
The Nominations for the David Beach Musicals Youth Competition for 2024 are as follows:-
Best Creative Lighting
BEES - Matilda the Musical Jr.
King Alfred School - Sister Act
South West School of Dance - Six
Bright* Award for Technical Achievement
Clevedon School - Footloose
BEES - Matilda the Musical Jr.
King Alfred School - Sister Act
Best Props
Motiv8 - Moana Jnr
CLOC Juniors - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. - Katie Park for Props and Craig Bennett for the Car
Castaway Theatre Group - Everybody’s Talking about Jamie
Castaway Theatre Group - Beauty and the Beast
Best Stage Management
Clevedon School - Footloose - Aaron Fillery
King Alfred School - Sister Act
Motiv8 - Moana Jnr
CLOC Juniors - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. - Craig Bennett & Team
Best Set
Clevedon School - Footloose - Debbie Morgan with video content by Jamie Williams
BEES - Matilda the Musical Jr.
CLOC Juniors - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr.
Best Made Costumes
Clevedon School - Debbie Morgan and Liv Handley
BEES - Matilda the Musical Jr.
Motiv8 - Moana Jnr
Castaway Theatre Group - Beauty and the Beast
Best Performer 13 & under
Clevedon School - Footloose - Xanthe Larner as Rusty
King Alfred School - Sister Act - Ethan Whiteoak as Pablo
Motive8 - Moana Jr. - Clara Oliveira as Gramma
CLOC Juniors - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. - Beatrice Noble as Jemima Potts
Castaway Theatre Group - Beauty and the Beast - Isla Roswell as Belle
Best Cameo
BEES - Matilda the Musical Jr. - Mia Atkinson as Bruce Bogtrotter
Motiv8 - Moana Jr. - Dilys Merralls as Young Moana
Castaway Theatre Group - Beauty and the Beast - Georgia Geldenhuys as Chip
Best Comic Performance
King Alfred School - Sister Act - Finlay Townsend as Monsignor O’Hara
King Alfred School - Sister Act - The Gangsters
CLOC Juniors - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. - Oliver Davis and Amy Reed as Baron and Baroness Bomburst
Best Supporting Female
Clevedon School - Footloose - Amy Reed and Clara Waller as Vi Moore
BEES - Matilda the Musical Jr. - Gia Jones as Mrs Wormwood
King Alfred School - Sister Act - The Nuns: Darcy Callister as Mary Robert
Ellena Carey as Mary Patrick and Emma Bazell as Mary Lazarus
Motiv8 - Moana Jr. - Lilly Parks as Tamatoa
Castaway Theatre Group - Everybody’s Talking about Jamie - Reagan Hyde as Pritti
Castaway Theatre Group - Beauty and the Beast - Siobhan Geldenhuys as Lumiere
Best Supporting Male
Clevedon School - Footloose - Oliver Davis & Eddie Knott as Reverend Shaw
King Alfred School - Sister Act - Jacob Presdee as Curtis Jackson
Motiv8 - Moana Jr. - Dudley King as Chief Tui
CLOC Juniors - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. - Monty Bowen as Grandpa Potts
Castaway Theatre Group - Everybody’s Talking about Jamie - Ashley Comer as Hugo
Castaway Theatre Group - Beauty and the Beast - Ben Carter as Maurice
Castaway Theatre Group - Beauty and the Beast - Jacob Parsons as Cogsworth
Best Female in Lead
BEES - Matilda the Musical Jr. - Cameron Grogan as Matilda
King Alfred School - Sister Act - Martha Hughes as Deloris Van Cartier
King Alfred School - Sister Act - Holly Pike as Mother Superior
Castaway Theatre Group - Everybody’s Talking about Jamie - Isabella McKenzie as Margaret
New
Castaway Theatre Group - Beauty and the Beast - Isla Roswell as Belle
Best Male in Lead
BEES - Matilda the Musical Jr. - George Brewer as Miss Trunchbull
King Alfred School - Sister Act - Freddy Jones as Eddie Southern
CLOC Juniors - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. - Keiron Collins as Caractacus Potts
Castaway Theatre Group - Everybody’s Talking about Jamie - Joshua Beaumont as Jamie New
Showstopper
Motiv8 - Moana Jr. - ‘Ancestors Across the Sea’
CLOC Juniors - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. - Finale of ‘Me Old Bamboo’
Castaway Theatre Group - Everybody’s Talking about Jamie - ‘My Boy’
Castaway Theatre Group - Beauty and the Beast - ‘Gaston'
Best Ensemble
BEES - Matilda the Musical Jr.
CLOC Juniors - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr.
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
Clevedon School - Footloose - Debbie Morgan
South West School of Dance - Six
Castaway Theatre Group - Everybody’s Talking about Jamie - The Drags
Small Venue Award
Clevedon School - Footloose
Castaway Theatre Group - Beauty and the Beast
Best Choreography
Motive8 - Moana Jr. - Dan Warr-Extance
CLOC Juniors - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Jr. - Hannah Filer assisted by Holly Preston
South West School of Dance - Six - Harriet Durston & Sarah Neale
Best Musical Direction
Clevedon School - Footloose - Polly Cleave and Katy Read
King Alfred School - Sister Act
Best Direction
King Alfred School - Sister Act - Holly Keeble
Castaway Theatre Group - Beauty and the Beast - Lynn Brown
The David Beach Youth Trophy for Best Production
King Alfred School - Sister Act
Motiv8 - Moana Jr.
South West School of Dance - Six
Castaway Theatre Group - Beauty and the Beast
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