer Pantomime | ||
| Mike | Amy Dick | Robin Hood | CHYPS | Best Chroeographer Pantomime | ||
| Seb | Jo Weetman | Young Frankenstein | Heywood AODS | Best Director Musicals | ||
| Seb | Tom Ferguson | Ordinary Days | Green Room Theatre Wilmslow | Best Director Musicals | ||
| Seb | Louise Cohen | Just So | CATS Youth Theatre | Best Director Musicals | ||
| Seb | Anita Stuttard | Iolanthe | Rochdale Phoenix OS | Best Director Musicals | ||
| Seb | Samantha Hughes | School of Rock | Mossley AODS | Best Director Musicals | ||
| Seb | Mark Rosenthal | Bonnie and Clyde | Prestwich ADOS | Best Director Musicals | ||
| Seb | Jon Gibson | Iolanthe | Rochdale Phoenix OS | Best Musical Director Musicals | ||
| Seb | Chris Addington | Once | Whitworth AMDS | Best Musical Director Musicals | ||
| Seb | Ceri Graves | High School Musical | HeyKids! (Heywood AODS) | Best Musical Director Musicals | ||
| Seb | Claire Sweeney | Anything Goes | Brookdale Theatre | Best Musical Director Musicals | ||
| Seb | Paul Firth | Ghost | Mossley AODS | Best Musical Director Musicals | ||
| Seb | Adam Pickering | The Addams Family | Brookdale Youth Theatre | Best Musical Director Musicals | ||
| Mike | Brandon Sharpe | Dracula | Partington Players Theatre | Best Director Pantomime | ||
| Mike | Sally Hunt | Robin Hood | CHYPS | Best Director Pantomime | ||
| Mike | Hannah Cohen | Rapunzel | Prestwich ADOS | Best Director Pantomime | ||
| Mike | Martin Taylor | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Hansel And Gretel | Best Musical Director Pantomime | ||
| Mike | Neil Ravenscroft | Prestwich ADOS | Rapunzel | Best Musical Director Pantomime | ||
| Mike | Jamie Mcgillivray | Apeel Drama Group | Aladdin | Best Musical Director Pantomime | ||
| Mike | Cameron Rowe | Peggy Pumpernickel | Hansel And Gretel | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Dame | |
| Mike | Simon Fletcher | Dame Helena Honeybum | Rapunzel | Prestwich ADOS | Best Dame | |
| Mike | John Essex | Widow Twankey | Aladdin | Apeel Drama Group | Best Dame | |
| Mike | Hana Baxendale | Princess Esmerelda | Puss In Boots | Whitworth AMDS | Best Principal Girl | |
| Mike | Cathryn Huges | Heather | Hansel And Gretel | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Principal Girl | |
| Mike | Hannah Kitching | Alice Fitzwarren | Dick Whittington and the Pirates | Sale Nomads | Best Principal Girl | |
| Mike | Tabitha Robson | Jill | Mother Goose | Heald Green Theatre Co | Best Principal Girl | |
| Mike | Tilly Holah | Maid Marion | Robin Hood | CHYPS | Best Principal Girl | |
| Mike | Danny Tooby | Prince Johan | Hansel And Gretel | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Principal Boy | |
| Mike | Jess Dyer | Dick Whittington | Dick Whittington and the Pirates | Sale Nomads | Best Principal Boy | |
| Mike | Imogen Lynton | Jack | Mother Goose | Heald Green Theatre Co | Best Principal Boy | |
| Mike | Beth Grace | Dick Whittington | Dick Whittington | Carver Theatre | Best Youth Performer | |
| Mike | Alex Farrar | The Genie | Aladdin | Apeel Drama Group | Best Youth Performer | |
| Mike | Angela Mayall | Fairy Priscilla | Puss In Boots | Whitworth AMDS | Best Fairy | |
| Mike | Christine Blease | Fairy Nuff | Mother Goose | Heald Green Theatre Co | Best Fairy | |
| Mike | Chloe Kayes | Fairy Bow Bells | Dick Whittington | Carver Theatre | Best Fairy | |
| Mike | Alison Hasler | Grimgrab The Ogre | Puss In Boots | Whitworth AMDS | Best Villain | |
| Mike | Howard Anson | Mr. Drat – The Demon Rat | Dick Whittington and the Pirates | Sale Nomads | Best Villain | |
| Mike | Mat Tattum | Dracula | Dracula | Partington Players Theatre | Best Villain | |
| Mike | Daisy Garbutt | Drusilla | Robin Hood | CHYPS | Best Villain | |
| Mike | Peter Gaskell | King Rat | Dick Whittington | Carver Theatre | Best Villain | |
| Mike | Kyle Gillaspy | Abanazar | Aladdin | Apeel Drama Group | Best Villain | |
| Mike | Lauren Bates | Puss In Boots | Puss In Boots | Whitworth AMDS | Best Skin Character | |
| Mike | Nuala Legg | Tommy The Cat | Dick Whittington | Carver Theatre | Best Skin Character | |
| Mike | Andy Hall | King Wally The Once | Puss In Boots | Whitworth AMDS | Best Comedy Performance in a Pantomime | |
| Mike | Alexander Cohen | Gonzalo | Rapunzel | Prestwich ADOS | Best Comedy Performance in a Pantomime | |
| Mike | Nigel Booth | Alderman Fitzwarren & Captain Horatio Fitzwarren | Dick Whittington | Carver Theatre | Best Comedy Performance in a Pantomime | |
| Mike | Coleane Buckley | Wishee Washee | Aladdin | Apeel Drama Group | Best Comedy Performance in a Pantomime | |
| Mike | Robin Hood | CHYPS | Best Set Design | |||
| Mike | Dick Whittington and the Pirates | Sale Nomads | Best Set Design | |||
| Mike | There's Only One | so it's | a surprise | on the night | Best Script Pantomime | |
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