WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THE NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2025 CORMAC RICHARDS THEATRE AWARDS – THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON 27 DECEMBER.
COMEDY PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
PRESENT LAUGHTER – Exeter University Theatre Company
DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER – Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth
TIME AND TIME AGAIN – Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth
SEE HOW THEY RUN – Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth
BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY – Manor Pavilion Theatre, Sidmouth
MUSICAL PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES – Theatre Royal Plymouth
COME FROM AWAY – Axminster Guild Hall
KINKY BOOTS – Theatre Royal Plymouth
DEAR EVAN HANSEN – Theatre Royal Plymouth
DANCE PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
QUADROPHENIA – Theatre Royal Plymouth
THE MIDNIGHT BELL – Theatre Royal Plymouth
THE RED SHOES – Theatre Royal Plymouth
CINDERELLA – Theatre Royal Plymouth
CHOREOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
MATTHEW BOURNE – THE MIDNIGHT BELL, THE RED SHOES
ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER – HAMILTON
PAUL ROBERTS – QUADROPHENIA
HARRI MOORE, CARRIE CURTIS, MERLE HARRISON-CROFT – GREASE
SET DESIGN OF THE YEAR
CHRISTOPHER ORAM – QUADROPHENIA
LEZ BROTHERSTON – THE MIDNIGHT BELL & THE RED SHOES
ANDREW BECKETT – NEVILLE’S ISLAND & A SONG AT TWILIGHT
DUNCAN HENDERSON – THE SHARK IS BROKEN
JOHN MACFARLANE – CINDERELLA
LIGHTING DESIGN
PAULE CONSTABLE – THE MIDNIGHT BELL & THE RED SHOES
FABIANA PICCIOLLI – QUADROPHENIA
DAVID FINN – CINDERELLA
HOWELL BINKLEY – HAMILTON
MATT DAW – DEAR EVAN HANSEN
SOUND DESIGN
NEVIN STEINBERG – HAMILTON
DAVID MCEWAN – QUADROPHENIA
ADAM CORK – THE SHARK IS BROKEN
SEVENTH WAVE AUDIO – COME FROM AWAY
COSTUME DESIGN
PAUL SMITH – QUADROPHENIA
LEZ BROTHERSTON – THE RED SHOES & THE MIDNIGHT BELL
PAUL TAZEWELL – HAMILTON
JOHN MACFARLANE – CINDERELLA
ENSEMBLE AWARD
THE CAST OF ‘NEVILLE’S ISLAND’ – Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth
THE CAST OF ‘CONSTELLATIONS’ – Exeter University Theatre Company
THE CAST OF ‘COME FROM AWAY’ – Axminster Guild Hall
THE CAST OF ‘THE SHARK IS BROKEN’ – Theatre Royal Plymouth
THE CAST OF ‘QUARTET’- Manor Pavilion, Sidmouth
WRITING AWARD
IAN SHAW & JOSEPH NIXON – THE SHARK IS BROKEN
BEAU HOPKINS – SALT
NICOLAS RIDLEY – WERE YOU ANYONE BEFORE DAD’S ARMY?
DANCE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
PARIS FITZPATRICK – QUADROPHENIA
LIAM MOWER – THE MIDNIGHT BELL & THE RED SHOES
ASHLEY SHAW – THE RED SHOES & THE MIDNIGHT BELL
DOMINIC NORTH – THE MIDNIGHT BELL
JAMES LOVELL – SWAN LAKE
LACHLAN MONAGHAN – CINDERELLA
YU KURIHARA – CINDERELLA
TECHNICAL AWARD – inc SPECIAL EFFECTS, PROJECTION DESIGN
NINA DUNN – THE SHARK IS BROKEN
MORGAN LARGE & RAVI DEEPRES – DEAR EVAN HANSEN
LEO FLINT – ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES
JAMES PRENDERGAST – MURDER IN THE DARK
YEASTCULTURE – QUADROPHENIA
SUPPORTING PERFORMER OF THE YEAR – PLAY
DAFYDD GWYN HOWELLS – NEVILLE’S ISLAND
CHRISTOPHER LYNE – NEVILLE’S ISLAND
JEREMY TODD – NEVILLE’S ISLAND
DOMINIC MCCHESNEY – NEVILLE’S ISLAND
SASHA HAWKSWORTH – PRESENT LAUGHTER
PIPPA HOLT – CONSTELLATIONS
ANDREW FETTES – A BRIEF HISTORY OF WOMEN
RICHARD KNOX – A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
EMERSON PIKE – A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
STEPHANIE WILLSON – A SONG AT TWILIGHT
ANDREW WILLIAMS – HOME AT SEVEN
ASHLEY MARGOLIS – THE SHARK IS BROKEN
RAY MURPHY – IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
EMILY OUTRED – MURDER IN THE DARK
SUPPORTING PERFORMER OF THE YEAR – MUSICAL
PHILIP CHILDS – ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES
NICK UTTLEY – GREASE
ASHLEY JAY DANIELS – HAMILTON
COURTENAY BOWMAN – KINKY BOOTS
SCOTT PAIGE – KINKY BOOTS
ROWENA DURRANT – COME FROM AWAY
COMEDY PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
ALEX WEBB – PRESENT LAUGHTER
STEPHANIE WILLSON – SEE HOW THEY RUN
THOMAS WILLSHIRE – DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER
MITCH CAPALDI – FALLEN ANGELS
ROSANNA ELY – CINDERELLA
TESSA HOGGE – CINDERELLA
PLAY PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
THE SHARK IS BROKEN – THEATRE ROYAL PLYMOUTH
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – POLTIMORE HOUSE/ROUGEMONT GARDENS
NEVILLE’S ISLAND – MANOR PAVILION SIDMOUTH
PRESENT LAUGHTER – EXETER UNIVERSITY
HAPPY DAYS – MILL STUDIO, YVONNE ARNAUD THEATRE, GUILDFORD
PERSUASION – MARINE THEATRE, LYME REGIS
MUSICAL DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
JOSEPH BINMORE – COME FROM AWAY
MICHAEL BRADLEY – DEAR EVAN HANSEN
CATHERINE HENSON – ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES
NOAH MOSLEY – CESARE
ZACH FLIS – HAMILTON
RACHEL FULLER – QUADROPHENIA
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – MUSICAL
DAVID DUTHIE – COME FROM AWAY
CAROLINE JAY RANGER – ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES
ADAM PENFOLD – DEAR EVAN HANSEN
THOMAS KAIL – HAMILTON
PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR IN A MUSICAL
RYAN KOPEL – DEAR EVAN HANSEN
SAM WILLIAMS – GUYS AND DOLLS
HOLLY ELKINS – GREASE
SAM LUPTON – ONLY FOOLS AND HORSE
MARLEY FENTON – HAMILTON
BILLY NEVERS – HAMILTON
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – PLAY
ANTON TWEEDALE – A SONG AT TWILIGHT
JAYMES SYGROVE – HAPPY DAYS
JANETTE FROUD – PERSUASION
JASON MARC-WILLIAMS – NEVILLE’S ISLAND
JONATHAN HUNT – SEE HOW THEY RUN
JACK GREGORY – CONSTELLATIONS
FERN BOSTON – PRESENT LAUGHTER
CLAIRE EVANS – HOME AT SEVEN
GUY MASTERSON & MARTHA GEELAN – THE SHARK IS BROKEN
SU GILROY – IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
ACTOR OF THE YEAR
JAMES PELLOW – ON GOLDEN POND & A SONG AT TWILIGHT
SEB TAPP – PRESENT LAUGHTER
IAN SHAW – THE SHARK IS BROKEN
KIRSTY COX – PERSUASION
JAYMES SYGROVE – MURDER IN THE DARK
CATHARINE HUMPHRYS – HAPPY DAYS
LIV KOPLICK – DIAL M FOR MURDER
ALEX ANSDELL – DEATHTRAP
CLAIRE LOUISE AMIAS – HAUNTED SHADOWS
NICK WILKES – IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
THE DECISION OF THE JUDGE’S IS FINAL – FURTHER AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN OUT DIRECTLY AND WITHOUT NOMINATIONS.
