WINNERS ALL: The Cape Times Theatre Award winners with their trophies and certificates on stage at the Little Theatre, Cape Town, after a presentation ceremony this week. The awards were inaugerated 31 years ago. Two new cups were sponsored by the Cape Times this year to further promote amateur theatre in the Cape Peninsula and surrounding areas.

Picture Courtesy of The Cape Times - Thursday 15 February 2001

MORT reels them in while the PIGLETS bring home the bacon.

Anchor Pick Up FIVE Awards In Four Categories!

FROM THE PRESS CAPE TIMES, 16 February 2001 - by Len Nijkamp WINNERS ALL - BUT SOL IS HONOURED WITH STANDING OVATION Almost making it a Valentine's event, the annual Cape Times award ceremony took place on February 13 at the Little Theatre in Orange Street. The buzz was great and mercifully the temperature was kinder than it has been for many years. Chairman Graham Boxall, in his farewell speech as outgoing chairman of the panel, opened the proceedings and Cape Times editor John Scott added his ongoing support to the high standards of amdram theatre in the Western Cape. The Festival Players, under astute direction of Teddy Davies, provided scintillating musical entertainment, plus a small excerpt from dear Sol Rodsell's favourite play, Gaslight, in tribute and farewell to this retiring member of the panel of 30-years standing. The emotional standing ovation for Sol was an appropriate close to the first half of the evening. Sol, we'll miss you. The ceremony then got underway, with Sol presenting the awards. A heartening factor this year was the number of awards and nominations for young and rising stars. After all the drum-rolls, tears and laughter, the results are:

Lifetime Award Walter Hodges | - Award for Artistic Contribution Brenda Commins in Death On The Nile | MADS Special Award - Choreography Amelia Lowe in Naughty 60's | Milnerton Players Special Award - Choreography Roxy Levy in Fiddler on the Roof | Gilbert & Sullivan Society Merit Award Leon Schelhase, Mark Pile, Jason van Zyl, James Bolton & Iain Heard in Naughty 60's | Milnerton Players Best Set Nigel Sweet for The Hostage | Milnerton Players Special Award - Best Costume Claudine Johnson for Mort | Anchor Players Special Award - Lighting Mike Wilson for Mort | Anchor Players Special Award - Lighting Ramsey Lotter for Die Stiere | Hottentots Holland Special Certificates - Newcomers Kelly-Anne Orgill, Lynn Stark & Michelle Cloete for their Portrayal of The Three Little Pigs in Once Upon A Time.Com | Anchor Players Best Newcomer Carina Bartram in The Hostage | Milnerton Players Comic Cameo Award Lynn Moss for The Doorknocker in Mort | Anchor Players Best Supporting Actor in a Play Barrie Howard in A Flea in Her Ear | MADS Best Supporting Actor in a Musical Iain Heard in Naughty 60's | Milnerton Players Best Supporting Actress in a Play Veronica Suckling in Pygmalion | Milnerton Players Best Supporting Actress in a Musical Maureen Anstey in Fiddler on the Roof | Gilbert & Sullivan Society Best Actor in a Play Mark Pile in The Hostage | Milnerton Players Best Actor in a Musical Shaun Browne in Fiddler on the Roof | Gilbert & Sullivan Society Best Actress in a Play Denise Dubber in A Flea in Her Ear | MADS Best Director of a Play Molly Mohr for Die Stiere | Hottentots Holland Best Director of a Musical [Joint Award] Sheila McCormick for Naughty 60's | Milnerton Players & Teddy Davies for Fiddler on the Roof | Gilbert & Sullivan Society Best Play The Hostage, Directed by Yvonne Copley | Milnerton Players Best Musical Fiddler on the Roof, Directed by Teddy Davies | Gilbert & Sullivan Society Best Adventurous Play Mort, Directed by Cole Cameron | The Anchor Players

Same time, next year, we'll do it all again - I can't wait!  Len Nijkamp