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SPOTLIGHT AWARDS 2018
ACT Youth – musical
Most Original Youth Dance Performance
- William Whelton – Cats – TEMPO
Most Accomplished Ensemble Performance
- Urmston Musical Theatre Juniors – Bugsy Malone
Most Creative Comedy Portrayal
- George Platt – Franz – Rock of Ages - PADOS Youth Theatre Group
Most Original Character Actor
- Sam Jones – Skimbleshanks – Cats – TEMPO
Most Original Character Actress
- Molly Patton - Justice - Rock of Ages - PADOS Youth Theatre Group
Most Accomplished Actor
- Jacob Beresford – Munkustrap – Cats – TEMPO
Most Accomplished Actress
- Jess Porter – Sherrie – Rock of Ages – PADOS Youth Theatre Group
ACT Youth – Drama
Most Original Accomplished Actor
- Toby Metcalfe – Waiter - Confusions – Players Youth Theatre
Most Accomplished Actress
- Natasha Dunn – Hero – Much Ado About Nothing – Players Theatre
ACT Musical Comedy
Most original character performance – actor
- Colin Magenty – Bennie – The Desert Song – The Operetta Company
Most original character performance – actress
- Valerie Green – Mad Margaret – Ruddigore – Sale G & S Society
Most accomplished actor
- Ken Rees – Jupiter – Orpheus in the Underworld – The Three Towns Operatic Society
Most accomplished actress
- Helen Fieldsend – Rose Maybud – Ruddigore – Sale G & S Society
ACT drama
Most original production concept
- Gates of Gold – Altrincham Little Theatre
Most original comic performance - actor
- Alan Hargreaves – Graham Whittaker – A Chip in the Sugar (Talking Heads) – Burnley Garrick
- Tom Dawson – Dr Gerald Drimmond -There Goes the Bride – Players Theatre
Most original comic performance – actress
- Kayleigh Hindle - Liz Nicholas – What i Did at School Today – Burnley Garrick
Most original comedy duo
- Josh Hindle, Blue Blezard & Jack Herbert – The Hound of the Baskervilles – Colne D.S.
- David Burns, Ian Wilkinson and Chris Billington –The Hound of the Baskervilles – Players Theatre
Most original character portrayal - actor
- Paul McGowan – Maurice – Maurices’ Jubilee – Burnley Garrick
Most original character portrayal – actress
- Jane Newman - Lydia - The Actress- Altrincham Little Theatre
Most accomplished actor
- Chris Sturmey - Roland Dickerby - Kindly Keep It Covered - Manchester Athenæum
Most accomplished actress
- Pauline Nevell – Lady Chilton – An Ideal Husband – St. Joseph’s Players
- Sarah Kirk and Sally Griffiths - Bette and Joan - Bette and Joan - W.I.T.S
ACT - Musical
Most Accomplished Youth Performance in an Adult Musical
- Sean Caffrey – Nathan – The Full Monty – Rochdale Musical Theatre Company
Most original vocal Ensemble Performance
- Ashton Operatic Society – Sister Act
Most Original Comedy Performance - Actor
- Andy Bond - Franz Liebkind – The Producers – Ulverston Amateurs
- Patrick Duffy – Scarcrow – Wizard of Oz – Bacup Royal Court Theatre Group
- Orin – Little Shop of Horrors – Bacup Royal Court theatre Group
Most Original Comedy Performance - Actress
- Paula-Jayne Power – Jolene Oaks – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Dukinfield A.O. & D.S.
Most Original Group Dance Concept
- Gary Jones-McCaw – Oklahoma! – Stockport Operatic Society
- Gypsy – Mossley A.O. & D.S.
Most Original Character Actor
- Ben Drane – Tommy Keeler – Annie Get Your Gun – Romiley Operatic Society
- Will Parker – Oklahoma! – Stockport Operatic Society
Most Original Character Actress
- Joanna Astley – Jeanette – The Full Monty – Rochdale Musical Theatre Company
Most Accomplished Supporting Actor
- Ben Mackenzie – Buck Barrow – Bonnie & Clyde – Hyde Musical Society
– Freddy Benson – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Dukinfield A.O. & D.S.
Most Accomplished Supporting Actress
- Kathleen Valentine – Agatha Hannigan – Annie – Urmston Musical Theatre Company
Most Accomplished Actor
- Paul Allison – Lawrence Jameson – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – Dukinfield A.O. & D.S.
- Nick Ward - Clyde Barrow - Bonnie and Clyde - Hyde Musical Society
Most Accomplished Actress
- Tina Spiers – Violet, Eileen Rawlinson – Doralee, Ruth Moore – Judy – 9 to 5 – Alderley & Wilmslow Musical Theatre Company
- Kate Shaw – Annie Oakley – Annie Get Your Gun – Romiley Operatic Society
Most Original Overall production - Youth
- Cats - TEMPO
Most original Overall Production - Musical Comedy
- Sale Gilbert & Sullivan Society – Ruddigore
Most Original Overall production - Drama
- Agatha Crusty and the Murder Mystery Dinner - H.A.T.S
Most Original Overall Musical Production
- Ulverston Amateurs – The Producers
Agents’ Award - For all round excellence in theatre
- Region 1 - Mossley A.O. & D.S. - Brassed Off
- Region 2 - Colne Dramatic Society - For Best use of available resources
- Region 3 - Players Theatre - For Investing in the Arts
HALL OF FAME
- Peter Marshall
- Martin Chadwick
- Carolanne Connolly