The David Beach Awards Nominations 2019
December 22 2019, News The David Beach CompetitionHere are the long-awaited nominations for the David Beach Competition.
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The judging is very rigorous and the competition was exceptionally close this year. If you have been nominated it is a considerable reflection on your contribution.
If you have not been nominated you may have been very close indeed and should certainly not be disheartened, the level in every category was very high indeed.
The Awards Evening will be, as usual at Somerset County Cricket Club in Taunton on Saturday 7th March – Information on Ticket sales will be published early in the New Year
Many thanks, congratulations or commiserations and a very Happy Christmas
Ian
| AWARD | SOCIETY | SHOW | NOMINATION |
| Best Sound | WSM | Chicago | Aaron Sayers |
| Best Sound | Argyle Productions | Guys and Dolls | Society |
| Best Sound | Nailsea | The Wiz | Seth Atkinson, Chris Waller |
| Best Sound | CATS | Sweet Charity | Peter Volk |
| Best Creative Lighting | 21st century Production | Jesus Christ Superstar | Society |
| Best Creative Lighting | Weston Operatic | Hot Mikado | Society |
| Best Creative Lighting | CLOC | Chess | Andy and Lauren Hughes |
| Best Creative Lighting | Nailsea | The Wiz | Ben Rodd, Chris Waller |
| Best Creative Lighting | WSM | Mack & Mabel | The Lighting team |
| Best Creative Lighting | WODS | Evita | Alex Scott |
| Bright* Technical Award | CLOC | Chess | Craig Bennett |
| Bright* Technical Award | Argyle Productions | Guys and Dolls | Society |
| Bright* Technical Award | MATA | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | The large Props Build team |
| Bright* Technical Award | WSM | Mack & Mabel | Sophie Teale for original projection artwork |
| Bright* Technical Award | YAOS | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | YAOS |
| Best Props | Argyle Productions | Guys and Dolls | Society |
| Best Props | GSMCS | The Addams Family | Mo and Andy Pickford, Ralph White |
| Best Props | CLOC | Jekyll and Hyde | Society |
| Best Props | CATS | Sweet Charity | Clive Hooper, Teena Hooper and
John Whitchurch |
| Best Props | WSM | Mack & Mabel | Carl Atkinson |
| Best Stage Management | Tickenham Drama Group | Company | Simon Coghlan-Forbes |
| Best Stage Management | Bridgwater Operatic | Sister Act | Darren Baker, Neil Priddle and team |
| Best Stage Management | GSMCS | The Addams Family | Simon Lean ably assisted
by The Ancestors |
| Best Stage Management | CLOC | Jekyll and Hyde | Society |
| Best Stage Management | YAOS | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Nigel Bussell and team |
| Best Stage Management | Merlin Theatre | My Fair Lady | Simon Maughan |
| Best Made Set | CLOC | Chess | Lynda Prescott John Fox and team |
| Best Made Set | WSM | Chicago | Carl Atkinson/Leah Farmer |
| Best Made Set | Tickenham Drama Group | Company | Simon Coglan-Forbes, Will Taylor and Tickenham Drama Group |
| Best Made Set | MPO | Anything Goes | MPO Set team |
| Best Made Set | GSMCS | The Addams Family | Pete Loxton and Hamish Bradwell |
| Best Made Set | Motiv8 | Starlight Express | Society |
| Best Made Set | Merlin Theatre | My Fair Lady | Merlin Theatre |
| Best Costumes | Argyle Productions | Guys and Dolls | Society provided or Made |
| Best Costumes | GSMCS | The Addams Family | GSMCS Costume team |
| Best Costumes | Weston Operatic | Hot Mikado | Society |
| Best Costumes | Motiv8 | Starlight Express | Society |
| Best Costumes | Weston Operatic | Chicago | Society |
| Best Costumes | CUDOS | Sound of Music | Society |
| Best Female 16 and Under | Wellington Operatic | Annie | Daisy Holloway (seen and Emily Sellick (alt) as Annie |
| Best Female 16 and Under | MATA | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Natalia Carey (9) as Jemima Potts |
| Best Female 16 and Under | CUDOS | The Sound of Music | Daisy Dexter as Brigitta Von Trapp |
| Best Female 16 and Under | Nailsea | The Wiz | Amelia Shields as Dorothy |
| Best Female 16 and Under | YAOS | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Olivia-Rose Wiehahn Fenella Milner – Jemima Potts |
| Best Male 16 and Under | MATA | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Dexter Daley (10) as Jeremy Potts |
| Best Male 16 and Under | TAOS | CATS | Tyler Curry as Munkustrap |
| Best Male 16 and Under | GSMCS | The Addams Family | Dougal Bradwell as Pugsley Addams |
| Best Male 16 and Under | YMTC | Peter Pan | Jack Thomas-Boddy as Captain Hook |
| Best Male 16 and Under | YAOS | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Ewan Cassell – Benjamin Read – Jeremy Potts |
| Best Female 17 -21 | CLOC | Chess | Mollie Kent (21) as Svetlana Sergievsky |
| Best Female 17-21 | GSMCS | The Addams Family | Lydia Stobie-Owen as Wednesday Addams |
| Best Female 17-21 | CUDOS | The Sound of Music | Jess Payne as Maria |
| Best Female 17-21 | Nailsea Musicals | The Wiz | Kara Taylor as Addaperle |
| Best Male 17-21 | YAOS | 42nd Street | Sterling Wilder-Gay (18) as Billy Lawler |
| Best Male 17-21 | TAOS | CATS | Joseph Taylor as Rum Tum Tugger |
| Best Male 17-21 | WODS | Guys and Dolls | Nick Uttley as Sky Masterson |
| Best Cameo | MATA | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Nigel McBrayne and Sallyann King
as the Bombursts |
| Best Cameo | TAOS | CATS | Becki Tucker as Grizabella |
| Best Cameo | YMTC | Peter Pan | Alison Houselander as story teller |
| Best Cameo | CUDOS | The Sound of Music | Elly Driver as Frau Schraeder |
| Best Cameo | WODS | Evita | Stephanie Reeves as The Mistress |
| Best Cameo | WODS | Guys and Dolls | Dimi Mabasa as Angie the Ox |
| Best Cameo | Pinstripe | Chess | Marjory Walker as Svetlana |
| Best Supporting Female | YAOS | 42nd Street | Marie Brolly as Dorothy Brock |
| Best Supporting Female | Tickenham Drama Group | Company | Katherine Payne as April |
| Best Supporting Female | Tickenham Drama Group | Company | Alex Coghlan – Forbes as Joanne |
| Best Supporting Female | Bridgwater Operatic | Sister Act | Sarah Creswick as Mother superior |
| Best Supporting Female | Bridgwater Operatic | Sister Act | Tracey Brunton as Mary Patrick |
| Best Supporting Female | GSMCS | The Addams Family | Judi Neale as Grandma Addams |
| Best Supporting Female | YAOS | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Kiristine Champion as the Baroness |
| Best Supporting Female | WSM | Mack & Mabel | Clare Hunter as Lottie |
| Best Supporting Male | CLOC | Chess | Mark Mitchell as Ivan Molokov |
| Best Supporting Male | Tickenham Drama Group | Company | Will Taylor as Harry |
| Best Supporting Male | MPO | Anything Goes | Matthew Baker as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh |
| Best Supporting Male | Nailsea | The Wiz | Kieren Medcraft as the Wiz |
| Best Supporting Male | CATS | Sweet Charity | Jay Westaway as Oscar |
| Best Supporting Male | YAOS | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Nick Toop as Goran and Luke
Whitchurch as Boris |
| Best Female in Lead Role | YAOS | 42nd Street | Leah Driver as Peggy Sawyer |
| Best Female in Lead Role | WSM | Chicago | Jodie Gibson as Roxie Hart |
| Best Female in Lead Role | Bridgwater Operatic | Sister Act | Natasha T Green as Deloris Van Cartier |
| Best Female in Lead Role | GSMCS | The Addams Family | Jess Russell as Morticia Addams |
| Best Female in Lead Role | CLOC | Jekyll and Hyde | Mollie Kent as Emma Carew |
| Best Female in Lead Role | CLOC | Jekyll and Hyde | Kiana Ashton as Lucy Harris |
| Best Female in Lead Role | CATS | Sweet Charity | Sarah Andrew as Charity |
| Best Female in Lead Role | Merlin Theatre | My Fair Lady | Daisy Weir – Eliza Doolittle |
| Best Male in Lead Role | Merlin Theatre | My Fair Lady | Richard Pugh – Higgins |
| Best Male in Lead Role | Tickenham Drama Group | Company | Simon Vardakiis as Robert |
| Best Male in Lead Role | CLOC | Jekyll and Hyde | John Prescott |
| Best Male in Lead Role | YAOS | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Nick Harris as Caractacus Potts |
| Best Male in Lead Role | Pinstripe | Chess | Liam Frampton as Frederick Trumper |
| Best Male in Lead Role | WODS | Evita | Nick Uttley as Che |
| Best Male in Lead Role | WSM | Mack & Mabel | Simon Duffill as Mack |
| Best Male in Lead Role | Pinstripe | Chess | Edward Creswick as Anatoly |
| Showstopper | Tickenham Drama Group | Company | Company – Another hundred people |
| Showstopper | Bridgwater Operatic | Sister Act | I Could be That Guy |
| Showstopper | Argyle Productions | Guys and Dolls | More I Cannot Wish You |
| Showstopper | GSMCS | The Addams Family | Pulled |
| Showstopper | WODS | Evita | Buenos Aires |
| Showstopper | WSM | Mack & Mabel | Tap your troubles away |
| Best Chorus | YAOS | 42nd Street | The Tappers |
| Best Chorus | Tickenham Drama Group | Company | Tickenham Drama Group |
| Best Chorus | Bridgwater Operatic | Sister Act | The ensemble of nuns |
| Best Chorus | Weston Operatic | Hot Mikado | Weston Operatic |
| Best Chorus | CLOC | Jekyll and Hyde | CLOC |
| Best Chorus | YAOS | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | YAOS |
| Best Chorus | WODS | Evita | Evita Ensemble |
| Challenge Trophy | CLOC | Chess | The Company |
| Challenge Trophy | MPO | Anything Goes | MPO |
| Challenge Trophy | Argyle Productions | Guys and Dolls | Argyle Productions |
| Challenge Trophy | WODS | Evita | WODS |
| Challenge Trophy | WSM | Chicago | WSM |
| Challenge Trophy | Nailsea Musicals | The Wiz | Nailsea Musicals |
| Small Venue Trophy | WSM | Chicago | Chicago |
| Small Venue Trophy | Tickenham Drama Group | Company | Tickenham Drama Group |
| Small Venue Trophy | Argyle Productions | Guys and Dolls | Argyle |
| Small Venue Trophy | MPO | Anything Goes | MPO |
| Small Venue Trophy | CATS | Sweet Charity | CATS |
| Small Venue Trophy | WODS | Evita | WODS |
| Best Choreography | YAOS | 42nd Street | YAOS |
| Best Choreography | WSM | Chicago | WSM |
| Best Choreography | 21st century Production | Jesus Christ Superstar | 21st Century |
| Best Choreography | Bridgwater Operatic | Sister Act | Bridgwater |
| Best Choreography | Weston Operatic | Hot Mikado | Weston Operatic |
| Best Choreography | CATS | Sweet Charity | CATS |
| Best Choreography | WSM | Mack & Mabel | WSM |
| Best Musical Direction | WSM | Mack & Mabel | PeterTyler |
| Best Musical Direction | Tickenham Drama Group | Company | Sue Parker |
| Best Musical Direction | Weston Operatic | Hot Mikado | Weston Operatic |
| Best Musical Direction | CLOC | Jekyll and Hyde | Mike Fackrell |
| Best Musical Direction | CATS | Sweet Charity | Mark Tromans |
| Best Direction | YAOS | 42nd Street | Sheila Driver |
| Best Direction | Tickenham Drama Group | Company | Owen James |
| Best Direction | Bridgwater Operatic | Sister Act | Lucy Taylor and Lewis White |
| Best Direction | CLOC | Jekyll and Hyde | Alex Telling |
| Best Direction | WODS | Evita | Blair Ruddick |
| Adjudicators award | Wellington Operatic | Annie | The dancing and stage setting french Maids |
| Adjudicators award | MPO | Anything Goes | Evangelism scene prior to Blow, Gabriel blow |
| Adjudicators award | Bridgwater Operatic | Sister Act | John Holiday for artistic endeavour |
| Adjudicators award | Argyle Productions | Guys and Dolls | For more I cannot Wish you |
| Adjudicators award | GSMCS | The Addams Family | GSMCS Make-up team |
| Best Show | Tickenham Drama Group | Company | |
| Best Show | Weston Operatic | Chicago | |
| Best Show | Bridgwater Operatic | Sister Act | |
| Best Show | GSMCS | The Addams Family | |
| Best Show | CLOC | Jeckyll and Hyde | |
| Best Show | YAOS | 42nd Street |