Major midweek announcement coming to you from the Maxines Feathers Workshop! We’ve just received the press release for the results of The Great British Pantomime Awards and couldn’t wait to share it with you. Panto is such a huge part of what we do here, and having a whole night celebrating the wonderful work of this industry is all good in our book! We worked closely with our friends at QDOS this year to create such fabulous pantomime and to see our combined effort celebrated in such a way has been so exciting for our team. This has definitely been our best year yet!
Check out the press release and winners below!
PRESS RELEASE
The Great British Pantomime Awards
13th March 2017
Last night the Great British Pantomime Awards took place at the Theatre Café London. In a glitzy ceremony presented by Christopher Biggins the awards been establish to celebrate the best of British pantomime. There is exceptional support from producers and a clear message was repeated throughout the evening that an industry which has previously gone under the radar is now getting its moment. Qdos, Evolution, Jordan Productions, UK Productions and PHA all had productions or performers who picked up awards. Independent producer Simon Fielding also collected with two awards for best Choreography and ‘Beechdean Award for the Best Pantomime (capacity under 750). The other Best Pantomime awards went to Dick Whittington, Evolution, Canterbury (750-1500 Capacity) and Dick Whittington, Qdos at the Birmingham Hippodrome (1500+) Capacity. Gary Hind who won the Musical Supervision award for Cinderella at the Palladium thanked the Great British Pantomime for acknowledging music and pantomime, which is too often overlooked. Olivier award winner Sharon D Clake who won ‘Best Female Baddie’ for her performance at the Hackney empire was thrilled to have picked up the first ever award in her category. The evening was finished with a ‘Lifetime Achievement’ presentation to Biggins for his work in the pantomime sector. The evening was streamed live on Facebook and can still be seen @GBPantoAwards. The Great British Pantomime would like to acknowledge the support of Production, Light and sound, Rare Design, Beechdean Farmhouse Dairy Ice Cream, CME Personnel Consultancy and Limelight Scripts and the organisers are already on the lookout for a theatre for next years ceremony.
Twitter: @GBPantoAwards
Facebook: GBPantoAwards
Web: www.pantomimeawards.co.uk
Email: [email protected]
List of winners below followed by photographs.
List of winners:
Pantomime of the Year (1500+)
DICK WHITTINGTON
Birmingham Hippodrome
Qdos
Pantomime of the Year (750-1500)
DICK WHITTINGTON
Canterbury
Evolution
Pantomime of the Year (Under 750)
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Towngate Theatre
Basildon
Best Comic
MATT SLACK
Dick Whittington
Birmingham Hippodrome
Best Leading Female
OLIVIA BIRCHENOUGH
Cinderella
Floral Pavillion
Best Leading Male
JULIAN CLARY
Cinderella
London Palladium
Best Male Baddie
TOM LISTER
Peter Pan
Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
Sponsored by CME Personnel Consultancy
Best Female Baddie
SHARON D CLARKE
Sleeping Beauty
Hackney Empire
Sponsored by CME Personnel Consultancy
Best Dame
DAMIAN WILLIAMS
Snow White
Sheffield Lyceum
Sponsored by Limelight Scripts
Best Supporting Male
TOM CONNOR
Beauty & the Beast
Liverpool Everyman
Best Fairy
HANNAH POTTS
Cinderella
Regent Theatre Stoke
Best Ugly Sisters
DEAN HORNER & OLIVER GRAY
Cinderella
Derby Arena
Best Pantomime Newcomer
GILL JORDAN as ‘DOREEN TIPTON’
Aladdin
Wolverhampton Grand
Best Special Effects
TWINS FX
Upside Down Moped
Cinderella
London Palladium
Sponsored by Production, Light and Sound
Best Script
CHRISTIAN PATTERSON
Cinderella
Regent Theatre Stoke
Sponsored by Rare Design
Best Staging and Set
IAN WESTBROOK
Cinderella
London Palladium
Sponsored by Rare Design
Best Choreography
AISLING DUFFY AND SIMON FIELDING
Sleeping Beauty
Towngate Theatre
Basildon
Best Musical Supervision
GARY HIND
Cinderella
London Palladium
Best Director
MICHAEL HARRISON
Cinderella
London Palladium
Sponsored by Production, Light and Sound
Best Double Act
THE KRANKIES
Dick Whittington
Birmingham Hippodrome
Lifetime Achievement
CHRISTOPHER BIGGINS
END
Christopher Biggins, host for evening and Winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award
Susie McKenna, Christopher Biggins and Sharon D Clarke (Winner, CME Personnel Consultancy Award for Best Female Baddie, Hackney Empire)
Christopher Biggins and Simon Fielding, Sleeping Beauty Basildon (Beechdean award for Best Pantomime capacity under 750)
Olivia Birchenough (Winner Best Leading Female, Cinderella, Floral Pavillion)
Gary Hind (Winner, Best Musical Supervision) and Paul Hardy-Brown (Winner, Production Light and Sound Award for Best special Effects) both for Cinderella, London Palladium
Oliver Gray, Christopher Biggins and Dean Horner (Winners Best Ugly Sisters, Derby Arena)
Emily Wood and Paul Hendy (Winner Beechdean Award for Best Pantomime (750-1500 capacity), Dick Whittington Canterbury
Damian Williams (Winner Limelight Scripts Award for Best Dame, Sheffield Lyceum)
