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NODA London Regional Winners list 2025

Below are the Regiona Winners of NODA London Awards announced and awarded on 22 June 2025

Congratulations to all of our winners!

June King Memorial Award for basic programme (Barnes Class)

Runner-up Theydon Bois Drama Society Habeas Corpus
Winner Eldorado Musical Productions Sister Act

Bill Whitebread Award for standard programme (Perkins Class)

Highly Commended The Centralian Players A Play of Two Halves
Runner-up Belmont Theatre Company Silver Lining
Winner Vale Musical Society Me and My Girl

F Leslie Cowham Trophy for souvenir programme (Peacock Class)

Highly Commended Masque Players of West Wycombe Mother Goose
Highly Commended Progress Theatre Under Milk Wood
Runner-up Beaconsfield Musical and Operatic Society (BMOS) Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Winner Chesham Musical Theatre Company The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

 

Dumayne Warne Trophy for poster design

Highly Commended Masque Players of West Wycombe Mother Goose
Runner-up Ruislip Dramatic Society It Runs In The Family
Winner Theydon Bois Drama Society The Deep Blue Sea

THE SHINFIELD PLAYERS SCENIC DESIGN AWARD (in memory of Pat Barr)

Highly Commended Harefield Amateur Dramatic Society The Ghost Train
Runner-up Sinodun Players Dick Whittington
Winner Hemel Hempstead Theatre Company ’Allo ’Allo

The MalcoLm Rose Award for Best Female Character in a G&S, Opera or Operetta

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

Woodley Light Operatic Society Patience Gareth Watkins as Bunthorne

The NIgel Gravette Award for best performance in a traditional pantomime

Woodford Pantomime Sleeping Beauty Gary Hellyer as Nurse Nancy

The Molly Harle Award for best female character in a musical

Rickmansworth Players Disney's the Little Mermaid  Paula Appiah as Sebastian

The Sybil Conway Award for best female character in a play

Theydon Bois Drama Society The Deep Blue Sea Sara Thompson as Hester Collyer 

The Ken Wirdnam Award for Best Male Character in a musical

Havering Music Makers Barnum Jake Merritt as PT Barnum

The Charles Sumner Award for Best Male Character in a Play

Rickmansworth Players The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Chris Shearlock as Chris Boone 

The Harvey Kesselman Comedy Award for best comedic performance in a play or musical

Belmont Theatre Company The 39 Steps Ben Morris as Clown 1

The Eric Watsham Award for best cameo performance in a play or musical

Twyford Drama Buttons' Dream Ian McDonald as Royal Announcer

The "It's Behind You" Award for best production of a traditonal pantomime

Woodford Pantomime Sleeping Beauty

The Kathleen Oyler Award for chorus work

Havering Music Makers Barnum

The Dorothy Lawson Award for best production of G&S, opera or operetta

Woodley Light Operatic Society Patience

The Pat Redhead Drama award for best production of a play or drama

Banbury Cross Players Our Country's Good

The Joe Putnam Award for best production of a musical

Rickmansworth Players Disney's the Little Mermaid 

The NODA London Youngstars award for best youth production

Tring Youth Theatre Project Romeo and Juliet

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)

The Constance Power Trophy for the society most worthy of encouragement

Berkhamsted Youth Theatre

SOCIETY NOMINATED AWARDS

The Shelly Lemesh Award for the "unsung hero"

Clare Ryder-Cage of Hillingdon Musical Society

The Louise English Trophy for a person under 30 who has made an outstanding contribution to their society

Cameron Wilson of Tring Youth Theatre Project

The Sylvia Rawlings Lifetime Achievement Award

All of the nominees for this award are winners in their own right and they all receive a framed certificate and a special NODA Achievement badge

Ray Wadham of Hillingdon Musical Society
Phylis O’Kelly of Barnes Community Players
Les Gershman 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

The Sylvia Rawlings Trophy is awarded to

Les Dearlove of ROS Musical Theatre

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)

The NODA London Councillor's Award 2025 is awarded to

Hemel Hempstead Theatre Company for 'Allo 'Allo

 

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