2014 Nominations and winners for the 2013 – 2014 season
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Our thanks again to you all for your wonderful support at the dinner on Saturday night – a record turnout.!
Many congratulations to all the winners and nominees, very well done.
The J. Lees-Jones Drama Shield 2014 was awarded to Prestwich Amateur Drama Operatic Society (PADOS) for their production of “Memory of Water”.
The Athenaeum Rosebowl was not awarded this year.
The Laurence Roberts Trophy was awarded to R.W. Barlow (Johnny) Guide Bridge Theatre for his outstanding contribution to the amateur theatre movement.
The Muriel Goodwin Trophy was awarded to Mina Kirkbright for her outstanding contribution to the development and encouragement of young people in all aspects of amateur theatre
GMDF Nominations and winners 2013 - 2014 season
Name | Character | Production | Society | Winner | Category | Reason |
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Felicity Eccles | Sarah | Our House | Mossley AODS | Best Actress | ||
Aimée Horwich | Julia | The Wedding Singer | Whitefield AODS | Winner | Best Actress | |
Maria Gooch | Mrs Lovett | Sweeney Todd | PADOS Theatre Group | Best Actress | ||
Katy Clayton | Julie | Carousel | Farnworth PAC | Best Actress | ||
Kirsty Griffiths | Landlady | Two | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Actress | ||
June Grice | Grace | Entertaining Angels | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Actress | ||
Julie Hall | Blanche DuBois | A Streetcar named Desire | MARCO Players | Best Actress | ||
Diane Manship | Theresa | Memory Of Water | Prestwich ADOS | Winner | Best Actress | |
Anna Carley | Rita | Educating Rita | Brookdale Theatre | Winner | Best Actress | |
Kathryn Fennell | Edith Harnham | The Day After The Fair | Altincham Little Theatre | Best Actress | ||
Joyce Smith | Landlady | Two | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Actress | ||
Morag Peacock | Catherine | Proof | Whitefield Garrick | Best Actress | ||
Carol Sutcliffe | Cecily Robson | Quartet | Woodford Players | Best Actress | ||
Heather Bowman | All the female roles | Two | Chads Theatre | Winner | Best Actress | |
Rani Jackson | Jenny | Theft | Wilmslow Green Room | Best Actress | ||
Sue Coutts | Cecily Robson | Quartet | Whitefield Garrick | Best Actress | ||
Gary Jones-McCaw | Joe | Our House | Mossley AODS | Best Actor | ||
Jack Whittle | Robbie | The Wedding Singer | Whitefield AODS | Best Actor | ||
Steven Cheeseman | Seymour Krelborn | Little Shop of Horrors | Heywood AODS | Best Actor | ||
John Wood | Jesus | Jesus Christ Superstar | Mossley AODS | Winner | Best Actor | |
Ian Taylor | Felix Humble | Humble Boy | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Actor | ||
Ian Wilkinson | Roland | Kindly Keep It Covered | Players Dramatic Society | Best Actor | ||
Clive McCoy | Sir David Metcalf | Beyond Reasonable Doubt | Phoenix Theatre | Best Actor | ||
Phil Harrison | Landlord | Two | Droylsden Little Theatre | Winner | Best Actor | |
Anthony Collier | Alan Turing | Breaking The Code | Chads Theatre | Best Actor | ||
Colin Smith | Ralph | Frozen | The Lyceum Theatre (Oldham) | Best Actor | ||
Jason Dunk | The Duke Of Hermanos | The Noble Spaniard | Phoenix Theatre Company | Best Actor | ||
Ean Burgan | Michael | Dead Certain | The Lyceum Theatre (Oldham) | Winner | Best Actor | |
Bob Howell | Reginald Paget | Quartet | Whitefield Garrick | Best Actor | ||
Ian Tyler | Jack Worthing | The Importance of Being Earnest | Wilmslow Green Room | Winner | Best Actor | |
John Smeathers | All the male roles | Two | Chads Theatre | Best Actor | ||
Peter Schofield | Saunders | Lend Me A Tenor | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Actor | ||
Tom Dawson | Edward | Someone Wholl Watch Over Me | Woodford Players | Best Actor | ||
Gemma Sales | Holly | The Wedding Singer | Whitefield AODS | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Kirsty Hatton | Johanna | Sweeney Todd | PADOS Theatre Group | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Hannah Davenport | Mary | Jesus Christ Superstar | Mossley AODS | Winner | Best Supporting Actress | |
Victoria Geary | Maggie Jones | 42nd Street | Brookdale Theatre | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Natalie Crompton | Carrie | Carousel | Farnworth PAC | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Karen Ward | Rosie Pye | Humble Boy | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Dorrie Partington | Eva Jackson | Absurd Person Singular | Rossendale Players | Winner | Best Supporting Actress | |
Christina Knowles | Lady Rochford | Katherine Howard | Macclesfield ADS | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Lisa Garrish | Catherine | Memory Of Water | Prestwich ADOS | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Caroline Weekes | Geraldine | The Nightingales | Whitefield Garrick | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Andrea Kinsella | Claire | Proof | Whitefield Garrick | Winner | Best Supporting Actress | |
Mary Dillon | The Duchess Of Berwick | Lady Windermeres Fan | Northenden Players | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Janet Leather | Beatty Kippax | June Evening | Phoenix Theatre Company | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Ailsa Oakley | Delia | Whipping It Up | Macclesfield ADS | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Mary Ellis | Elaine Navazio | Last of the Red Hot Lovers | Chads Theatre | Winner | Best Supporting Actress | |
Meg Cooper | Ruth | Entertaining Angels | Altrincham Little Theatre | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Sally Jolley | Madame Boussiron | Well Always Have Paris | Carver Theatre | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Chris Addington | Emmo | Our House | Mossley AODS | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Michael Jones McCaw | Muschnik | Little Shop of Horrors | Heywood AODS | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Dean Simmons | Jigger | Carousel | Farnworth PAC | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Nick Ward | Judas | Jesus Christ Superstar | Mossley AODS | Winner | Best Supporting Actor | |
Peter Rigney | Tobias | Sweeney Todd | PADOS Theatre Group | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Chris Moxon | Bardolf | Entertaining Angels | Bolton Little Theatre | Winner | Best Supporting Actor | |
Richard Parker | Jud | Kes | Mossley AODS | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Roy Shipton | Perks | Railway Children | Chads Theatre | Best Supporting Actor | ||
John Wheatley | George Pidgen | Out of Order | Northenden Players | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Sam Cooper | Laurent | Thérèse Raquin | Summerseat Players | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Daniel Clynes | Eric Pilling | Sunlight On The Moors | Bolton Little Theatre | Winner | Best Supporting Actor | |
Jonathan Trueman | Joe / Jim | Ladies Day | Brookdale Theatre | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Tom Chinnery | Lord Darlington | Lady Windermeres Fan | Northenden Players | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Ian Wilkinson | Lennie | Of Mice and Men | Droylsden Little Theatre | Winner | Best Supporting Actor | |
Peter Haslam | Charlie Muggins | Carry On Camping | Marco Players | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Steven Maylott | Adam | Someone Wholl Watch Over Me | Woodford Players | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Thomas McKenna | David | Family Circles | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Lydia Gillibrand | Ellen | Miss Saigon | Hey Kids | Winner Merit | ||
Sophie Rush | Christine Daaé | Phantom of the Opera | PADOS Youth Theatre Group | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Amelia Atherton | Adelaide | Guys and Dolls | St Phillips Junior Workshop | Winner Merit | Best Performer Under 21 | |
Rebecca Bolton | Fantine | Les Misérables | CATS | Winner | Best Performer Under 21 | |
Chris Wagstaff | The Phantom | Phantom of the Opera | PADOS Youth Theatre Group | Winner | Best Performer Under 21 | |
Harriet Waters | Miss Hannigan | Annie | Brookdale Youth Theatre | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Sam Cain | Jean Valjean | Les Misérables | CATS | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Frank Williams | Billy | Kes | Mossley AODS | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Becky Bowe | Sheila Birling | An Inspector Calls | Carver Theatre | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Ellie Doherty | Katherine | Katherine Howard | Macclesfield ADS | Winner | Best Performer Under 21 | |
Ben Whitehead | A Young Collector | A Streetcar Named Desire | MARCO Players | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Georgina Brown | LV | Rise and Fall of Little Voice | Summerseat Players | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Oli Sheard | Lysander | A Midsummer Nights Dream | Chads Youth Theatre | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Jonty Connolly | Demetrius | A Midsummer Nights Dream | Chads Youth Theatre | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Rory Graden | Jack (John) Kipling | My Boy Jack | Chads Theatre | Winner | Best Performer Under 21 | |
Madeleine Goode | Anna | The Day After The Fair | Altrincham Little Theatre | Winner | Best Performer Under 21 | |
Mel Beswick | Hermia | A Midsummer Nights Dream | Chads Youth Theatre | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Caitlin Heaton | Suzanne | Thérèse Raquin | Summerseat Players | Best Performer Under 22 | ||
Alana Howarth Lees | Lizzie Grieg | A Piece of Cake | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Ellie Reynolds | Norma | Be My Baby | Uppermill Stage Society | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Emily Lyons, Claire Jordan and Jessica Partington | The Singers | Be My Baby | Uppermill Stage Society | Winner | Best Performer Under 21 | |
Holly Riley | Deirdre | Family Circles | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Mike Cooke | Gavin | Caught in the Net | Heald Green Theatre Company | Best Performer Under 21 | ||
Will Bishop | Algernon Moncrieff | The Importance of Being Earnest | Wilmslow Green Room | Winner | Best Performer Under 21 | |
Carmen | Saddleworth Musical Society | Technical Award | Great detail, design and exceptional artistry | |||
Cats | CATS Youth Theatre | Technical Award | The complete technical package from props to projections | |||
Our House | Mossley AODS | Technical Award | A huge technical ask from lighting to stage design | |||
The Phantom of the Opera | PADOS Youth Theatre Group | Winner | Technical Award | An insightful use of a limited space over a large number of varied and taxing scenes | ||
Jesus Christ Superstar | Mossley AODS | Technical Award | An abstract and evocative design across all aspects | |||
Stepping Out | Northenden Players | Technical Award | Excellent transformation to the last scenes and use of restricted space | |||
The Railway Children | Chads Theadre | Winner | Technical Award | For the steam train and railway effects | ||
An Inspector Calls | Carver Theatre | Technical Award | Innovative set and excellent technical support | |||
Katherine Howard | Macclesfield ADS | Technical Award | Excellent period costumes, many of which were handmade plus evocative and atmospheric music. | |||
Separate Tables | Northenden Players | Winner | Technical Award | Ingenuity In Set Design | ||
My Boy Jack | Chads Theatre | Technical Award | Ingenuity In Set Design | |||
Two | Farnworth Little Theatre | Technical Award | Realism In Set Design | |||
When We Are Married | Brookdale Theatre | Technical Award | The impressive overall presentation including set design, decor, props and costume. | |||
Of Mice and Men | Droylsden Little Theatre | Technical Award | The excellent multiple settings | |||
The Mask of Moriarty | Marco Players | Winner | Technical Award | The inspired use of music throughout the production and the theatrical scene changes | ||
Someone Wholl Watch Over Me | Woodford Players | Technical Award | The atmosphere created by the set and technical support | |||
Technical Award | ||||||
Louise Cohen | Cats | Cats | Choreographer | |||
Jane Wood | Our House | Mossley AODS | Winner | Choreographer | ||
Alexandra Howarth | The Wedding Singer | Whitefield AODS | Choreographer | |||
Liz Linden | Jesus Christ Superstar | Mossley AODS | Choreographer | |||
Anthony J Quimby | Miss Saigon | Hey Kids | Winner | Best Musical Director | ||
Paul Firth | Jesus Christ Superstar | Mossley AODS | Best Musical Director | |||
Simon Murray | Our House | Mossley AODS | Best Musical Director | |||
Scott Stait | The Wedding Singer | Whitefield AODS | Best Musical Director | |||
Erin Jagger | Madame Giry | The Phantom of the Opera | PADOS Youth Theatre Group | Adjudicator's Award | for Characterisation & Presentation | |
Jon Clay | Annas | Jesus Christ Superstar | Mossley AODS | Adjudicator's Award | for Characterisation & Presentation | |
Katie Ball | Grizabella | Cats | CATS Youth Theatre | Winner | Adjudicator's Award | for Characterisation & Presentation |
Leon McKenna | Beadle Bamford | Sweeney Todd | PADOS Theatre Group | Adjudicator's Award | for Characterisation & Presentation | |
The Steamie | Farnworth Little Theatre | Winner | Adjudicator's Award | Excellent ensemble cast and consistently maintained authentic accents. | ||
Servant of Two Masters | MARCO Players | Adjudicator's Award | Comedy Energy and Timing | |||
Phil McCarthy in Plaza Suite | Lyceum Players | Adjudicator's Award | Comedy Performance | |||
If I Were You | Wilmslow Green Room Society | Adjudicator's Award | Good role swapping characterisation | |||
Bolton Little Theatre | Winner | Adjudicator's Award | Adventure In Theatre - Presentation Of Original Script of Sunlight on the Moors | |||
Farnworth Little Theatre | Adjudicator's Award | The frenetic but perfectly timed finale and bow in Lend Me A Tenor | ||||
Peter Haslam | Marco Players | Winner | Adjudicator's Award | The adaptation of Carry On Camping | ||
Tyldesley Little Theatre | Adjudicator's Award | The charming and entertaining transformations to the set in A Piece of Cake. | ||||
Woodford Players | Adjudicator's Award | The final scene of Quartet | ||||
Lee Brennan | Jesus Christ Superstar | Mossley AODS | Winner | Best Director | ||
Louise Cohen | Cats | CATS Youth Theatre | Best Director | |||
John Wood | Our House | Mossley AODS | Best Director | |||
Leah Fogo | The Wedding Singer | Whitefield AODS | Best Director | |||
Robert Margolis | Carousel | Farnworth Performing Arts Company | Best Director | |||
Paul Ward | Humble Boy | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Director | |||
James Schofield | Two | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Director | |||
Glen Robinson | Memory of Water | Prestwich ADOS | Winner | Best Director | ||
Rosie Perkin | An Inspector Calls | Carver Theatre | Best Director | |||
Peter Bowers | Lady Windermeres Fan | Northenden Players | Best Director | |||
Peter Scofield | Sunlight on the Moors | Bolton Little Theatre | Winner | Best Director | ||
Mary Dillon | Separate Tables | Northenden Players | Best Director | |||
Niel Lingwood | Educating Rita | Brookdale Theatre | Best Director | |||
David Carlile | Quartet | Woodford Players | Best Director | |||
Dorothy Wilkinson | Of Mice and Men | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Director | |||
Ian Taylor | A Piece of Cake | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Director | |||
Jason Crompton | Carry On Camping | Marco Players | Winner | Best Director | ||
Sue Mooney | Someone Wholl Watch Over Me | Woodford Players | Best Director | |||
Dick Whittington | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Pantomime | ||||
Robinson Crusoe | Hyde Little Theatre | Best Pantomime | ||||
The Sleeping Beauty | Partington Players Theatre | Best Pantomime | ||||
Dick Whittington | Sale Nomads | Winner | Best Pantomime | |||
Miss Saigon | Hey Kids | Best Youth Theatre Production | ||||
Cats | CATS Youth Theatre | Winner | Best Youth Theatre Production | |||
The Phantom of the Opera | PADOS Youth Theatre Group | Best Youth Theatre Production | ||||
Annie | Brookdale Youth Theatre | Best Youth Theatre Production | ||||
Les Misérables | CATS Youth Theatre | Best Youth Theatre Production | ||||
Our House | Mossley AODS | Best Musical Production | ||||
The Wedding Singer | Whitefield AODS | Best Musical Production | ||||
Jesus Christ Superstar | Mossley AODS | Winner | Best Musical Production | |||
Carousel | Farnworth Performing Arts Company | Best Musical Production | ||||
Memory Of Water | Prestwich ADOS | Winner | Best Production | |||
Humble Boy | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Production | ||||
Two | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Production | ||||
An Inspector Calls | Carver Theatre | Best Production | ||||
Educating Rita | Brookdale Theatre | Winner | Best Production | |||
Sunlight On The Moors | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Production | ||||
My Boy Jack | Chads theatre | Best Production | ||||
Separate Tables | Northenden Players | Best Production | ||||
Of Mice and Men | Droylsden Little Theatre | Winner | Best Production | |||
Carry On Camping | Marco Players | Best Production | ||||
Quartet | Woodford Players | Best Production | ||||
Someone Wholl Watch Over Me | Woodford Players | Best Production |