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Eagle Awards 2025 - Nominations

The Derby Telegraph Award for BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

• The Watson Players for Caramba’s Revenge
• Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company for Romeo and Juliet
• Encore Performing Arts for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Chellaston Players  for Inspector Drake and the Perfekt Crime 

The Malcolm Sircom Award for BEST PRODUCTION OF A PANTOMIME

• The Watson Players for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• Little Eaton Players for The Little Mermaid
• The Enfield Players for Robin Hood and Babes in the Wood 
• Aston Players for Camelot the Panto 

The Gordon Bewley Award for BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

• Gatepost Theatre Company for Legally Blonde the Musical 
• Central Musical Theatre Company for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 
• Kristian Thomas Collective for Sister Act the Musical 
• Beeston Musical Theatre Group for The Addams Family Musical 

The Timothy Dalton Award for BEST PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY

• Jack Anthony (Romeo) in Romeo and Juliet for Derby Shakespeare Company
• Arden-Caspar Jennison (Christopher) in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time for Encore Performing Arts
• Daisy Donoghue (Susie Salmon) in The Lovely Bones for Encore Performing Arts 
• Mik Horvath (Miss Gibson) in Daisy Pulls it Off for Belper Players 

The Phil Treece Award for BEST PERFORMANCE IN A PANTOMIME

• Charlotte Brownsword (Simple Simon) in Jack and the Beanstalk for Chellaston Players
• Jake Perry (The Lion) in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz for The Watson Players
• Jackson Young (Thermidor) in The Little Mermaid for Little Eaton Players 
• Richard Kirkland (Persil) in The Little Mermaid for Little Eaton Players

The Gwen Taylor Award for BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL

• Luke Grainger (Lord Farquaad) in Shrek the Musical for Gatepost Theatre Company
• Jake Eyles (Cosmo Brown) in Singin’ in the Rain for Belper Musical Theatre 
• Amy Wicks (Sister Mary Patrick) in Sister Act the Musical for Kristian Thomas Collective
• Sara Evans-Bolger (Florence) in Chess the Musical for Beeston Musical Group  

The Jo Davison Award for BEST NEWCOMER

• Hannah Bradford (Maria) in The Sound of Music for Kaleidoscope Players 
• Morgan Hemstock (Don Lockwood) in Singin’ in the Rain for Belper Musical Theatre 
• Emily Owen (Director) on The Addams Family Musical for Beeston Musical Theatre 
• Ann Colgan (Director) on Murder on the Nile for Blind Eye Productions 

The Brian Glazebrook Award for OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

• Jonah Williams for Musical Direction on Made in Dagenham the Musical for LEOS Musical Theatre Society 
• Adam Guest & Christopher Surridge for Directing The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time for Encore Performing Arts 
• Chris Collington for Directing Shrek the Musical for Gatepost Theatre Company
• Ken Owen & Neil Jones for the set of Romeo and Juliet for Derby Shakespeare Theatre Company 

The Jean Gemmell Award for BEST CONTRIBUTION BY A YOUNG PERSON

• Ruby Rutherford (Gretl Von Trapp) in The Sound of Music for Kaleidoscope Players 
• William Curtis (Graham O’Grady) in Made in Dagenham the Musical for LEOS Musical Theatre Society 
• Max Wilmot (Mole) in Wind in the Willows for Blind Eye Productions 
• Ava Chetwyn (Laughalot) in Camelot the Panto for Aston Players 

The David Orange Award for BEST YOUTH PRODUCTION

Amateur Local Shows
2025
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - The Assembly Rooms, Bolsover (Bolsover Drama Group) - July 16th to 19th
The Diamond Necklace - Darley Abbey Village Hall (Marlowe Players) - July 22nd to 26th
Everybody's Talking about Jamie (Zak Scott Productions) - The Space August 21st to 23rd
Eurobeat - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - September 9th to 13th
Calendar Girls (Encore) - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - September 17th to 20th
My EX (Bonkers Theatrical) – Bonkers Playhouse Theatre – September 24^th to 27^th
Top Hat - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - Erewash Musical Society - October 7th to 11th
Anything Goes - The Assembly Rooms Bolsover (Bolsover Drama Group) - October 8th to 11th)
Little Women - Burton Brewhouse (Caberet Theatre Company) - October 9th to 11th
Funny Turns (NODs) - The Royal Oak Oakbrook - October 15th to 18th
Calendar Girls the Musical (Newark Amateur Operatic Society) – Robin Hood Theatre, Averham – October 15^th to 25th
HMS Pinafore - Stamford Corn Exchange (Stamford G&S) - October 16th to 18th
Murder at Chellaston Manor - St. Peters Church Hall (Chellaston Players) - October 19th and 20th
Young Frankenstein (LEOS) - Trent College - October 21st to 25th
Me and My Girl (Good Companions) - Repton 400Hall Theatre - October 21st to 25th
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Nottingham Operatic Society) - Theatre Royal Nottingham - October 29th to November 1st
Twelfth Night (Arcade Players) - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - November 5th to 8th
Elf the Musical (Blind Eye) - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - November 19th to 22nd
No Sex Please! We British  (Quads) - Quardon Village Hall - November 19th to 22nd
Carousel (Little Theatre Company) - Brewhouse Burton - November 25th to 29th
Musicals of the Decades ( Bonkers Theatrical) – Bonkers Playhouse Theatre, Kettering – December 3^rd to 9th

2026
Disney's The Little Mermaid  Jr (NAPA) - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - January 3rd
Jesus Christ Superstar (Studio Players) - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - January 21st to 24th
Beauty and the Beast Panto ( KaleidoscopePlayers) - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - January 29th to 31st
Guys and Dolls (EMUs) - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - February 5th to 7th
Cinderella (Watson Players) - Landau Forte School Theatre - February 18th to 22nd
Crazy for You (LEOs Youth Group) - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - February 19th 21st
My fair Lady (Cabaret Theatre Company) - Brewhouse Burton - March 11th to 14th
Come from away (Little Theatre Company) - Brewhouse Burton - April 7th to 11th
The Shawshank Redemption (Encore) - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - May 6th to 8th
A Bunch of Amateurs (Blind Eye) - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - May 27th to 30th
The Great British Bake Off (Gatepost) - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - September 15th to 19th
Monty Pythons Spamalot (Blind Eye) - Duchess Theatre Long Eaton - December 2nd to 5th

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