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