UK Pantomime Association Awards 2024

The Special Recognition Awards, which celebrate productions and individuals representing the values that the Association seeks to promote, were given to:

• Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling who received the Award for Achievement in Inclusive Practice for their production of Aladdin
• Cinderella at The Theatre Chipping Norton who won the Award for Achievement in Innovation with their production
• Michael J Batchelor who received an award for his contribution to Pantomime History, Tradition and Heritage.

The other awards were:

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
Myles Brown: Beauty and the Beast, Assembly Hall Theatre, Tunbridge Wells (Little Wolf Entertainment)
 
BEST COMIC (Sponsored by Trafalgar Entertainment)
Matt Slack: Jack and the Beanstalk, Birmingham Hippodrome (Crossroads Pantomimes)
 
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dawn Allsopp: Snow White, Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds (In-House)
 
CHRISTOPHER BIGGINS AWARDS FOR BEST DAME (Sponsored by John Good)
Ben Roddy: Aladdin, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (Marlowe Theatre and Evolution Productions)
 
BEST DIRECTION
Simon Fielding: Cinderella, Towngate Theatre, Basildon (Towngate Theatre and Simon Fielding Ltd)
 
BEST ENSEMBLE (Sponsored by Drama Kids)
Danielle Cato, Oliver Imeson, Sophie Karaolis, Sarah Jane Lowe, Louis Parkins and Luke Stone: Mother Goose, Cambridge Arts Theatre (In-House)
 
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN (Sponsored by Production Light and Sound)
Jamie Corbidge: Cinderella, Swansea Grand Theatre (Imagine Theatre)
 
CARMEN SILVERA AWARD FOR BEST MAGICAL BEING
Amanda Henderson: Jack and the Beanstalk, Rhyl Pavilion (Anton Benson Productions)
 
BEST CONTRIBUTION TO MUSIC (Sponsored by Howden Insurance)
Chris Wong: Aladdin, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (Marlowe Theatre and Evolution Productions)
 
BEST EARLY CAREER NEWCOMER (Sponsored by Staffordshire University)
Jewelle Hutchinson: Cinderella, Nottingham Playhouse (In-House)
 
BEST NEWCOMER TO PANTOMIME
Benjamin Armstrong: Aladdin, Lighthouse Theatre, Poole (In-House)
 
BARBARA WINDSOR AWARD FOR BEST PRINCIPAL LEAD
Alexandra Mardell: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Theatre Royal Plymouth (Crossroads Pantomimes)
 
BEST SCRIPT
Paul Hendy: Aladdin, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (Marlowe Theatre and Evolution Productions)
 
BEST SECONDARY LEAD
Lotti Brogan: Dick Whittington, King’s Lynn Corn Exchange (Jordan Productions)
 
BEST SET DESIGN (Sponsored by Blue i Group)
David Shields: Snow White, Grand Theatre Wolverhampton (In-House)
 
BEST SISTERS
Iain Lauchlan and Andy Hockley: Cinderella, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry (Belgrade Theatre and Imagine Theatre)
 
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Nigel Bayliss: Sleeping Beauty, Theatre Royal Bath (UK Productions)
 
BEST SUPPORTING ARTIST
Ben Tanner: Mother Goose, Derby Arena (Little Wolf Entertainment)
 
BEST VILLAIN (Sponsored by Breckman & Company)
Wendi Harriott: Sleeping Beauty, Watersmeet Theatre, Rickmansworth (Paul Holman Associates)
 
BEST PANTOMIME (UNDER 500 SEATS)
Aganeza Scrooge, Tron Theatre, Glasgow (In-House)
 
BEST PANTOMIME (500 – 900 SEATS)
Sleeping Beauty, Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage (Jordan Productions)
 
BEST PANTOMIME (OVER 900 SEATS)
Jack and the Beanstalk, Birmingham Hippodrome (Crossroads Pantomimes)