The Great British Pantomime Awards 2019 in association with Vocalzone.
The winners will announced at the New Wimbledon Theatre on Sunday 28th April 2019. Christopher Biggins will be once again hosting the event. Tickets are available from £10 at www.pantomimeawards.co.uk/tickets.
The Great British Pantomime Awards have gone from strength to strength and are now a firmly established fixture in the Pantomime calendar, set up to promote and celebrate pantomime as an art form. This year 30 judges have attended well over 200 shows up and down the country.
New categories this year include ‘Best Sound Design’ sponsored by JPSL and ‘Best Pantomime Animal’ sponsored by RARE Design.
The 2019 nominations are as follows:
Best Ensemble
• Peter Pan – Richmond Theatre
• Snow White – Towngate Theatre Basildon
• Peter Pan – Sheffield Lyceum
• Dick Whittington – Middlesbrough Theatre
• Peter Pan – DeMontfort Hall Leicester
Best Pantomime Animal – Sponsored by RARE Design
• Toby Falla – Dick Whittington – Theatr Clwyd
• Dale Superville – Jack and the Beanstalk – Mercury Theatre Colchester
• Marc Zayat – Jack and the Beanstalk – Watford Palace
• Alexis Canning – Dick Whittington – Rotherham Civic Theatre
• Charlie Raine – Beauty and the Beast – Customs House South Shields
Best Song Sheet
• Johnny Mac – Glasgow King’s Theatre
• Timothy Lucas – Portsmouth New Theatre
• Andy Ford – Theatre Royal Plymouth
• Ant Payne – The Stag Sevenoaks
• Allan Stewart – Edinburgh King’s Theatre
Best Lighting / Video – Sponsored by Production, Light & Sound
• Duncan McLean – Snow White – London Palladium
• Ben Cracknell – Goldilocks and the Three Bears – Newcastle Theatre Royal
• Pete Watts – Peter Pan – Richmond Theatre
• Russell Payne – Jack and the Beanstalk – Exeter Northcott Theatre
• Graham J McClusky – Cinderella – Churchill Theatre Bromley
Best Sound Design – Sponsored by JPSL
• Gareth Owen – Snow White – London Palladium
• James Cook – Jack and the Beanstalk – Derby Arena
• Adam P McCready – Robin Hood – Nottingham Playhouse
• Ted Westwood – Dick Whittington – Gatehouse Theatre Stafford
• Oliver Durrant – Dick Whittington – Theatre Royal Windsor
Best Costume Design sponsored by LP Creatives
• Lilly Arnold – Sleeping Beauty – Theatre Royal Stratford East
• Michael J Batchelor – Various Dame Costumes for Evolution
• Hugh Durrant – Snow White – London Palladium
• Liz Dennis – Beauty and the Beast – Blackpool Grand Theatre
• Mike Coltman – Specialist Dame costumes for Qdos Pantomimes
Best Director
• Kathryn Rooney – Cinderella – Bristol Hippodrome
• Guy Unsworth – Cinderella – Manchester Opera House
• Paul Tate – Cinderella – Castle Theatre Wellingborough
• Susie McKenna – Aladdin – Hackney Empire
• Jimmy Johnson – Peter Pan – Sunderland Empire
Musical Achievement – Sponsored by ABRSM
• Greg Last – The Snow Queen – Liverpool Everyman
• Rick Coates – Peter Pan – Birmingham Hippodrome
• Ollie Kaiper-Leach – Dick Whittington – The Stag Sevenoaks
• Stephen Robiers – Sleeping Beauty – Palace Theatre Kilmarnock
• James Barry and Simon Slater – Beauty and the Beast – Theatre Royal Winchester
Best Choreography – Sponsored by Stagecoach
• James Bennett – Robin Hood – Regent Theatre Stoke
• Twist & Pulse – Aladdin – Kettering Lighthouse Theatre
• James Robinson – Dick Whittington – Middlesbrough Theatre
• Lizzie Gee – Cinderella – New Victoria Theatre Woking
• Katie Beard – Cinderella – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford
Best Speciality / Double Act
• Diversity – Aladdin – Cliffs Pavilion Southend-on-Sea
• Sacha Williams – Peter Pan – Birmingham Hippodrome
• The Grumbleweeds – Peter Pan – Royal & Derngate Northampton
• Berserk Riders – Goldilocks and the Three Bears – Newcastle Theatre Royal
• Phil Hitchcock – Robin Hood – Milton Keynes Theatre
Best Staging and Set – Sponsored by Harrogate Scenic Services
• Victoria Spearing – Dick Whittington – South Hill Park Arts Centre
• Mark Walters – The Grand Old Dame of York – York Theatre Royal
• Fox and Shriek – Beauty and the Beast – Customs House South Shields
• Cleo Pettit – Jack and the Beanstalk – Watford Palace Theatre
• Lilly Arnold – Sleeping Beauty – Theatre Royal Stratford East
Best Script
• Christian Patterson – Dick Whittington – Theatr Clwyd
• Paul Hendy – Cinderella – Marlowe Theatre Canterbury
• Joyce Branagh – Dick Whittington – South Hill Parks Arts Centre
• Jon Monie – Beauty and the Beast – Blackpool Grand Theatre
• Jonny McKnight – Sleepin’ Cutie – Macrobert Arts Centre
Best Special Effect – Sponsored by Flashbang Media
• The Galleon – Twins FX – Peter Pan – Birmingham Hippodrome
• Flying Dragon – Twins FX – Snow White – London Palladium
• Josh Grigg – Magic Carpet – Aladdin – Everyman Theatre Cheltenham
• Flying Dragon – Aladdin – Hackney Empire
• Flying Sequence – Aladdin – The Theatre Chipping Norton
Best Newcomer
• Ella-Jane Thomas – Beauty and the Beast – Loughborough Town Hall
• Luke Panchaud – Cinderella – Tivoli Theatre Wimborne
• Robin Kingsland – Robin Hood – Nottingham Playhouse
• Duane Gooden – Aladdin – Broadway Theatre Catford
• Steven Roberts – Aladdin – Theatre Royal Norwich
Best Ugly Sisters – Sponsored by Molly Limpets
• Ben Roddy and Lloyd Hollett – Marlowe Theatre Canterbury
• Peter Gordon and Nick Barclay – Yvonne Theatre Guildford
• Fine Time Fontayne and Simeon Truby – Oldham Coliseum
• Jack Land Noble and Graham Hoadley – Churchill Theatre Bromley
• Les Dennis and Connor McIntyre – Opera House Manchester
Best Mythical Being (Fairy)
• Emma Stansfield – Jack and the Beanstalk – Exeter Northcott Theatre
• Jess Robinson – Aladdin – The Hawth Crawley
• Lesley Joseph – Cinderella – Churchill Theatre Bromley
• Jo Freer – Sleeping Beauty – Alhambra Theatre Dunfermline
• Michelle Gayle – Cinderella – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford
Best Supporting Male
• Marcus Patrick – Cinderella – Kings Theatre Southsea
• Tom Capper – Beauty and the Beast – Princess Hall Aldershot
• Paul-James Corrigan – Aladdin – Glasgow King’s Theatre
• Bob Golding – Cinderella – St Albans Arena
• Marcus Knibbs – Beauty and the Beast – Blackpool Grand Theatre
Best Supporting Female
• Tameka Empson – Aladdin – Hackney Empire
• Wendi Peters – Peter Pan – Sheffield Lyceum
• Sam Bailey – Peter Pan – DeMontfort Hall Leicester
• Katie Allen – Peter Pan – Billingham Forum
• Naomi Slater – Peter Pan – Marina Theatre Lowestoft
Best Dame – Sponsored by Limelight Scripts
• Gary Wilmot – Snow White – London Palladium
• Morgan Brind – Jack and the Beanstalk – Derby Arena
• Clive Rowe – Aladdin – Hackney Empire
• Fraser Boyle – Sleeping Beauty – Palace Theatre Kilmarnock
• Gordon Cooper – Aladdin – Octagon Theatre Yeovil
Best Female Villain
• Hannah-Jane Fox – Snow White – Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage
• Sophie Ladds – Snow White – Towngate Theatre Basildon
• Su Pollard – Snow White – Festival Theatre Malvern
• Dawn French – Snow White – London Palladium
• Rita Simons – Sleeping Beauty – Bournemouth Pavilion
Best Male Villain – Sponsored by CME Personnel
• David Leonard – The Grand Old Dame of York – Theatre Royal York
• Robert Lindsay – Peter Pan – Richmond Theatre
• Jimmy Osmond / Darren Day / Lukas Redford – Peter Pan – Birmingham Hippo-drome
• Miles Western – Aladdin – Everyman Theatre Cheltenham
• Anthony Spargo – Robinson Crusoe – Greenwich Theatre
Best Principal Boy
• David Ribi – Peter Pan – Sheffield Lyceum
• Chris Jarvis – Dick Whittington – Poole Lighthouse
• Gemma Sutton – Aladdin – Hackney Empire
• Jaymi Hensley – Peter Pan – Birmingham Hippodrome
• Josh Andrews – Peter Pan – Sunderland Empire
Best Principal Girl
• Gillian Parkhouse – Beauty and the Beast – Edinburgh King’s Theatre
• Samantha Dorrance – Peter Pan – Sheffield Lyceum
• Jemma Carlisle – Cinderella – St Albans Arena
• Liberty Buckland – Beauty and the Beast – Salisbury Playhouse
• Harriet Hare – Jack and the Beanstalk – Harrogate Theatre
Best Comic
• Ben Nickless – Cinderella – Manchester Opera House
• David John Hopper – Beauty and the Beast – Customs House South Shields
• Ian Sheppy Smith – Aladdin – Motherwell Theatre
• Kev Orkian – Peter Pan – DeMontfort Hall Leicester
• Ed Petrie – Cinderella – Ferneham Hall
Pantomime of the Year – Venues over 1500 seats
• Jack and the Beanstalk – Belfast Opera House
• Peter Pan – Birmingham Hippodrome
• Cinderella – Manchester Opera House
• Cinderella – Bristol Hippodrome
• Aladdin – Glasgow King’s Theatre
Pantomime of the Year – Venues between 750- 1500 seats
• Peter Pan – DeMontfort Hall Leicester
• Beauty and the Beast – Edinburgh King’s Theatre
• Aladdin – Worthing Pavilion
• Cinderella – Marlowe Theatre Canterbury
• Aladdin – Hackney Empire
Pantomime of the Year – Venues under 750 seats
• Aladdin – Everyman Theatre Cheltenham
• Dick Whittington – Middlesbrough Theatre
• Snow White – Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage
• Peter Pan – The Courtyard Hereford
• Dick Whittington – Poole Lighthouse
Lifetime Achievement
Winner: Berwick Kaler
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