CHESHIRE THEATRE  GUILD AWARDS 2000/01

Poster Award  
Stockton Heath Methodists Dramatic Society for Amadeus
 
Barry Phillips Award for the Most Promising Youngster (Male)
Jamie Spawton as Thomas in 84 Charing Cross Road Wilmslow Guild
Sam Townley as Bert in All My Sons Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Joel Keating as Loll in Cider with Rosie Frodsham Players
Barry Evans as Wilf Crompton in Spring and Port Wine  Culcheth Players
Winner
Joel Keating as Loll in Cider with Rosie                 Frodsham Players
 
Rebecca Seymour Award for the Most Promising Youngster (Female)
Holly Ankrah as Rosie in Stepping Out Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society
Natalie Smith as Sally in Good Old Summertime Culcheth Players
Rosie Lomas as Hobgoblin in The Snow Queen Bollington Festival Players
Vicky Hone as Anne Catherick in Mystery at Blackwater Wilmslow Guild
Laura Sheldon as Primrose in The Darling Buds of May Nantwich Players
Winner
Rosie Lomas as Hobgoblin in The Snow Queen Bollington Festival Players
 
The Geoffrey Croxford Cup for Best Supporting Actor
Ron Challender as Arnold in Alaphabetical Order Stockton Heath Playmakers
Don Hirst as Sergeant Fielding in Early One Morning Harlequin Players
Gerry Card as Henry Ormonroyd in When We Are Married Tudor Players
Bruce Harrison as Lomax in Office Suite Frodsham Players
David Postance as Officer O’Hara in Arsenic and Old Lace Bollington Festival Players
Winner
Ron Challender as Arnold in Alaphabetical Order Stockton Heath Playmakers
 
The Geoffrey Kellett Cup for Best Supporting Actress
Margaret Card as Mrs Northrop in When we Are Married Tudor Players
Pam Snape as Babuska in Red Riding Hood Sale Nomads
Margaret Edkins as Mrs Fraser in Stepping Out Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society
Rosemary McDowell as Mrs Purdey in The Daughter in Law Davenham and Sandiway Players
Fran Halliwell as Ouiser Boudreaux in Steel Magnolias Nantwich Players
Winner
Pam Snape as Babuska in Red Riding Hood Sale Nomads
 
The James Tait Award for Best Production with Musical Content
The Snow Queen Bollington Festival Players
Treasure Island The Club Theatre
Amadeus Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society
Blood Brothers Impact Theatre Company
Winner
Blood Brothers Impact Theatre Company
 
The Margaret Thomas Salver for Best Costume
The Crucible Harlequin Players
Amadeus Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society
Goldilocks Wilmslow Guild
Treasure Island The Club Theatre
Chauerama Moulton Drama Group
Winner
Goldilocks Wilmslow Guild
 
The Ron Gleave Sheild for Best Lighting and Sound
I’ll be Back Before Midnight Harlequin Players
Absurd Person Singular Nantwich Players
Red Riding Hood Sale Nomads
Dracula Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Winner
Dracula Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
 
The Bramhall Cup for Best Set Presentation
Relatively Speaking Sandbach Players
Neville’s Island Harlequin Players
Steel Magnolias Nantwich Players
The Daughter in Law Davenham and Sandiway Players
Party Piece The Club Theatre
Winner
Steel Magnolias Nantwich Players
 
The Vicki Lane Trophy for Dramatic Achievement (The use of acting space / auditorium)
Groping for Words Culcheth Players
All my Sons Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Amadeus Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society
The Underwich Project Moulton Drama Group
Winner  
Groping for Words Culcheth Players
 
Adjudicators Award
Ian Sherwood for the Fiddler in Cider with Rosie Harlequin Players
Davenham and Sandiway Players for The Daughter in Law
Sandbach Players for Relatively Speaking
Harlequin Players for a consistent season of High Quality Theatre
Winner  
Davenham and Sandiway Players for The Daughter in Law
 
The David Lane Cup for Best Actor
Peter Womby as Joe Keller in All My Sons Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Darren Scott as Tom in Keeping Tom Nice Impact Theatre company
Albert Sawyer as George in Groping for Words Culcheth Players
Don Hirst in Two Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Dave Gilliver as Neville in Neville’s Island Harlequin Players
Richard Broadbent as Salieri in Amadeus Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society
Winner
Richard Broadbent as Salieri in Amadeus Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society
 
The Allan Warburton Cup for Best Actress
Meg Cooper as Margaret Haddrell in Dead Guilty Sale Nomads
Jenny Hindmarch as Mother in Cider with Rosie Harlequin Players
Hilary Pollard as Charlie in Keeping Tom Nice Impact Theatre Company
Val Hunt as Helen Hanff in 84 Charing Cross Road Wilmslow Guild
Leila Pilkington as Mrs Hinson in Party Piece The Club Theatre
Jenny Bond as Shelby in Steel Magnolias Nantwich Players
Winner
Leila Pilkington as Mrs Hinson in Party Piece The Club Theatre
 
Best Director
Gordon Hamlin for Two Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Don Hirst for Neville’s Island Harlequin Players
John Powell for Party Piece The Club Theatre
Darren Scott for Leeping Tom Nice Impact Theatre Company
Robert Meadows for Chaucerama Moulton Drama Group
Christine Miller for Stepping Out Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society
Winner
Robert Meadows for Chaucerama Moulton Drama Group
 
Ron Arscott Sheild For Runner up to Best Overall Production  
Manchester Evening News Salver for Best Overall Production  
When we Are Married Tudor Players
Early One Morning Harlequin Players
Groping for Words Culcheth Players
I’ll Be Back Before Midnight Harlequin Players
Winners
Ron Arscott Sheild For Runner up to Best Overall Production  
When we Are Married Tudor Players
Manchester Evening News Salver for Best Overall Production  
Early One Morning Harlequin Players

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