West Midlands Regional Annual General Meeting & Awards Day 2023
SUNDAY 14TH MAY THE CORE THEATRE - SOLIHULL
Welcome to our post conference bulletin and announcements made on Nominees and Winners for each of the 11 districts in the West Midlands Region.
Our congratulations go to them and to all the societies and groups who continue to provide quality entertainment across our region throughout the year.
We were delighted to enjoy the company of our National President Nick Lawrence who presented awards to the following for best productions in each of our 11 districts in 7 categories.
Drama Awards
|
DISTRICT |
SOCIETY NAME |
TITLE OF PRODUCTION |
|
|
WINNER |
1 |
Colwall Players |
Ladies Day |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
Colwall Players |
Curtain Up |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
The Phoenix Theatre Company |
Relative Values |
|
WINNER |
2 |
Horsehay Amateur Dramatic Society |
Tip Toe Through the Tombstone |
|
NOMINATED |
2 |
Market Drayton Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society |
Vicar of Didley Christmas - The Second Coming |
| NOMINATED | 2 | The Attfield Theatre | Baskerville |
|
WINNER |
3 |
Audley Players Theatre Club |
Teechers |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Cheadle Amateur Theatrical Society (CATS) |
The Taming of the Shrew |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Stone Revellers |
Murder Afoot! |
|
WINNER |
4 |
Bedworth Theatre Company |
The Farnsdale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society production of The Haunted Through Lounge and Recessed Dining Nook at Farnsdale Castle. |
|
WINNER |
5 |
Alvechurch Dramatic Society |
Love Bites |
| NOMINATED | 5 | Phoenix Players | Murdered to Death |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Second Thoughts |
Heaven on Earth |
|
WINNER |
6 |
The Company of the Curtain |
Neville's Island |
| NOMINATED | 6 | The Company of the Curtain | Little Voice |
|
WINNER |
7 |
The Grange Players |
A Month of Sundays |
|
NOMINATED |
7 |
Codsall Dramatic Society |
Steel Magnolias |
|
NOMINATED |
7 |
Tettenhall Amateur Players |
Rough Justice |
|
WINNER |
8 |
New Kinver Players |
Dangerous Corner |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Oldbury Rep |
Journey's End |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Tinkers Farm Opera |
Hi-De-Hi |
|
WINNER |
9 |
Sutton Arts Theatre |
The Girl on the Train |
|
NOMINATED |
9 |
Circle Players |
Dad's Army |
|
NOMINATED |
9 |
Sutton Arts Theatre |
The Deep Blue Sea |
|
WINNER |
10 |
St John's Player |
Groping for Words |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Kidderminster Operatic & Dramatic Society |
Out of Focus |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Ombersley Dramatic Society |
According to Rumour |
|
WINNER |
11 |
Lichfield Players |
Abigail's Party |
|
NOMINATED |
11 |
Lichfield Players |
I Thought I Heard a Rustling |
|
|
Musical Awards
|
|
DISTRICT |
SOCIETY NAME |
TITLE OF PRODUCTION |
|
WINNER |
1 |
Hereford Musical Theatre Company |
Calendar Girls The Musical |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
Hereford Gilbert and Sullivan Operatic Society |
The Pirates of Penzance |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
Kington and District Operatic Society |
H.M.S Pinafore |
|
WINNER |
2 |
Curtain Call |
Hairspray |
|
NOMINATED |
2 |
TADLOP (Telford & District Light Operatic Players) |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
|
NOMINATED |
2 |
The Little Theatre |
Calendar Girls The Musical |
|
WINNER |
3 |
The Burton Musical Theatre Company |
Shrek The Musical |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Musical Theatre Stafford |
The Addams Family |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Newcastle Operatic Society |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
|
WINNER |
4 |
Three Spires Guildhall |
Made in Dagenham |
|
NOMINATED |
4 |
Leamington Spa Opera Group |
Kinky Boots |
|
NOMINATED |
4 |
Leamington & Warwick Musical Society |
Evita |
|
WINNER |
5 |
Studley Operatic Society |
42nd Street |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Alcester Musical Theatre Company |
The Wedding Singer |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Droitwich Theatre and Arts Club |
Legally Blonde |
|
WINNER |
6 |
Coleshill on Stage |
Calendar Girls The Musical |
|
NOMINATED |
6 |
Queensbridge |
Made in Dagenham |
|
NOMINATED |
6 |
Solihull Theatre Company |
Priscilla Queen of the Desert |
|
WINNER |
7 |
Bilston Operatic Company |
Kinky Boots |
|
NOMINATED |
7 |
Bilston Operatic Company |
Peter Pan |
|
NOMINATED |
7 |
Willenhall Musical Theatre Company |
Priscilla Queen of the Desert |
|
WINNER |
8 |
West Bromwich Operatic Society |
Calendar Girls The Musical |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Cradley Heath Operatic Society |
All Shook Up |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Kinver Light Operatic Society |
Sister Act |
|
WINNER |
9 |
Trinity Players |
West Side Story |
|
NOMINATED |
9 |
Solihull on Stage |
9to5 |
|
NOMINATED |
9 |
Tudor Musical Comedy Society |
Made in Dagenham |
|
WINNER |
10 |
Carpet Trades Musical Theatre Company |
The Sound of Music |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Kidderminster Operatic & Dramatic Society |
The Addams Family |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Worcester Operatic & Dramatic Society |
Kipps |
|
WINNER |
11 |
Brownhills Musical Theatre Company |
Little Shop of Horrors |
|
NOMINATED |
11 |
From the Top Theatre Company |
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
|
NOMINATED |
11 |
Tamworth Musical Theatre Company |
The Addams Family |
Youth Awards
|
|
DISTRICT |
SOCIETY NAME |
TITLE OF PRODUCTION |
|
WINNER |
1 |
Hereford Musical Theatre Company Youth Group |
Matilda Jr. |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
The Phoenix Youth Theatre |
Fantastic Mr Fox |
|
WINNER |
2 |
Curtain Call |
Matilda Jr. |
| NOMINATED | 2 | Curtain Call | All Shook Up |
|
WINNER |
3 |
Musical Youth Theatre Stafford |
The Wind in the Willows |
|
WINNER |
3 |
Stoke Youth Theatre |
Legally Blonde |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Five Towns Theatre |
Bugsy Malone |
|
WINNER |
4 |
Coventry Youth Operetta Group |
Barnum |
|
NOMINATED |
4 |
Coventry Youth Operetta Group |
Nativity! The Musical |
|
NOMINATED |
4 |
Spa Theatre Company |
The Little Mermaid |
|
WINNER |
5 |
Harlequins Drama Group |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Top Box Studies |
Nativity! The Musical |
|
WINNER |
6 |
Youth on Stage |
You Can't Stop the Beat |
| NOMINATED | 6 | Queensbridge Youth | Sister Act |
| NOMINATED | 6 | SCRIPT Youth Musical Theatre | Beauty and the Beast / Unscripted |
| NOMINATED | 6 | Stage 2 | Education, Education, Education |
|
WINNER |
8 |
Stourbridge Operatic Society Youth |
Grease |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Quarry Bank Musical Theatre |
The Little Mermaid |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
West Bromwich Youth Theatre |
Matilda Jr |
|
WINNER |
9 |
SOSage Factory |
The Battle of the Boat |
|
NOMINATED |
9 |
Birmingham Youth Theatre |
High School Musical |
| NOMINATED | 9 | Sutton Coldfield Musical Youth Theatre Company | Little Shop of Horrors |
|
WINNER |
10 |
Worcester Operatic & Dramatic Society Youth Section |
Shrek The Musical |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Kidderminster Operatic & Dramatic Society Youth Section |
Back to the 80's |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Lollipop Youth Theatre |
The Addams Family |
|
WINNER |
11 |
Spotlight Youth Productions |
We Will Rock You |
|
NOMINATED |
11 |
Spotlight Youth Productions |
Cinderella |
Pantomime Awards
|
|
DISTRICT |
SOCIETY NAME |
TITLE OF PRODUCTION |
|
WINNER |
1 |
Magna Performing Arts |
Pan |
|
WINNER |
2 |
The Little Theatre |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
|
NOMINATED |
2 |
Whitchurch Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society |
Dick Whittington and His Cat |
|
WINNER |
3 |
Stone Revellers |
The Old Woman who lived in a Shoe . . . Almost! |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Cheadle Amateur Theatre Society C.A.T.S. |
Aladdin |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
De Caversmill Theatre Company |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
|
WINNER |
4 |
Three Spire Guildhall |
Sleeping Beauty |
|
WINNER |
5 |
Droitwich Theatre and Arts Club Ltd |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Alvechurch Dramatic Society |
Rip Van Winkle and the Sleeping Beauty |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Jigsaw Players Theatre Company |
Sleeping Beauty |
| WINNER | 6 | Coleshill on Stage | Aladdin |
| NOMINATED | 6 | Youth on Stage | Aladdin |
|
WINNER |
7 |
Codsall Dramatic Society |
Sleeping Beauty |
|
WINNER |
8 |
Startime Variety |
Hercules - The Pantomime Adventure |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Brierley Hill Musical Theatre Company |
Aladdin |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Stourbridge Pantomime Company |
Cinderella |
|
WINNER |
9 |
Great Barr MTC |
Cinderella |
|
NOMINATED |
9 |
Solihull Society of Arts |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
| NOMINATED | 9 | Sutton Arts Theatre | Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood |
|
WINNER |
10 |
Kays Theatre Group |
Little Red Riding Hood |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
The Pepperpot Players |
Little Red Riding Hood |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Pershore Operatic and Dramatic Society |
Maid Marian and the Merry Men |
|
WINNER |
11 |
Cannock Chase Drama Society |
The Wizard of Oz |
Concerts
|
DISTRICT |
SOCIETY NAME |
TITLE OF PRODUCTION |
|
|
WINNER |
1 |
The Phoenix Theatre Singers |
A Hundred Years of Song |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
The Phoenix Theatre Singers |
Children in Need Concert |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
The Phoenix Theatre Singers |
Christmas with Phoenix Theatre Singers |
|
WINNER |
5 |
Evesham Operatic and Dramatic Society |
The Musical Alphabet |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Droitwich Theatre and Arts Club |
Broadway to Piccadilly Songs from the Stage |
|
WINNER |
6 |
Bournville Musical Theatre Company |
A Musical Showcase, 100 years of BMTC |
|
NOMINATED |
6 |
Youth on Stage |
You Can't Stop the Beat |
|
WINNER |
7 |
Tettenhall Operatic Company |
Festive Fayre |
|
WINNER |
8 |
West Bromwich Youth Theatre |
AmA-Zing Songs from Musical Theatre |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Holy Trinity (Wordsley) Choral Society |
Music for a Summer Evening |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Startime Variety |
Z-A, A Musical Journey through the Alphabet |
|
WINNER |
9 |
Trinity Players |
A Night at the Movies |
|
WINNER |
10 |
Pershore Operatic & Dramatic Society |
Made about Musicals |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Worcester Musical Theatre Company |
Don't Stop Believing |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Wymsical Theatre |
Now that's what I call Wymsical |
|
WINNER |
11 |
Aldridge Musical Comedy Society |
Musicals that Rock |
Special Awards
|
|
DISTRICT |
Recipient |
|
WINNER |
1 |
Scenery for 'The Box of Delights' |
| WINNER | 2 | David Williams |
|
WINNER |
3 |
Cheadle Amateur Theatrical Society (CATS) |
|
WINNER |
4 |
Doug Gilbey-Smith |
|
WINNER |
5 |
Top Box Creative Team |
| WINNER | 6 | Solihull Theatre Company Cast and Crew |
|
WINNER |
7 |
Willenhall Musical Theatre Company Choreographer |
|
WINNER |
8 |
Robyn Harding and Thea Lowe |
|
WINNER |
9 |
Andy Moore |
|
WINNER |
10 |
Choreography 'Our House' |
|
WINNER |
11 |
CWAGMS Production Team and Cast |
Programme and Poster Awards
|
Richards Cup |
SOCIETY NAME |
TITLE OF PRODUCTION |
|
WINNER |
Droitwich Theatre and Arts Club Ltd |
Charley's Aunt |
| NOMINATED | Droitwich Theatre and Arts | Aladdin Jr |
| NOMINATED | The Phoenix Theatre | The Weekend |
| Hawood Cup | ||
| WINNER | Droitwich Theatre and Arts Club Ltd | Legally Blonde |
| NOMINATED | Kidderminster Operatic anf Dramatic Society | The Addams Family |
| NOMINATED | The Little Theatre | Calendar Girls The Musical |
| Barnes Cup | ||
| WINNER | Solihull Theatre Company | Pricilla Queen of the Desert |
| NOMINATED | Kinver Light Operatic Society | Sister Act |
| NOMINATED | Tudor Musical Comedy Society | Made in Dagenham |
| Poster | ||
| WINNER | Solihull Theatre Company | Pricilla Queen of the Desert |
| NOMINATED | Droitwich Theatre and Arts Club Ltd | A Bunch of Amateurs |
| NOMINATED | Worcester Operatic & Dramatic Society | Our House |