The North Essex Theatre Guild (N.E.T.G.) brings together amateur dramatics groups across North Essex and provides an adjudication service to encourage development. Its annual awards celebrate the productions over the last year. This year, cast and creative team members of Headgate Theatre Productions and Headgate Young Company have received 45 nominations between them.
Congratulations to everyone involved. The awards ceremony is on Friday 13th September. Hopefully lucky for some!
A Man of No Importance (HTP)
Set Design/Construction
Best Supporting Actor – Connor Pratchett as Robbie Fay
Best Supporting Actress – Caroline Fritz as Lily Byrne
Best Actor – Gareth Gwyn Jones as Alfie Byrne
Best Musical – directed by Wade Ablitt
Outstanding Achievement in Direction – Wade Ablitt for his cinematic direction and choreography, with impressive fluidity of movement throughout the production
A Monster Calls (HYC)
Outstanding Achievement in Direction – Paul T. Davies for his thoughtful and sensitive direction of a diverse young cast in his moving production
Technical Achievement
Adjudicators’ Trophy – the young cast for their ensemble acting, movement and emotional focus
Best Young Actor – Alex Derrick and Charlie Elsom as Conor (joint nomination)
Best Young Actor – Shola Osiyemi as The Monster
Best Young Actress – Beth Pearson as Mum
Best Dramatic Full Length Play – directed by Paul T. Davies
Dick Whittington (HTP)
Technical Achievement
Best Young Actress – Betsy Turner as Tommy the Cat
Best Supporting Actress – Judith Wheeler as Queen Rat
Best Dame – Kevin Topple as Sarah the Cook
Ghosts (HTP)
Props & Set Dressing
Best Costume
Set Design/Construction
Technical Achievement
Best Actor – Michael Cook as Pastor Flanders
Best Actor – George Deadman as Oswald Alving
Best Actress – Laura Hill as Helene Alving
Best Dramatic Full Length Play – directed by Andrew Hodgson
Snake in the Grass (HTP)
Props & Set Dressing
Set Design/Construction
Technical Achievement
Best Actress – Emma Wallis as Miriam Chester
The Addams Family (HTP)
Costume
Set Design/Construction
Technical Achievement
Adjudicators Award – the representation/performance of the Ancestors
Best Supporting Actor – Graham Bowden as Uncle Fester
Best Supporting Actress – April Rand as Wednesday
Best Actor – Matt Jewson as Gomez
Best Supporting Actress – Emma Theedom as Alice Beinke
Best Musical – directed by Shannon Hannah
The Haunting of Hill House (HTP)
Set Design/Construction
Technical Achievement
Best Supporting Actor – Joseph Sales as Arthur
Best Actress – Emily Daniels as Eleanor
The Mill on the Floss (HYC)
Best Young Actor – Alfie Hester as Tom Tulliver/Wakem
Best Young Actress – Maddy Smith as Third Maggie/Mrs Pullet
Best Young Actress – Eva Balding as Second Maggie/Mrs Gregg
Best Supporting Actress – Bryony Diss as Stephan/Mr Glegg/Mr Stelling