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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MUSICAL)

Peter Baldwin - Rico - Copacabana - Blackpool Light Opera
Simon Westwell - Bill Sykes - Oliver! - Burnley Light Opera
Stephen Hughes-May - Sam - Copacabana - Southport LOS.
Scott Lees - Hipockets Duncan - Buddy - Congress Players
Neil Silcock - Ali Hakim - Oklahoma! - Zodiac A.O.S.
John Meachen - Ko Ko - Hot Mikado - Romily A.O.S.
Richard Sanderson - Sir Evelyn - Anything Goes - Clitheroe Parish Church

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (DRAMA)

Barry Beckett - Herr Winkelkopt - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Burnley Garrick Club
Mike Donahue - Mr. Jenkins - Cash on Delivery - Whitefield A.O.D.S.
Chris Martin - Grüber - ‘Allo, ‘Allo - St Paul’s
Andrew Tooth - Manuel - Fawlty Towers - Congleton Players
Tom Dawson - Inspector Pratt - Murdered to Death - Woodford Community

BEST POSTER

Ashton Under Lyne O.S. Fiddler On the Roof

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (MUSICAL)

Ann-Marie Beck - Maggie Jones- 42nd Street- P.A.D.O.S.
Joan Aitchison - Mrs. Malloy - Hello, Dolly! - St. Annes AOS
Vivienne Thornber - Mrs. Meers  - Thoroughly Modem Millie - St Johns A.O.D.S.
Adrienne Wormald - Tina Lamont - Singin' in the Rain - Walmsley Church AODS
Caroline Edge - Miss Dorothy - Thoroughly Modem Millie - Adlington MA
Dawn Leigh - Narrator - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Middleton A.O.S.
Julia Washer - Lina Lamont - Singin' in the Rain - Centenary Theatre Co.
Victoria Schofield - Miss Dorothy - Thoroughly Modem Millie - Dukinfield A.O.S.
Beth McGarry - Katie Brown - Calamity Jane - Whitehaven Th. Group
Vanessa Andrew - Bloody Mary - South Pacific - Morecambe A.O.S.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (DRAMA)

Michelle Shelton - Sybil Merton - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Burnley Garrick Club
Jane Embury - Angela - Abigail's Party - Prestwich A.O.D.S.
Joanne Cunliffe - Helena  - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Chorley A.O.D.S.
Kelly Herridge - Sadie - Rise & Fall of Little Voice - Centenary Theatre Co.

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BEST PROGRAMME (BASIC CLASS)

The Three Towns O.S. - The Gypsy Baron

BEST STAGING (MUSICAL)

St. Annes A.O.S. - Hello, Dolly!
Accrington Theatre Group - We Will Rock You
Middleton A.O.S. - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Newton A.O.D.S. - The Wizard Of Oz
Macclesfield M.T.G. - Return to the Forbidden Planet
Keswick A.O.S. - Fiddler On the Roof
Garstang Theatre Group - Blitz!

BEST STAGING (DRAMA)

St. Luke's Arts & Drama - Move Over Mrs. Markham
The Rossendale Players - Hobson's Choice
St. Ambrose Players - Summer End
Centenary Musical Th. - Rise & Fall Of Little Voice
Brookdale Theatre Group - On Golden Pond

BEST PROGRAMME (STANDARD CLASS)

Congleton Amateur Youth Theatre - Little Shop of Horrors

BEST PROGRAMME (SOUVENIR CLASS)

Congress Players - Buddy

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BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Catherine Cox - Thoroughly Modern Millie - St Johns ADDS
Barbara Grant - West Side Story  - Bolton Catholic M&CS
Liz Cardell - Guys & Dolls  - Trinity AOS Congleton
Jackie Morris - Crazy For You - Southport AOS
Jean Ashworth - Thoroughly Modern Millie - Dukinfield AOS

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Nick Sanders - My Fair Lady - Sale & Altrincham M.T.
Jim Thomas - Thoroughly Modern Millie  - Blackpool Operatic Players
Lisa Manley - Thoroughly Modern Millie  - St. Johns ADOS
David Wilson - West Side Story - Bolton Catholic M&CS
Jeff Rimmer - The King and I - Maghull M.T.C.
Andrew Mitchell - Buddy - Congress Players
Gerald Hart - Thank You For The Music - Knutsford A.O.S.
Margaret Bailey - The Pirates Of Penzance - Woodley Players

BEST PROGRAMME (PLAY)

Centenary Theatre Company - The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL)

Paul Kirkbright - Higgins - My Fair Lady - Sale & Altrincham M.S.
Steve Mullins - Billy - Carousel  - St. Anne's Parish Church
Nick Ward - Galileo - We Will Rock You - Accrington Theatre Gr.
Mike Deakin - Daryl van Horn - Witches of Eastwick - Ellesmere Port Theatre Group
Ian Curran - Buddy - Buddy - Congress Players
Nigel Peever  - Fagin - Oliver! - Acton A.O.S.
Simon Hardisty - Tommy - Tommy - Moseley AODS
Chris Briggs - Tevye - Fiddler on the Roof - Keswick AOS

BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)

Salvatore Vita - Lord Savile - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime - Burnley Garrick Club
Robin Thompson  - Eric Swan - Cash On Delivery - Whitefield ADDS
Brian Clarke - Mr. Smith - Run for your Wife - Chorley ADOS
Paul Griffiths - Basil Fawlty - Fawlty Towers - Congleton Players
Brian Lingwood - Norman - On Golden Pond - Brookdale Theatre Co.

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BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL)

Laura Bryant - My Fair Lady - Sale & Altrincham M.S.
Lucy Sumner - Millie - Thoroughly Modem Millie - Blackpool Operatic Players
Liz Wellock - Millie - Thoroughly Modem Millie - St. Johns AODS
Rachel Cureton - Mama Rose  - Gypsy  - Wallasey Operatic Soc.
Kate Gregory  - Millie - Thoroughly Modem Millie - St. Philips ADDS
Jane Rigby  - Anna - The King and I - Maghull Musical Th. Co
Stella Whitehouse - Rosalinda - Die Fledermaus - Saddleworth Musical Soc.
Sarah Francis - Sarah Brown - Guys & Dolls  - Trinity A.O.S. Congleton
Kimberley Bates - Millie - Thoroughly Modern Millie - Dukinfield AOS
Kath Dobson - Mrs. Blitztein - Blitz! - Garstang Theatre Group

BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)

Sally Griffiths - Many Parts?? - Two - W.I.T.S
Charlotte McConnell - Bev - Abigail's Party - Blackburn Drama Club
June Dowd - May - Accrington Pals - Ormskirk Theatre Co.
Igrayne McDermott  - L.V.   - The Rise & Fall of Little Voice  - Centenary Musical Th.
Beverley Eaves -  Maggie - Hobson's Choice -   Brookdale Theatre Co.

ARTISTIC DIRECTION (MUSICAL)

Brian Lawson - Oklahoma! - Preston Musical Comedy
Jon Ranwell - Calamity Jane  - Come Operatic Society
Karen Edge - Copacabana -   Southport LOS.
Anita Stuttard - Die Fledermaus - Saddleworth Musical Society
Neil Townsend - Singin' In the Rain - Centenary Musical Th.
Martyn Preston - Tommy - Moseley A.O.D.S.

ARTISTIC DIRECTION (DRAMA)

Mike Doyle - The Memory Of Water  - Sale Nomads
Karolyn Szejner - Abigail's Party - Blackburn Drama Club
Pam Foy - What the Butler Saw - Waterloo & Crosby
Pamela Mein  - Fawlty Towers - Congleton Players
Neil Lingwood - On Golden Pond - Brookdale Theatre

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BEST PANTOMIME

Preston Drama Club - Sleeping Beauty
Bacup A.O.D.S. - Beauty and the Beast
All Souls Drama Club - Cinderella
St. Herbert's  - Frankenstein
St. Thomas AOS Golborne - Cinderella
Brookdale Theatre - Snow White

BEST YOUTH PRODUCTION

Our Lady Star of the Sea - The Boy Friend
Rossendale Am Youth Section - Disney High School Musical
Children Am.Th.Soc.  - Children Of Eden
S.O.N.G.  - Summer Holiday
Heywood A.O.D.S. Juniors - West Side Story
SCAMPS - Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
Stagedright Youth Th. - Les Misérable
Kids on the Bay (Storth) - Slipper and the Rose

BEST PLAY

Poulton Drama Club - Shakers
Burnley Garrick Club - Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Chorley A.O.D.S. - Run For Your Wife
Congleton Players - Fawlty Towers
Brookdale Theatre - On Golden Pond
Barrow A.O.S. - It Runs In The Family

BEST MUSICAL

Blackpool Operatic - Thoroughly Modern Millie
St. Johns A.O.D.S. - Thoroughly Modern Millie
Bolton Catholic M.C.S.  - West Side Story
Congress Players  - Buddy
Crewe A.O.S.  - Kiss Me Kate
Dukinfield A.O.S. - Thoroughly Modern Millie
Ulverston A.O.S. - Meet Me In St. Louis

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