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) |