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THE ROSE BOWL AWARDS 2025

The winners are in bold and were announced on Sunday 30th November 2025

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The Chris Harris Award for Best Variety/Revue/Pantomime

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NOMINEES
Exeter Little Theatre – Elf

Glitter and Twisted Theatre Company – Judy, Liza and Barbra

Sodbury Players – Aladdin     

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First Corporate Award Coup De Theatre 


NOMINEES
Amateur Players of Sherborne – The 39 Steps – Back projection of chase over the Moor

Bath Theatre School – Les Misérables – Use of Revolve       

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Spirolux Award for Technical Achievement 

 

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Cotswold Players – The History Boys – Flashback Projections & Lighting

The Oldland Players – Party Piece – Set Construction

Studio Theatre – Noises Off – The Turning Set

Swan Theatre Company – Sleuth – Set Construction

TinkCo – Jekyll & Hyde the Musical – Lighting Design

Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Orchestra/Sound

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David Higson Award for Best Supporting Actor (Dramatic Production)

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NOMINEES
​Freddie Wopat as Jørgen Tesman in Hedda Gabler – Amateur Players of Sherborne

Alex Milner as Larry in Boys in the Band – Bagel Fresh Productions

Ross Aldridge as Polonious in Hamlet – Bonzo Productions

Glenn Chapman as Mephistopheles in Faustus, That Damned Woman – Cotswold Players

Simon Moss as Headmaster in The History Boys – Cotswold Players            

Rob Adam as Bottom in Midsummer Night’s Dream – Taunton Thespians              

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Quartet Community Foundation Award for Best Supporting Actress (Dramatic Production)

 
NOMINEES
 

Teodora Boca as Dorine in The Tartuffe- Clifton Amateur Dramatic Society

Rachel Fox as Liz Essendine in Present Laughter – Salterton Drama Club

Wendy Gomm as Monica Reed in Present Laughter – Salterton Drama Club

Katie Webb as Queenie in Blackadder II – Sodbury Players

Alison Maynard Griffin as Helga in Kindertransport – Swan Theatre Company                   

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The Rose Bowl Award for Best Supporting Actor (Musical Production)

 
NOMINEES

Cameron Love as Reuben and Pharaoh in Joseph and the Technicoloured Dreamcoat – Axminster Musical Theatre

Chris Parslow as Sir John in Me and My Girl – BLOC Productions

Oli Beech as Lumière in Beauty and the Beast – Devizes Musical Theatre               

Lance Vernon as Max in Sunset Boulevard – Exmouth Musical Theatre Company

Daniel Bettinson as Manfred in Sunset Boulevard - Exmouth Musical Theatre Company

Carl Holdway-Bradley as Donkey in Shrek – Weston Super Mare Operatic Society   

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Towergate Insurance Award for Best Supporting Actress (Musical Production)

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Lou Knight as Miss Hannigan in Annie – Athenaeum Masqueraders

Sabrina Messer as Ado Annie in Oklahoma – Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society

Sarah Amio as Mother Superior in Sister Act – Promenade Productions

Sarah Campbell as Carrie in Carousel – Wells Operatic Society

Natasha Newsam Mabey as Dragon in Shrek – Weston Super Mare Operatic Society        

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Walter Hawkins Award for Creativity and Design

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NOMINEES
Athenaeum Limelight Players – Alice in Wonderland – Costumes and Masks

Bristol Musical Youth Productions – 42nd Street – Costumes

Exeter Little Theatre Company – Blackadder: The Elizabethan Years – Props

Perform Chepstow – Spamalot – Costumes and Props

Salterton Drama Club – Present Laughter – Set Design/Build

Swan Theatre Company - Colder Than Here – Set Design by Graham House           

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Jimmie Morris Award for Best Choreography

 
NOMINEES

Bridgwater Operatic Society – Cats

Bristol Amateur Operatic Society – BAOS goes to Hollywood

Michael Shah - Kelvin Players – Romeo & Juliet – Stage Combat

Megan Pugh-Adams - Perform Chepstow – Spamalot

Elisha Webster - Wells Operatic Society – Carousel

Weston Super Mare Operatic Society – Joseph and the Technicoloured Dreamcoat          

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C H & HH Consultancy Award for Best Publicity

 
NOMINEES
Bristol Amateur Operatic Society – The Hunchback of Notre Dame

CLOGS Musical Theatre – Dick Whittington

Perform Chepstow – Spamalot

Shaftsbury Arts Centre Music & Drama Group – The Wonderful World of Oz

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The Rose Bowl Award for Best Actor in a Youth Production

 
NOMINEES
Hamish Metcalfe as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables – Bath Theatre School

Joe Daw as Joe Casey in Our House – Bristol Amateur Operatic Society

Zachary Green as Jamie in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie - Zenith Youth Theatre

Mitch Wilmot as Oliver ‘Daddy’ Warbucks in Annie – Phoenix KYT 

Keynsham Light Opera Group - Musicals by Candlelight  

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Barbara Macrae Award for Best Actress in a Youth Production

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Lauren Penney as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (Youth) – Athenaeum Masqueraders

Sophie Butler as Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls – Centre Stage

Lucy Jenkins as Eponine in Les Misérables – Perform Chepstow

Aoife McBride as Belle in Beauty and the Beast – Phoenix Youth Theatre

Flo Yardley as Evita in Evita – Zenith Youth Theatre

Cora Tamblyn as Pritti Pasha in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Zenith Youth Theatre

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The Award for Best Youth Actor in an Adult Production

 
NOMINEES
Hazell Perrett as Annabella Schmidt/Pamela Edwards/Margaret Mctyte in The 39 Steps – Amateur Players of Sherborne

Lottie Vought as Annie in Annie – Athenaeum Masqueraders

Grace Butcher as Eva in Kindertransport – Swan Theatre Company

Alex Ball as Flounder in The Little Mermaid – Trowbridge Musical Theatre

Katy Pattinson as Tobias in Sweeney Todd - Trowbridge Musical Theatre  

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Jean Fennell Award for Best Youth Production


NOMINEES
Athenaeum Masqueraders – Wizard of Oz (Youth)

Bristol Musical Youth Productions – 42nd Street

Centre Stage – Guys and Dolls

Centre Stage – Les Misérables

Phoenix KTY – Annie

Zenith Youth Theatre – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie    

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Joan Hawkins Award for Best Shakespeare, Classic or Restoration Play

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NOMINEES
Bonzo Productions – Hamlet

Clifton Amateur Dramatic Society – The Tartuffe

Kelvin Players – Romeo & Juliet                                                                    

Sodbury Players – Blithe Spirit                                                                        

St Alban’s Players – See How They Run                                                           

Taunton Thespians – Midsummer Night’s Dream                

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The Award for Best Opera / Light Operatic Production

 
NOMINEES
Bath Gilbert & Sullivan Society – Ruddigore 

Knights Solicitors Award for Best Actor (Dramatic Production)

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NOMINEES
Ryan McKenzie as Michael in Boys in the Band – Bagel Fresh Productions

John Salter as Hector in The History Boys – Cotswold Players

Nick Booty as Johnny in Home I’m Darling – Exmouth Players

Paul Turner as Gary Essendine in Present Laughter – Salterton Drama Club

Jamie Pullen as Garry Lejeune & Roger Tramplemain in Noises Off – Studio Theatre

Mark Payne as Alec Bradley in Colder Than Here – Swan Theatre Company           

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Eileen Hartley Hodder Award for Best Actress (Dramatic Production)

 

​NOMINEES

Lorna Evans as Miss Shepherd in The Lady in the Van - @2k Theatre

Sarah Nias as Hedda Gabler in Hedda Gabler – Amateur Players of Sherborne

Anna-Marie Manley as Madame Arcatiin Blithe Spirit - Bath Operatic & Dramatic Society

Alice Dillon as Johanna Faustus in Faustus, That Damned Woman – Cotswold Players

Jo Crozier-Cole as Edith Taylor in Equally Divided – Wells Operatic Society

Amy McIntosh as Rory in One Hundred Words for Snow – Swan Theatre Company

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Bernard Fennell Award for Best Actor (Musical Production)

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NOMINEES
Regan Meadowcroft as Lola/Simon in Kinky Boots – Exeter Little Theatre

Sam Balch as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar – Keynsham Light Opera Group

Will Ferris as Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman – The Worx Productions                        

Richard Webb as Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde in Jekyll & Hyde – TinkCo                              

Tom Creswick as Joseph in Joseph and the Technicoloured Dreamcoat – Weston Super Mare Operatic Society

Nick Toop as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society

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Melanie Evans Award for Best Actress (Musical Production)

NOMINEES
Tabitha Cox as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady – Bath Light Operatic Group                 

Bethan Hughes as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde – Bristol Musical Comedy Club       

Sarah Lucas as Maria in The Sound of Music – Cotswold Players                                     

Debra Butler as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard – Exmouth Musical Theatre Company 

Emily Sollors as The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods – St Mary’s Players                         

Michelle Hole as Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd – Trowbridge Musical Theatre

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John Coe Award for Best Dramatic Production

 
NOMINEES
Bagel Fresh Productions – Boys in the Band
Cotswold Players – Faustus, That Damned Woman
Kelvin Players Theatre Company – The Weir
Salterton Drama Club – Present Laughter
Swan Theatre Company – Duet for One
Swan Theatre Company – Kindertransport   

The Evening Post Award for Best Musical Production

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NOMINEES
Axminster Musical Theatre – Come From Away

Bath Light Operatic Group – My Fair Lady

Exmouth Musical Theatre Company – Sunset Boulevard

Merlin Theatre Productions – Come From Away

Wells Operatic Society – Carousel

Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The Evening Post Award for Best Musical Production

The Adjudicators

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MIKE CLARKE

Michael has been involved with the theatre, in one way or another, for nearly 50 years. He started at Sally Noble's Bristol Youth Theatre at the age of 10 and went onto graduate from The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in the mid-1980s. Thereafter he worked as a professional actor for a couple of decades. In the 2000s until 2016 Michael worked as a full-time drama teacher, teaching all age groups from year 3 to year 11. In 2012 he gained a first-class honours degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Manchester. Michael currently works full time as a site manager in the construction industry.

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NICK GOODALL

Nick started learning the piano at the age of five and attended the Central Oxford Music School for six years, learning piano with Vernon Jones and playing the violin in the Oxfordshire County Youth Orchestra. He has recently retired from a long and successful career in education. He was Director of Music at Stonar School in Wiltshire for the last 28 years. Throughout his teaching career, he continued to perform regularly as a pianist and bass player and has written several instrumental compositions. He works closely with a number of local musical groups.

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ROSS HARVEY

Ross Harvey is a professional actor trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked in theatre, television and radio drama. Theatre includes seasons with The Royal Shakespeare Company, Basingstoke and several major productions for the Bristol Old Vic. He has toured extensively with Bristol’s Ministry Of Entertainment since 1999. He works extensively as a corporate actor in the UK, South America, Far East and India.

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CHRIS HOWLAND-HARRIS FRPharmS, IPresc

Chris worked in NHS primary care which he combined with being a writer, and for many years wrote an anonymous satirical column for a national pharmacy magazine. In addition, he has appeared in amateur drama and theatre sketches, been employed for corporate presentation and voice-over work, and recently has written and directed a number of amateur productions. Now semi-retired, Chris also performs with a sea shanty group that tours regularly around the South West.

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CAROLINE JOY BA Hons, ATCL

Caroline has been involved in television, radio, theatre and performance for the past seventeen years, including touring with a theatre company. She is now a full-time Speech and Drama Teacher.

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DAVE MASTERS 

Dave spent his early 20s trying to become a full time musician and song writer, and is currently involved in an occasional funk and pop covers band. He has been a radio presenter Thornbury FM/ GLOSS FM co-writing a variety of sketches and has been employed for voice over work. He has played in amateur Pantomime, ‘Whodunits’, Farces and Musicals with several local companies  

 

Dave has worked on original pieces, including a World War One period dialogue, a play about Brexit, Morris dancing, and relationships called ‘Folk’, a short two handed play called ‘Right Moves’, and an original production based on ‘A Christmas Carol’

Dave is retired from corporate life and is a frequenter of theatre, for large and small productions both amateur and professional.

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TASH MOORE

Tash studied Musical Theatre at Guildford School of Acting and since graduating in 2004 has worked as an actor, mostly in theatre and often in 'actor-musician' productions. She has also worked freelance across the Film and Television industries in production and crew roles, and in-house for a major UK broadcaster

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CLAIRE MORRIS BEd

Claire studied English and Drama at Leicester University.  During this time she worked in a Parisian recording studio, her voice being used in the production of French/English learning material. She worked as a Drama teacher before moving to the South West where she has been an active member of three different amateur dramatic groups.

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GERRY PARKER - Drama Critic

A journalist and broadcaster with wide experience as an actor and director, Gerry has contributed theatre and music reviews to The Bristol Evening Post (now the Bristol Post), Western Daily Press and other journals since 1970. For many years he has written a weekly column on local theatre for the Bristol Post newspaper.

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ANGIE SISSONS

Angie has been involved with amateur theatre for over 40 years. She has always loved visits to the cinema and theatres especially to see musicals which her mother introduced her to at a very young age. When Angie moved to Failand in 1978, she joined the local drama group. From then until it closed in 2020, Angie was always involved in one capacity or another in the many and varied shows they presented.

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Angie has always enjoyed reading despite being, as she now knows, dyslexic. From Enid Blyton to Shakespeare, Angie would read it all and loves seeing stories brought to live on the stage.

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CLARE TOGHILL BA Hons, FAETC

After qualifying, Clare Toghill taught, directed and choreographed in the Far East, The Middle East and Europe for a number of years. She was responsible for creating theatre-based curricular programmes for schools in Asia and for staging large-scale productions in several countries. She was an in-house Choreographer for a Singapore-based touring Theatre Company during her time there. Clare still teaches Drama and English in schools, lectures in colleges and tutors privately.

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HELEN TOMPSON

With experience in theatre, radio, and film, and a Masters in Scriptwriting, Helen brings a strong understanding of storytelling to her role as an adjudicator. Helen has written and script-edited original works and her passion for community theatre has led her to adjudicate for several years. Helen values creativity and performance over budget, aiming to offer thoughtful, constructive feedback. Helen's understanding of script analysis and storytelling helps her appreciate each production's unique strengths and artistic vision.

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CAROLINE WHITEHEAD - Senior Adjudicator

Caroline trained as a classical singer and pianist. She has performed opera, light opera, classical concerts and musicals for more than 30 years with both amateur and professional ensembles. Caroline works as a vocal coach and has been a musical director for numerous productions in the South West. She also conducts mixed choirs, as well as playing the piano and the cello. As the widow of David Whitehead, Founder of Stage Electrics, Caroline retains a particular interest in lighting, sound and stage management aspects of performance.

The Committee

The Rose Bowl Awards are managed by a Committee comprising family representatives of the founders, Walter Hawkins and John Coe, and other officers and committee members.

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Founding Patrons: Joan Hawkins, Peter Coe, Eleanor Murphy

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President:  Gerry Parker

Chair:  Caroline Whitehead​

Secretary:  Liz-Anne Hendy​

Treasurer:  Rob McDonald

Brian Fisher (Chair of the Awards Ceremony Sub-Committee)

Helen Moss OBE

Veronica Northam

©2025 by The Rose Bowl Awards. 

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