Below are the District Winners and Nominations for NODA London Awards 2025
All District Winners are eligible to be considered for the Regional Awards which will be presented, along with the District Winner certificates, on Sunday 22 June at The Radlett Centre as part of the NODA London AGM and Celebration
Also included in this list are the nominations for the Society nominated awards. Winners of these awards will also be announced on Sunday 22 June.
Congratulations to all the winners!
PROGRAMME DESIGN COMPETITION
Shortlisted entries from Jan 2024 to Dec 2024
| Eldorado Musical Productions |
Sister Act |
| Theydon Bois Drama Society |
Habeas Corpus |
| Belmont Theatre Company |
Silver Lining |
| The Centralian Players |
A Play of Two Halves |
| Masque Players of West Wycombe |
Mother Goose |
| Vale Musical Society |
Me and My Girl |
| Beaconsfield Musical and Operatic Society (BMOS) |
Disney's Beauty and the Beast |
| Chesham Musical Theatre Company |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas |
| Progress Theatre |
Under Milk Wood |
POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION
Shortlisted entries from Jan 2024 to Dec 2024
| Theydon Bois Drama Society |
The Deep Blue Sea |
| Ruislip Dramatic Society |
It Runs In The Family |
| Masque Players of West Wycombe |
Mother Goose |
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THE SHINFIELD PLAYERS SCENIC DESIGN AWARD (in memory of Pat Barr)
Shortlisted entries for 2024/25
(More than one society may be nominated from each district)
| Centre Stage London |
Disney's the Little Mermaid |
| BROS Theatre Company |
Seussical the Musical |
| Erith Operatic Society |
Disney's Beauty and the Beast |
| Loughton Amateur Dramatic Society (LADS) |
The Last of the Pelican Daughters |
| Arrow Players |
Reading Between The Lines |
| Arrow Players |
The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe |
| Harefield Amateur Dramatic Society |
The Ghost Train |
| East Lane Theatre Club |
Hansard |
| Hemel Hempstead Theatre Company |
’Allo ’Allo |
| Bartholomew Players |
Pack of Lies |
| Sinodun Players |
Dick Whittington |
| Thame Players Theatre Company |
The Ladykillers |
| Woodley Light Operatic Society |
Patience |
| East Berkshire Operatic Society (EBOS) |
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Quince Players |
Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
DISTRICT WINNERS
(for shows produced between April 2024 and January 2025)
The MalcoLm Rose Award for Best Female Character in a G&S, Opera or Operetta
| Julian Light Operatic Society |
Ruddigore |
Gina Carmello as Rose Maybud |
| Woodley Light Operatic Society |
Patience |
Laura Curtis Dagg as Patience |
The MalcoLm Rose Award for Best male Character in a G&S, Opera or Operetta
| Julian Light Operatic Society |
Ruddigore |
Philip W. Errington as Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd |
| Woodley Light Operatic Society |
Patience |
Gareth Watkins as Bunthorne |
The NIgel Gravette Award for best performance in a traditional pantomime
| The Quay Players |
Humpty Dumpty |
Mary McHarg as Fairy Godparent |
| British Airways Cabin Crew Entertainment Society (BACCES) |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
Paul Ewen as Simon Trott |
| Dartford Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society (DAODS) |
Aladdin |
Thierry Zimmerman as Wishee Washee |
| Parish Players |
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |
Richard Broughton as Aunt Em |
| Woodford Pantomime |
Sleeping Beauty |
Gary Hellyer- Forde as Nurse Nancy |
| The Chameleons Amateur Dramatic Society |
Cinderella |
Samantha Ings as Cinderella |
| Lane End Players |
Dick Whittington |
Waheeda Jafferali as Queen Rat |
| Sinodun Players |
Dick Whittington |
Fiona Huntingford-Ledger as Idle Jack |
| Wargrave Theatre |
Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates |
Kelly Doward as Nutty Nick |
| Wraysbury Players |
The Wizard of Oz |
Steeven Glover as Aunty Em |
The Molly Harle Award for best female character in a musical
| Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society (SEDOS) |
The Color Purple |
Afope Rachelle Ojomo as Celie |
| GLOC Musical Theatre |
Young Frankenstein |
Julez Hamilton-Burke as Frau Blücher |
| TOPS Musical Theatre Company |
Oklahoma! |
Jen Shaw-Powell as Aunt Eller |
| Dartford Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society (DAODS) |
Legally Blonde |
Lily Turner as Elle Woods |
| Mayhem Theatre Company |
Rock of Ages |
El Leaper as Sherrie |
| Barking Music and Drama |
The Wedding Singer |
Abbie LeGallienne as Julia Sullivan |
| ELODS |
Sister Act |
Sandra Ashworth as Mother Superior |
| Rickmansworth Players |
Disney's the Little Mermaid |
Paula Appiah as Sebastian |
| Green Room Productions |
Beautiful - the Carole King Musical |
Caroline Fitch as Carole King |
| Berkhamsted Theatre Company |
Spend Spend Spend |
Zoe Baird as Viv |
| Beaconsfield Musical and Operatic Society (BMOS) |
Disney's Beauty and the Beast |
Elysia Page-Plowright as Belle |
| Abingdon Operatic Society |
9 to 5 the Musical |
Jenna Elliott as Judy Bernly |
| Sainsbury Singers |
9 to 5 the Musical |
Laura Manderson as Violet Newstead |
| East Berkshire Operatic Society (EBOS) |
Gypsy |
Laura Thain as Rose |
The Sybil Conway Award for best female character in a play
| New Stagers Theatre Company |
The Memory of Water |
Imogen Gibb as Mary |
| Bob Hope Theatre |
Blithe Spirit |
Paula Smoothy as Madame Arcati |
| Magdalene Players |
The Seagull |
Karen Willemsen as Irina Arkadina |
| Theydon Bois Drama Society |
The Deep Blue Sea |
Sara Thompson as Hester Collyer |
| Garden Suburb Theatre |
Silver Lining |
Saria Babiker as Hope |
| Rickmansworth Players |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time |
Abbe Waghorn as Judy Boone |
| Pump House Theatre Company |
The Girl on the Train |
Caroline Harris as Rachel |
| Kings Langley Players |
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice |
Leanne Allen as Little Voice |
| Tring Youth Theatre Project |
Romeo and Juliet |
Elysia Drew as Nurse |
| Panda Players |
Unprompted |
Joanne Day as Phylis |
| Banbury Cross Players |
Home I'm Darling |
Katy Roberts as Judy |
| Mortimer Dramatic Society |
84 Charing Cross Road |
Sarah Roper as Helene Hanff |
| Colnbrook Amateur Stage Theatre (CAST) |
Anybody for Murder? |
Maria Mitchell as Mary Ticklewell |
The Ken Wirdnam Award for Best Male Character in a musical
| Centre Stage London |
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Jack Kenny as Peter |
| GLOC Musical Theatre |
Young Frankenstein |
Jonathan Radford as Young Frankenstein |
| Wimbledon Light Opera Society |
The Grinning Man |
Will Garrood as Barkilphedro |
| WWOS Musical Theatre |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
Dominic Binefa as Willy Wonka |
| Edge Hill Players |
Kiss Me, Kate |
Duncan Rodger as Fred Graham/Petruchio |
| Havering Music Makers |
Barnum |
Jake Merritt as PT Barnum |
| ELODS |
The Wind in the Willows |
Henry Martin as Mole |
| ROS Musical Theatre |
Bonnie & Clyde |
Olly McLaughlin as Clyde Barrow |
| Green Room Productions |
Beautiful - the Carole King Musical |
Chris Andrews as Gerry Goffin |
| Tring Theatre Company |
Young Frankenstein |
Freddie Clarke as Young Frankenstein |
| Chesham Musical Theatre Company |
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas |
Ryk Burnett as Sheriff |
| Avocet Theatre Company |
Nativity - the Musical |
Luke Wetherill as Desmond Poppy |
| Sainsbury Singers |
Kipps |
Alex Hutson as Arthur Kipps |
| Marlow Amateur Operatic Society (MAOS) |
The Witches of Eastwick |
Nick Blanks as Daryl |
The Charles Sumner Award for Best Male Character in a Play
| Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society (SEDOS) |
Richard III |
Sam Sugarman as Richard III |
| Erith Playhouse |
A Bolt from the Blue |
Scott James as Edward Jones |
| Croydon Operatic & Dramatic Association (CODA) |
Twelfth Night |
Joshua Mallalieu as Malvolio |
| WP Drama |
The Dresser |
Phil Clarke as Sir |
| Rickmansworth Players |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time |
Chris Shearlock as Chris Boone |
| East Lane Theatre Club |
Hansard |
Ben Morris as Robin Heskith |
| Hemel Hempstead Theatre Company |
’Allo ’Allo |
Michael Butcher as René |
| Tring Youth Theatre Project |
Romeo and Juliet |
Theo Loades as Romeo |
| Lane End Players |
Chip Shop Chips |
Warren Palmer as Eric Booth |
| Thame Players Theatre Company |
The Ladykillers |
Warren Palmer as Professor Marcus |
| New Era Players |
Boeing, Boeing |
Adam Wells as Bernard |
| Shinfield Players Theatre |
The Safari Party |
Gordon Bird as Lol |
The Harvey Kesselman Comedy Award for best comedic performance in a play or musical
| Centre Stage London |
The Wedding Singer |
Abbie Minnock as Julia Sullivan |
| Zodiac Musical Society |
Disney's Beauty and the Beast |
George Hayes as Cogsworth |
| Bromley Players |
The Wedding Singer |
Pat Adams as Rosie |
| Woodmansterne Operatic & Dramatic Society |
Much Ado About Murder |
Jamie Wetherall as Detective Inspector Mayday |
| IODS Productions |
Soho Cinders |
Georgia Marney and Hannah Newbould as Dana and Clodagh |
| ELODS |
Sister Act |
Stephen Milligan as Monsignor O'Hara |
| WOS Productions |
The Wind in the Willows |
Susan Smith as Toad |
| Belmont Theatre Company |
The 39 Steps |
Ben Morris as Clown 1 |
| Sinodun Players |
Breath of Spring |
Avril Rangoni-Machiavelli as Miss Elizabeth Hatfield |
| Henley Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society (HAODS) |
Hairspray |
Sam Sladden as Edna Turnblad |
| Shinfield Players Theatre |
Chase me up Farndale Avenue S'il Vous Plait |
Karen Bird as Minnie |
The Eric Watsham Award for best cameo performance in a play or musical
| Southside Players |
A Man for All Seasons |
Kathryn Felton as Henry VIII |
| BROS Theatre Company |
Soho Cinders |
Mathew Madeley as Narrator |
| Bromley Players |
9 to 5 the Musical |
Joanna Lovell as Margaret |
| Havering Music Makers |
Barnum |
Helen Wach as Joice Heth |
| Rickmansworth Players |
Disney's the Little Mermaid |
Peter Gold as Chef Louis |
| Lane End Players |
Nell Gwynn |
Rhiannon Langan as Queen Catherine |
| Thame Players Theatre Company |
The Ladykillers |
Steve Lambell as “One-Round” Lawson |
| Twyford Drama |
Buttons' Dream |
Ian McDonald as Royal Announcer |
| Maidenhead Operatic Society |
The Addams Family |
Lucy Seymour as Alice |
The "It's Behind You" Award for best production of a traditonal pantomime
| Geoids Musical Theatre |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
| British Airways Cabin Crew Entertainment Society (BACCES) |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
| Dartford Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society (DAODS) |
Aladdin |
| Woodford Pantomime |
Sleeping Beauty |
| Arrow Players |
The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe |
| Masque Players of West Wycombe |
Mother Goose |
| St Peter Players |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
| Sinodun Players |
Dick Whittington |
| Wargrave Theatre |
Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates |
| Crowthorne Amateur Theatrical Society |
Cinderella |
The Kathleen Oyler Award for chorus work
| Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society (SEDOS) |
Sunday in the Park with George |
| Hillingdon Musical Society |
Dear Diary |
| HLO Musical Company |
Evita |
| Eldorado Musical Productions |
Musical Memories |
| Mayhem Theatre Company |
Rock of Ages |
| Havering Music Makers |
Barnum |
| ELODS |
The Wind in the Willows |
| WOS Productions |
The Wind in the Willows |
| St Albans Musical Theatre Company |
On the town |
| Berkhamsted Theatre Company |
Spend Spend Spend |
| Beaconsfield Musical and Operatic Society (BMOS) |
Disney's Beauty and the Beast |
| Abingdon Operatic Society |
Guys and Dolls |
| Nomads Musical Theatre |
The Addams Family |
| Shinfield Players Theatre |
Sister Act |
The Dorothy Lawson Award for best production of G&S, opera or operetta
| Julian Light Operatic Society |
Ruddigore |
| Woodley Light Operatic Society |
Patience |
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The Pat Redhead Drama award for best production of a play or drama
| New Stagers Theatre Company |
The Real Inspector Hound |
| Beaufort Players |
An Evening in Little Grimley |
| Bob Hope Theatre |
The Herd |
| Magdalene Players |
The Seagull |
| IODS Productions |
Animal Farm |
| Rickmansworth Players |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time |
| Abbots Langley Players |
The Regina Monologues |
| Tring Youth Theatre Project |
Romeo and Juliet |
| St Peter Players |
The Vicar of Dibley |
| Banbury Cross Players |
Our Country's Good |
| Progress Theatre |
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
| Wraysbury Players |
Secondary cause of Death |
The Joe Putnam Award for best production of a musical
| Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society (SEDOS) |
The Color Purple |
| GLOC Musical Theatre |
Young Frankenstein |
| BROS Theatre Company |
Soho Cinders |
| Eldorado Musical Productions |
Musical Memories |
| Mayhem Theatre Company |
Rock of Ages |
| Forest Musical Theatre Company |
Little Shop of Horrors |
| ELODS |
The Wind in the Willows |
| Rickmansworth Players |
Disney's the Little Mermaid |
| Green Room Productions |
Beautiful - the Carole King Musical |
| Tring Theatre Company |
Young Frankenstein |
| Beaconsfield Musical and Operatic Society (BMOS) |
Disney's Beauty and the Beast |
| Oxford Operatic Society (OXOPS) |
Funny Girl |
| Sainsbury Singers |
Kipps |
| East Berkshire Operatic Society (EBOS) |
Gypsy |
The NODA London Youngstars award for best youth production
| Rickmansworth Players |
Matilda Jr |
| Tring Youth Theatre Project |
Romeo and Juliet |
| Musical Youth Company of Oxford (MYCO) |
Me and My Girl |
| Wargrave Theatre |
Shakespeare Rocks |
| Quince Players |
Disney's Finding Nemo Jr |
The NODA London Innovation Award for an element of a production which is different, challenging or innovative
| Centre Stage London |
Disney's the Little Mermaid |
| Chingford Amateur Dramatic & Operatic Society (CADOS) |
Beyond the Bricks |
| ELODS |
The Wind in the Willows |
| St Albans Musical Theatre Company |
Spring Awakening |
| Maidenhead Musical Comedy Society |
Annie |
The Constance Power Trophy for the society most worthy of encouragement
| Worcester Park Dramatic Society |
| Erith Playhouse |
| Orsi Productions |
| Elstree Productions Theatre Company |
| Berkhamsted Youth Theatre |
| Wootton Players |
| Twyford Drama |
| Datchet Players |
SOCIETY NOMINATED AWARDS
The Shelly Lemesh Award for the "unsung hero"
| Clare Ryder-Cage of Hillingdon Musical Society |
| Jane Ellison of Woodford Pantomime |
| Lynn Jackson of ROS Musical Theatre |
| Jon Andrews of Masque Players of West Wycombe |
| Jade Johnson of Vale Musical Society |
| Andrew Pitman of Valley Players Hughenden |
| Beth Saunders of Chesham Musical Theatre Company |
| Tish Marshall of Lane End Players |
| David Bishop of Banbury Operatic Society |
| Aaron Caulfield of Sinodun Players |
| Jane Wilson of Woodley Light Operatic Society |
| Ali Medland of Crowthorne Amateur Theatrical Society |
| Emily Boneham-Horrox of Crowthorne Musical Players |
| Peter Hider of East Berkshire Operatic Society (EBOS) |
| Debbie Wheeler of Shinfield Players Theatre |
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The Louise English Trophy for a person under 30 who has made an outstanding contribution to their society
| Sophie Patterson of Hillingdon Musical Society |
| Elizabeth Davis of Pavilion Players |
| Florence McDonald of Woodmansterne Operatic & Dramatic Society |
| Vanessa Kelsey of Woodford Pantomime |
| Heather Malone of ROS Musical Theatre |
| Johanna Oldach of Masque Players of West Wycombe |
| Cameron Wilson of Tring Youth Theatre Project |
| Willow Randall of Valley Players Hughenden |
| Lexy-Jackman-Morrissey of Lane End Players |
| Emma Trotman of Sinodun Players |
| Oliver Widdis of Starmaker Theatre Company |
| Joshua Hayward of Crowthorne Amateur Theatrical Society |
| Stephanie Hewitt of Crowthorne Musical Players |
| Millie Wilkins of Shinfield Players Theatre |
The Sylvia Rawlings Lifetime Achievement Award
| Ray Wadham of Hillingdon Musical Society |
| Phylis O’Kelly of Barnes Community Players |
| Les Gersham of ELODS |
| Les Dearlove of ROS Musical Theatre |
| Barry Serjent of East Lane Theatre Club |
| Heather Woodward of Chesham Musical Theatre Company |
| Nick Morley of Sinodun Players |
| Helen Johns of Thame Players Theatre Company |
| Sue Dyer of Crowthorne Musical Players |
| Audrey Elliott of Wraysbury Players |
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NODA LONDON FLAME AWARDS
for Inspirational Contribution to the Pursuit of Excellence in Theatre and Enhancement of the Overall Theatrical Experience
| Karina Zakharyan of Stock Exchange Dramatic and Operatic Society (SEDOS) |
| HEOS Musical Theatre |
| St Faith's Players |
| Bromley Players |
| Mayhem Theatre Company |
| Chingford Amateur Dramatic & Operatic Society (CADOS) |
| The Warren |
| ROS Musical Theatre |
| Harrow Opera |
| John Hebden of Green Room Productions |
| Vale Musical Society |
| Beaconsfield Musical and Operatic Society (BMOS) |
| Avocet Theatre Company |
| Progress Theatre |
| East Berkshire Operatic Society (EBOS) |
