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County Press Awards
July 28th 2004

Best Christmas Production

Dick Whittington - Shorwell Drama Group; Hickory Dickory Dock - Wight Island Players; Dick Whittington - New Strolling Players; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Apollo Players; Christmas Crackers - Good In-Tents.

Winner - Dick Whittington - Shorwell Drama Group


Best Pantomime Dame

John Hammond - Dick Whittington, Taylor-Made Productions; Phil Selby - Dick Whittington, New Strolling Players; Christ Frost - Hickory Dickory Dock, Wight Island Players; Mike Snow - Dick Whittington, Shorwell Drama Group.

Winner - Phil Selby - Dick Whittington - New Strolling Players


Best Village Production

Nunsense - Curtain Up; Habeas Corpus - Pepperpot Players; Can Can - Curtain Up; The Bride and the Bachelor - Bembridge Little Theatre Club; Our Favourite Things - Domino Productions.

Winner - Nunsense - Curtain Up


Best Supporting Male

Cameron Bowles - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ad Lib Theatre Group; Richard Squibb - A Midsummer Night's Dream, South Wight Youth Theatre; Peter Tuson - Fly Me to the Moon, Apollo Players; Stuart Pointing - As You Like It, Apollo Players.

Winner - Cameron Bowles (Apollo Member)  - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ad Lib

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Best Supporting Female

Pat Kelleway - Habeas Corpus; Mary Harvey - Can Can; Claire Fussell - Oklahoma, Cowes AODS; Rose Kelsey - As You Like It; Margaret Cardew - Body Language, Apollo Players.

Winner - Rose Kelsey - As You Like It

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Brian Murphy Award for Best Newcomer

Benjamin Cooper - Habeas Corpus; Susie Murphy - Fly Me to the Moon; Lizzie Woolfenden - The Bride and the Bachelor.

Winner - Lizzie Woolfenden - The Bride and the Bachelor


Jeremy Irons Award for Best Young Actor

Michael Grist - The Importance of Being Ernest, Kaleidoscope; Richard Squibb - A Midsummer Night's Dream; Susie Murphy - Fly Me to the Moon; Lizzie Woolfenden - The Bride and the Bachelor.

Winner - Richard Squibb - A Midsummer Night's Dream


Best Male Lead

Alister Pearson - Jane Eyre, Ryde Amateur Rep; Michael Arnell - No Man's Land, Apollo Players; Peter Stockman - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Geoff Day - The Fancy Man, Apollo Players; John English - As You Like It.

Winner - Peter Stockman (Apollo Member) - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


Best Female Lead

Rachel Coomber - Body Language; Helen Warren - Nunsense; Kim Dueck - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Paula Bailey -  The Fancy Man.

Winner - Kim Dueck - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


Best Director

Isobel Favell - A Midsummer Night's Dream; Fiona Boyle - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Isobel Favell - Bedbug (The Musical), South Wight Youth Theatre; Di Evans - As You Like It.

Winner - Fiona Boyle (Apollo Member) - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

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Best Staged Production

Body Language; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Laughter in the Dark - Newchurch Players; Wanted - One Body -  Newchurch Players.

Winner - Body Language, directed and designed by Cameron Bowles

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Best Musical

Godspell - Sandown AODS; Nunsense; Yeoman of the Guard - Savoyards; Bedbug (The Musical); Oklahoma.

Winner - Bedbug (The Musical) - South Wight Youth Theatre


Best Comedy

Body Language; Habeas Corpus; Fly Me to the Moon; The Fancy Man.

Winner - The Fancy Man

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Best Light Entertainment

Magic of Musicals - Ventnor Theatre Group; West End Music - Apollo Players; Musical Mayhem - Hilary Hall School of Dance; Wonders of the West End - Wight Light.

Winner - Magic of Musicals - Ventnor Theatre Group


Best Play

No Man's Land; One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; As You Like It; A Midsummer Night's Dream; A Perfect Murder - Cowes AODS.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ad Lib


The Services to Island Amateur Stage Special Award

Winner - Michael Arnell

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Congratulations to all winners and nominees - another great night celebrating island amateur theatre


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