Phoebe Rees Nominations 2025/2026

Please see below the Nominations for the 2025/2026 Phoebe Rees Competition
Best Production
@2K Theatre | Calendar Girls |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Enchanted April |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Home, I’m Darling |
Swan Theatre Company | Terra Nova |
Swan Theatre Company | Pressure |
Swan Theatre Company | Home, I’m Darling |
Wells Little Theatre | The 39 Steps |
Best non-Theatre Production
CUDOS | The Girl on the Train |
Taunton Thespians | Twelfth Night |
Tickenham Drama Group | Amadeus |
West Huntspill Players | Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime |
Best Director
Civic Players | One Man, Two Guvnors | Andrew Meadows |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Enchanted April | Claire Brett |
Swan Theatre Company | The Unfriend | Sarah Ambrose |
Swan Theatre Company | Home, I’m Darling | Judith Payne |
Tickenham Drama Group | Amadeus | Felicity Peries |
Wells Little Theatre | The 39 Steps | Charlie Blanning |
West Huntspill Players | Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime | June Jenkins |
Best Effects
Barnstormers | Gaslight |
Roadwater Players | And Then There Were None |
Swan Theatre Company | Terra Nova |
Swan Theatre Company | Pressure |
Swan Theatre Company | The Unfriend |
Taunton Thespians | Guards! Guards! |
Wellington Theatre Company | But Why Bump Off Barnaby? |
Best Set
@2K Theatre | Calendar Girls |
APS | Pack of Lies |
APS | Our Country’s Good |
Barnstormers | Gaslight |
Civic Players | One Man, Two Guvnors |
Civic Players | Situation Comedy |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Enchanted April |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Home, I’m Darling |
Swan Theatre Company | Terra Nova |
Swan Theatre Company | The Unfriend |
Taunton Thespians | The Woman in White |
West Huntspill Players | Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime |
Best Creative Lighting
APS | Our Country’s Good |
Backwell Playhouse Theatre Company | Fletcher’s Waterbed Dreams |
Barnstormers | Gaslight |
CUDOS | The Girl on the Train |
Swan Theatre Company | Pressure |
Swan Theatre Company | Home, I’m Darling |
Taunton Thespians | The Woman in White |
Tickenham Drama Group | Amadeus |
Best Sound Design
APS | Our Country’s Good |
Backwell Playhouse Theatre Company | Fletcher’s Waterbed Dreams |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Home, I’m Darling |
Swan Theatre Company | Pressure |
Swan Theatre Company | The Unfriend |
Tickenham Drama Group | Amadeus |
Wells Little Theatre | The 39 Steps |
Best Stage Management
@2K Theatre | Calendar Girls |
Civic Players | Situation Comedy |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Enchanted April |
Swan Theatre Company | Home, I’m Darling |
Wellington Theatre Company | But Why Bump Off Barnaby? |
Wells Little Theatre | The 39 Steps |
Wells Little Theatre | Little Women |
Best Costumes
APS | Our Country’s Good |
Civic Players | One Man Two Guvnors |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Enchanted April |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Home, I’m Darling |
Swan Theatre Company | Terra Nova |
Swan Theatre Company | Pressure |
Swan Theatre Company | Home, I’m Darling |
West Huntspill Players | Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime |
Wells Little Theatre | Little Women |
Taunton Thespians | Guards! Guards! |
Best Props
@2K Theatre | Calendar Girls |
APS | Pack of Lies |
Backwell Playhouse Theatre Company | Fletcher’s Waterbed Dreams |
Barnstormers | Gaslight |
Civic Players | One Man, Two Guvnors |
Civic Players | Situation Comedy |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Enchanted April |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Home, I’m Darling |
Swan Theatre Company | Pressure |
Swan Theatre Company | Home, I’m Darling |
Taunton Thespians | The Woman in White |
West Huntspill Players | Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime |
Wells Little Theatre | Little Women |
Best Youth U21
APS | Pack of Lies | Hazel Perrett as Julie Jackson |
APS | Our Country’s Good | Hazel Perrett as Ann (Duckling) Smith |
Swan Theatre Company | The Unfriend | Mabel Hodgson as Rosie |
Swan Theatre Company | The Unfriend | Dudley King as Alex |
Taunton Thespians | Twelfth Night | Mia Morgan as Valentine & 1st Officer |
Wells Little Theatre | Little Women | Amber Wilson as Meg March |
Best Youth U16
Wells Little Theatre | Little Women | Immy Abraham as Jo March |
Wells Little Theatre | Little Women | Cecily Robinson as Amy March |
Wells Little Theatre | Little Women | Lucie Hardy as Beth March |
Best Male Actor
Backwell Playhouse Theatre Company | Fletcher’s Waterbed Dreams | Jon Coupe as Ken Fletcher |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Home, I’m Darling | James Mitchell as Jonny |
Swan Theatre Company | Pressure | Ben Woof as Dr James Stagg |
Swan Theatre Company | The Unfriend | Mark Payne as Peter |
Roadwater Players | And Then There Were None | Chris Marshall as William Bloore |
Roadwater Players | And Then There Were None | Peter Thompson as General MacKenzie |
Taunton Thespians | Twelfth Night | Bob Corwin as Sir Toby Belch |
Tickenham Drama Group | Amadeus | Simon Vardakis as Salieri |
Tickenham Drama Group | Amadeus | James Lawbuary as Mozart |
Wells Little Theatre | The 39 Steps | Adam Lanfranchi as Richard Hannay |
West Huntspill Players | Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime | Dan Webber as Baines |
Best Female Actor
@2K Theatre | Calendar Girls | Lorna Evans as Jessie |
@2K Theatre | Calendar Girls | Irene Glynn as Annie |
APS | Our Country’s Good | Charlotte Berry as Mary Brenham |
CUDOS | The Girl on the Train | Vicki Singleton as Rachel Watson |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Enchanted April | Zuleika Driver as Lotty Wilton |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Enchanted April | Hannah Thurston as Mrs Graves |
Roadwater Players | And Then There Were None | Karen Tribe as Narracott / Marston |
Swan Theatre Company | The Unfriend | Sarah Nias as Debbie |
Swan Theatre Company | The Unfriend | Liz Stallard as Elsa |
Swan Theatre Company | Home, I’m Darling | Amy McIntosh as Judy |
Taunton Thespians | The Woman in White | Rebecca Rowntree as Marion Halcombe |
Taunton Thespians | Twelfth Night | Hannah Eden as Viola |
Wells Little Theatre | The 39 Steps | Sarah Martin as Annabella Schmidt, Pamela & Margaret |
Best Supporting Male Actor
Backwell Playhouse Theatre Company | Fletcher’s Waterbed Dreams | Mike Morris as Costas |
Civic Players | One Man, Two Guvnors | David Smith as Stanley Stubbers |
Civic Players | One Man, Two Guvnors | Zack Welfare as Alfie |
Swan Theatre Company | Terra Nova | Shaun Driver as Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers |
Swan Theatre Company | The Unfriend | David Hallett as PC Junkin |
Swan Theatre Company | The Unfriend | Robert Graydon as The Neighbour |
Taunton Thespians | The Woman in White | Tom Riley as Louis |
Taunton Thespians | Guards! Guards! | John Holland as Corporal Nobby Nobbs |
Taunton Thespians | Twelfth Night | Alan Coles as Fabian |
Tickenham Drama Group | Amadeus | Barry Wiles as Count Rosenburg |
Wells Little Theatre | The 39 Steps | Martyn Jessop as Clown 1 |
Best Supporting Female Actor
APS | Our Country’s Good | Maureen Nethercott as Liz Morden |
Barnstormers | Gaslight | Elizabeth played by Lucinda Allenby |
Civic Players | One Man, Two Guvnors | Chantelle Souttar as Dolly |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Enchanted April | Kate Livingstone as Constanza |
Ilminster Entertainments Society | Home, I’m Darling | Olwen Herridge as Sylvia |
Swan Theatre Company | Home, I’m Darling | Sarah Ambrose as Sylvia |
Taunton Thespians | Guards! Guards! | Jo Case as The Librarian |
Taunton Thespians | Twelfth Night | Liz Browne as Maria |
Tickenham Drama Group | Amadeus | Chelsea Llewellyn as Constanze Weber |
Wells Little Theatre | The 39 Steps | Kate Lynch as Clown 2 |




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