ONCE again over the past year a team of expert judges have been attending performances by local amateur companies at Abergaveny's Borough

Theatre as part of the annual amateur theatre award scheme launched by A4B - the group formerly known as the Borough Theatre Management

Committee.

This week sees the announcement of the keenly awaited list of nominees for the awards which cover all aspects of on stage

performance.

The winners will be revealed at a black tie event to be held at the town's Angel Hotel on Saturday, January 26.

The Borough Theatre Management Committee was formed by members of local amateur theatre companies some 20 years ago with the purpose of 'saving' the Borough Theatre from closure.

During its first decade, the committee was responsible for raising funds to ensure the continued existence of the theatre and for initially establishing the theatre as a professional venue and latterly pressuring the local authority into employing a professional management team at the Borough.

With the establishment of a new theatre trust, which looks set to take over the running of the theatre from MCC this year, it was decided that the time had come to re-constitute the committee and give it a new purpose in addition to its continued support and fundraising role and as a result it was renamed Acting4theBorough (A4B).

One of the major projects the group has instigated since its new look, is the introduction of the amateur theatre award scheme, which was successfully introduced last year and once again for the past year has seen independent judges attending each of the amateur performances staged by the 'user groups' at the theatre - AAODS (Sound of Music and Whistle Down the Wind) , APC (Peter Pan) and B r e a k t h r o u g h Productions (The Big Kids' Book of Adventure) - and nominating and selecting winners in a number of categories.

The project was launched successfully in 2011 and attracted a great deal of interest and support with a number of local businesses offering sponsorship and Abergavenny Town Council lending its financial support to the event.

With the results due to be revealed in just a few weeks, the full list of nominees is as follows:

Best male performance in a play or musical

Andrew Fowler - Will - Big Kids' Book of Adventure

Phill O'Sullivan - Nick - Big?Kids' Book of Adventure

Peter Winter - Max - The Sound of Music

Best female performance in a play or musical

Sarah Fowler - Kit- Big Kids' Book of Adventure

Andrea Marfell - Mrs Darling - Peter Pan

Helen O'Sullivan - Maria - The Sound of Music

Best supporting male performance in a play or

musical

Andrew Fowler - Will - The Big Kids' Book of Adventure

Tommy Mogford - Captain Hook -?Peter Pan

Peter Winter - Max - The Sound of Music

Best supporting female performance in a play or musical

Jane Lewis - Lizzie - Big Kids' Book of Adventure

Sue Price - Sister Margaretta - The Sound of Music

Rita Rouse - Mother Superior - The Sound of Music

The Abergavenny Rotary Club award for best male performance in a play or musical (Under 18)

Alex Clark

- John - Peter Pan

Harry Jones - The Man - Whistle Down the Wind

Zach Williams - Michael - Peter Pan

The Abergavenny Rotary Club award for best female performance in a play or musical (Under 18)

Nia Gandi - Tiger Lily - Peter Pan

Alys Le Moignan - Candy - Whistle Down the Wind

Anni Rees - Brat - Whistle Down the Wind

The King's Head Hotel award for best supporting male performance in a play or musical (Under 18)

Keane Davies - The Preacher - Whistle Down the Wind

Miles Harding - Friedrich - The Sound of Music

Alex Williams - Boone - Whistle Down the Wind

The F R?Ball Ltd award for best supporting female performance in a play or musical (Under 18)

Carys Davies - Briggitta -?The Sound of Music

Amy Price - Marta - The Sound of Music

Meg Trinder - Liesl - The Sound of Music

Production of the Year

The Big?Kids' Book of Adventure (BTP)

Peter Pan (APC)

The Sound of Music (AAODS)

Whistle Down the Wind (AAODS?Juniors)

The Judges' Award

Molly Brickley Clark - for range of performing skills

Chorus - Whistle Down the Wind

Nuns' Ensemble - The Sound of Music

The winners will be revealed at a black tie dinner to be held at The Angel Hotel in Abergavenny on Saturday, January 26 which will also see the presentation of the Bernard Zavishlock Award for outstanding contribution to amateur theatre.