NODA North West Awards 2018

Award Winners are from productions which took place in 2017. These awards were presented at the NODA North West Conference 2018 at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel.

Youth Awards

Category	Name	Show	Character	Society
Best Supporting Male in a Youth Drama	Daniel Grace	Taming of the Shrew	Hortensio	West Lancashire College
Best Supporting Female in a Youth Drama	Christy Mather	The Crucible	Rev. Hale	Mossley Next Generation
Best Supporting Male in a Youth Musical	Rees Parry	West Side Story	Riff	ReAct Academy
Best Supporting Female in a Youth Musical	Lucy Grogan	Annie	Miss Hannigan	Heywood Hey Kids
Best Male Youth Comedy Performance	Ben Birkett	Elf Jr.	Buddy	Congleton Amateur Youth Theatre
Best Female Youth Comedy Performance	Isabelle Pears	Annie	Molly	Workington ADAMS
Best Male Youth Performer in an Adult Production	Elliot Longworth	The Dream	Oberon	BCMS
Best Female Youth Performer in an Adult Production	Alice Cross	The Secret Garden	Mary Lennox	Altrincham Garrick
Best Staging of a Youth Production		Aladdin Jr.		Kirkham Grammar Junior School
Best Youth Ensemble		Showcase & Into the Woods Jr.		Chorley Youth Theatre
Best Youth Choreographer	Tracy Warby	Bugsy Malone		A590 Theatre Group
Best Youth Musical Direction	Alison Bedford	Titanic		Stagedright Youth Theatre
Best Direction Youth Production	Joanne Marshall	Annie		Heywood Hey Kids
Best Leading Male in a Youth Drama	Rhys Sage	Noddy	Noddy	Civic Arts Centre
Best Leading Female in a Youth Drama	Hannah Bleackley	The Witches	Boy	Congleton Amateur Youth Theatre
Best Leading Male in a Youth Musical	Arron Warby	Bugsy Malone	Bugsy Malone	A590 Theatre Group
Best Leading Female in a Youth Musical	Erin Bannister	Urinetown	Bobby	Clifton Academy
Best Youth Production		The Pirate Queen		Manchester Musical Youth

Adult Awards

Category	Name	Show	Character	Society
Best Supporting Male in a Drama	Richard Holley	The Pitmen Painters	Robert Lyon	Todmorden AODS
Best Supporting Female in a Drama	Rachael Mayor	Ladies Down Under	Shelley	Crompton Stage Society
Best Poster		The Wizard of Oz		Jewish Theatre Company
Best Supporting Male in a Musical	Eric Fletcher	Anything Goes	Moonface Martin	Maghull Musical Theatre Company
Best Supporting Female in a Musical	Keri Farish	White Christmas	Martha Watson	Workington AOS
Best Basic Programme		Oliver!		Sale Nomads
Best Male Comedy Performance	Philip May	Curtains	Christopher Belling	Adlington Music & Arts Society
Best Female Comedy Performance	Sue Richardson	Patience	Lady Jane	Hornby Occasionals
Best Staging		White Christmas		Workington AOS
Best Choreography	Joel Montague	White Christmas		Curtain Call Productions
Best Standard Programme		Legally Blonde		Manchester Musical Youth
Best Musical Direction	Stephen Mercer	Follies		Burnley Light Opera Society
Best De-Luxe Programme		Legally Blonde		Manx Operatic
Best Leading Male in a Drama	Daniel Short	For King and Country	Private Arthur Hamp	Neston Players
Best Leading Female in a Drama	Pat Williamson	Nightmare	Marion Bishop	Altrincham Garrick
Best Leading Male in a Musical	Sam Maurice	Parade	Leo Frank	Mossley AODS
Best Leading Female in a Musical	Rose Hurley	Mack and Mabel	Mabel Normand	Clitheroe Parish Church AODS
Best Direction of a Drama	Carla Stokes	The Lady In The Van		Woodford Players
Best Direction of a Musical	Deborah Bloom	Spamalot		Southport Spotlights Musical Theatre Society
Special Achievement Award	Kathryn Wilkinson			Bolton Catholics
Regional Councillors Award	John Buckley			Mossley Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society
Best Ensemble		Follies		Burnley Light Opera Society
Best Pantomime		Whittington		Chorley Operatic & Dramatic Society
Best Concert/Revue		Razzle Dazzle		WKLOS
Best Gilbert & Sullivan Production		Trial & H.M.S. Pinafore		Three Towns OS
Best Drama		Macbeth		Poulton Drama
Best Musical		Half a Sixpence		Morecambe Warblers Amateur Operatic Society

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