The NEWS Guide Awards

The Portsmouth NEWS Guide Awards 2015-16

The Guide Awards involved various catagories including music


WOW247 2015/6 THE NOMINEES IN FULL date 20th November 2015

A. Comedy

1. James Alderson
2. Adam Broomfield-Strawn
3. Sean Collins
4. Mike Cox
5. Instant Soop
6. Max and Ivan
7. The Raymond and Mr Timpkins Revue
8. Suzi Ruffell
9. Joe Wells
10. Readers’ choice

B. Best DJ

1. Soul Divide (Dan Back & Sam Bylett)
2. Chris Davies
3.Pete Callard
4. Dan Thompson
5. Will Chump
6. Ethan Owen
7. Monkey Love Stunt Team (Andy Chisham, Lee Fisher, Damon Sirena and Fly Mike)
8. Lindsey SpinZee
9. Darren Crook
10. Readers’ choice

C Best Band

1. Battery Hens
2. Blackfoot Circle
3. Big Child Man Child
4. Days of the Rabblement
5. Dendera
6. Kassassin Street
7. Kodiak Jack
8. Seething Akira
9. Veludo Planes
10. Readers’ choice

D. Best Solo Artist

1. Tom Bertram
2. Marley Blandford
03. Sophie Darling
4. Paul Dillon
5. Andrew Foster
6. Fugitive Orchestra
7. Sam McCarthy
8. Rex Domino
9. Jerry Williams
10. Readers’ choice

E. Best Event

1. America’s Cup World Series
2. Emsworth becomes Comic Relief town
3. Festival of Speed, Goodwood
4. Revival, Goodwood
5. Icebreaker
6. Mutiny
7. Portsmouth Summer Show
8. Victorious Festival
9. Wickham Festival
10. Readers’ choice

F. Best Exhibition

1. Back to the Future – Portsmouth City Museum
2. Clockface exhibition - Coastguard Gallery
3. From Landport to Live Aid - Access All Areas
4. In The Frame – Aspex Gallery
5. Quiet Little Voice by My Dog Sighs – Play Dead Studio
6. Stonecarved by Thomas Appleton – Aspex Gallery
7. The Story of Children’s TV – Portsmouth City Museum
8. They That Are Left – Fort Nelson
9. Under Milk Wood – Jack House Gallery
10. Readers’ choice

G. Best Food/Drink Venue

1. Artie’s Kitchen, Chichester
2. Boswells Café, Havant
3. Wave Maiden, Southsea
4. Southsea Beach Café, Southsea
5. 6 Oz Burger, Southsea
6. Lavender Tea Rooms, Havant
7. Exclusive Cake Shop and Vintage Tea Rooms, Chichester
8. Mammalena, Portsmouth
9. Home, Southsea
10. Readers’ choice

H. Best Film

1. Selfie, dir Geoff Harmer
2. Helen’s Richard, dir Gregory Smith
3. The River, dir James Quinn
4. Ret Con, dir Bensalem Mitchell
5. Silhouette, dir Thomas J Davenport
6. Scissor Happy, dir Chris Jupp
7. Beyond The Glass Ceiling, dir Gavin Damerell
8. Presents, dir Roger Goldsmith and Steve Hammal
9. Gentlemen Like Us, dir Vaughan Douglas Capstick
10. Readers’ choice

I. Best Professional Production

1. Anything Goes – Mayflower Theatre
2. Importance of Being Earnest – Mayflower Theatre
3. To Kill A Mockingbird – CFT/Mayflower Theatre (toured to both)
4. A Damsel In Distress – CFT
5. Dickens Abridged – NTR
6. Nursing Lives – The Spring
7. Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me – CFT
8. For Services Rendered – CFT
9. The Glass Menagerie – Nuffield Theatre
10. Readers’ choice

J. Best Amateur Production

1. Cider with Rosie – Humdrum
2. The Ladykillers - CCADS
3. Love and Information – Bench Theatre
4. The Merry Wives of Windsor – Southsea Shakespeare Actors
5. Wife After Death – HIADS
6. Arsenic and Old Lace – Humdrum
7. NSFW – Bench Theatre
8. And Then There Were None – Fareham Musical Society
9. Boston Marriage – Bench Theatre
10. Readers’ choice

K. Best Amateur Musical Production

1. Jekyll & Hyde – Fareham Musical Society at Ferneham Hall
2. Sunset Boulevard – Portsmouth Players at The Kings Theatre
3. Road Show – CCADS at Station Theatre, Hayling Island
4. Hairspray – Portsmouth Players at The Kings Theatre
5. Sunshine on Leith – South
Downe Musical Society at Ferneham Hall
6. Oliver – Fareham Musical Society at Ferneham Hall
7. Legally Blonde – South Downe Musical Society at The Kings Theatre
8. Sweeney Todd – Hayling Musical Society at Hayling Community Centre
9. Bugsy Malone - Stage One Youth Theatre at Ferneham Hall
10. Readers’ choice

L. Best Amateur Actor

1. Sean Fisher – Cider with Rosie, HumDrum
2. Ross Cobbold – Road Show, CCADS and Sweeney Todd, Hayling Musical Society
3. Stuart Frank – Jekyll & Hyde, Fareham Musical Society
4. Jonathan Redwood – And Then There Were None, Fareham Musical Society
5. Nick Scovell – Oliver, Fareham Musical Society
6. Ben Counter – Arsenic and Old Lace, HumDrum
7. Tony Johnson – Wife After Death, HIADS
8. Danny Owen – Sweeney Todd, Hayling Musical Society
9. David Penrose – Love and Information, Bench Theatre
10. Reader’s choice

M. Best Amateur Actress

1. Sheila Elsdon –Sunset Boulevard, Portsmouth Players
2. Sally Hartley – Breaking The Code, Bench Theatre
3. Lauren Farnhill – The Merry Wives of Windsor, Southsea Shakespeare Actors
4. Rhian Roberts – Sunset Boulevard, Portsmouth Players
5. Alexandra Maclean – And Then There Were None, Fareham Musical Society
6. Jeanette Broad – Cider with Rosie, HumDrum
7. Jessi Wilson – Boston Marriage, Bench Theatre
8. Lucy Barratt – Jekyll & Hyde, Fareham Musical Society
9. Sue Rourke - Sweeney Todd, Hayling Musical Society
10. Readers’ choice

N. Best Classical Music Act

1. Portsmouth Choral Union
2. Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral Choir
3. Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir.
4. Havant Chamber Orchestra
5. Alexander Poulton
6. Conroy Adams-Merrigan
7. Portsmouth Festival Choir
8. Renaissance Choir
9. Portsmouth Baroque Choir
10. Readers’ choice

THE WINNERS 2015/16 and runners up

25th January 2016 Kings Theatre, Southsea.

BEST COMEDY
Winner: James Alderson
Runner-up: Mike Cox

BEST DJ
Winner: Monkey Love Stunt Team
Runner-up: Will Chump

BEST BAND
Winner: Kassassin Street
Runner-up: Seething Akira

BEST SOLO ACT
Winner: Marley Blandford
Runner-up: Sophie Darling

BEST EVENT
Winner: Victorious Festival
Runner-up: Icebreaker

BEST EXHIBITION
Winner: Back to the Future - Portsmouth City Museum
Runner-up: In The Frame – Aspex Gallery

BEST FOOD/DRINK
Winner: 6 Oz Burger, Southsea
Runner-up: Wave Maiden, Southsea

BEST FILM
Winner: Silhouette dir Thomas Davenport
Runner-up: Ret Con

BEST PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION
Winner: To Kill A Mockingbird - Chichester Festival Theatre
Runner-up: Anything Goes - Mayflower Theatre

BEST AMATEUR PRODUCTION
Winner: The Ladykillers - CCADS, at The Kings Theatre, Southsea
Runner-up: Cider with Rosie - Humdrum at the Spring, Havant

BEST AMATEUR MUSICAL
Winner: Jekyll & Hyde – Fareham Musical Society at Ferneham Hall
Runner-up: Legally Blonde – South Downe Musical Society at The Kings Theatre

BEST AMATEUR ACTOR
Winner: Danny Owen – Sweeney Todd, Hayling Musical Society
Runner-up: Stuart Frank – Jekyll & Hyde, Fareham Musical Society

BEST AMATEUR ACTRESS
Winner: Sheila Elsdon – Sunset Boulevard, Portsmouth Players
Runner-up: Lucy Barratt – Jekyll & Hyde, Fareham Musical Society

BEST CLASSICAL
Winner: Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir
Runner-up: Portsmouth Festival Choir

Special Achievement Award
Audrey Pring

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