The 2024 Eagle Awards

The Eagle Awards 2024 were presented at Derby Theatre on July 21st. As usual there were many superb local shows nominated. They were: 

The Derby Telegraph Award for BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

• The Watson Players for Ladies’ Day
• Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
• Encore Performing Arts for The History Boys
• Encore Performing Arts for ‘Allo ’Allo
  
  The Malcolm Sircom Award for BEST PRODUCTION OF A PANTOMIME

   

  • The Watson Players for Hook’s Revenge
  • Little Eaton Players for Cinderella
  • The Enfield Players for Cinderella
  • St Nicholas Players for Sleeping Beauty

  The Gordon Bewley Award for BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

   

  • Gatepost Theatre Company for School of Rock
  • Central Musical Theatre Company for Oliver!
  • Gatepost Theatre Company for Rock of Ages
  • LEOS Musical Theatre Company for Mack & Mabel

   

  The Timothy Dalton Award for BEST PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY

   

  • Chris Grantham (Rene) in ‘Allo ‘Allo for Encore Performing Arts
  • Arden-Caspar Jennison (Posner) in The History Boys for Encore Performing Arts
  • Angela Swift (Jan) in Ladies’ Day for The Watson Players
  • Sonia Hardy (Betty) in Breezeblock Park for Quarndon Amateur Dramatic Society

   

  The Timothy Dalton Award for BEST PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY

   

  • Chris Grantham (Rene) in ‘Allo ‘Allo for Encore Performing Arts
  • Arden-Caspar Jennison (Posner) in The History Boys for Encore Performing Arts
  • Angela Swift (Jan) in Ladies’ Day for The Watson Players
  • Sonia Hardy (Betty) in Breezeblock Park for Quarndon Amateur Dramatic Society

   

  The Gwen Taylor Award for BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL

   

  • Chris Collington (Dewey) in School of Rock for Gatepost Theatre Company
  • Jonathan Penton (Fagin) in Oliver! For Central Musical Theatre Company
  • Rachel Merrill (Mabel) in Mack & Mabel for LEOS Musical Theatre Company
  • Sarah Towle (Nancy) in Oliver! For Central Musical Theatre Compay

   

  The Jo Davison Award for BEST NEWCOMER

   

  • Rachel Spence (Choreographer) on Mack & Mabel for LEOS Musical Theatre Company
  • Amy Clover (Director) on Mack & Mabel for LEOS Musical Theatre Company
  • Jake Soar (Puck) in A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company
  • Leah Wilks-Byrne (Choreographer) on Cinderella for The Enfield Players

   

  The Brian Glazebrook Award for OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

   

  • Sian Scattergood-Grantham for Choreography on a Chorus Line for The Cast
  • Martin Smith & Helen Morton for the set of Cinderella for The Enfield Players
  • Laura Stone & Mark Green for the set of Rock of Ages for Gatepost Theatre Company
  • Paul Mills for set and projection on Hello, Dolly! For Beeston Musical Theatre Group

  The Eagles’ Judges Award for The Best Contribution by a Young Person

   

  • Bella Radford (Summer) in School of Rock for Gatepost Theatre Company
  • Harrison West (Loco Channel) in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie: Teen Edition for Kristian Thomas Senior Youth Company
  • Harrison Ince (Frank Klineman) in Rock of Ages for Gatepost Theatre Company
  • Hannah Lake (Anna) in Frozen Jr for Centre Stage Theatre Arts

  The David Orange Award for Best Youth Production

   

  • Derby Youth Musical Theatre for Nativity: The Musical
  • Kristian Thomas Senior Youth Company for Six: Teen Edition
  • Kristian Thomas Senior Youth Company for Everybody’s Talking About Jamie: Teen Edition
  • Belper Junior Musical Theatre Company for We Will Rock You

  The Derby Theatre Award for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

   

  • LEOS Musical Theatre Company for Sunshine on Leith
  • St Nicholas Players for Sleeping Beauty
  • Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • Beeston Musical Theatre Group for Sister Act

  The results will be published here when we have received them.
  
  

The world famous show Les Miserables is being licensed for a limited time for adult amateur groups next year. One of the productions will be at Nottingham's Theatre Royal in May. It will be a co-production involving The Nottingham Operatic Society, Carlton Operatic and the Cast. These are intended to be community productions involving as many people as possible. More about this as time goes by. 

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The East Midlands NODA Awards for District 3

District 3 (Nottinghamshire) Martin Holtom

The annual AGM and celebration day was held on Sunday June 9th at

Melton Campus, Asfordby Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 OHJ

Best Play Nominations

Encore Performing Arts - The History Boys

The Dales Music and Drama Group - A Christmas Carol

Best Musical Production Nominations

Nottingham Operatic Society - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Beeston Musical Theatre Group - Fiddler on the Roof

Nottingham West Music and Drama Society - Made in Dagenham

Best Pantomime Nominations

Nottingham Arts Theatre - Sleeping Beauty Nottingham

West Music and Drama Society - Cinderella

Whitwell Players Amateur Dramatic Society - Calamity Dame

Best Youth Theatre Nominations

Nottingham Arts Theatre - Footloose

The Musical Spotlight Theatre Company - Roald Dahl's Matilda

The Musical Erewash Musical Society Youth Group - Footloose The Musical

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News about the Guildhall Theatre in Derby

Progress has been made towards reopening Derby's Guildhall Theatre after years of being empty. Key Labour councillors have given the green light to ambitious plans to revive the Grade II Listed building in Market Place, which has been shut since 2019. The plans also include enhancements for Derby Theatre.

Both projects are made possible by the £20 million funding allocated to Derby from the Government's Levelling Up pot. The £10 million assigned to the Guildhall Theatre will aid in restoring the Grade II listed building to its former glory and reopening it to audiences.

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