GMDF 2015 Full Length Festival Winners
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Yet again, our thanks to you all for your tremendous support at the dinner and awards presentation on Saturday night – another fantastic turnout!
Many congratulations to all the winners and nominees, very well done.
The J. Lees-Jones Drama Shield 2015 was awarded to Mossley Amateur Operatic Drama Society (MAODS) for their production of “Blackadder Goes Forth”.
The Athenaeum Rose Bowl was awarded to St. Philip’s AODS for their outstanding contribution as a society to the amateur theatre movement.
The Laurence Roberts Trophy was awarded to John Fletcher (Mossley AODS) for his outstanding contribution to the amateur theatre movement.
The Muriel Goodwin Trophy was awarded to Sue Khouri (Brookdale Theatre) for her outstanding contribution to the development and encouragement of young people in all aspects of amateur theatre.
Adjudicator | Name | Character | Production | Society | Winner | Category | Reason |
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Peter | Natalie Crompton | Bella Manningham | Gaslight | The Marco Players | Winner | Best Actress | |
Peter | Mary Dillon | Mrs Wilberforce | The Ladykillers | Northenden Players | Best Actress | ||
Peter | Sue Garlick | Mari | Flamingoland | Lyceum PLayers | Best Actress | ||
Peter | Sarah Howsam | Corrie Bratter | Barefoot In The Park | Players Theatre | Best Actress | ||
Brian | Natalie Crompton | Morticia | The Addams Family | Whitefield AODS | Winner | Best Actress | |
Brian | Kerry Newton | Eva | Evita | Mossley AODS | Best Actress | ||
Brian | Andrea Loasby | Dolly Levi | Hello Dolly | Heywood AODS | Best Actress | ||
Brian | Helen Rose | Kate Monster | Avenue Q | Prestwich ADOS | Best Actress | ||
Brian | Mirriam Lawson | Rosalinda | Die Fledermaus | Saddleworth AODS | Best Actress | ||
Carla | Tracy Burns | Sylvia | Broken Glass | Chads Theatre | Best Actress | ||
Carla | Rachel Mayor | Rita | Educating Rita | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Actress | ||
Carla | Sue Radcliffe | Mum | The Anniversary | Lyceum Players | Best Actress | ||
Carla | Rhiannon Lewis | Ruth Ellis | The Thrill Of Love | Wilmslow Green Room Society | Winner | Best Actress | |
David | Liz Travis | May | The Accrington Pals | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Actress | ||
David | Louise Davenport | Eva | The Accrington Pals | Farnworth Little Theatre | Winner | Best Actress | |
David | Rachel Harrison | Emma | Betrayal | Lyceum Players | Best Actress | ||
David | Jenny Smith | Joanna Markham | Move Over, Mrs Markham | Carver Theatre | Best Actress | ||
Peter | John Smeathers | Ebenezer Scrooge | A Christmas Carol | Chads Theatre | Best Actor | ||
Peter | John Still | Harpagon | The Miser | Whitefield Garrick | Best Actor | ||
Peter | Toby Cordwell | Smith | Early One Morning | Macclesfield ADS | Best Actor | ||
Peter | John OConnell | Randle P McMurphy | One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest | Summerseat Players | Winner | Best Actor | |
Brian | Dave Mallen | Gomez | The Addams Family | Whitefield AODS | Best Actor | ||
Brian | John Wood | Che | Evita | Mossley AODS | Winner | Best Actor | |
Brian | Ian Tyler | Tevye | Fiddler on the Roof | Brookdale Theatre | Best Actor | ||
Brian | Paul Dawson | Horace Vandergelder | Hello Dolly | Heywood AODS | Best Actor | ||
Carla | Anthony Collier | Dr Harry Hyman | Broken Glass | Chads Theatre | Best Actor | ||
Carla | David Carlile | Toad | Wind In The Willows | Heald Green Theatre Co. | Best Actor | ||
Carla | Ben Latham | 2nd Lt Arthur Drake | Conduct Unbecoming | The MARCO Players | Best Actor | ||
Carla | Stephen Johnson | All Male Roles | Ladies Day | Carver Theatre | Winner | Best Actor | |
David | Daniel Starkie | Private Jim Smith | Early One Morning | Rossendale Players | Winner | Best Actor | |
David | Peter Gibson | Siegfried Sassoon | Not About Heroes | Prestwich ADOS | Best Actor | ||
David | Hamish Lawson | Harold Macmillan. | A Letter Of Resignation | Chads Theatre | Best Actor | ||
David | Peter Scofield | Serjeant Musgrave | Sgt. Musgraves Dance | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Actor | ||
Peter | Christine Morton | Lucy Fitton | All In Good Time | Phoenix Theatre Co. | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Peter | Rebecca Cooke | Harriet | Boy Gets Girl | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Peter | Dawn Rowe | Vera | Breezeblock Park | Rossendale Players | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Peter | Rachel Spearing | Rebecca | Immaculate | Macclesfield ADS | Winner | Best Supporting Actress | |
Brian | Sarah Osmond | Christmas Eve | Avenue Q | PADOS | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Brian | Alison Knowles | Irene Molloy | Hello Dolly | Heywood AODS | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Brian | Gemma Barnshaw | Wednesday | The Addams Family | Whitefield AODS | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Brian | Alison Starrs | Prince Orlofsky | Die Fledermaus | Saddleworth AODS | Winner | Best Supporting Actress | |
Carla | Carmel Bird | Sylvia | The Thrill Of Love | Wilmslow Green Room Society | Winner | Best Supporting Actress | |
Carla | Geraldine Grieve | Lady Bracknell | The Importance Of Being Earnest | Players Theatre | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Carla | Tracy Parker | Sarah | Entertaining Angels | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Carla | Clodagh OFlynn | Julia | Lend Me A Tenor | Summerseat Players | Best Supporting Actress | ||
David | Ailsa Oakley | Bertha | Boeing Boeing | Macclesfield ADS | Best Supporting Actress | ||
David | Patricia Hill | Ellen | The Late Edwina Black | Whitefield Garrick | Best Supporting Actress | ||
David | Samantha Westwater-Peers | Yvonne | Cheshire Cats | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Winner | Best Supporting Actress | |
David | Jean Nicholson | Lil/Gran | Kindertransport | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Supporting Actress | ||
Peter | Jon Weetman | Bernard Woolley | Yes Prime Minister | Lyceum Players | Winner | Best Supporting Actor | |
Peter | Noel Hurley | Arthur | The Accrington Pals | Whitefield Garrick | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Peter | Robin Thompson | Stewart | Pack of Lies | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Peter | John Keen | Charles Dickens, Fred and Christmas Future | A Christmas Carol | Chads Theatre | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Brian | Nicholas Edwards | Fester | The Addams Family | Whitefield AODS | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Brian | Nick Angus | Cornelius Hackl | Hello Dolly | Heywood AODS | Winner | Best Supporting Actor | |
Brian | Ian Hunter | Rufus | The Snow Queen | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Brian | Steve Maxfield | Magaldi | Evita | Mossley AODS | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Carla | John Howarth | Teddy | Arsenic And Old Lace | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Carla | Peter Bowers | Malvolio | Twelfth Night | Northenden Players | Winner | Best Supporting Actor | |
Carla | Bob Howell | Saunders | Lend Me A Tenor | Summerseat Players | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Carla | Bill Platt | St Clair | Glorious | Northenden Players | Best Supporting Actor | ||
David | Ian Duckworth | One Round | Ladykillers | The MARCO Players | Best Supporting Actor | ||
David | Phil Clegg | Geoffrey Fisher | Billy Liar | Droylsden Little Theatre | Winner | Best Supporting Actor | |
David | Francis Lee | Gudgeon | The Hollow | Northenden Players | Best Supporting Actor | ||
David | Michael Jeffries | Henry Martin | The Late Edwina Black | Whitefield Garrick | Best Supporting Actor | ||
Peter | Alana Howarth-Lees | Florrie | A Basinful of the Briny | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Winner | Best Youth Performance Female | |
Peter | Niamh Purnell-Jones | Belinda Cratchit, Want | A Christmas Carol | Chads Theatre | Best Youth Performance Female | ||
Brian | Amelia Atherton | The Bakers Wife | Into The Woods | CATS Youth Theatre | Winner | Best Youth Performance Female | |
Brian | Hannah Clifford | Sandy | Grease | Brookdale Youth Theatre | Best Youth Performance Female | ||
Brian | Phoebe Coop | Dorothy | The Wizard of Oz | HEY KIDS - Heywood AODS | Best Youth Performance Female | ||
Brian | Courtney Fannon | Molly | Ghost | PADOS Youth Theatre | Best Youth Performance Female | ||
Carla | Mel Beswick | The Girl | Veronicas Room | Chads Theatre | Winner | Best Youth Performance Female | |
Carla | Oilvia Avouris | Various | Oh What A Lovely War | Carver Theatre | Best Youth Performance Female | ||
David | Eva | Alice Galvin | Kindertransport | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Youth Performance Female | ||
David | Melanie Beswick. | Sephy | Noughts and Crosses | Chads Theatre | Winner | Best Youth Performance Female | |
David | Holly Riley | Barbara | Billy Liar | Droylsden Little Theatre | Best Youth Performance Female | ||
David | Leah Dalley | Summer | The Last of the Hausmanns | Summerseat Players | Best Youth Performance Female | ||
David | Jessica Barlow | Vicki | Caught in The Net | Phoenix Theatre Co. | Best Youth Performance Female | ||
Peter | Matthew Crossley Walsh | Reggie | The Accrington Pals | Whitefield Garrick | Winner | Best Youth Performance Male | |
Peter | Alex Long | Tiny Tim | A Christmas Carol | Chads Theatre | Best Youth Performance Male | ||
Brian | George Cockburn | Danny | Grease | Brookdale Youth Theatre | Best Youth Performance Male | ||
Brian | Connor Guffogg | Tevye | Fiddler on the Roof | St Philips Junior Workshop | Winner | Best Youth Performance Male | |
Brian | Ben Whitehead | Henry Jekyll / Edward Hyde | Jekyll & Hyde | CATS Youth Theatre | Best Youth Performance Male | ||
Brian | Jack Forrest | Sam | Ghost | PADOS Youth Theatre | Best Youth Performance Male | ||
Carla | Sean Lavelle | Mole | Wind In The Willows | Heald Green Theatre Co | Winner | Best Youth Performance Male | |
Carla | Sam Hindmarch | Algernon Moncrieff | The Importance Of Being Earnest | Players Theatre | Best Youth Performance Male | ||
David | Jonty Connolly | Callum | Noughts and Crosses | Chads Theatre | Best Youth Performance Male | ||
David | Joeseph Griffiths-Holland | Billy Fisher | Billy Liar | Droylsden Little Theatre | Winner | Best Youth Performance Male | |
David | Matthew Howells | Reggie | Accrington Pals | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Youth Performance Male | ||
David | David Beeby | Gavin | Caught In the Net | Phoenix Theatre Co. | Best Youth Performance Male | ||
Peter | Ladykillers | Northenden Players | Winner | Technical | Excellent use of screen for railway tunnel effect, and mug shots of all the actors. Very innovative and effective. Also rotating set excellently managed and set design and dressing first class. | ||
Peter | Christmas Carol | Chads Theatre | Technical | Clever use of rotating bed. | |||
Peter | One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest | Summerseat Players | Technical | Well-designed set allowing actors room to manoeuvre and create cameos. | |||
Peter | Romeo and Juliet | Partington Players | Technical | Excellent costumes | |||
Brian | Die Fledermaus | Saddleworth AODS | Winner | Technical | Artistic design | ||
Brian | Fiddler on The Roof | St Philip's Junior Workshop | Technical | Ingenious design for the small stage | |||
Brian | Fiddler on The Roof | Brookdale Theatre | Technical | Ingenious design for the small stage | |||
Carla | The Thrill of Love | Wilmslow Green Room Society | Technical | Use of projection, sound and excellent costumes | |||
Carla | Oh What A Lovely War | Carver Theatre | Technical | Hard hitting projection of WW1 footage | |||
Carla | Accrington Pals | Northenden Players | Technical | Lighting and Sound and overall ambience | |||
Carla | Twelfth Night | Northenden Players | Winner | Technical | Lighting, Sound and Projection on an empty stage | ||
David | Entertaining Angels | Northenden Players | Winner | Technical | Intricate set on small stage complete with waterfall. | ||
David | Blackadder Goes Forth | Mossley AODS | Technical | Excellent depiction of trenches and varied set. | |||
David | The Ladykillers | The MARCO Players | Technical | Staging on two levels with sounds and lights unity. | |||
David | Cheshire Cats | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Technical | Excellent Sound and Lights teamwork. | |||
Peter | Danny Hewitt | Summerseat Players | Winner | Adjudicator's Award | His somersault out of the window was ingenious, breathtaking, memorable and brave. | ||
Peter | David Livesey | Whitefield Garrick | Adjudicator's Award | Memorable bath scene bringing gasps from the ladies in the audience. | |||
Peter | Ean Burgon | Lyceum Players | Adjudicator's Award | Magnificent delivery of lines and exceptional use of glasses | |||
Carla | Lend Me a Tenor | Summerseat Players | Adjudicator's Award | Excellent comic entertainment | |||
Carla | Oh What a Lovely War | Carver Theatre | Winner | Adjudicator's Award | Excellent ensemble cast playing multiple roles and inspirational staging. | ||
Carla | Stepping Out | Woodford Players | Adjudicator's Award | Transformation into finale, great choreography and excellent entertainment value | |||
Carla | Female of the Species | Macclesfield ADS | Adjudicator's Award | Dealing with political mores in a most amusing way | |||
David | Ian Wilkinson | Players Theatre | Adjudicator's Award | Excellent comic timing in bed using good vocal and facial expression. | |||
David | Rob Copeland | Macclesfield ADS | Winner | Adjudicator's Award | Excellent skill in taking on a part at short notice. | ||
David | Joan Rogers | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Adjudicator's Award | Marshall Madge in Cheshire Cats. Excellent study in comic timing and pauses. | |||
David | Present Laughter | Brookdale Theatre | Adjudicator's Award | Excellent style and range of costumes in Present Laughter. | |||
Brian | Barbara Grant | Fiddler on the Roof | St Philips Junior Workshop | Best Choreographer | |||
Brian | Elizabeth Linden | Evita | Mossley AODS | Winner | Best Choreographer | ||
Brian | Helen Wilkinson | Ghost | PADOS Youth Theatre | Best Choreographer | |||
Brian | Val Jellyman, Louise Rycroft-Oldham, Susan Harris | Aladdin | Sale Nomads | Best Choreographer | |||
Brian | Paul Firth | Evita | Mossley AODS | Best Musical Director | |||
Brian | Harry Butterworth | Die Fledermaus | Saddleworth AODS | Winner | Best Musical Director | ||
Brian | David Abendstern | Hello Dolly | Heywood AODS | Best Musical Director | |||
Brian | Steven Sandiford | Ghost | PADOS Youth Theatre | Best Musical Director | |||
Peter | John Lomax | Celebration | Woodford Players | Best Director | |||
Peter | James Schofield | Yes Prime Minister | Lyceum Players | Best Director | |||
Peter | David Ward | Barefoot in the Park | Players Theatre | Best Director | |||
Peter | Rod Goddard | Unoriginal Sin | Droylsden Little Theatre | Winner | Best Director | ||
Brian | Lee Brennan | Evita | Mossley AODS | Winner | Best Director | ||
Brian | Timothy Plat | Ghost | PADOS Youth Theatre | Best Director | |||
Brian | Louise Cohen | Into the woods | CATS Youth Theatre | Best Director | |||
Brian | Anita Stuttard | Die Fledermaus | Saddleworth AODS | Best Director | |||
Carla | Mike Rogerson | The Thrill Of Love | Wilmslow Green Room Society | Winner | Best Director | ||
Carla | Mary Wright | Broken Glass | Chads Theatre | Best Director | |||
Carla | Kirsty Jackson | Oh What A Lovely War | Carver Theatre | Best Director | |||
Carla | Connor O'Beirne | Conduct Unbecoming | The MARCO Players | Best Director | |||
Carla | John Wheatley | Twelfth Night | Northenden Players | Best Director | |||
David | Paul Ward | Accrington Pals | Farnworth Little Theatre | Winner | Best Director | ||
David | Stephen Johnson | Move Over, Mrs Markham | Carver Theatre | Best Director | |||
David | Sandra Simpson | Serjeant Musgraves Dance | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Director | |||
David | Dave Murray | The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband | Macclesfield ADS | Best Director | |||
Brian | Aladdin | Sale Nomads | Winner | Best Pantomime | |||
Brian | Aladdin | Carver Theatre | Best Pantomime | ||||
Brian | The Snow Queen | Tyldesley Little Theatre | Best Pantomime | ||||
Brian | Santa in Space | Hyde Little Theatre | Best Pantomime | ||||
Brian | Ghost | PADOS Youth Theatre | Best Youth Theatre Production | ||||
Brian | Into The Woods | CATS Youth Theatre | Winner | Best Youth Theatre Production | |||
Brian | Fiddler on the Roof | St Philips Junior Workshop | Best Youth Theatre Production | ||||
Brian | Grease | Brookdale Youth Theatre | Best Youth Theatre Production | ||||
Brian | Hello Dolly | Heywood AODS | Best Musical Production | ||||
Brian | Evita | Mossley AODS | Winner | Best Musical Production | |||
Brian | Into the Woods | CATS Youth Theatre | Best Musical Production | ||||
Brian | The Addams Family | Whitefield AODS | Best Musical Production | ||||
Peter | An Inspector Calls | Farnworth Little Theatre | Winner | Best Production | |||
Peter | The Accrington Pals | Whitefield Garrick | Best Production | ||||
Peter | One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest | Summerseat Players | Best Production | ||||
Peter | Yes Prime Minister | Lyceum Players | Best Production | ||||
Carla | The Thrill Of Love | Wilmslow Green Room Society | Winner | Best Production | |||
Carla | Broken Glass | Chads Theatre | Best Production | ||||
Carla | Conduct Unbecoming | The MARCO Players | Best Production | ||||
Carla | Oh What A Lovely War | Carver Theatre | Best Production | ||||
David | The Ladykillers | The MARCO Players | Best Production | ||||
David | Blackadder Goes Forth | Mossley AODS | Winner | Best Production | |||
David | Serjeant Musgraves Dance | Bolton Little Theatre | Best Production | ||||
David | Accrington Pals | Farnworth Little Theatre | Best Production |