Rachel John, winner of Best Female Performer for Hamilton
Musical theatre productions once again dominated the winners list at the seventh annual awards ceremony for The Mousetraps.
Presented by Mousetraps Theatre Projects’ Youth Forum, chosen by more than 1,000 young theatregoers (aged 15-23), ten out of the 12 awards went to genre performers and productions.
Hamilton led the pack picking up three awards including Best Female Performer for Rachel John, and Best Ensemble. The show also collected the ‘Soundtrack of My Soul’ award.
Both Kinky Boots and the revival of Five Guys Named Moe collected two awards each. Kinky Boots was judged to be the ‘Best Feel Good Show’ and the show with the Best Finale, while Five Guys Named Moe was named the ‘Show You Came Out Dancing To’ and chosen as the show that the young voters ‘Couldn’t Wait For It To Open’.
Other musical theatre winners were RENT’s Layton Williams who was judged to be the Best Male Performer, and Adam Bayjou collected the award for ‘Performer Who Saved The Day’ for playing Jean Valjean in Les Misérables.
The award-winning line-up was completed by: The Grinning Man which collected the award for ‘Aesthetic On Point’; The Ferryman which was judged to be ‘The Most Heartstopping Show’; and The Old Vic earned the title of ‘Friendliest Venue’.
Dex Lee collects the Mousetrap Award for Couldn’t Wait For It To Open for Five Guys Named Moe
An audience of over 150 attended the awards ceremony which was opened by Dreamgirls stars Liisi LaFontaine and Asmeret Ghebremichael and presented by Youth Forum members Moniece Mullings, Bryony Relf, Dylan Johnson and Ruth Nade.
The event also included performances from singers Chiara Lari and Phoebe Bryant, gospel singer-songwriter Temi (aka Melo-G), hip-hop dancer Holly Higginson, performer Mollie Gallagher, spoken word artist Amaris Powell and new girl group MU4.
Mousetrap Theatre Projects is a theatre education charity dedicated to bringing the magic of theatre into the lives of young people. It opens the doors to all that London’s vibrant theatre scene has to offer – particularly for young people with limited means, support or special needs – and encourages participants to engage creatively with their theatre experiences.
The Mousetraps are supported by the Society of London Theatre through funding from the Theatre Development Trust.
Angela Thomas
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