THE ROSE BOWL AWARDS 2026
The winners will be announced on Sunday 15 November 2026
The Chris Harris Award for Best Variety/Revue/Pantomime
NOMINEES
Dazzle – Dazzle Showgirls 2026
Shaftesbury Arts Centre Music & Drama Group – Alice In Wonderland
Sodbury Players – Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs
St Philip and St James Church Drama Group – Robin Hood
First Corporate Award Coup De Theatre
NOMINEES
Cotswold Players – The Wizard of Oz – Filmstrip Integration
Cotswold Players – Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead – Hamlet & Pelonius walk across the stage Salterton Drama Club – Murder by Misadventure – Fatal Gunshot
Street Theatre – Frankenstein – Sunrise with Birds
Swan Theatre Company – Terra Nova – Aurora australis as Scott’s ghosts return
Wells Operatic Society – Guys & Dolls – Finale of the Crapshooter’s Dance
Spirolux Award for Technical Achievement
NOMINEES
Bath Theatre School – Frozen – Back Projection
Bristol Musical Youth Productions – The Addams Family – Set Design
Minehead Amateur Theatrical Association – Shrek the Musical – For the Dragon
Street Theatre – Frankenstein – Lighting and Sound Design
Swan Theatre Company – Pressure – Props, Sound and Lighting
Swan Theatre Company – Home, I’m Darling - Lighting
David Higson Award for Best Supporting Actor (Dramatic Production)
NOMINEES
Robert Billen as Scott Hipwell – The Girl on the Train – Athenaeum Limelight Players
Freddie Wopat as Lucky Eric – Bouncers – Amateur Players of Sherborne
Mike Morris as Costas – Fletcher's Waterbed Dreams – Backwell Theatre Company
Tony Free as Claudius – Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead – Cotswold Players
James Lawbuary as Mozart – Amadeus – Tickenham Drama Group
John Fisher as Inspector Rough – Gaslight – The Western Players
Quartet Community Foundation Award for Best Supporting Actress (Dramatic Production)
NOMINEES
Sarah Wiggins As Guilderstern – Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead – Cotswold Players
Liz Stallard as Summersby – Pressure – Swan Theatre Company
Sarah Ambrose as Sylvia – Home, I’m Darling – Swan Theatre Company
Hannah Eden as Viola – Twelfth Night - Taunton Thespians
Helen Poulton as Nurse Nora – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Thornbury Musical Theatre Group
The Rose Bowl Award for Best Supporting Actor (Musical Production)
NOMINEES
Tim Hobbs as Dennis Dupree – Rock of Ages - Athenaeum Masqueraders
Rob Dallimore as Uncle Fester – The Addams Family – Bath Light Operatic Group
Matt Bastone as Buttons – Cinderella – Exeter Little Theatre Company
Leo Collins as Bob – Come From Away – St Mary’s Players
Ben Griffiths Mills as Uncle Fester – The Addams Family – Devizes Musical Theatre
Richard Waller as Jud Fry – Oklahoma – Thornbury Musical Theatre Group
The Rose Bowl Award for Best Supporting Actress (Musical Production)
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NOMINEES
Rosie Skinner as Holly – The Wedding Singer – Axminster Musical Theatre
Hannah Wood as Pugsley- The Addams Family – Bath Light Operatic Group
Lucy Burgess as Alice – The Addams Family – Devizes Musical Theatre
Samantha Purdue as Baroness Bomburst – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Exeter Little Theatre
Astrid Bishop-Coles as Audrey – Little Shop of Horrors – Oddity Theatre
Keeley Guyan as Killer Queen – We Will Rock You – Trowbridge Musical Theatre
Walter Hawkins Award for Creativity and Design
NOMINEES
Bath Theatre School – Frozen – Costumes
Clogettes – Finding Nemo Jnr – Costumes and Set
Kelvin Players Theatre Company – The Tempest – Set and Concept
Oddity Theatre – Little Shop of Horrors – Set Design
Salterton Drama Club – Rumours – Set Design
Street Theatre – Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Projection Design
The Sarah Bailey Award for Best Choreography
NOMINEES
Bath Light Operatic Group – The Addams Family – Alison Price
Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society – Joseph & the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Lizzie Rose
Bath Theatre School – Frozen – Holly Rose Bright & Ned Drew
Bridgwater Operatic Society – Me and My Girl
Dazzle – Dazzle Showgirls 2026
Perform Chepstow – Sister Act – Megan Pugh-Adams
C H & HH Consultancy Award for Best Publicity
NOMINEES
Athenaeum limelight Players – The Girl on the Train
Phoenix Youth Theatre – Grease
Shaftesbury Arts Centre Music and Drama Group – Great Expectations
St Mary’s Players – Come From Away
St Philip & St James Church Drama Group – Robin Hood
The Rose Bowl Award for Best Actor in a Youth Production
NOMINEES
Michael William Hall as Sir Farquaad – Shrek – BAOS Bristol Youth
Alfie Clark as Robbie Hart – The Wedding Singer – Sodbury Players Youth Section
Keynsham Light Opera Group - Musicals by Candlelight
Barbara Macrae Award for Best Actress in a Youth Production
NOMINEES
Emmeline Blackburn as Anna – Frozen – Bath Theatre School
Heidi March Smith as Roxie Hart – Chicago – Bristol Musical Youth Productions
Amy Reed as Rita O’Grady – Made In Dagenham – Clevedon School
Emmie Frere as Fran Ethel Red – Miss Red - Dare We Productions
Jessica Holden as Julia Sullivan – The Wedding Singer – Sodbury Players Youth Section
Katy Pattinson as Persephone – Hadestown – Zenith Youth Theatre
The Rose Bowl Award for Best Youth Actor in an Adult Production
NOMINEES
Rafe Commissaris as Pip – Great Expectations – Shaftesbury Arts Centre Music & Drama Group
Ed Boulton-Roberts as Christopher – Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Street Theatre
Jean Fennell Award for Best Youth Production
NOMINEES
Bath Theatre School – Frozen
Clogettes – Finding Nemo Jnr
Clevedon School – Made In Dagenham
Phoenix Youth Theatre – Grease
Stagecoach Performing Arts Trowbridge – Chicago
Zenith Youth Theatre – Hadestown
Joan Hawkins Award for Best Shakespeare, Classic or Restoration Play
NOMINEES
Amateur Players of Sherborne – She Stoops to Conquer
Cotswold Players – As You Like It
Kelvin Players Theatre Company – The Tempest
Studio Theatre – The Government Inspector
Taunton Thespians – Twelfth Night
The Western Players – Gaslight
The Rose Bowl Award for Best Actor (Dramatic Production)
NOMINEES
Simon Amos as The Creature – Frankenstein – Cotswold Players
Peter Blacow as Caliban – The Tempest – Kelvin Players Theatre Company
Jonny Wilkinson as Danny – Brassed Off – Kelvin Players Theatre Company
Phil Rogers as Ernest – Rumours – Salterton Drama Club
Ben Woof as Stagg – Pressure – Swan Theatre Company
Simon Vardakis as Salieri – Amadeus – Tickenham Drama Group
Eileen Hartley Hodder Award for Best Actress (Dramatic Production)
NOMINEES
Sarah Godsell as Lottie Wilson – Enchanted April – Actonians Drama Group
Bex Mould as Rachel Watson – Girl on a Train – Athenaeum Limelight Players
Gill Cowen as Mary – The Long Road – Kelvin Players Theatre Company
Kit Muffett as Miss Marple – The Mirror Crack’d – The Oldland Players
Pat Peters as Jane Mannion – Tell Tale Murder – Salterton Drama Club
Lynne McCaffrey as Malvolio – Twelfth Night –Bradfordians Dramatic Society
Bernard Fennell Award for Best Actor (Musical Production)
NOMINEES
Geoff White as Gomez Addams – The Addams Family – Bath Light Operatic Group
Jaryd Evans as Galileo – We Will Rock You – BLOC Productions
Matt Bastone as Buttons – Cinderella – Exeter Little Theatre Company
Regan Meadowcroft as Galileo Figaro – We Will Rock You – Exmouth Musical Theatre Company
Mark Pheasant as Shrek – Shrek the Musical – Minehead Amateur Theatrical Association
Jarred Barnard as Evan – Dear Evan Hansen – TinkCo
Melanie Evans Award for Best Actress (Musical Production)
NOMINEES
Jess Stephens as Sally Smith – Me and My Girl – Bridgwater Operatic Society
Eve Pateman as Cinderella – Cinderella – Exeter Little Theatre Company
Molly Emmerson as Scaramouch - We Will Rock You – Exmouth Musical Theatre Company
Emily Grainger as Delores – Sister Act – Keynsham Light Opera Group
Izzy O’Driscoll-Barnes as Narrator – Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat – Perform Chepstow
Emily Sollors as Hannah – Come From Away – St Mary’s Players
John Coe Award for Best Dramatic Production
NOMINEES
Kelvin Players Theatre Company – The Long Road
Salterton Drama Club – Rumours
Swan Theatre Company – The Unfriend
Swan Theatre Company – Home, I’m Darling
Wells Operatic Society – The 39 Steps
The Gerry Parker Award for Best Musical Production
NOMINEES
Bath Light Operatic Group – The Addams Family
Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
Bristol Amateur Operatic Society – Rock of Ages
Oddity Theatre – Little Shop of Horrors
TinkCo – Dear Evan Hansen
TinkCo – The Drowsy Chaperone
Wells Operatic Society – Guys & Dolls