David Beach Adult and Youth Awards Evening - 7 March 2025
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- Mar 8
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DAVID BEACH YOUTH COMPETITION 2024 WINNERS
Best Creative Lighting
King Alfred School Sister Act Dawson Panter-Wray
Bright* Award for Technical Achievement
Clevedon School Footloose
Best Props (joint winners)
CLOC Juniors Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. Katie Park
CLOC Juniors Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. Craig Bennett for the Car
Best Stage Management
Clevedon School Footloose Aaron Fillery
Best Set
BEES Matilda the Musical Jr.
Best Made Costumes
Motiv8 Moana Jnr
Best Performer 13 & under
CLOC Juniors Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. Beatrice Noble as Jemima Potts
Best Cameo
Castaway Theatre Group Beauty and the Beast Georgia Geldenhuys as Chip
Best Comic Performance (joint winner)
CLOC Juniors Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. Oliver Davis as Baron Bomburst
CLOC Juniors Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. Amy Reed as Baroness Bomburst
Best Supporting Female (joint winner)
Clevedon School Footloose Amy Reed as Vi Moore
Clevedon School Footloose Clara Waller as Vi Moore
Best Supporting Male
CLOC Juniors Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. Monty Bowen as Grandpa Potts
Best Female in Lead
Castaway Theatre Group Everybody’s Talking about Jamie Isabella McKenzie as Margaret New
Best Male in Lead
King Alfred School Sister Act Freddy Jones as Eddie Southern
Showstopper
Castaway Theatre Group Everybody’s Talking about Jamie ‘My Boy’
Best Ensemble
South West School of Dance Six The wives:
Ebony Coomber as Catherine of Aragon
Chloe Creaser as Anne Boleyn
Mariella O’Connell as Jane Seymour
Martha Gilby as Anne of Cleves
Florence Milner as Katherine Howard
and Bethan Norris as Catherine Parr
Challenge Award
South West School of Dance Six
Small Venue Award
Castaway Theatre Group Beauty and the Beast
Best Choreography
Motive8 Moana Jr. Dan Warr-Extance
Best Musical Direction
King Alfred School Sister Act
Best Direction
King Alfred School Sister Act Holly Keeble
The David Beach Youth Trophy for Best Production
King Alfred School Sister Act
Adjudicator’s Award (Linda Mumford)
South West School of Dance Six Hair & Make Up
Adjudicator’s Award (Cathie Warner)
Motiv8 Moana Jr. Clara Oliveira as Gramma Tate
Adjudicator’s Award (Penny Lambert)
King Alfred School Sister Act The Nuns Chorus
Adjudicator’s Award (Jadi Carlyon)
Clevedon School Footloose The student musicians playing in the band
Moderator’s Award (Dendy Harris)
Motiv8 Moana Jr.
DAVID BEACH ADULT COMPETITION 2024 WINNERS
Best Sound
Cary Amateur Theatrical Society Wizard of Oz Peter Volk
Best Creative Lighting
Weston Operatic Society Oklahoma Pete Tilke
Best Effects
Nailsea Musicals Young Frankenstein
Bright* Award for Technical Achievement (joint winners)
Minehead Amateur Theatrical Association Nativity! The Musical
The MATA Regal Theatre Company Ltd The Little Mermaid
Best Props
Milborne Port Opera The Drowsy Chaperone
Best Stage Management
Clevedon Light Opera Company Made in Dagenham John Fox, Craig Bennett and Nic Hughes
Best Set
The Young Musical Theatre Company Beauty & The Beast
Best Made Costumes
The MATA Regal Theatre Company Ltd The Little Mermaid Rachael Stuart-MacRae
Best Female 13 & under
Bridgwater Operatic Society Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Heidi Isaac as Jemima Potts
Best Male 13 & under (joint winners)
The Young Musical Theatre Company Beauty & The Beast Harrison Pearce-Bannard as Le Fou
Beatnik Theatre Company Elf The Musical Ben Charter as Michael
Best Female 18 & under
Tickenham Drama Group The Mystery of Edwin Drood Eliza Noble as Miss Elizabeth Cartwright/Maid
Best Male 18 & under
Merlin Theatre Productions Elf The Musical Zach Green as Michael
Best Cameo
Clevedon Light Opera Company Made in Dagenham Lynda Prescott as Barbara Castle
Best Supporting Female
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society Oklahoma! Leah Driver as Ado Annie
Best Supporting Male
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society Oklahoma! Luke Whitchurch as Jud Fry
Best Female in Lead
The Young Musical Theatre Company Beauty & The Beast Hannah Williams as Belle
Best Male in Lead
Milborne Port Opera The Drowsy Chaperone Lloyd Davies as Man in Chair
Showstopper
Nailsea Musicals Young Frankenstein The Hayride
Best Ensemble
Clevedon Light Opera Company Made in Dagenham
Challenge Award
Burnham's Excellent Entertainment Society The Little Mermaid
Small Venue Award
Cary Amateur Theatrical Society Wizard of Oz
Best Choreography
Weston Operatic Society Oklahoma! Samantha Aylott
Best Musical Direction
Muses Theatrical Productions Rock of Ages Jessamy Bowditch
Best Direction
Weston Operatic Society Oklahoma! Leah Farmer
The David Beach Trophy for Best Production
Weston Operatic Society Oklahoma!
Adjudicator’s Award (Chris Holman-Holmes)
Weston Operatic Society Joseph & his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Peter Holdway-Bradley
Adjudicator’s Award (Linda Mumford)
Cary Amateur Theatrical Society Wizard of Oz Susannah Dawkins as the Puppeteer for Toto
Adjudicator’s Award (Cathie Warner)
Yeovil Amateur Operatic Society Oklahoma! Ali Enticott as Aunt Eller
Adjudicator’s Award (Beth Hancock)
Wells Little Theatre Sister Act The Nuns Chorus
Adjudicator’s Award (Andy Marchant)
The MATA Regal Theatre Company Ltd The Little Mermaid Community Theatre
Adjudicator’s Award (Jadi Carlyon)
Tickenham Drama Group The Mystery of Edwin Drood Liz Gilliam as Rosa and
Moderator’s Award (Ian Hurdman)
Motiv8 Beauty and the Beast Darryl ‘Twitch’ Rushby
Dominic Ammerlaan as John Jasper
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