Roll of Honour
Drama Festivals
Bedfordshire One Act Play Festival 2013
Best Costume – “An Ideal Husband – Act One”
Best Supporting Actress – Debbie Radcliffe – “An Ideal Husband – Act One”
All England Theatre Festival – Semi Final 2012
The Festivities represented Bedfordshire Festival at Oxted
Bedfordshire One Act Play Festival 2012
Best Supporting Actress – Jo Hamilton – The Festivities
Best Youth Actor – Stephen Bowie – The Festivities
Best Dressed Production – What Does Peace Mean?
Welwyn Drama Festival 2011
Audience Appreciation Award – Driven Mad
All England Theatre Festival – Semi Final 2011
Fate’s Thread represented Bedfordshire Festival
Bedfordshire One Act Play Festival 2011
Best Production – Fate’s Thread
Best Director – Laura Scott – Fate’s Thread
Best Actress – Tracey McNevin – Driven Mad
Best Actor – Keith Badham – Fate’s Thread
Best Supporting Actress – Jo Hamilton – Fate’s Thread
Bedfordshire One Act Play Festival 2005
The Adjudicators Cup for the “Hanging Scene” in Overtime
Bedfordshire One Act Play Festival 1997
Best Theatrical Moment – Zoe Hull and Gordon Jones for Sandcastles On the Beach
Director’s Cup and Producers Cup
In April 1996, Barton Players inaugurated the “Linda Brown Director’s Cup”, an award to the member of the cast or crew who, in the opinion of the Director, made the greatest contribution to the present production.
In October 2004, the “David Cope Producer’s Cup” was inaugurated, and it was agreed that from this point forward, this would be awarded by the Producer to the stage crew member who made the greatest contribution to the present production.
From October 2004, the award of the “Linda Brown Director’s Cup” was restricted to the cast member who has made the greatest contribution to the present production.
The “Linda Brown Director’s Cup” Roll of Honour
Date Award Production (Director)
Apr-96 Joan Dillingham for Yvonne Duckworth Out of Focus (Linda Brown)
Oct-96 David Cope for Major Alan Buxton Home Is Where Your Clothes Are (Linda Brown)
Apr-97 Andrew Gookey for Lighting and Sound Sandcastles On The Beach (Festival Entry) (Linda Brown)
Oct-97 Gordon Jones for Dr. Gerald Grimmond There Goes The Bride (Sue Ashton & David Cope)
Apr-98 Linda Brown for Mum The Anniversary (Trish Durkin)
Oct-98 Brian Brown and David Cope for work beyond the call of duty Mixed Doubles (Linda Brown)
Apr-99 Zoe Evans and Andrew Gookey for Frances and Peter Hunter No Sex, Please – We’re British (Sue Ashton & Trish Durkin)
Oct-99 Johnny Ginty for Major Rodney Purbright Murder In Play (Andrew Gookey)
Apr-00 No Award – Joint Production of Godspell with The Angels and Churches Together Godspell
Oct-00 Tony Conisbee for Reece Welles Communicating Doors (Andrew Gookey)
Apr-01 Emma Wise for Mole The Wind In The Willows (David Cope)
Oct-01 Ann Osborne for Properties Key For Two (Margaret Davis)
Apr-02 Pauline Smith for Wardrobe The Pied Piper (David Cope)
Oct-02 David Cope for Greasy Spriggs Theft (Claire Fletcher)
Feb-03 Pauline Smith for Wardrobe Sleeping Beauty (Margaret Davis)
Oct-03 Joan Jenkin for Madame Edith ‘Allo ‘Allo (David Cope & Bob Wilson-Dalby)
Apr-04 Kate Westwick for Multiple Understudies Fiddler On The Roof (Peter Clarke)
Oct-04 Kirsty Badham for Suzette Don’t Dress For Dinner (Keith Badham)
Feb-05 The Junior Chorus Dick Whittington (Margaret Davis)
Apr-05 No Award Overtime (Bedfordshire One-Act Play Drama Festival Entry) Andrew Gookey
Aug-05 No Award Dinosaurs And All That Rubbish (Barton Young Players’ Workshop) Lynne MacLaughlan
Oct-05 Kate Westwick for Jacie Triplethree Comic Potential (David Cope)
Apr-06 Jo Hamilton for Mrs Pearce My Fair Lady (Keith Badham)
Apr-06 No Award The Death Artist (Cambridge Drama Festival Entry) Andrew Gookey
Oct-06 Sue Thomas for Joyce Last Tango in Little Grimley (Ray Dalgarno)
Feb-07 Tom George for The Sun Tanned Kid Panto At The OK Corral David Cope
Aug-07 No Award for Aladdin Jr (Barton Young Players Summer School)
Oct-07 Jason Wolfe for Lord Arthur & Mick George for Herr Winklekopf – Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (Ann Winter Goodwin)
April-08 Janet Smith for Gladys – The Pajama Game (Margaret Davis)
Nov-08 John Murphy for Sergeant Plod – Inspector Drakes Last Case – (Andy Gookey)
April-09 Not awarded due to outstanding nature of all the cast – Oliver! (Kirsty Badham)
June 09 Home Entertainment – No Award (Margaret Davis)
August 09 -Pirates of Penzance Jr – No Award (Keith Badham)
October 09 – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – No Award (Gill George)
February 2010 – Cinderella – Tracey McNevin for Prince Charming (Sue Thomas)
October 2010 – The Importance of Being Earnest – The Whole Cast for an Outstanding Performance (Keith Badham)
Nov/Dec 2011 – A Christmas Carol Musical – Harold Liberty for Scrooge (Kirsty Badham)
April 2013 – An Ideal Husband – Phillip Hargreaves for Phipps (Keith Badham)
October 2013 – Calendar Girls – Jill Jones for Ruth (Keith Badham)
July 2014 – The Barton Empire – Ann Holloway (Presented by the cast!)
November 2014 – Through the Looking Glass – The Company (Kirsty Badham)
April 2015 – A Question of Attribution – David Cope and John Murphy (Harold Liberty)
December 2015 – Snow White the Pantomime – The Whole Cast (Keith Badham)
October 2016 – The Adventures of Mr Toad – Lindsay Brown (Rachael Bowie)
June 2017 – One Man, Two Guvnors – Brian Coffey & George Horn (John Murphy)
January 2018 – Aladdin the Panto – Aimee Govier (Kirsty Badham)
December 2018 - Oliver! - Sharon Maltby (Sophie Bryant, Clare Coffey, Milly Badham)
April 2019 - A Bunch of Amateurs - Kate Westwick for Mary (Rachael Bowie)
The "Hargreaves" Director's Cup
July 2019 - Corpse! - Keith Badham for Evelyn and Rupert (Kirsty Badham)
December 2019 - A Carol's Christmas - Kirsty Badham for Carol and Harold Liberty for Richard (Alan Baldwin & Keith Badham)
December 2020 - Dick Whittington the Panto - Linda Forster for “Passer-by) (Keith Badham)
December 2021 - Jack and the Beanstalk the Panto - Rebecca-Louise Smith for “Jack” (Rachael Bowie)
June 2022 - Bed - Ashley Parker for multiple roles (Keith Badham & Harold Liberty)
March 2023 - Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood - Matthew Hall for Robin Hood (Keith Badham)
December 2023 - A Christmas Carol - Clare and Brian Coffey for multiple roles (Keith Badham)
June 2024 - Blithe Spirit - Rachael Bowie - for Madam Arcati (John Murphy)
The “David Cope Producer’s Cup” Roll Of Honour
Date Award Production (Producer)
Oct-04 Simon Osborne for Effort Beyond the Call of Duty, and James Scott for Lighting Don’t Dress For Dinner (Bob Wilson-Dalby)
Feb-05 Neil Davis for Extraordinary Service Dick Whittington (Denis Garside)
Apr-05 No Award Overtime (Bedfordshire One-Act Play Drama Festival Entry) Bob Wilson-Dalby
Aug-05 No Award Dinosaurs And All That Rubbish (Barton Young Players’ Workshop) Keith Badham
Oct-05 Tim Garside for Sound Comic Potential (David Cope)
Apr-06 Ann Holloway for Wardrobe My Fair Lady (Nick Andrews)
Apr-06 No Award The Death Artist
Oct-06 Luke Harnett for Lighting Last Tango in Little Grimley (David Cope)
Feb-07 Ann Winter-Goodwin for Music Panto At The OK Corral (Nick Andrews)
Aug-07 No Award for Shake Ripple and Roll (Barton Players Summer School)
Oct-07 Ann Osborne for Properties – Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime (Bob Wilson Dalby)
Apr-08 Jill Conisbee for Prompt – The Pajama Game (Tony Conisbee)
Nov-08 Laura Scott for Properties – Inspector Drake’s Last Case (Linda Stephenson)
April 09 Carol & Gerald Barnes for FOH & Stage Management – Oliver! (Keith Badham)
June 09 Sue Thomas & John Murphy for Direction Shakers & Bouncers (Keith Badham)
February 10 – Gerald Barnes Stage Manager Cinderella (Kate Carroll)
October 2010 – The Importance of Being Earnest – The Whole Crew for an Outstanding Production(Keith Badham)
Nov/Dec 2011 – A Christmas Carol Musical – Keith Bowie & Luke Harnett for Outstanding Production Values in Lighting and Set (Keith Badham)
April 2013 – An Ideal Husband – Adam Bowie for Backstage & Lighting (Chloe Badham)
October 2013 – Calendar Girls – Debbie Radcliffe, Rachael Bowie, Chloe Badham, Milly Badham for Backstage Crew (Ann Holloway)
July 2014 – The Barton Empire – Harold Liberty (Presented by the Cast!)
November 2014 – Through the Looking Glass – Keith Bowie for Scenery and Lighting (Keith Badham)
April 2015 – A Question of Attribution – Alan Baldwin for Assistant Director (Harold Liberty)
December 2015 – Snow White the Pantomime – The Whole Crew (Keith Badham)
October 2016 – The Adventures of Mr Toad – Cassie Robus and Kirsty Badham for Stage Management (Rachael Bowie)
June 2017 – One Man, Two Guvnors – Clare Coffey (Rachael Bowie)
January 2018 – Aladdin the Panto – Ann Holloway and Viv Morris for Wardrobe (Keith Badham)
December 2018 - Oliver! - Milly Badham for Choreography, Stage Management, Direction and Set Design (Keith Badham)
April 2019 - A Bunch of Amateurs - Keith Badham for Scenery Painting (Keith Bowie)
July 2019 - Corpse! - Hayley Bloodworth and Katie Westwick for Stage Management (Keith Badham)
December 2019 - A Carol's Christmas - Rebecca Louise Smith for Stage Management (Keith Badham)
December 2020 - Dick Whittington - The Panto - The Badhams (Rachael Bowie)
December 2021 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Milly and Chloe Badham for the Scenery (Rachael Bowie)
June 2022 - Bed - Rachael Bowie for Stage Management (Keith Badham)
March 2023 - Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood - Rachael Bowie for overall production assistance (Keith Badham)
December 2023 - A Christmas Carol - Marilyn Nightingale & Lorna Kalisz - Stage Management (Keith Badham)
June 2024 - Blithe Spirit - Debbie Radcliffe - Stage management (Rachael Bowie)
The Carol Barnes Cup
In 2012, the committee introduced the Carol Barnes cup, as a way of rewarding the participant of the Annual Summer School whose attitude was most in keeping with the ethos of the week.
2012 – The Terror of St Trinians – Jack Goodyear – (Keith Badham)
2013 – Larry Blotter and the Hoot in the Night – Hector Stokes (Keith Badham)
2014 – 2014 a Space Oddity – Megan O’Rourke (Keith Badham)
2015 – Grimm to the Woods – Bryn Williamson (Keith Badham)
2016 – Peter Pan – Sophie Warne (Keith Badham)
2017 – Romeo and Juliet – The True Story – Benn Sykes (Keith Badham)
2018 – What the Dickens? – Neve Butler (Keith Badham)
2019 - The Strain of Thrones - Joel Platt & Nicole Boniface (Keith Badham)
2020 - No Summer School Due to Corona Virus
2021 - Return to Bogwarts - Tallulah Smith & Daisy Cassels (Keith Badham)
2022 - Is it a Bird? - Christopher Paxton & Kera Rose (Keith Badham)
2023 - The Time Machine - Edward Thompson Hoare (Keith Badham)
2024 - Eurosmash - Chloe Randle (Keith Badham)
The Keith Bowie Outstanding Contribution Award
In 2016 the committee introduced the Keith Bowie award for outstanding achievement. This was to be presented jointly by the producer and Director if they felt an outstanding achievement should be recognised during a production
2016 – The Adventures of Mr Toad – Presented to Keith Bowie for Technical Excellence (Rachael Bowie)
2017 – One Man, Two Guvnors – Presented to In-House Band – “Pubsign” (Keith Badham, Tom George, Harold Liberty, Alan Baldwin, Phil Hargreaves and Brian Coffey) – (Rachael Bowie and John Murphy)
2018 – Aladdin the Panto – Cath Bradley for doing numerous jobs! (Kirsty and Keith Badham)
2018 - Oliver! - Rachael Bowie for Support, Assistance and Reading in with such enthusiasm (Sophie Bryant, Clare Coffey, Milly Badham & Keith Badham)
2019 - A Bunch of Amateurs - Harold Liberty for original music composition (Rachael Bowie and Keith Bowie)
2019 - Corpse! - Presented to the membership for delivering 1,800 flyers at incredibly short notice (Kirsty and Keith Badham)
2019 - A Carol's Christmas - The Bowie family for their overall contribution (Alan Baldwin and Keith Badham)
2020 - Dick Whittington - The Panto - Keith Bowie for just about everything! (Rachael Bowie and Keith Badham)
2021 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Philip Hargreaves (Posthumously) for being the embodiment of Barton Players in his time with us (Rachael Bowie)
2022 - Bed - Judy Barclay for dedication and commitment (Keith Badham)
2023 - Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood - Gill George for dedication to the production and outstanding efforts in Leaflet delivery (Keith Badham)
2023 - A Christmas Carol - Adam, Keith & Rachael Bowie for being the heart of the production (Keith Badham)
2024 - Blithe Spirit - Keith Bowie for set and lighting - (John Murphy and Rachael Bowie)
The Annual Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Contribution during the membership year
2017/18 – Derryanne Blunt (Awarded by Ann Holloway)
2018/19 - Cath Bradley (Awarded by Vice Chair Alan Baldwin)
2019/20 - Keith Badham (Awarded by Rachael Bowie)
2020/2021 - Mick George (Awarded by Rachael Bowie)
2021/22 - John Murphy (Awarded by Rachael Bowie)
2022/23 - Ashley Parker (Awarded by Rachael Bowie)
2023/24 - Keith Bowie (Awarded by Rachael Bowie)
NODA AWARDS
Barton Players are proud members of the National Operatic and Dramatic Association, and have been delighted to have received the following awards and nominations:
2010 - Best Play in District 2 for “The Importance of Being Earnest”
2017 - “The Adventures of Mr Toad” - Best Basic Programme, and Award for Technical Excellence District 2
2018- Nominations received for “Oliver!” as Best Musical and Best Technical District 2
2019 - Best Youth Production winners District 2 - “The Strain of Thrones”
2019 - Nomination received for best drama District 2 "A Carol's Christmas"
2021 - Awarded a special Covid Warriors award for “Dick Whittington”, which was produced at the peak of the pandemic
2021 - Nomination received for “Dick Whittington” for Best Panto District 2
2023 - Nomination for Best Youth Production District 2 for “Is it a Bird?”
2023 - Best Drama in District 2 for “Bed”
2023 - Best Overall Production Shield for District 2 - “Bed”
2024 - Nomination received for best Pantomime in Disrict 2 “Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood”
Honorary Membership
The Committee have over the years, presented Honorary Membership to those members without whom Barton Players would have been a lesser organisation.
In 2020, we made a change to the constitution to reflect data protection legislation. GDPR requires us to destroy personal data after a year of not hearing from members. We have now changed the title to "Honorary Member" rather than "Honorary Life member" and anyone who has been a recipient of this award must now stay in touch with us at least once a year for data protection purposes.
Here is the list of the recipients of this award;
Brian Brown
Madeleine Burr
David Cope
Gordon Jones
Shelagh Jones
Gary Keys
Roy Neale
Ann Osborne
Dave Titmus
Jean Titmus
Ann Holloway
In the Chair
From 1984, Barton Players has always relied on leadership and inspiration from our Chair. Here is the roll of honour for those who have served over the years;
1984 – 1985 John Burgess
1985 – 1986 John Burgess
1986 – 1987 John Burgess
1987 – 1988 Claire Keys
1988 – 1989 Paul Ashby
1989 – 1990 Paul Ashby
1990 – 1991 Paul Ashby
1991 – 1992 Linda Brown
1992 – 1993 Simon Robinson
1993 – 1994 Simon Robinson
1994 – 1995 Ann Osborne
1995 – 1996 Ann Osborne
1996 – 1997 David Cope
1997 – 1998 David Cope
1998 – 1999 David Cope
1999 – 2000 David Cope
2000 – 2001 David Cope
2001 – 2002 David Cope
2002 – 2003 David Cope
2003 – 2004 David Cope
2004 – 2005 David Cope
2005 – 2006 David Cope
2006 – 2007 Nick Andrews
2007 – 2008 Tony Conisbee
2008 – 2009 Keith Badham
2009 – 2010 Keith Badham
2010 – 2011 Keith Badham
2011 – 2012 Keith Badham
2012 – 2013 Keith Badham
2013 – 2014 Keith Badham
2014 – 2015 Keith Badham
2015 – 2016 Ann Holloway
2016 – 2017 Ann Holloway
2017-2018 Ann Holloway
2018-2019 Ann Holloway
2019 - 2020 - Rachael Bowie
2020 - 2021 - Rachael Bowie
2021 - 2022 - Rachael Bowie
2022-2023 - Rachael Bowie
2023-2024 - Rachael Bowie
2024-2025 - Rachael Bowie