CHESHIRE THEATRE  GUILD AWARDS 2002/03

Poster Award
Bollington Festival Players for Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime
   
Barry Phillips Award for Most Promising Youngster (male)
Arwel Pritchard for The Ogre in Puss in Boots Bollington Festival Players
Daniel Shaw for Jay in Lost in Yonkers  Frodsham Players
Iain Bennett for Arty in Lost in Yonkers Frodsham Players
Ashley Wilcox for Harvey Hunter in The Demon Headteacher Nantwich Players
Daniel Ashley for Laurie Lee in Cider with Rosie  Nantwich Players
Winners  
Daniel Shaw for Jay in Lost in Yonkers Frodsham Players
Iain Bennett  for Arty in Lost in Yonkers  Frodsham Players
   
Rebecca Seymour Award for Most Promising Youngster (female)
Kirsty Challinor for Ingrid in The Demon Headteacher  Nantwich Players
Claire Winstanley for Hester in The Herbal Bed Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Kate Binningsley for Marie in My Three Angels  Nantwich Players
Winner  
Kirsty Challinor for Ingrid in The Demon Headteacher  Nantwich Players
   
Geoffrey Croxford Cup for Best Supporting Actor
Robert Leckenby for Thomas Howard in Katherine Howard  Stockton Heath Playmakers
Tony Hughes for Faulkland in The Rivals Wilslow Guild Players
Simon Porter for Bob Phillips in How the Other Half Loves Harlequin Players
Graham Binningsley for Jules in My Three Angels Nantwich Players
Peter Nawn for Sergeant Plod in Inspector Drake's Perfekt Crime The Club Theatre
Peter Reid for Egan in Murder by Misadventure Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Winner  
Tony Hughes for Faulkland in The Rivals Wilslow Guild Players
   
Geoffrey Kellett Cup for Best Supporting Actress
Pauline Neville for Lady Jane in Katherine Howard Stockton Heath Playmakers
Adele Cockshott for Julia in The Rivals Wilmslow Guild Players
Vinnie Gaffney for Ouiser in Steele Magnolias Wistaston Community Players
Rachel Osbourne for Elaine in Arsenic and Old Lace The Club Theatre
Diane McIntyre for Rachel in Seasons Greetings Bollington Festival Players
Stacey Hirst for Annelle in Steele Magnolias Harlequin Players
Winner  
Rachel Osbourne for Elaine in Arsenic and Old Lace The Club Theatre
   
James Tait Award for Best Production with Musical Content
Nantwich Players   The Demon Headteacher
Sale Nomads Babes in the Wood
Bollington Festival Players Puss in Boots
Knutsford Little Theatre Cinderella
Wilmslow Theatre Guild Panto at the OK Coral
Winner  
Nantwich Players The Demon Headteacher
   
Margaret Thomas Salver for Best Costume
Stockton Heath Playmakers   Katherine Howard
Wilmslow Guild Players The Rivals
Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society An Ideal Husband
Bollington Festival Players Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime
Harlequin Players How the Other Half Loves
Winner  
Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society An Ideal Husband
   
Ron Gleave Shield for Best Lighting and Sound
The Club Theatre  Inspector Drake's Perfekt Crime
Harlequin Players  Keeping Tom Nice
Harlequin Players Romeo and Juliet
Knutsford Little Theatre Cinderella
Winner  
The Club Theatre Inspector Drake's Perfekt Crime
   
Bramhall Cup for Best Presentation
The Club Theatre Arsenic and Old Lace
The Club Theatre Inspector Drakes's Perfekt Crime
Harlequin Players  A Christmas Carol
Harlequin Players How the Other Half Loves
Bollington Festival Players  Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime
Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society The Herbal Bed
Winner  
Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society  The Herbal Bed
   
Vicky Lane Trophy for Dramatic Achievement (use of space / auditorium)
Stockton Heath Playmakers Katherine Howard
Harlequin Players Keeping Tom Nice
Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society The Herbal Bed
Wilmslow Guild Players  The Rivals
Bollington Festival Players Seasons Greetings
Frodsham Players The Crucible
Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society South Pacific
Winner  
Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society South Pacific
   
Adjudicators Award
Impact Theatre Company  
   
David Lane Cup for Best Actor
Chris Bradley for Felix in the Odd Couple Chester Little Theatre
Stuart McNeil for Proctor in The Crucible Frodsham Players
John Smith for Father in Keeping Tom Nice Harlequin Players
Mike Ferguson for Billy in Five Kinds of Silence Impact Theatre Company
Dick Burton for Reginald in Quartet Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Winner  
Stuart McNeil for Proctor in The Crucible Frodsham Players
   
Allan Warburton Cup for Best Actress
Nikki Brailsford for Eva in Kindertransport Tudor Players
Meg Cooper for Lil in Kindertransport  Tudor Players
Amy Dean for Juliet in Romeo and Juliet Harlequin Players
Vicky Cain for Bella in Lost in Yonkers Frodsham Players
Rani Jackson for Mrs Cheveley in An Ideal Husband  Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Fiona Barton for Rachel in My Cousin Rachel Culcheth Players
Carol Houghton for Shirley in Shirley Valentine Impact Theatre Company
Shirley Southern for  Evy Meara in The Gingerbread Lady Tudor Players
Winner  
 Nikki Brailsford for Eva in Kindertransport Tudor Players
   
Best Director
Gordon Hamlin for Romeo and Juliet Harlequin Players
Christine Miller for South Pacific  Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society
Jon Kerr for Keeping Tom Nice Harlequin Players
John Cunningham for Up ‘N Under Sale Nomads
Jeff Brailsford for Kindertransport  Tudor Players
Linda Evans for The Demon Headteacher Nantwich Players
Winner  
Gordon Hamlin for Romeo and Juliet Harlequin Players
   
Ron Arscott Shield for Runner Up
Manchester Evening News Salver for Best Overall Production
Up ‘N Under Sale Nomads
Kindertransport Tudor Players
Romeo and Juliet Harlequin Players
The Odd Couple Chester Little Theatre
Lost in Yonkers  Frodsham Players
Ron Arscott Shield for Runner Up  
The Odd Couple Chester Little Theatre
Manchester Evening News Salver for Best Overall Production
Up ‘N Under Sale Nomads

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