Cheshire Theatre Guild Awards 2004/05

Poster Award

Nantwich Youth Theatre for The Elephant Man

   

Barry Phillips Award for the Most Promising Youngster (Male)

 
Daniel Shaw for Bill Sykes in Oliver Twist   Frodsham Players
Will Roddy for Fagin in Oliver Twist  Club Drama
Edward Passmore for John Merrick in The Elephant Man   Nantwich Youth Theatre
David Hodgson for Andrews in Our Day Out  Bollington Festival Players
Winner  
Edward Passmore for John Merrick in The Elephant Man     Nantwich Youth Theatre
   
Rebecca Seymour Award for Most Promising Youngster (Female)
Shanice Stewart-Jones for Mrs Kendal in The Elephant Man Nantwich Youth Theatre
Katie Oakes for Hester Worsley in  A Woman of no Importance  Harlequin Players
Alice Barlow for Carol in Our Day Out  Bollington Festival Players
Jessica Irving for Robber Maiden in The Snow Queen   The Club Theatre
Winner  

Katie Oakes for Hester Worsley in A Woman of no Importance

Harlequin Players
   
Geoffrey Croxford Cup for Best Supporting Actor
John McKay for Grumio in The Taming of the Shrew    Chester Theatre Club
Sean Duvall for Charlie Chump in Hickory, Dickory, Dock  Knutsford Little Theatre
Colin Forster for Firs in The Cherry Orchard   Stockton Heath Methodist Players
Dave Gilliver for The Ratcatcher etc in Kindertransport  Harlequin Players
Winner  

Colin Forster for Firs in The Cherry Orchard

Stockton Heath Methodist Players
   
Geoffrey Kellett Cup for Best Supporting Actress
Helen Gresty for Phoebe in Mr Wonderful   Nantwich Players
Grace Reed for Aunt Jennings in Sense and Sensibility   Wilmslow Guild Players
Jenny Hindmarsh for Lady Caroline Pontefract in A Woman of no  importance Harlequin Players
Pam Hill for Lil in Kindertransport Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Winner  

Helen Gresty for Phoebe in Mr Wonderful

Nantwich Players
   
James Tait Award for Best Production with Musical Content
Mike Wilding for Stop the World  Knutsford Little Theatre
Andrew Burr for Our Day Out   Bollington Festival Players
Andrew Rudd for Oliver Twist Frodsham Players
Val Harris for The Snow Queen  The Club Theatre
Winner  

Mike Wilding for Stop the World

Knutsford Little Theatre
   
Margaret Thomas Salver for Best Costume
The Importance of Being Earnest The Club Theatre
Cinderella  Sale Nomads
The Wind in The Willows   Harlequin Players
A Woman of no Importance  Harlequin Players
Winner  

A Woman of no Importance

Harlequin Players
   
Ron Gleave Shield for Best Lighting and Sound
Shakers Knutsford Little Theatre
Anna Karenina Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Oliver Twist Frodsham Players
The Haunting of Hill House Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Winner  

The Haunting of Hill House

Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
   
Bramhall Cup for Best Presentation
The Cherry Orchard  Stockton Heath Methodist Dramatic Society
The Wind in the Willows Harlequin Players
Just Between Ourselves  Moulton Drama Group
Things We Do For Love

Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society

Winner  

The Wind in the Willows

Harlequin Players
   
Vicky Lane Trophy for Dramatic Achievement (Use of Space / Auditorium)

The Steamie

Sale Nomads

Animal Farm

Moulton Drama Group

Oliver Twist

Frodsham Players

Mr Wonderful

Nantwich Players
Winner  

Oliver Twist

Frodsham Players
   
Adjudicators Award for Theatrical Adventure

Nantwich Youth Theatre The Elephant Man for theatricality and excellent ensemble work from a young cast.

   
David Lane Cup for Best Actor
Graham Binningsley for John Smith in Run for Your Wife  Nantwich Players
Chris Bradley for Petruchio in The Taming of The Shrew Chester Little Theatre
Don Hirst for Toad in The Wind in the Willows   Harlequin Players
Alan Prior for Oz in Me and My Friend Harlequin Players
Winner  

Don Hirst for Toad in The Wind in the Willows

Harlequin Players
   

Allan Warburton Cup for Best Actress

Val Bacon for Mrs Culfeathers in The Steamie  Sale Nomads
Barbara Jemmett for Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew Chester Theatre Club
Linda Evans for Norma in Mr Wondereful   Nantwich Players
Susan Sills for Barbara Trapes in Things We Do For Love

Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society

Winner  

Barbara Jemmett for Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew

Chester Theatre Club
   
Best Director
Gordon Hamlin for  Kindertransport Harlequin Players
Jane Barth for The Taming of the Shrew   Chester Theatre Club
Jon Kerr for The Wind in the Willows  Harlequin Players
Barbara Whalley for Mr Wonderful Nantwich Players
Dawn Sims for Things We Do For Love  Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Winner  

Jon Kerr  for The Wind in the Willows

Harlequin Players
   
Ron Arscott Shield For Runner Up
John F Blackburn Award for Best Overall Production
Mr Wonderful Nantwich Players
The Taming of the Shrew Chester Theatre Club
Things We Do For Love Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
Wind in the Willows Harlequin Players
Winner  
Ron Arscott Shield for Runner Up  
Things We Do For Love Macclesfield Amateur Dramatic Society
John F Blackburn Award for Best Overall Production  

Wind in the Willows

Harlequin Players

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