Time for our finest performers in 2010 to take a bow

THE curtain has come down on the Oscars of the South. A sold-out audience of 450 theatre lovers got dressed up in their finest for the most glamorous event in the amateur dramatics calendar – the Daily Echo Curtain Call Awards. The glittering 11th annual awards, held at the De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel, were presented by special guest star actor Graham Cole. Click here to view and purchase pictures from the evening

And the winners are...

Full list of the 2010 Curtain Call winners:

Best Newcomer:

Kevin Jones, director of The Last Five Years, Stickman Productions

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama:

Shaun Dodimead. Blue Remembered Hills by RAODS

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama:

Hannah Cutting. Rhinoceros by Southampton University Students Union Theatre Group

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical:

Matthew Ronchetti. Jekyll and Hyde, Showstoppers

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical:

Jenny Deacon. Company by Showstoppers

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Comic Drama:

Richard Calver. The Play’s The Thing by Bursledon Players

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Comic Drama:

Ruth Wagstaffe. Murdered to Death by Lymington Players

Best Supporting Actor in a Youth Production:

Lewis Philpott. Footloose by Performing Arts Company

Best Supporting Actress in a Youth Production:

Natalie Thorne. 42nd Street by Footlights Youth Theatre

Best Supporting Actor in a Shakespeare Play:

David Penrose. Macbeth by Bench Theatre

Best Supporting Actress in a Shakespeare Play:

Marina Hopkins. Twelfth Night by Peter Symonds English Literature Department

Best Lighting, Sound and Effects:

Rhinoceros by Southampton University Students Union Theatre Group

Best Choreographer:

Megan Gibson. Jekyll and Hyde by Showstoppers

Best Opera / Musical:

Jekyll and Hyde, Showstoppers

Best Actor in a Drama:

Neil Gwynne. Blue Remembered Hills by RAODS

Best Actress in a Drama:

Eleanor Marsden. Pygmalion by Chesil Theatre

Best Actor in a Musical:

Sean Ridley. Our House by CCADS

Best Actress in a Musical:

Emily Cotton. The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Ringwood Musical and Dramatic Society

Best Actor in a Comedy or Comic Drama:

Matthew Ellison. The Caretaker by RAODS

Best Actress in a Comedy or Comic Drama:

Christine English. Noises Off by RAODS

Best Actor in a Youth Production:

Doug Revolta. Godspell by Encore Youth Theatre

Best Actress in a Youth Production:

Ella Williams. 42nd Street by Footlights Youth Theatre

Production of the year:

Jekyll and Hyde Showstoppers

Best Pantomime:

Jack and the Beanstalk. Westfield Productions

Best Performance in a Pantomime:

Kirsty Turner. Once Upon a Time by Worthy Players

Best Actor in a Shakespeare Play:

Joe Sleight. Romeo and Juliet by RAODS

Best Actress in a Shakespeare Play:

Sarah Parnell. Macbeth by Bench Theatre

Best Set and Props:

Simon Sketchley. The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Ringwood Musical and Dramatic Society

Best Costumes:

Jean Jones, Elizabeth Watton and Sue Bunyan. The Twelve Days of Christmas by Performing Arts Company

Best Performance in an Opera:

Michael Bolton. The Mikado by Salisbury Amateur Operatic Society

Best Director of a Musical or Opera: Akhil Gowrinath and Steve Hosking. Jekyll and Hyde by Showstoppers

Best Musical Director:

Daf Hughes. Our House by CCADS

Best Director of a Drama:

Paul Green. Mindgame by RAODS

Best Director of a Comedy or Comic Drama:

Brian Stansbridge. The Servant of Two Masters by The Maskers Theatre

Best Director of a Youth Production:

Noel Jones. Godspell by Encore Youth Theatre

Best Director of a Shakespeare Play:

Damien Wakelin and Jaspar Utley. Macbeth by Bench Theatre

Youth Ensemble Award:

One Million to Stop the Traffik. Oasis Youth Theatre