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![The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year - and Stiles & Drewe Best New Song Prize archive](/resize.php?p=images/genre/GC2.jpg&maxx=100&maxy=150)
The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Competition (SSSSPOTY), now in its seventh year, was created to give musical theatre students a platform to showcase their work before graduation. Students from the UK's leading drama schools compete for the prize, with a value of ?1,000. The students sing a song by Sondheim and a new song written by members of Mercury Musical Developments, an organisation dedicated to the craft of writing book, music and lyrics for musical theatre.
Cast/Performers
Michael Grandage (judge),
Imelda Staunton (judge),
Reece Shearsmith (judge),
Adam Cork (judge),
George Stiles (judge),
Anthony Drewe (judge),
Jenna Russell (host),
Julia McKenzie (presenting awards)