Our Awards
Please see below all the awards WAOS has won from NODA (National Operatic & Dramatic Association), NETG (North Essex Theatre Guild) and any other awards given
NETG AWARDS 2024
CALENDAR GIRLS
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JOINT- BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Will Hackett
For showing very believable teenage angst as Danny Harper in Calendar Girls ​​​​
NETG AWARDS 2024
CRAZY FOR YOU
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Best Set Design and Construction for our set for 'Crazy for You'
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NODA AWARDS 2023
CRAZY FOR YOU
We are delighted to announce our production of Crazy for You won Best Musical in our district. Congratulations to cast and crew, Director Aimee Hart and MD Susannah Edom
NETG AWARDS 2023
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Winner of the Dave Ross Adjudicators Award
For the hilarious 'Roll in the Hay' sequence staged by Nikki Mundell-Poole and performed by Amy Pryce and Kris Tyler
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NETG AWARDS 2023
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
JOINT- BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Corrina Groombridge
As a hilariously comic & show stopping operatic, Elizabeth Benning
NETG AWARDS 2023
FLAMES OF INJUSTICE
Winner of the Millenium Writers' Award for Best Original Script
with a tuneful and moving score by Franky Garland and true story told with depth and compassion by Sarah Osbourne
MAYOR OF WITHAM'S AWARD FOR ARTS & CULTURE
FLAMES OF INJUSTICE
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WAOS are proud to announce that we have been awarded the Mayor's Arts and Culture award. The nomination reflected the centenary of WAOS and the creation and production of The Flames of Injustice, the true story of James Cooke and the Witham fires of 1828, written in celebration of that Centenary.
NODA AWARDS 2021
MADE IN DAGENHAM
WAOS are proud to receive the NODA awards for Best Musical, Best Production and Best Programme! A Fantastic outcome for a fantastic show, put on despite the constraints of Covid.
Many congratulations to all Cast, Crew and Director: Nikki Mundell-Poole; MD: James Tovey and AD: Emma Loring.
NETG AWARDS 2019
SISTER ACT
WAOS has added to its awards list, scooping the NETG “Adjudicator’s award” for the team playing,
and individual characterisations of the Nuns in Sister Act (with special commendation to Aimee Hart,
Emma Loring and Rhianna Howard).
NETG AWARDS 2019
SISTER ACT
WAOS has added to its awards list, scooping the NETG “Adjudicator’s award” for the team playing,
and individual characterisations of the Nuns in Sister Act (with special commendation to Aimee Hart,
Emma Loring and Rhianna Howard).
NODA AWARDS 2019
SISTER ACT
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WAOS are proud to receive the NODA award for Best Musical and Best Production for "Sister Act”. Many congratulations to Director Robyn Gowers, AD Gemma Gray, MD Emma Nash, the fabulous Cast and all the supporting Crew, FOH, Costumes, Props, Sound, Lighting, Chaperones, Make-up and everyone involved!
NETG AWARDS 2018/19
CINDERELLA
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WAOS were proud winners of THE JACQUE & PETER COLLYER-SMITH TROPHY FOR BEST MUSICAL
CINDERELLA directed by Claire Carr
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NETG AWARDS 2018
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
BEST ACTOR
​John Davies as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof
NETG AWARDS 2017
SPAMALOT
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BEST YOUNG ACTOR (21 and Under) - Harry Tunningley as Not Dead Fred/Concorde in Spamalot, Cookie in Return to the Forbidden Planet
shared with Lucas Lloyd in Loserville (W.O.W.)
NETG AWARDS 2017
SPAMALOT
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​BEST ACTRESS - Constance Lawton as The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot
NETG AWARDS 2017
SPAMALOT
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BEST MUSICAL - Colllyer Smith Trophy for Best Musical for Spamalot