The Cotswold Playhouse
Over the years, the Players have won many awards...
| 2016 | The 39 Steps |
| Director(s): Heidi Price | |
| Stage electric Award for Technical Achievement | |
| 2015 | Aspects of Love |
| Author: Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart based on the novel by David Garnett | |
| Director(s): Rob Mauler | |
| Lucy Cole as Jenny Gillingham received a RoseBowl nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. | |
| 2014 | Romeo and Juliet |
| Author: William Shakespeare | |
| Director(s): Peter Cluer | |
| Geoff Butterworth received the RoseBowl Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for his role as Friar Lawrence. Glenn Chapman as Mercutio was nominated for the same award. | |
| 2014 | Blighty Bound |
| Author: Pip Royall | |
| Director(s): Pip Royall MD:Stephen Hoskins Choreographer: Terry Clifford | |
| The Blighty Bound set received a RoseBowl Nomination for the Walter Hawkins Award for Creativity & Design. | |
| 2011 | Broken Glass |
| Author: Arthur Miller | |
| Director(s): Robert Penman | |
| GDA: Best Play; Best Production; Best Director; Best Actor - Tim Howard | |
| 2011 | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Author: William Shakespeare | |
| Director(s): Graham Bill | |
| Rosebowl - Best Shakespeare Production | |
| 2011 | Damages |
| Author: Steve Thompson | |
| Director(s): Rob Mauler | |
| Rosebowl - Best Publicity Material | |
| 2010 | La Cage aux Folles |
| Author: Harvey Fierstein. Music & lyrics by Jerry Herman. Based on the play by Jean Poiret | |
| Director(s): Joy Rosselli. MD - Rob Kempner. Choreographer - Terry & Laura Clifford | |
| GDA: Best Musical; Best Supporting Actress - Juliet Chasney; Best Transcendant Moment - The relationship between Albin & George. | |
| 2009 | The Secret Garden |
| Author: Marsha Norman & Lucy Simon - Based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett | |
| Director(s): Rob Mauler; MD - Rob Kempner; Choreographer - Penny Laker | |
| Rose Bowl: The Stage Electrics Award for Technical Excellence Noda: Regional Reps Award for Excellence (District 15), Award for Visual Excellence | |
| 2009 | Carousel |
| Author: Rogers & Hammerstein | |
| Director(s): Patrick Howell; MD - Rob Kempner; Choreographers - Terry & Laura Clifford | |
| GDA: Best Musical, Best Transcendent Moment - June is Bursting out all Over | |
| 2009 | Ladies Night |
| Author: Anthony McCarton & Stephen Sinclair | |
| Director(s): Terry Clifford, Choreographed by Laura Clifford | |
| GDA: Best Technical Achievement, Best Production | |
| 2009 | The Rise and Fall of Little Voice |
| Author: Jim Cartwright | |
| Director(s): Graham Bill, Choreographed by Terry Clifford | |
| Rosebowl - Best Actress: Joy Amy Wigman | |
| 2008 | Oliver! |
| Author: Lionel Bart - Based on the novel by Charles Dickens | |
| Director(s): Judy Couch, MD - Rob Kempner, Choreographer - Terry Clifford | |
| GDA - Best Musical | |
| 2008 | Top Girls |
| Author: Caryl Churchill | |
| Director(s): Chris Robinson | |
| GDA - Best Actress - Claire Faibairn | |
| 2007 | Anything Goes |
| Author: Cole Porter | |
| Director(s): Aileen Robinson, MD Robert Kempner, Choreograhy Terry & Laura Clifford | |
| Rose Bowl: Best Actor in a Musical - Richard Murray GDA: Best Actress - Sarah Kilmister, Best Actor - John Salter, Best Technical, Best Production | |
| 2006 | Peter Pan |
| Author: Piers Chater-Robinson based on the novel by J M Barrie | |
| Director(s): Judy Couch MD Robert Kempner, Choreographer Terry Clifford | |
| NODA Award for Excellence, Rose Bowl Award Best Musical, GDA Best Musical, Best Set Design, Best Costume | |
| 2005 | Wizard of Oz |
| Author: L Frank Baum | |
| Director(s): Aileen Robinson | |
| GDA Best Young Performer U 19 Sarah Kilmister, Best Musical, Adjudicator's award for the Munchkins | |
| 2005 | The Ghost Train |
| Author: Arnold Ridley | |
| Director(s): Tim Howard | |
| GDA Best Actress Carolyn Dolan | |
| 2004 | Noises Off |
| Author: Michael Frayne | |
| Director(s): John Knowles | |
| GDA Best Set Design, Best Technical, Best Play | |
| 2003 | Oh What a Lovely War |
| Author: Joan Littlewood | |
| Director(s): Brian Babb, MD Julian Elloway, Choreography Linda Elloway | |
| GDA Runner-up Best Play, Best Costumes | |
| 2003 | Playhouse Creatures |
| Author: April de Angelis | |
| Director(s): Sarah Mercer | |
| GDA Best Production | |
| 2003 | The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See .. |
| Author: Book by Sheila Ruskin and David Wood, music & lyrics by David Wood based on the verses and stories of Edward Lear | |
| Director(s): Patrick Howell | |
| GDA Best Costume | |
| 2002 | Macbeth |
| Author: William Shakespeare | |
| Director(s): Robert Penman | |
| GDA Best Production, Best Technical Production, Best Actor Tony Free, Best Costumes, Best Supporting Actor Chris Sharrock | |
| 2002 | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Author: Book Joseph Stein, music Jerry Bock, Lyrics Sheldon Harnick | |
| Director(s): Joy Rosselli, MD Julian Elloway, Choreographer Linda Elloway | |
| GDA Best Production, Best Musical, Best Costumes | |
| 2000 | My Fair Lady |
| Author: Alan J Lerner & Frederick Loewe | |
| Director(s): Joyce Thomas, MD Dawn Sim | |
| GDA Adjudicator's award for best all round production | |
| 1999 | Endgame |
| Author: Samual Beckett | |
| Director(s): Robert Penman | |
| GDA Best Actor Tony Free | |
| 1998 | The Business of Murder |
| Author: Richard Harris | |
| Director(s): Ron Pontefract | |
| GDA Best Actor Tony Free | |
| 1997 | Hullo Dolly |
| Author: Jerry Harman | |
| Director(s): Joyce Thomas, MD David Barker. Choreographer Sally Beard | |
| GDA Best Production, Best Director, Best Costumes, Best Actor Richard Murray | |
| 1997 | The Accrington Pals |
| Author: Peter Whelan | |
| Director(s): Joy Rosselli | |
| GDA Best Actor Patrick Howell, Best Young Actor under 18 Nathan King | |
| 1994 | Oklahoma |
| Author: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II | |
| Director(s): Joyce Thomas, MD Dawn Bidwell Choreorapher Jill Woods | |
| GDA Best Production, Best Costumes | |
| 1993 | West Side Story |
| Author: Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim | |
| Director(s): Graham Bill, MD Dawn Bidwell, Choreography Jill Woods | |
| GDA Best Production, GDA Best actress under 19 - Rachel Monk (Anita) | |
| 1992 | Half a Sixpence |
| Best Actor | |
| 1989 | Chorus of Disapproval |
| Festival Winner; Best Actor; Best Director | |
| 1989 | A Chorus of Disapproval |
| Author: Alan Ayckbourne | |
| Director(s): Tony Wickham | |
| Festival Winner, Best Actor Graham Bill, Best Director Tony Wickham | |
| 1988 | The Crucible |
| Festival Winner | |
| 1988 | The Crucible |
| Author: Arthur Miller | |
| Director(s): Graham Bill | |
| Festival Winner | |
| 1987 | Bust Op |
| Best Supporting Role | |
| 1987 | Bust Op |
| Author: Alan Ogden | |
| Director(s): Eileen Nelson | |
| Best Supporting Role award - Jean Merrett | |
| 1986 | Funeral Dance |
| Author: David Campton | |
| Director(s): Graham Bill | |
| HTV Best Actress Award - Jocelyn Gill | |
| 1985 | The Importance Of Being Ernest |
| Author: Oscar Wilde | |
| Director(s): Robert Penman | |
| Best Actress Award - Miriam Morgan | |
| 1984 | The Miasma In Mostyn Mews |
| Author: Alan Ogden | |
| Director(s): Roy Smith | |
| Festival Winner. Best Actor Award -Tony Wickham | |
| 1983 | A Slight Ache |
| Author: Harold Pinter | |
| Director(s): Robert Penman | |
| Best Actress Award - Gina Meredith | |
| 1982 | Lark Rise |
| Author: Flora Thompson adapted by Keith Dewhurst | |
| Director(s): Michael Bishop | |
| (Festival Winner) | |
| 1981 | Little Brother, Little Sister |
| Author: David Campton | |
| Director(s): Charles Brooks | |
| Best Actress Award - Sean Gleed | |
| 1980 | Perfection City |
| Author: David Shelon | |
| Director(s): Michael Bishop | |
| Best Actor awarded to Ted Adamson | |
| 1978 | The Orchestra |
| Author: Jean Anouilh | |
| Director(s): Charles Brooks | |
| Winner Stroud One Act Play Festival 1978; Represented Gloucestershire at Divisional Final, Clifton College Theatre, Bristol; Best Actor Award to Roy Smith, Malmesbury One Act Play Festival 1978; Best Actor Award to Roy Smith, HTV West Festival 1978; Guinness Best Director Award to Charles Brooks, Gloucester One Act Play Festival 1978 | |
| 1978 | The Chalk Garden |
| Author: Enid Bagnold | |
| Director(s): Tony Morgan | |
| Best Dramatic Presentation Trophy, Evening Post Rose Bowl Awards) | |
| 1977 | The Heiress |
| Author: Ruth & Augustus Goetz on Henry James | |
| Director(s): Ray & Eileen Nelson | |
| Winner County Full Length Play Festival 'Dowty Rosebowl' 1978; Best Decor & Stage Presentation Award | |
| 1977 | The Man Without a Name |
| Author: David Shellan | |
| Director(s): Michael Bishop | |
| Best Actor Award to Robert Bashford at Stroud & Gloucester One Act Play Festivals 1977 | |
| 1976 | The New Model Army |
| Author: Terry Phillips & Jackie Girling | |
| Director(s): Michael Bishop | |
| Winner Gloucester One Act Play Festival 1976 | |
| 1975 | A Marriage Has Been Arranged |
| Author: Alfred Sutro | |
| Director(s): Michael Bishop & Charles Brooks | |
| Winner Stroud One Act Play Festival 1975; Best Actor awarded to Charles Brooks, HTV West Festival 1975 | |
| 1974 | Passion, Poison & Petrifaction |
| Author: George Bernard Shaw | |
| Director(s): Michael Bishop | |
| Winner Stroud One Act Play Festival 1974 pesented by George Room Club | |
| 1973 | The Wizard of Oz |
| Author: L. Frank Baum andHarold Arlen | |
| Director(s): Sue Burgess | |
| Best Comedy Actress Award to Jeanette Deacon, Evening Post Rose Bowl Awards | |
| 1973 | Arsenic & Old Lace |
| Author: Josef Kesselring | |
| Director(s): Lamrock Flower | |
| County Best Actress Award to June Dodsworth & Sue Burgess, 1974 | |
| 1971 | The Hostage |
| Author: Brendan Behan | |
| Director(s): Michael Bishop | |
| Winner - County Full Length Play Festival, 'Dowty Rosebowl' 1971; County Best Actor awarded to Dennis Harkness, 1971 | |
| 1971 | The Big House |
| Author: Brendan Behan | |
| Director(s): Michael Bishop | |
| Winner Malmesbury One Act Play Festival 'Peter Saunders Trophy' 1971 | |
| 1971 | Wait Until Dark |
| Author: Frederick Knott | |
| Director(s): Tony Morgan | |
| County Best Actor awarded to Michael Bishop, 1971 | |
| 1970 | The Proposal |
| Author: Anton Chekov - Adt. Michael Bishop | |
| Director(s): Michael Bishop | |
| Winner Stage Presentation Award Malmesbury One Act Play Festival 1970 | |
| 1970 | The Lover |
| Author: Harold Pinter | |
| Director(s): David Morgan | |
| Best Actor awarded to Dennis Harkness, Malmesbury One Act Festival 1970 | |
| 1969 | The Farmer's Wife |
| Author: Eden Philpotts | |
| Director(s): Michael Bishop | |
| Winner County Full Length Play Festival 'Dowty Rosebowl' 1969 | |
| 1969 | The Calf Before the Hearse |
| Author: Yves Cabrol | |
| Director(s): Michael Bishop | |
| Winner Malmesbury One Act Play Festival 'Peter Saunders Trophy' 1969 | |
| 1966 | Romanoff & Juliet |
| Author: Peter Ustinov | |
| Director(s): Tony Morgan | |
| County Best Actor awarded to Alan Pearce, 1966 | |
| 1965 | This Happy Breed |
| Author: Noel Coward | |
| Director(s): Michael Bishop | |
| Winner - County Full Length Play Festival, 'Dowty Rosebowl' 1965 | |
| 1963 | The Amorous Prawn |
| Author: Anthony Kimmins | |
| Director(s): Lamorock Flower | |
| wnner - County Full Length Play Festival, 'Dowty Rosebowl' 1964 | |
| 1961 | Trespass |
| Author: Emlyn Williams | |
| Director(s): Miriam Morgan | |
| Winner - County Full Length Play Festival, 'Dowty Rosebowl' 1961 - County Best Actor Award - Michael Bishop | |
| 1959 | The Silver Box (on tape) |
| Author: John Galsworthy | |
| Director(s): Grace Keen | |
| Winner - Reynolds News' Drama on Tape Competition | |
| 1958 | The Love of Four Colonels |
| Author: Peter Ustinov | |
| Director(s): Grace Keen | |
| Winner - County Full Length Play Festival 1958 | |
| 1958 | The Lonely Summit |
| Author: H.V.Kershaw | |
| Director(s): Edna Pattison | |
| Co-Winner & Finals Winner - County One Act Play Festival, Cheltenham 1958 | |
| 1955 | The River Line |
| Festival Winner | |
| 1952 | The Bear |
| (Festival Winner) | |