2015 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

Show

BEASTS (Beasts Comedy)
BORIS: WORLD KING by Tom Crawshaw (Three's Company & KPS Productions)
THE DEAD SECRETS PRESENT... THE CURIOSITORIUM (The Dead Secrets)
THE END (Max & Ivan) - AWARD
HEY HEY 16K (MJ Hibbett (and Steve))
LET PROGRESS LUCE (LetLuce)

Individual

CAIMH MCDONNELL: BRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Caimh McDonnell)
A FAIR COP STANDS UP (Alfie Moore)
FRUITCAKE: TEN COMMANDMENTS FROM THE PSYCH WARD (Rob Gee) - AWARD
NATHAN CASSIDY: BACK TO THE FUTURE I & II (Nathan Cassidy)
STORIES ABOUT LOVE, DEATH AND A RABBIT (Charles Adrian Gillott as Ms Samantha Mann)

Dance

COZY (Colin & Yozy)
NO FRILLS (dotdotdot dance) - AWARD

Film

OPEN SHORTS (Buxton Film) - AWARD

For Families

THE KAGOOLS (Kagools) - AWARD
MORGAN & WEST'S UTTERLY SPECTACULAR MAGIC SHOW FOR KIDS (AND CHILDISH ADULTS)! (Objective Talent Management)
THEO THE MOUSE'S CIRCUS SHOW (Dreamshed Theatre)

Music

Large Ensemble

FOUR SEASONS IN TWO HEMISPHERES (Amaretti Chamber Orchestra)
SUMMER CONCERT (Derbyshire City and County Youth Orchestra)
PEAK DISTRICT STRING ORCHESTRA CONCERT (Peak District Music Centres) - AWARD

Small Ensemble

HALLÉ CELLOS - FROM PURCELL TO PUCCINI ( Hallé Cellos)
BIG ROCKIN' BLUES NIGHT (HerdingCatz Blues Band)
FLUTE & PIANO RECITAL (Rachel Johnson & Jemima Palfreyman)
THE WOLVES OF ST ELVIS PLAY SHAKESPEARE (Lutes & Ukes)
PARTITA: EARLY MUSIC CONCERTS (Partita) - AWARD
Wind Quintet (SUMMER CHAMBER DELIGHTS)

Solo Musician

Ryan Drucker (High Peak Orchestra)
Jonathan Ellis (PIANO RECITAL)
Melanie Dawn Jones (EVENING SOLO 'CELLO RECITAL)
Dale Storr (SOLO NEW ORLEANS PIANO) - AWARD
Emmanuel Vass (SONIC WAVES)

Vocal Performance

ALBION AND ALES (Albion) - AWARD
FEELIN' GOOD WITH DALEDIVA (DaleDiva chorus)
SAM DUNKLEY (Performing Arts etc)
ACAPPELLA AND CAKE (Ordsall Acappella Singers)

Spoken Word

DOVETALES ON THE BORDERLINE: SPANNING THE DOVE (The Packhorse Poets)
GRINLOW POETRY TRAIL (Stone and Water)
MELODY (Unholy Mess) - AWARD
NEW THOUGHTS - OLD WAR (Buxton Parish Churches)

Street Theatre

THE SHAKESPEARE JUKEBOX (Buxton Drama League) - AWARD

Theatre

Production

AFTER PARTY (Re:Sound)
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (Curious Grin Productions) - AWARD
DEPARTURE LOUNGE (Sudden Impulse Theatre Company)
I AM BEAST (Sparkle And Dark)
JACQUES BREL: UNE VIE A MILLE TEMPS (Far West Theatre)
TES - TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES RE-IMAGINED (Steve Larkin)
WAR OF THE WORLDS (Uproot Theatre Company)
WOMEN OF THE MOURNING FIELDS (Aulos Productions)

Young Drama

THE ASH GIRL by Timberlake Wertenbaker (REC Youth Theatre Company)
REDACTION (Shadow Syndicate)
THE SMALL THINGS (Two Yolks Theatre) - AWARD

Actor - Female

Aliki Chapple (M.A.I.R.O.U.L.A.)
Helen Coles (OTHELLO: AN ALL-FEMALE PRODUCTION)
Lizzie Muncey (I AM BEAST)
Kitty Randle (THE UNFURLING OF INDIGO HIGGINS)
Kay Sanders (TWO by Jim Cartwright)
Ellie Wade (AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS) - AWARD

Actor - Male

Dean Bramall (LIFE'S WITNESS)
Steve Larkin (TES - TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES RE-IMAGINED)
Phil Malkin (TWO by Jim Cartwright)
Jamie Robertson (WAR OF THE WORLDS) - AWARD
Phil Reeve (TROUBLESOME PEOPLE by Jill Haas)

Young Actor

Alex Brown (REDACTION)
Ellie Burke (THE ASH GIRL by Timberlake Wertenbaker) - AWARD
Rachel Kevern (THE SMALL THINGS)
Morris Findley (REDACTION)

New Writing (awarded across categories)

Katharine Armitage (AFTER PARTY) - AWARD
Louise Ashton (I AM BEAST)
Aliki Chapple - translator (M.A.I.R.O.U.L.A.)
Ian Salmon (HALF THE SKY)
Daniel Thackeray (TOGETHER IN ELECTRIC DREAMS)

Visual Arts

Event

ARTO FUNDUKLIAN - HIS PERSONAL CHOICE (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery)
BUXTON ART TRAIL 2015 (Buxton Art Trail) - AWARD
THE DERBYSHIRE OPEN 2015 (Buxton Museum & Art Gallery)
THE GREAT DOME ART FAIR (Peak District Artisans)

Artist

Sarah Brindley (BUXTON ART TRAIL 2015) - Community Artist AWARD
Ruth Gray (THE DERBYSHIRE OPEN 2015)
Howard Levitt (DERBYSHIRE STONE)
Carl Longmate (BUXTON ART TRAIL 2015)
Zen Zamojski (THE DERBYSHIRE OPEN 2015) - Artist AWARD

Other Events

CHELMORTON FESTIVAL (Chelmorton Village Festival)
AN EVENING OF CLOSE UP AND STAGE MAGIC (High Peak Magic Society)
VINTAGE CAFE,SWAP FILMS, PHOTOS & MEMORIES FOR CAKE (Past Lives Project) - AWARD

Spirit of the Fringe

Caroline Chouler-Tissier (MAKING YOUR GARDEN GROW CELEBRATION/EXHIBITION, BUXTON ART TRAIL 2015)
FoolSize Theatre (PUNCH AND JUDY) - AWARD

John Beecher Memorial Award

(for original, challenging work with high production values)

I AM BEAST (Sparkle And Dark) - AWARD