2016 Fringe Nominations and Awards

At the end of each Fringe we recognise excellence at our prestigious Awards Ceremony. Our archive page shows winners from past years. We list current award winners and nominees below:

Comedy

Event

BEASTS (Beasts Comedy)
HICKORY DICKORY MURDER (The Dead Secrets)
THE KAGOOLS (Kagools) - AWARD

Individual

ABI ROBERTS: ANGLICHANKA (Abi Roberts)
CHARMIAN HUGHES: SOIXANTE MIRTH (Charmian Hughes)
JERRY SADOWITZ: COMEDIAN, MAGICIAN, PSYCHOPATH! (Jerry Sadowitz)
SAMANTHA MANN'S YOU BRING THE AGONY, I'LL BRING THE AUNT (Charles Adrian as Ms Samantha Mann) - AWARD
NATHAN CASSIDY: 42 (The Rat Pack Productions Ltd / Nathan Cassidy)

Dance

BUXTON DAY OF DANCE (Chapel-en-le-Frith Morris Men)
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME (Next Door Dance) - AWARD

Film

FILM FROM THE MEDIA ARCHIVE FOR CENTRAL ENGLAND (MACE) (Buxton Film) - AWARD

For Families

DR ZEIFFAL, DR ZEIGAL AND THE HIPPO THAT CAN NEVER BE CAUGHT (Mouths Of Lions) - AWARD
AN EVENING OF CLOSE-UP & STAGE MAGIC (High Peak Magic Society)
THESEUS & THE MAZE OF THE MINOTAUR (Buxton Drama League)
THE ZOO AND COX & BOX (PB Theatricals)

Music

Small Group/Ensemble

BIG ROCKING BLUES NIGHT (Herding Catz Blues Band)
EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE ORDINARY LIVES (Egriega) - AWARD
FLUTE & PIANO RECITAL (Rachel Johnson & Jemima Palfreyman)
EARLY MUSIC CONCERTS (Partita)
THE SOVEREIGN SAXOPHONE OCTET IN CONCERT (Sovereign Saxophone Octet)

Large Ensemble

AMARETTI AGAIN (Amaretti Chamber Orchestra)
MEGA-BLOCK (Manchester Recorder Orchestra)
NINE CHAMBER MUSICIANS ENTERTAIN (Cheshire Chamber Collective) - AWARD

Solo Instrumental

Alex Kane (Amaretti Chamber Orchestra)
Dale Storr (DALE STORR SOLO NEW ORLEANS PIANO)
Alice Kirwan (HARP-HEARTED) - AWARD
Jonathan Ellis (piano)
Ed Billingham (SUMMER GUITAR MUSIC: FROM RODRIGO TO DJANGO)
Danny Wallington (piano, THE CONDUCTOR)

Vocal Performance

Opera Seria (DON GIOVANNI by Mozart) - AWARD
Margaret Ferguson (AN EVENING WITH AFRICA'S LADY OF SONG)
Holly Marland (PARTITA: EARLY MUSIC CONCERTS)
Annette Reis (WHEN BESSIE MEETS BILLIE AND NINA!)

Spoken Word

THE GLUMMER TWINS (David Harmer & Ray Globe)
GOD SAVE THE TEEN (Andrew Graves)
N.O.N.C.E. (Steve Larkin) - AWARD
VERA BRITTAIN AND THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS (Discover Buxton Tours)

Street Theatre

THE SHAKESPEARE JUKEBOX (Buxton Drama League) - AWARD

Theatre

Production

CLOAKS (fishhouse theatre)
THE COMMUNIST THREAT (Rusted Dust)
THE CONDUCTOR (Raving Mask)
HATS OFF TO LAUREL AND HARDY (Lucky Dog Theatre Productions)
LEST WE FORGET (Aulos Productions)
NONSENSE & SENSIBILITY by Tom Crawshaw (Three's Company & Anonymous Is A Woman)
WAITING ROOM (All Things Considered Theatre) - AWARD
WAR STORIES (Breathe Out Theatre)

Youth Production

CREED (Shadow Syndicate)
DNA by Dennis Kelly (REC Youth Theatre Company)
DOLLY'S PLAYLIST (Me, Myself and I Theatre Company) - AWARD
TOP TABLE by Richard Stone (Gekkota Arts)

Actor - Female

Lexie Wolfe (MRS OSCAR WILDE)
Helen Rutter (HUMAN) - AWARD
Verity Henry (WAR STORIES)

Actor - Male

Kieran O'Rourke (THE COMMUNIST THREAT)
Daniel Holme (SKIN OF THE TEETH) - AWARD
Sam Grogan (WAITING ROOM)

Youth Actor

Robyn Edgar (DNA by Dennis Kelly)
Eleanor Hibbert (DOLLY'S PLAYLIST) - AWARD
James Chetwood (DNA by Dennis Kelly)

New Writing (awarded across categories)

Vanessa Highet (VERA BRITTAIN AND THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS)
Stephen Roberts (SPIES, STORIES AND SONGS)
Alison Dunne (CLOAKS)
David Holmes and Kieran O'Rourke (THE COMMUNIST THREAT) - AWARD
Eleanor Hibbert (DOLLY'S PLAYLIST)
Matthew Warburton (HITTING THE WALL)
James Beagon (LEST WE FORGET)
Tom Crawshaw (NONSENSE & SENSIBILITY)
Anna Beecher (SKIN OF THE TEETH)
David Coggins (WAITING ROOM)

Visual Arts

Event

EXPECTATIONS (Louise Jannetta Fine Art)
AN UNTITLED EXHIBITION (Adrienne Brown and Langley Brown) - AWARD
THE MAKING OF LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHS (Charlie Waite)
THE WILD PEAK (High Peak Artists)
THE GREAT DOME ART FAIR (Peak District Artisans)

Artist

Jill Ray (THE GREAT DOME ART FAIR) - AWARD
Stuart Johnson (THE DERBYSHIRE OPEN 2016)
Harry McArdle (THE DERBYSHIRE OPEN 2016)
Keith Wright (THE GREAT DOME ART FAIR)
Howard Levitt (THE WILD PEAK)
Linda Rolland (THE WILD PEAK)

Other Events

CHELMORTON VILLAGE FESTIVAL (Chellyfest)
NATURAL PERFUME MAKING - HALF DAY COURSE (Buxton Spa Aromatics)
MEET THE MUSEUM EXPERTS (Buxton Museum and Art Gallery) - AWARD

Spirit of the Fringe

Sam Slide - AWARD

John Beecher Memorial Award

(for original, challenging work with high production values)

THE CONDUCTOR (Raving Mask) - AWARD

Special Recognition

Underground Venues - AWARD