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 Youth Glammies. Click here for the shortlists/winners of the adult 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: Drama or Musicals.
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
Youth Acting Shortlists
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Best Actor: Musical Best Actress: Musical Best Actor: Drama Best Actress: Drama
Best Supporting Actor: Musical Best Supporting Actress: Musical
Best Supporting Actor: Drama Best Supporting Actress: Drama
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| Shortlisted for Best Actor in a Musical | ||
Joe Crabbe (Angel Shunard) |
RENT |
Retro Performing Arts Academy |
Andrew Machin (Charlie Brown) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Chris Powell (Linus Van Pelt) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
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| Shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | ||
Dafydd Gape (Kirk Keaton) |
Back to the 80's |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Nathan Roberts (Tom Collins) |
RENT |
Retro Performing Arts Academy |
Ben Reynolds (Snoopy) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
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| Shortlisted for Best Actress in a Musical | ||
Melissa Moore (Tiffany Houston) |
Back to the 80's |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Emma Batchelor (Lucy Van Pelt) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Bethan Davies (Joanne) |
RENT |
Retro Performing Arts Academy |
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| Shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | ||
Amy Rooney (Sally Brown) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Michelle Turner (Maureen Johnson) |
RENT |
Retro Performing Arts Academy |
| Lorun Roberts (Eileen Reagan) | Back to the 80's | The Unknown Theatre Company |
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| Shortlisted for Best Actor in a Play | ||
Andrew Machin (Glyn Daniels +) |
Ghost City |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Chris Powell (Emmanuel +) |
Ghost City |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Rhys Matthews (Honza) |
I Never Saw Another Butterfly |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
Dafydd Lansley (Witch 1 & Dr Porter) |
Macbeth, Rise to the STARS |
STARS Performing Arts |
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| Shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor in a Play | ||
Evan Baker (Young Mowgli) |
Jungle Book |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
Andrew Machin (Sheepman) |
The Oedipus Plays |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Jared Govier (Shortplank) |
The Curious Case of 0 |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
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| Shortlisted for Best Actress in a Play | ||
Lorun Roberts (Milford Visitor +) |
Ghost City |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Melissa Moore (Would-be novelist +) |
Ghost City |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Nadia O'Neill (Raja) |
I Never Saw Another Butterfly |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
Abby Williams (Lady Macbeth) |
Macbeth, Rise to the STARS |
STARS Performing Arts |
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| Shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress in a Play | ||
Lara Williams (Chess the Cat) |
Alice in STARSland |
STARS Performing Arts |
Kelly Littlechild (Ade +) |
Ghost City |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Caitlin Roper (Irena) |
I Never Saw Another Butterfly |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
Kiryn Howard (Eurydice) |
The Oedipus Plays |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Other Youth Awards
| Winner of Youth Moderator's Award | ||
| The Company | Jungle Book | The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
| Winner of the Geoff Lake Award for Innovation | ||
| The Company | Macbeth, Rise to the STARS and Alice in STARSland | STARS Performing Arts |
| Shortlisted for Best Youth Drama | ||
| Ghost City | The Unknown Theatre Company | |
| The Curious Case of 0 | The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy | |
| I Never Saw Another Butterfly | The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy | |
| Macbeth, Rise to the STARS! | STARS Performing Arts | |
| The Jungle Book | The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy | |
| The Oedipus Plays | The Unknown Theatre Company | |
| Alice in STARSland | STARS Performing Arts | |
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| Shortlisted for Best Youth Musical | ||
| RENT | Retro Performing Arts Academy | |
| Back to the 80s | The Unknown Theatre Company | |
| You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | The Unknown Theatre Company | |
| Honk! | Billboard Ensemble | |
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| Shortlisted for Best Youth Presentation | ||
| Back to the 80s | The Unknown Theatre Company | |
| You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | The Unknown Theatre Company | |
| Ghost City | The Unknown Theatre Company | |
| I Never Saw Another Butterfly | The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy | |
| The Jungle Book | The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy | |
Performances nominated for acting awards
Youth nominations in a musical (go to Best Actor or Best Actress or Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress)
play |
group |
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Alex Griffin Griffithes (Michael Felderman) |
Back to the 80's |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Benjamin Jones (Roger Davies) |
RENT |
Retro Performing Arts Academy |
Joe Crabbe (Angel Shunard) |
RENT |
Retro Performing Arts Academy |
Andrew Machin (Charlie Brown) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Chris Powell (Linus Van Pelt) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Adam King (Schroeder) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Ben Reynolds (Snoopy) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
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Melissa Moore (Tiffany Houston) |
Back to the 80's |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Amy Rooney (Sally Brown) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Emma Batchelor (Lucy Van Pelt) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Holly Bluet (Ida) |
Honk |
Billboard Ensemble |
Michelle Turner (Maureen Johnson) |
RENT |
Retro Performing Arts Academy |
Bethan Davies (Joanne) |
RENT |
Retro Performing Arts Academy |
| Rowena Thomas (Mimi Marques) | RENT | Retro Performing Arts Academy |
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Dafydd Gape (Kirk Keaton) |
Back to the 80's |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Steven Donoghue (Feargal McFerrin) |
Back to the 80's |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Nathan Roberts (Tom Collins) |
RENT |
Retro Performing Arts Academy |
Joe Crabbe (Angel Shunard) |
RENT |
Retro Performing Arts Academy |
Ben Reynolds (Snoopy) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Chris Powell (Linus Van Pelt) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
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Lauran Mudie (Bullfrog) |
Honk |
Billboard Ensemble |
Amy Rooney (Sally Brown |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Emma Batchelor (Lucy Van Pel) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Michelle Turner (Maureen Johnson) |
RENT |
Retro Performing Arts Academy |
Bethan Davies (Joanne) |
RENT |
Retro Performing Arts Academy |
| Lorun Roberts (Eileen Reagan) | Back to the 80's | The Unknown Theatre Company |
Kim Littlechild (Kim Easton) |
Back to the 80's |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Musicals entries for the Young Glammies 2008-09 have been:
| 4 | April 2008 | RENT | Musical | Retro Academy for Performing Arts |
| 3 | March 2008 | Back to the 80s | Musical | The Unknown Theatre Company |
| 2 | July 2008 | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Musical | The Unknown Theatre Company |
| 1 | May 2008 | Honk! | Musical | Billboard Ensemble, Barry |
Youth nominations in a play (go to Best Actor or Best Actress or Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress)
play |
group |
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Chris Conway (Mad Hatter) |
Alice in STARSland |
STARS Performing Arts |
Andrew Machin (Glyn Daniels +) |
Ghost City |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Chris Powell (Emmanuel +) |
Ghost City |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Rhys Matthews (Honza) |
I Never Saw Another Butterfly |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
Evan Baker (Young Mowgli) |
Jungle Book |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
Dafydd Lansley (Witch 1 & Dr Porter) |
Macbeth, Rise to the STARS |
STARS Performing Arts |
Chris Powell (Oedipus) |
The Oedipus Plays |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Dafydd Gape (Creon) |
The Oedipus Plays |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Jared Govier (Shortplank) |
The Curious Case of 0 |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
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Roxanne Whittington (Sparky) |
Alice in STARSland |
STARS Performing Arts |
Bethan Thomas (Mum +) |
Ghost City |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Lorun Roberts (Milford Visitor +) |
Ghost City |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Melissa Moore (Mrs Bowen +) |
Ghost City |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Nadia O'Neill (Raja) |
I Never Saw Another Butterfly |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
Abby Williams (Lady Macbeth) |
Macbeth, Rise to the STARS |
STARS Performing Arts |
Alex Wood (Jocasta) |
The Oedipus Plays |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Aisling Roper (Zero) |
The Curious Case of 0 |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
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Evan Baker (Young Mowgli) |
Jungle Book |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
Andrew Machin (Sheepman) |
The Oedipus Plays |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Jared Govier (Shortplank) |
The Curious Case of 0 |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
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Lara Williams (Chess the Cat) |
Alice in STARSland |
STARS Performing Arts |
Kelly Littlechild (Ade +) |
Ghost City |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Vicky Pope (Boy +) |
Ghost City |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Caitlin Roper (Irena) |
I Never Saw Another Butterfly |
The Dylan Thomas Youth Academy |
Alex Wood (Jocasta) |
The Oedipus Plays |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Kiryn Howard (Eurydice) |
The Oedipus Plays |
The Unknown Theatre Company |
Entries for 2008-09 have been:
| 7 | April 2009 | Ghost City | Play | The Unknown Theatre Company |
| 6 | March 2009 | The Curious Case of 0 | Play | Dylan Thomas Youth Academy, Swansea |
| 5 | March 2009 | I Never Saw Another Butterfly | Play | Dylan Thomas Youth Academy, Swansea |
| 4 | December 2008 | Macbeth, Rise to the STARS! | Play | STARS Performing Arts |
| 3 | July 2008 | The Jungle Book | Play | Dylan Thomas Youth Academy, Swansea |
| 2 | July 2008 | The Oedipus Plays | Play | The Unknown Theatre Company |
| 1 | June 2008 | Alice in STARSland | Play | STARS Performing Arts |
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