The presentation evening for the Glamorgan Drama League's annual Glammies awards changed venue again this year, to the Paget Rooms in Penarth on Sunday 28th June at 7pm.
Want the nominations or winners? The photogallery of the evening
is now available.
There was quite a difference with this year's awards: buffet first, followed by an evening where there were many new categories (supporting actor awards in all areas), and the moderators didn't give the long speeches at the beginning of the evening, but spoke a little about each shortlisted entry just before that categoary of awards were announced.
Special guest of the evening was our very own Sarah Lark who sang brilliantly across the evening - we sang a couple of songs from Oliver! with her - and Sarah spoke very encouragingly and supportively to open the awards evening itself.
There were representatives of several other groups from across the Glamorgan Drama League's membership, and we had the traditional competition this year, from Swansea's Dylan Thomas Youth Academy and Cardiff's Stars Performing Arts. New on the scene this year though was Aberdare's Retro Performing Arts, with their very strong entry of RENT. Both Stars and Retro also performed during the course of the evening.
As is always the case with the Glammies: we had a good night. The Unknown Theatre Company's outstanding record at the awards was upheld with an amazing 29 nominations across the acting awards. Admittedly, there were more awards this year, with supporting actor awards having been introduced across the categories. In some cases, some performances were nominated as both leading and supporting roles!
And in the end - 6 awards!
Well done, everyone.
A few weeks before The Glammies night, the long list of nominations is released. Here are all the Unknown nominations for 2008-09 (names in bold were shortlisted on the night):
Youth nominations in a musical
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Alex Griffin Griffiths (Michael Felderman) |
Back to the 80's |
Melissa Moore (Tiffany Houston) |
Back to the 80's |
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Andrew Machin (Charlie Brown) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
Amy Rooney (Sally Brown) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
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Chris Powell (Linus Van Pelt) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
Emma Batchelor (Lucy Van Pelt) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
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Adam King (Schroeder) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
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Ben Reynolds (Snoopy) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
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Dafydd Gape (Kirk Keaton) |
Back to the 80's |
Amy Rooney (Sally Brown) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
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Steven Donoghue (Feargal McFerrin) |
Back to the 80's |
Emma Batchelor (Lucy Van Pelt) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
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Ben Reynolds (Snoopy) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
Lorun Roberts (Eileen Reagan) | Back to the 80's | |
Chris Powell (Linus Van Pelt) |
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
Kim Littlechild (Kim Easton) |
Back to the 80's |
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Youth nominations in a play
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Andrew Machin (Glyn Daniels +) |
Ghost City |
Bethan Thomas (Mum +) |
Ghost City |
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Chris Powell (Emmanuel +) |
Ghost City |
Lorun Roberts (Milford Visitor +) |
Ghost City |
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Chris Powell (Oedipus) |
The Oedipus Plays |
Melissa Moore (Would-be novelist +) |
Ghost City |
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Dafydd Gape (Creon) |
The Oedipus Plays |
Alex Wood (Jocasta) |
The Oedipus Plays |
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Andrew Machin (Sheepman) |
The Oedipus Plays |
Kelly Littlechild (Ade +) |
Ghost City |
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Vicky Pope (Boy +) |
Ghost City |
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Alex Wood (Jocasta) |
The Oedipus Plays |
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Kiryn Howard (Eurydice) |
The Oedipus Plays |
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| and here ... (drum roll) ... are ... (even louder drum roll) ... THE WINNERS! | go to the full photogallery | |||
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BEST YOUTH DRAMA PRODUCTION
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BEST MALE PERFORMANCE DRAMA 
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE DRAMA
BEST SUPPORTING MALE PERFORMANCE - DRAMA 
The full list of nominations/winners, including for the adult entries, can be found on the GDL's website, where a full photogallery of winners and other photos from the event is available.
