AWARDS NIGHT
Forget the Oscars! Somerset's own Oscars ceremony happened in Weston-super-Mare, where some 80 theatre companies battled it out for gongs in the annual David Beach competition, organised by the Somerset Fellowship of Drama.
MPO Musical Theatre has received an incredible *TEN* nominations for the David Beach Awards from the Somerset fellowship of Drama for our 2025 production of the musical "The Witches of Eastwick".
The nominations are shared equally between actors and technical people. All three "Witches", have been nominated for the best female lead -Sukie Read as Alexandra Spofford, Karen Pankhurst (who also directed and choreographed the show) as Jane Smart, and Esmee Roach as Sukie Rougemont.
Best Supporting Female - Rachel Milestone-McAdorey as Felicia Gabriel
Best Musical Direction - Caroline D'Cruz
Best Cameo - Martin Porter as Clyde
Best Sound - David Riley
Best Creative Lighting - Martin Lancaster, Jim Bailward & Neil Stephens
Best Effects - Neil Harrison-Shaw ***WON***
Bright Award - Technical Achievement
This is the highest number of nominations MPO has ever received!!
The David Beach Awards are contested by over 80 amateur musical companies in Somerset.
Winners will be announced at an awards dinner in March.
In the meantime, MPO Musical Theatre are busy rehearsing for our next show, "Betty Blue Eyes", a very entertaining musical comedy adapted from Alan Bennett's film" A Private Function".