SMA Awards winners 2017

05 September, 2019

Presented at the ABTT Theatre SHOW on 7 June 2017, West Hall Alexandra Palace, London.

Individual Stage Manager Award

Winner: Sarah Coates (ASM on The Miser, Garrick Theatre & Tour)

Highly commended

Howard Williamson SM on Billy Elliot, UK and Ireland Tour

Helen Barratt CSM on Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, National Theatre

Long list

Christine Collins, Jen Davey, Karen Davies, Mark Featherstone, Beth Sweeney, Owen Thomas, Adam Tripp, Mark Wilkinson,  Lee Drinkwater, Robin Longley,  Michelle Booth, Christine Hollinshead, Gordon Craig

Stage Management Team Award

Winner: Alison Palmer CSM, Lisa Hall SM, Fiona Curtis SM, Matt Jones DSM, Gemma Thomas DSM, Suneeda Maruthiyil ASM (Roald Dahl’s City of the Unexpected, National Theatre of Wales)

Highly commended

Robbie Cullen CM, Natalie Wood SM, Sharon Hobden DSM, Alice Horsey ASM, Damien Stanton ASM, Chris Matragos ASM
Groundhog Day, Old Vic Theatre

Caitlin O’Reilly CSM, Callum Thomson TSM, Hamish Ellis TSM (Edinburgh)
Roundabout Season, Paines Plough

Sarah Alford Smith CM, Lorna Seymour DSM, Erin McCulloch ASM, Kieran Watson ASM
Hamlet,  Almeida Theatre

Long list

Kerrie Driscoll, Sara Shardlow, Ailsa Bonner, Watermill 50th Anniversary Season
Gareth Roberts & team, Macbeth & season Theatr Genelaethol Cymru
Lee Drinkwater & team, Sweet Charity Royal Exhange Theatre
Sarah Thomas-Hopkins & team, The Kids Stay in the Picture Royal Court
Dan Gammon & team, Unreachable Royal Court
Chris Boyle & team, School of Rock New London Theatre
Maddie Baylis & team I Capture the Castle Watford Palace Theatre
Claire Sibley and team Richard III Almeida Theatre & Croatia
Helen Keast & team, Storyhouse Chester Opening Season

Lifetime Achievement (the David Ayliff Award)

Winner:  Jim Taylor, Gardyne Theatre Dundee

Long list

Lawrence Doyle, Alan Hatton

Student Achievement

Winner: George Baker (Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey)

Highly commended

Megan Smith, Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Pippa Lowen, Northbrook College (Brighton Metropolitan University)

Long list

Megan Smith (Guildhall School of Music & Drama)
Ella Wheway (Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts)
Hannah Walmsley (Rose Bruford College)
Pippa Lowen (Northbrook Coll (Brighton Met))
Nicola Newton (Canterbury Christ Church Uni)
Sophie Keers (Bristol Old Vic Theatre School)
George Baker (Guildford School of Acting Univ. Surrey)
Tristan Rusdale (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama)
Georgia Cross (Bath Spa University)