1) Jacqueline Arnott as Katrina in Bazaar and Rummage, Portchester Players: Excellent stage presence and comic timing.

2) Mary Dawson as Judith Bliss in Hayfever, West Meon Players: Outstanding.

3) Julia Piper as Marion Murdoch in The Amorous Ambassador, Bursledon Players: Excellent, sassy, the class act of the production.

4) Beveley Siddle as Judith Bliss in Hayfever, Chesil Theatre: Full of acerbic annotations and extravagant gestures.

5) Hilary Causey as Vita Louise Simmons in Harvey, Lyndhurst Drama and Musical Society: Magnificent characterisation and accent never faltered.