Here are the nominations for the 2019-2021 Theatre Festival awards presented at our Nominations Evening via Zoom on 7th November 2020.
Exceptionally the committee has decided to extend the current festival for a further year, and any productions that take place up to 31st August 2021 will be eligible to enter the competiton and any additional nominations will be added to this list in September 2021
Presentation of the awards to the winners are planned for our Theatre Day in 2021 – details to be arranged
Our congratulations go to all those who have been nominated.
CDA AWARD FOR BEST COSTUMES IN A MUSICAL
- KidzRUs. ‘Sleeping Beauty’
- Centenary Drama Group & CD Kids. ‘Robinson Crusoe’
- Avalon Youth Theatre. ‘Cats’
- Helston Theatre Company. ‘Aladdin’
CDA AWARD FOR BEST SET IN A MUSICAL
- Avalon Youth Theatre. ‘Cats’
- KidzRUs. ‘Sleeping Beauty’
- St Blazey Amateur Operatic Society. ‘Robin Hood and the Babes of Sherwood’
CDA AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – MUSICALS
- Adrian Ward as Widow Twankey in ‘Aladdin’ Polbathic Players
- Karen Smith as Dame Dolly in ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. Threemilestone Amateur Dramatic Society
ROY CROSLEY AWARD FOR A YOUNG ACTOR OF 18 OR UNDER – EITHER CATEGORY
Joint winners:
- Bethan Robinson as Red Riding Hood. Carnon Downs Drama Group ‘The Sleeping Beauty’
- Owen Hawkey as Ronnie Winslow. Camhayle Theatre Company. ‘The Winslow Boy’
JOHN WALTON AWARD FOR THE BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
- Avalon Youth Theatre. ‘Cats’
- Lily Needham as Grizabella in ‘Cats’. Avalon Youth Theatre
PAMELA DINSMORE AWARD FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT IN EITHER CATEGORY
- St Austell Players, ‘Macbeth’
- Gweek Players, ‘The Body’
- Lizard Dramatic Society. ‘Catching Rabbit’
- St Austell Amateur Operatic Society, ‘Shrek’
CHRISTINE WOOLF AWARD FOR FINE ENSEMBLE PLAYING – EITHER CATEGORY
- Gweek Players. ‘The Welkin’
- Carnon Downs Drama Group. ‘Pop Goes the Patient’
- Helston Theatre Company, ‘Movies 2 Musicals’
- Centenary Drama Group & CD Kids, ‘Oliver!’
- St Austell Amateur Operatic Society, ‘Shrek’
SALLY ROBINSON TROPHY FOR OUTSTANDING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
- Millie Millington for overall musical contribution, Newquay Stage Company. ‘Sing to Me’
- Harry Charleston, Helston Theatre Company ‘Robin Hood & the Babes in the Wood’
CDA AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
- Rob Marks as Odious/Tenacious in ‘Jack & the Beanstalk’. Stoke Climsland Amateur Dramatic Soc.
- Gary Hunt as Widow Twankey in ‘Aladdin’. Helston Theatre Company
- Nathan Hooper as Mrs Crusoe in ‘Robinson Crusoe’ Centenary Drama Group & CD Kids
CDA AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
- Emma Peck as Pinocchio in ‘Pinocchio ~ no strings attached’ Ruthern Valley Players
- Jasmine Ives as Princess Mei Lin in ‘Aladdin’. Helston Theatre Company
- Sarah England as Aladdin in ‘Aladdin’ Helston Theatre Company
DORIS BERRYMAN TROPHY FOR BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL
- Gemma Crook. ‘Cats’ Avalon Youth Theatre
- Russel Hicken. ‘Sleeping Beauty’. KidzRUs
- Gail Wilson. ’Pinocchio ~ no strings attached’. Ruthern Valley Players
CHRIS HANSELL AWARD FOR BEST PANTOMIME
- ‘Sleeping Beauty’. KidzRUs
- ‘Aladdin’. Helston Theatre Company
- ‘Sleeping Beauty’. Carnon Downs Drama Group
- ‘Robin Hood and the Sherwood Babes’. St Blazey Amateur Operatic Society
- ‘Pinocchio ~ no strings attached’. Ruthern Valley Players
CDA TROPHY FOR BEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION
- ‘Cats’. Avalon Youth Theatre
PAULA THORNTON AWARD FOR BEST COSTUMES IN A PLAY
- Carnon Downs Drama Group ‘And Then There Were None’
- St Austell Players. ‘The Lion in Winter’
EILEEN STRATTON TROPHY FOR BEST SET IN A PLAY
- Gulls Theatre. ‘Birthday Suits’
- St Austell Players ‘The Lion in Winter’
- Newquay Dramatic Society. ‘No Exit’
MARY DOWNIE AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – PLAYS
- Luke Dunstone as George in ‘Don’t Dress for Dinner’. Veryan Players
- Julie Wheldon as Mrs Slocombe in’Are You Being Served?’ Callington Amateur Dramatic Soc.
- Jaime Hawkey as Catherine Winslow in ‘The Winslow Boy’. Camhayle Theatre Company
- Rachel Bailey as Estelle Rigault In ‘No Exit’. Newquay Dramatic Society
PEPPER AWARD FOR BEST ONE ACT PLAY
Pending
RICHARD POULTER TROPHY FOR BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
- Kevin Everett as Arthur Winslow in ‘The Winslow Boy’. Camhayle Theatre Company
- Jeremy Rowe as Sir Robert Morton in ‘The Winslow Boy’. Camhayle Theatre Company
- William Randelsome as The Son in ‘The Glass Menagerie’ St. Agnes Players
EILEEN STRATTON TROPHY FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
- Oriel Bennett as Micheleine in ‘Splendour’ Touch Theatre
- Stephanie Randlesome as Gilma in ‘Splendour’. Touch Theatre
- Jenny Adams as The Mother in ‘The Glass Menagerie’. St Agnes Players
FRED SHEPHERD TROPHY FOR BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
- Kath Archer. ‘Splendour’. Touch Theatre
- Kathy Morris. ‘The Glass Menagerie’. St Agnes Players
- Jem Marshall ‘The Winslow Boy’. Camhayle Theatre Company
- David Faulkner. ‘No Exit’. Newquay Dramatic Society
CDA TROPHY FOR THE BEST PLAY
- ‘Splendour’. Touch Theatre
- ‘The Glass Menagerie’. St Agnes Players
- ‘No Exit’. Newquay Dramatic Society
SPECIAL AWARDS
- Gulls Theatre. ‘Birthday Suits’. Outstanding original script- James Oliver
- Polbathic Players. ‘Aladdin’. Chinese Dragon and UV skeletons
- Avalon Youth Theatre. ‘Cats’. Outstanding choreography
- Ruthern Valley Players ‘Pinocchio ~ no strings attached’. Spectacular whale
- Callington Amateur Dramatic Society 3 Little Pigs in ‘Red Riding Hood’
- Carnon Downs Drama Group ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Outstanding Original Pantomime Script David Ivall
- Stoke Climsland Amateur Dramatic Society. ‘Jack & the Beanstalk’ Jacob Long – Caroline the Cow Sophie Long – Chough.