We mixed it all up a bit this year: new venue, new style - and it went down a treat!
A sell-out crowd of 200 people attended the Paget Rooms in Penarth, on Sunday 28th June 2009, for the annual overview and celebration of the best of amateur theatre in Glamorgan. The competition was once again very strong, especially in the adult section, with a record-breaking 14 productions in the field. As last year, there were more entries in the youth drama section than in the musicals this year: do we detect a trend?
Below you'll find all the award winners, shortlisted and nominated individuals from the adult Glammies. Click here for the shortlists/winners of the youth categories.
The shortlists and winners of the acting awards are here.
Other, non-acting awards are here.
This is where you can see all the people nominated for acting awards.
Well done everybody. Another wonderful year.
The photogallery of the night is also available.
We started with the usual big singing and dancing numbers, with The Unknown Theatre Company returning to their opening slot. They did a couple of numbers from Oliver! not least to accompany special guest Sarah Lark, who earlier in the year took part in the BBC's competition to find a Nancy for the new West End production of Oliver! Sarah didn't win, but is first cover for the role, and plays it on a regular basis. Unknown sang Who Will Buy?, and were then joined by Sarah for Oom-Pah-Pah finishing with Sarah's striking solo rendition of As Long As He Needs Me.
A quite radical change to the format this year meant that the long speeches at the beginning of the evening were gone: replaced instead with a brief mention of each shortlisted individual as their name was flashed up on the screen. There were also new awards - for supporting roles in all the adult and youth categories - which meant there were a lot of awards, and a lot of people to talk about!
We even started to run out of time by the end of the evening, which meant that some awards didn't get talked about very much (especially the presentation awards - a new award for youth presentation was also introduced this year), but on the whole, it was considered that this format for the evening was much more enjoyable than the formats of previous years. These had worked with fewer awards and fewer entries, but the ever increasing entries means that a revised approach to the evening was definitely required.
There were a couple of breaks in the evening, which were followed by further musical entertainments, provided by Glammies now-regulars STARS Performing Arts from Cardiff, and newcomers Retro Academy from Aberdare, who performed a number from their recent production of RENT. The evening was rounded off by a very moving performance from Sarah Lark of Maybe This Time from Cabaret, and then it was all packing up and waiting again for next year.
Youth Moderator, Teri McCarthy and Adult Moderator, Lon David, had a tough job on their hands with some of the categories, with competition being extremely tight this year, and the new system of giving extra detail on shortlisted performances allowed everyone some insight into what they had particularly liked about whom, and why.
We had originally booked a Saturday night, but the venue double booked us, so it meant moving to the Sunday. This in turn meant an earlier finish than usual, so no dancing at the end of the evening. It was missed, and is very likely to be reinstated in future years.
All went smoothly technically this time. Many thanks are due to Andrew Merrell, Mike Rainey and Sam Fox from Swansea Little Theatre, who worked so hard to make all look so easy. Thanks too to the supposedly retired Geoff and Barbara Lake, who did so much behind the scenes organisation - again - to make the evening happen in the first place. Suzy and Megan Stacey did the usual sterling duty on box office.
After the issues with last year's buffet, this year we were back up to full strength with the usual team displaying their culinary prowess and producing a true feast for a festival! Thanks to Geoff and Barbara, Teri, Suzy and all the usual team, as well as Sue Meighan and Bella Kemble for their help in settting it all up. Also to Juliet Lake for sterling efforts behind the bar.
Apologies to anyone who was involved who is omitted from the above list.
Winners are shown in coloured boxes
Adult acting shortlists/winners (go straight to Best Actor or Best Actress or Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress)
| Winner of Adult Moderator's Award | ||
| For Creating Theatre through Ingenuity | Swansea Little Theatre | Around the World in 80 Days |
| Shortlisted for Best Presentation | ||
| Turn of the Screw | Neath Little Theatre | |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Swansea Little Theatre | |
| Bedside Manners | Cardiff Players | |
| A View from the Bridge | Blackwood Little Theatre | |
| Same Time, Next Year | Neath Little Theatre | |
| The Guys | Briton Ferry Little Theatre | |
| Shortlisted for Best Production | ||
| Turn of the Screw | Neath Little Theatre | |
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Swansea Little Theatre | |
| Same Time, Next Year | Neath Little Theatre | |
| Relatively Speaking | Telstars Theatre Company | |
| The Guys | Briton Ferry Little Theatre | |
| Steel Magnolias | Concept Theatre | |
Performances nominated for acting awards
Adult nominations (go straight to Best Actor or Best Actress or Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress)
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Vic Mills (Eddie Carbone) |
A View from the Bridge |
Blackwood Little Theatre |
Dave Jenkins (Detective Fix) |
Around the World in 80 Days |
Swansea Little Theatre |
Bruce Burniston (Passpartout) |
Around the World in 80 Days | Swansea Little Theatre |
Felix McLaughlin (Ferris) |
Bedside Manners |
Cardiff Players |
Rolf Clarke (Roger) |
Bedside Manners |
Cardiff Players |
Paul Wild (Geoff) |
Bedside Manners |
Cardiff Players |
James Morgan (George) |
Of Mice and Men |
Swansea Little Theatre |
Steve Maddern (Lennie) |
Of Mice and Men |
Swansea Little Theatre |
Paul Rees (Prof. Higgins) |
Pygmalion |
Neath Little Theatre |
Paul Rees (George) |
Same Time, Next Year |
Neath Little Theatre |
Matt O'Sullivan (Teddie Deakin) |
The Ghost Train |
Cardiff Players |
Ian Goddard (Nick) |
The Guys |
Briton Ferry Little Theatre |
Gareth Morgan (Manolo) |
The Odd Couple |
Cardiff Players |
Brian Willis (George) |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
Swansea Little Theatre |
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Nominated for Best Actress |
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Gwen Livingstone (Beatrice Carbone) |
A View from the Bridge |
Blackwood Little Theatre |
Rhian Matthews (Curley's Wife) |
Of Mice and Men | Swansea Little Theatre |
Sarah Green (Eliza Doolittle) |
Pygmalion |
Neath Little Theatre |
Suzanne Mainwaring (Ginny) |
Relatively Speaking |
Telstars Theatre Company |
Debra Lewis (Doris) |
Same Time, Next Year |
Neath Little Theatre |
Lorna Welch (Mlynn) |
Steel Magnolias |
Concept Players |
Catherine Brown (Joan) |
The Guys |
Briton Ferry Little Theatre |
Bella Kemble (Florence) |
The Odd Couple |
Cardiff Players |
Sarah-Jane Waters (Caroline) |
Thesps |
Concept Players |
Carol Powrie (Mrs Grose) |
Turn of the Screw |
Neath Little Theatre |
Rebecca Cadmore (Martha) |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
Swansea Little Theatre |
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Peter Musto (Alfieri) |
A View from the Bridge |
Blackwood Little Theatre |
Edward Llewellyn (Various chorus parts, but specifically Procter) |
Around the World in 80 Days |
Swansea Little Theatre |
Bruce Burniston (Passpartout) |
Around the World in 80 Days |
Swansea Little Theatre |
James Morgan (George) |
Of Mice and Men |
Swansea Little Theatre |
Michael Dickerson (Alfred Doolittle) |
Pygmalion |
Neath Little Theatre |
Rhys Morris (Miles) |
Turn of the Screw |
Neath Little Theatre |
Jonathan Turner (Nick) |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
Swansea Little Theatre |
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Amy Hall (Clara Eynsford-Hill) |
Pygmalion |
Neath Little Theatre |
Sarah Leigh (Shelby) |
Steel Magnolias |
Concept Players |
Mair Henley (Miss Bourne) |
The Ghost Train |
Cardiff Players |
Bethan Williams (Flora) |
Turn of the Screw |
Neath Little Theatre |
Hannah Tovey (Honey) |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
Swansea Little Theatre |
A record-breaking 14 entries for the Glammies 2008-09:
| 14 | March 2009 | Turn of the Screw | Neath Little Theatre |
| 13 | March 2009 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Swansea Little Theatre |
| 12 | March 2009 | The Ghost Train | Cardiff Players |
| 11 | January 2009 | Around the World in 80 Days | Swansea Little Theatre |
| 10 | January 2009 | Bedside Manners | Cardiff Players |
| 9 | November 2008 | A View from the Bridge | Blackwood Little Theatre |
| 8 | November 2008 | Same Time, Next Year | Neath Little Theatre |
| 7 | November 2008 | Thesps | Concept Players |
| 6 | October 2008 | Relatively Speaking | Telstars |
| 5 | September 2008 | The Odd Couple | Cardiff Players |
| 4 | September 2008 | Pygmalion | Neath Little Theatre |
| 3 | September 2008 | The Guys | Briton Ferry Little Theatre |
| 2 | September 2008 | Steel Magnolias | Concept Players |
| 1 | June 2008 |
Of Mice and Men | Swansea Little Theatre |
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