West Midlands Regional Annual General Meeting & Awards Day 2024
SUNDAY 14th APRIL 2024 SUTTON COLDFIELD TOWN HALL
Welcome to our post conference bulletin and announcements regarding the 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 Christine Hunter Hughes 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 |
The Phoenix Theatre Company |
Murder in Company |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
Magna Performing Arts |
Clueless |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
The Colwall Players |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
|
WINNER |
2 |
The Attfield Theatre |
All My Sons |
|
NOMINATED |
2 |
The Attfield Theatre |
Time of My Life |
| NOMINATED | 2 | The Little Theatre | Waiting for God |
|
WINNER |
3 |
Cheadle Amateur Theatre and Stagecraft (CATS) |
The Vicar of Dibley |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Stone Revellers Musical Theatre |
The 39 Steps |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Stone Revellers Musical Theatre |
Canterbury Tales or…Geoffrey Chaucer’s Flying Circus |
|
WINNER |
5 |
Alvechurch Dramatic Society |
When We Are Married |
| NOMINATED | 5 | Droitwich Theatre and Arts Club Ltd (Norbury Theatre) | Private Peaceful |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Second Thoughts Drama Group |
Entertaining Angels |
|
WINNER |
6 |
Talisman Theatre |
Pride and Prejudice |
| NOMINATED | 6 | Company of the Curtain | 'Allo 'Allo |
| NOMINATED | 6 | Union Theatre | A Chorus of Disapproval |
|
WINNER |
7 |
The Fellowship Players |
Dad's Army |
|
NOMINATED |
7 |
Codsall Dramatic Society |
A Bunch of Amateurs |
|
NOMINATED |
7 |
The Grange Players |
Rules for Living |
|
WINNER |
8 |
Oldbury Rep |
Nell Gwynn |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
CADS Theatre Club |
One For The Road |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Dudley Little Theatre |
One Man, Two Guv'nors |
|
WINNER |
9 |
Circle Players |
Life and Beth |
|
NOMINATED |
9 |
Circle Players |
The Boy Who Kicked Pigs |
|
NOMINATED |
9 |
Trinity Players |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
|
WINNER |
10 |
Pepperpot Players |
A Bunch of Amateurs |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Kidderminster Operatic & Dramatic Society |
Ladies Day |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Ombersley Dramatic Society |
Love on the Beach |
|
WINNER |
11 |
Lichfield Players |
Men of the World |
|
NOMINATED |
11 |
Lichfield Players |
84, Charing Cross Road |
|
|
Musical Awards
|
|
DISTRICT |
SOCIETY NAME |
TITLE OF PRODUCTION |
|
WINNER |
1 |
Hereford Musical Theatre Company |
Elf The Musical |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
Conquest Theatre Players |
Big The Musical |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
The Phoenix Theatre Company |
Venice Revised |
|
WINNER |
2 |
Curtain Call |
Sweeney Todd |
|
NOMINATED |
2 |
TADLOP (Telford & District Light Operatic Players) |
9to5 |
|
NOMINATED |
2 |
TADLOP (Telford & District Light Operatic Players) |
Jekyll and Hyde |
|
WINNER |
3 |
Bruce Productions |
GRUeSOMe The Musical |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Five Towns Theatre |
School of Rock |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Mellow Dramatics |
Pricilla Queen of the Desert |
|
WINNER |
4 |
Rugby Theatre |
School of Rock |
|
NOMINATED |
4 |
Leamington & Warwick Musical Society |
Our House |
|
NOMINATED |
4 |
Three Spires Guildhall |
9to5 The Musical |
|
WINNER |
5 |
Alcester Musical Theatre Company |
Legally Blonde |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Droitwich Theatre and Arts Club |
Anything Goes |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Redditch Operatic Society |
Evita |
|
WINNER |
6 |
Peterbrook Players |
West Side Story |
|
NOMINATED |
6 |
BMOS |
9to5 The Musical |
|
NOMINATED |
6 |
St Augustines Musical Theatre Company |
Shrek the Musical |
|
WINNER |
7 |
Bilston Operatic Company |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
|
NOMINATED |
7 |
Tettenhall Operatic Company |
The Yeomen of the Guard |
|
NOMINATED |
7 |
Willenhall Musical Theatre Company |
Shrek the Musical |
|
WINNER |
8 |
West Bromwich Operatic Society |
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Kinver Light Operatic Society |
Pricilla Queen of the Desert |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Stourbridge Amateur Operatic Society |
Made in Dagenham |
|
WINNER |
9 |
Sutton Coldfield Musical Theatre Company |
Shrek the Musical |
|
NOMINATED |
9 |
Solihull on Stage |
Kinky Boots |
|
NOMINATED |
9 |
Tamworth Musical Theatre Company |
Bad Girls |
|
WINNER |
10 |
Worcester Operatic & Dramatic Society |
The Sound of Music |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Pershore Operatic & Dramatic Society |
Guys and Dolls |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Worcester Gilbert and Sullivan Society |
The Mikado |
|
WINNER |
11 |
Brownhills Musical Theatre Company |
West Side Story |
|
NOMINATED |
11 |
Cannock Wood and Gentleshaw Musical Society |
Oliver! |
|
NOMINATED |
11 |
Lichfield Operatic Society |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
Youth Awards
|
|
DISTRICT |
SOCIETY NAME |
TITLE OF PRODUCTION |
|
WINNER |
1 |
Ludwig Theatre Arts |
Matilda the Musical JR. |
| NOMINATED | 1 | Hereford Musical Theatre Company Youth Group | The Wizard of Oz - Youth Edition |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
Ludwig Theatre Arts |
The Wizard of Oz - Youth Edition |
|
WINNER |
2 |
Curtain Call |
Everybody's Talking About Jamie |
| NOMINATED | 2 | Attfield Theatre | Animal Farm |
| NOMINATED | 2 | Curtain Call | Shrek the Musical JR |
|
WINNER |
3 |
Stoke Youth Musical Theatre |
Les Misérables (School Edition) |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Audley Players |
A Pure Imagination |
| NOMINATED | 3 | Musical Youth Theatre Stafford | We Will Rock You Young @Part |
|
WINNER |
4 |
Coventry Youth Operetta Group |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
|
NOMINATED |
4 |
Coventry Youth Operetta Group |
The Addams Family |
|
NOMINATED |
4 |
Three Spires Guildhall |
Legally Blonde JR |
|
WINNER |
5 |
Dynamik Theatre |
Frozen JR |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Top Box Studies |
Frozen JR |
| NOMINATED | 5 | Top Box Studies | Six (Teens Edition) |
|
WINNER |
6 |
Stage 2 |
Lord of the Flies |
| NOMINATED | 6 | Birmingham Youth Theatre | Sister Act |
| NOMINATED | 6 | Stage 2 | I Am |
|
WINNER |
8 |
Stourbridge Amateur Operatic Society Youth Theatre |
Everybody's Talking About Jamie |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Smile Musical Youth Theatre |
We Will Rock You Young @Part |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
West Bromwich Youth Theatre |
Fame |
|
WINNER |
9 |
Script Youth |
School of Rock |
|
NOMINATED |
9 |
SOSage Factory |
Bugsy Malone |
| NOMINATED | 9 | Sutton Coldfield Musical Youth Theatre Company | Legally Blonde |
|
WINNER |
10 |
Worcester Operatic & Dramatic Society Youth Section |
Carousel |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Pershore Operatic & Dramatic Society Youth Section |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Theatre Factory |
Sister Act JR |
| WINNER | 11 | Spotlight Youth Productions | Puss in Boots |
Pantomime Awards
|
|
DISTRICT |
SOCIETY NAME |
TITLE OF PRODUCTION |
|
WINNER |
1 |
Hereford Amateur Pantomime Society |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| NOMINATED | 1 | Conquest Theatre Players | Camelot the Panto |
| NOMINATED | 1 | Magna Performing Arts | Goldilocks |
|
WINNER |
2 |
Stage Door Youth (WADOS) |
Peter Pan |
|
NOMINATED |
2 |
The Little Theatre |
Peter Pan |
| NOMINATED | 2 | Wem Amateur Dramatic Society - Youth | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
|
WINNER |
3 |
Audley Theatre |
Jack |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Burton Amateur Dramatic Society |
The Wizard of Oz Pantomime |
|
NOMINATED |
3 |
Stone Revellers Musical Theatre |
Sleeping Beauty |
|
WINNER |
4 |
Three Spire Guildhall |
Aladdin |
|
WINNER |
5 |
Phoenix Players |
The Unlikely Holiday - Zorro the Panto! |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Droitwich Theatre and Arts Club Ltd |
Cinderella |
|
NOMINATED |
5 |
Fladbury Players |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
| WINNER | 6 | Birmingham Youth Theatre | Cinderella |
| NOMINATED | 6 | Coleshill on Stage | Dick Whittington |
| NOMINATED | 6 | Youth on Stage | The Snow Queen |
|
WINNER |
7 |
Harlequin Pantomime Society |
Cinderella |
| NOMINATED | 7 | Codsall Dramatic Society | Beauty and the Beast |
|
WINNER |
8 |
Stourbridge Pantomime Company |
Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Brierley Hill Musical Theatre Company |
Cinderella |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Oldbury Rep |
Aladdin |
|
WINNER |
9 |
Great Barr MTC |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
|
NOMINATED |
9 |
CLOC Mucical Theatre Company |
Beauty and the Beast |
| NOMINATED | 9 | From The Top Theatre Company | Dick Whittington |
|
WINNER |
10 |
Kays Theatre Group |
Alice in Wonderland |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
The Pepperpot Players |
Rumpelstillskin |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Powick Players |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
|
WINNER |
11 |
Cannock Chase Drama Society |
Alice in Wonderland |
| NOMINATED | 11 | Aldridge Musical Comedy Society | Dick Whittington and the Secret of Skull Island |
Concerts
|
DISTRICT |
SOCIETY NAME |
TITLE OF PRODUCTION |
|
|
WINNER |
1 |
The Phoenix Theatre Singers |
Anything Goes |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
Hereford Musical Theatre Company |
Rocking Around the Christmas Tree |
|
NOMINATED |
1 |
The Phoenix Theatre Singers |
Christmas with Phoenix Theatre Singers |
|
WINNER |
2 |
Market Drayton Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society |
We'll Meet Again |
|
NOMINATED |
2 |
Curtain Call |
Look to the West End Sky |
|
WINNER |
5 |
Evesham Operatic and Dramatic Society |
Broadway and Beyond |
|
WINNER |
7 | Tettenhall Operatic Company | Festive Fayre 2023 |
|
NOMINATED |
7 | Tettenhall Operatic Company | Gypsy Baron |
|
WINNER |
8 | Tinkers Farm Opera | Christmas Concert |
|
NOMINATED |
8 |
Side by Side Theatre Company Stourbridge |
Christmas Concert |
|
WINNER |
9 |
Trinity Players |
Step Back and Boogie |
| NOMINATED | 9 | SOSage Factory - Summer Concert | |
| NOMINATED | 9 | Sutton Arts Theatre - Winter Wishes | |
|
WINNER |
10 |
Pershore Operatic & Dramatic Society |
Christmas Spectacular |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Carpet Trades Musical Theatre Comapny |
West End Showstoppers |
|
NOMINATED |
10 |
Worcester Musical Theatre Company |
Movin'On Up |
|
WINNER |
11 |
Cannock Wood and Gentleshaw Musical Society |
A Coronation Celebration |
Special Awards
|
|
DISTRICT |
Recipient |
|
WINNER |
1 |
Betty Morris - Magna Performing Arts |
| WINNER | 2 | A Little Bit Dramatic (For their performance of Animal Farm) - The Attfield Theatre |
|
WINNER |
4 |
The Show Must Go ON - Spamalot - Masqueraders Theatrical Society |
|
WINNER |
5 |
Tony Jay - Redditch Operatic Society |
| WINNER | 6 | Shrek the Musical - St Augustines MTC |
|
WINNER |
7 |
Sarah Aldridge - Wombourne Players |
|
WINNER |
8 |
Bernard Shaw - Stourbridge Amateur Operatic Society |
|
WINNER |
9 |
David Crump - From The Top Theatre Company |
|
WINNER |
10 |
Stourport Choral |
Programme and Poster Awards
|
Richards Cup |
SOCIETY NAME |
TITLE OF PRODUCTION |
|
WINNER |
Oldbury REP |
Frankenstein - A Monster in Paris |
| NOMINATED | Droitwich Theatre and Arts | Private Peaceful |
| NOMINATED | Worcester Gilbert and Sullivan Society | The Mikado |
| Harwood Cup | ||
| WINNER | Droitwich Theatre and Arts Club Ltd | Anything Goes |
| NOMINATED | Kidderminster Operatic anf Dramatic Society | The Wedding Singer |
| NOMINATED | Walsall Operatic | The Addams Family |
| Barnes Cup | ||
| WINNER | Tudor Musical Comedy Society | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| NOMINATED | Quarry Bank Musical Theatre Society | The Addams Family |
| NOMINATED | Studley Operatic Society | Kinky Boots |
| Poster | ||
| WINNER | Worcester Operatic & Dramatic Society | The Sound of Music |
| NOMINATED | The Theatre Factory | Sister Act JR |
| NOMINATED | Pershore Operatic and Dramatic Society | Guys and Dolls |