This year has seen many excellent productions, making it difficult in all categories to select just a few for nominations. Additionally, we have had to remember that the CDA constitution and the Adjudicator Guidelines specify that ‘a group or society’ may request entry into the festival, not a collaboration. Therefore, when several groups work together, that production is not eligible for the ‘Company’ awards but only for individual trophies. We have done our best to uphold the CDA spirit: to applaud excellence, encourage talent and creativity – regardless of the group’s size – and to honour the work of everyone within the Cornwall amateur theatre community.

CDA AWARD FOR BEST SET IN A MUSICAL

• Trewoon Pantomime Group ‘The Little Mermaid’
• Falmouth Theatre Company ‘The Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein’
• St Stephen Pantomime Company ‘Aladdin’

CHRISTINE WOOLF AWARD FOR FINE ENSEMBLE PLAYING – EITHER CATEGORY

• Helston Theatre Company ‘The Perfectly Timed Death of an Imaginary Friend’
• Threemilestone Amateur Dramatics Society Youth ‘Chat Room’
• Trewoon Pantomime Group ‘The Little Mermaid’
• St Austell Amateur Operatic Society ‘Legally Blonde the Musical’

PAULA THORNTON AWARD FOR BEST COSTUMES IN A PLAY

• Gweek Players ‘In the Next Room’
• Newquay Dramatic Society ‘Dirty Dusting’
• St Austell Players ‘A Murder is Announced’
• St Austell Players ‘Rashleigh’

CDA AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – MUSICALS and PANTOMIMES

• Norman Hawkey as Dahlia in ‘Only Beasts and Beauty’ Ruthern Valley Players
• Julie Rundle as Delabole Boy in ‘Only Beasts and Beauty’ Ruthern Valley Players
• Tara Brownfield as Roz Keith in ‘9 to 5’ Penzance Musical Theatre
• Alice Waterfield as Paulette Buonufonte in ‘Legally Blonde the Musical’ St Austell Amateur Operatic Society
• Laura Stephens as Frau Blucher in ‘The Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein’ Falmouth Theatre Company
• Vicky Nagy as Elizabeth Benning in ‘The Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein’ Falmouth Theatre Company

EILEEN STRATTON TROPHY FOR BEST SET IN A PLAY

• Gweek Players ‘In the Next Room’
• Newquay Dramatic Society ‘The Ghost Train’
• Camhayle Theatre Club ‘Round and Round the Garden’
• St Austell Players ‘A Murder is Announced’

MARY DOWNIE AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY

• Trenton Spear as Leo Irving in ‘In the Next Room’ Gweek Players
• Jim Robinson as Will Fern in ‘The Chimes’ Carnon Downs Drama Group
• Joe Hirsch as Patrick Simmons in ‘A Murder is Announced’ St Austell Players
• Darren Drew as Mr Daldry in ‘In the Next Room’ Gweek Players

CAROL TAYLOR AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY

• Aline Turner as Malvolio in ‘Twelfth Night’ Gweek Players
• Natalie Ross as Annie in ‘Round and Round the Garden’ Camhayle Theatre Club
• Sue Murray as Feste in ‘Twelfth Night’ Gweek Players
• Bex Rogers as Stella Kowalski in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ St Austell Players

CDA AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COSTUMES IN A MUSICAL or PANTOMIME

• St Stephen Pantomime Company ‘Aladdin’
• Trewoon Pantomime Group ‘The Little Mermaid’
• Karnon Kidz ‘Frozen Jr’

SALLY ROBINSON TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

• To be announced on the night

ROY CROSLEY AWARD FOR A YOUNG ACTOR OF 18 OR UNDER – EITHER CATEGORY

The winner will be announced on the night

PEPPER AWARD FOR BEST ONE ACT PLAY

• Callington Amateur Drama Society ‘The Actor’s Nightmare’
• Helston Theatre Company ‘The Perfectly Timed Death of an Imaginary Friend’
• TOUCH Theatre ‘Sea Wall’

CDA AWARD FOR BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A MUSICAL or PANTOMIME

• St Austell Amateur Operatic Society ‘Legally Blonde the Musical’
• Falmouth Theatre Company ‘The Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein’
• Roche Pantomime Players ‘Cinderella’
• St Blazey Amateur Operatic Society ‘Dick Whittington’

JOHN WALTON AWARD FOR THE BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE

• Thivinya Samarawickrama as William in ‘Chat Room’ Threemilestone Amateur Dramatics Society Youth
• Lily-May Nason as SpongeBob in ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ Young Generation
• Jessica Bailey as Emily Webb in ‘Our Town’ St Agnes Players
• Noah Richards as Aladdin in ‘Aladdin’ St Stephen Pantomime Company

RICHARD POULTER TROPHY FOR BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY

• Ryan Full as Stanley Kowalski in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ St Austell Players
• Jacob Langford as Roland in ‘Constellations’ St Agnes Theatre Players
• David Carlisle as Stage Manager in ‘Our Town’ St Agnes Theatre Players
• Ian Tutin as Alex in ‘Sea Wall’ TOUCH Theatre
• Kelvin Leighton-Julian as Ali in ‘The Actor’s Nightmare’ Callington Amateur Drama Society

EILEEN STRATTON TROPHY FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY

• Olivia Coon as Pattie Rashleigh in ‘Rashleigh’ St Austell Players
• Lara Salter as Marianne in ‘Constellations’ St Agnes Players
• Maria Tiplady as Mrs Givings in ‘In the Next Room’ Gweek Players
• Rachel Bailey as Rachel Watson in ‘The Girl on the Train’ Truro Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society

PAMELA DINSMORE AWARD FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN EITHER CATEGORY

• Helston Theatre Company ‘Cinderella’ the flying coach
• Young Generation ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ special effects under UV lights
• Roche Pantomime Players ‘Cinderella’ the cart into coach transformation
• Falmouth Theatre Company ‘The Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein’ versatile scenery and the use of film photography and projection

CDA AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

• Toby Nicholas as Dr Frederick Frankenstein in ‘The Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein’
• Stevie Thomas as Franklin Hart Jnr in ‘9 to 5’
• Andrew Budge as Professor Callahan in ‘Legally Blonde the Musical’
• Jonathan Tucker as Jean Valjean in ‘Les Miserables’

CDA AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

• Charlotte Laity as Fantine in ‘Les Miserables’
• Grace Wallen as Eponine in ‘Les Miserables’
• Jess Madeley as Elle Woods in ‘Legally Blonde the Musical’
• Terri Munday as Judy Bernly in ‘9 to 5’
• Eloise Little as Dorothy in ‘The Wizard of Oz’

CDA Award for Outstanding Performance in a Pantomime

• Andrew Kennedy as Dame Trixie in ‘Rapunzel the Pantomime’
• Chris Gray as Widow Twankey in ‘Aladdin’
• Lorna Harris as Persil in ‘The Little Mermaid’
• Liam Smith and Mike Coleman as Gertrude and Grizelda in ‘Cinderella’

DORIS BERRYMAN TROPHY FOR BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL

• Katie Stephens for ‘Cinderella’
• Kathy West for ‘Legally Blonde the Musical’
• Charlotte Field for ‘The Little Mermaid’
• Ashley Spear for ‘The Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein’

FRED SHEPHERD TROPHY FOR BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

• Kathy Morris for ‘Constellations’
• Aline Turner for ‘In the Next Room’
• Sandy-Tyndale Biscoe and Emma McGee for ‘Twelfth Night’
• Gary Smith for ‘Chat Room’

FREDDIE ROWE AWARD

(presented by the CDA chairman). Announced on the night.

CHRIS HANSELL AWARD FOR BEST PANTOMIME

• Trewoon Pantomime Group ‘The Little Mermaid’
• St Stephen Pantomime Company ‘Aladdin’
• Roche Pantomime Players ‘Cinderella’
• St Blazey Amateur Operatic Society ‘Dick Whittington’

CDA TROPHY FOR BEST PLAY

• St Agnes Players ‘Constellations’
• Gweek Players ‘In the Next Room’
• Threemilestone Amateur Dramatics Society Youth ‘Chat Room’
• Truro Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society ‘The Girl on the Train’

CDA TROPHY FOR BEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION

• Penzance Musical Theatre Company ‘9 to 5’
• Falmouth Theatre Company ‘The Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein’
• St Austell Amateur Operatic Society ‘Legally Blonde the Musical’

SPECIAL AWARDS

Special awards will be announced on the night