Butties 2025: Results

Here are the results for the 2025 Butties – we had over 200 votes cast by the 570 people involved in the 16 shows this season. Thank you to Brian for welcoming us into his house on the only wet day of the summer so far and to Marianne and Peter for hosting the awards so fabulously.

Collecting the Kenway lifetime achievement award on behalf of Angela and Tony Lowe
A happy director collecting the best actress award on behalf of Katie Shaw
One of the many prizes for Two Gentlemen of Verona
Aravind is this year’s Golden Butt winner, but couldn’t make it to the ceremony
Emily collects the Best Publicity award for Two Gentlemen of Verona

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Best Show

  • Legally Blonde (BLOC)
  • The Gondoliers (BLOC)
  • The Little Mermaid (BATS)
  • Wyrd Sisters (ECC)
  • Winner: Two Gentlemen of Verona (BSS)

Best Director

  • Julius Caesar (BSS): Emily Bowles
  • Stones in His Pockets (ITG): Csaba Bartos
  • The Gondoliers (BLOC): Angela Lowe, Tony Lowe, Lionel Bams
  • The Little Mermaid (BATS): Nathan Daeche-Green, Soetkin Gielen
  • Winner: Two Gentlemen of Verona (BSS): Tom Mallan

Best Actor

  • Jody Quirke: Jake Quinn – Stones in His Pockets (ITG)
  • Paul Musiol: Ross – Jump! (ITG), Charlie Conlon – Stones in His Pockets (ITG)
  • Pierre Halloy: Emmett – Legally Blonde (BLOC)
  • Quentin Clemens: Fool – Wyrd Sisters (ECC)
  • Winner: Conrad Toft: Bob Price – Things I Know To Be True (ECC), Jonathan – Blind Date (ETC)

Best Actress

  • Addy Shoichet: Paulette – Legally Blonde (BLOC)
  • Emma Quaedvlieg: Elle – Legally Blonde (BLOC)
  • Izzy Vivian: Greta – Jump! (ITG), Rosie Price – Things I Know To Be True (ECC)
  • Jane Paul: Hannah – Jump! (ITG), Portia – Julius Caesar (BSS), Julia – Two Gentlemen of Verona (BSS)
  • Winner: Katie Shaw: Stephanie – POTUS (ATC)

Best Producer

  • Julius Caesar (BSS): Anna Holmén
  • POTUS (ATC): Nastassia Maes, Jace Jasper
  • The Little Mermaid (BATS)
  • Things I Know to Be True (ECC): Kerry Lydon
  • Winner: Legally Blonde (BLOC): Alexander Just, Barbara Bauer, Dennis Elslander

Best Stage Management

  • Cinderella (ECC): Andy Ing
  • Julius Caesar (BSS): Boff Muir
  • Legally Blonde (BLOC): Marie Rousseaux
  • Two Gentlemen of Verona (BSS): Rhona Tobias
  • Winner: The Gondoliers (BLOC): Marie Rousseaux

Best Set Design and Construction

  • Legally Blonde (BLOC): Marie Rousseaux, Cat Harris
  • The Gondoliers (BLOC): Marie Rousseaux, Janet Gray
  • The Little Mermaid (BATS): Bill Burgurn, Dries Verbeke, Sid Wilkins
  • Wyrd Sisters (ECC): Cat Harris, Michael de Prins, Daniel Ciambrone, Steve O’Byrne, Toby Brennan & team
  • Winner:Two Gentlemen of Verona (BSS): Tom Mallan, Patrick Maher

Best Lighting

  • Cinderella (ECC): Ant McCarthy, Oscar Thomas
  • Julius Caesar (BSS): Andrew Williams
  • Two Gentlemen of Verona (BSS): Andrew Williams, Naveen Barriga
  • Wyrd Sisters (ECC): Steve O’Byrne
  • Winner: Legally Blonde (BLOC): Chris Harding

Best Sound

  • The Gondoliers (BLOC)
  • The Little Mermaid (BATS): Boris Skerath, Peter Müller
  • Two Gentlemen of Verona (BSS): Tom Mallan, Penelope Clark
  • Wyrd Sisters (ECC): Steve O’Byrne, Mel Ciriaco
  • Winner: Legally Blonde (BLOC): Steve O’Byrne

Best Costumes

  • Cinderella (ECC): Jennifer Gee, Cat Harris, Aurore Barbier, Jenny Brokvist & team
  • Legally Blonde (BLOC): Tonia Jolly
  • The Little Mermaid (BATS): Fiona Robertson, Sanne Van Moer, Myriam Leroux, Brigitte Pieters & team
  • Wyrd Sisters (ECC): Fiona McGinnis, Sheila Hewitt, Lynne Vaughan, Cat Harris
  • Winner: Two Gentlemen of Verona (BSS): Mary Wiklander Williams, Ilona Hendrix, Emma-Louise Jenkinson, Teresa Lopez, Elisabeth Munklinde & team

Best Hair and Make-up

  • Cinderella (ECC): Mel Ciriaco, Chloé Blanchard, Hannah Keeley, Eva Bordes
  • Legally Blonde (BLOC): Jenny Clarkson, Filipa Ferraz
  • The Little Mermaid (BATS): Ellen De Smet, Andrew Budds, Aylin Rose Fajardo, Wendy Minne, & team
  • Wyrd Sisters (ECC): Eva Bordes, Hannah Litzelman, Mel Ciriaco, Hannah Ciriaco, & team
  • Winner: Two Gentlemen of Verona (BSS): Diana Campillo, Filipa Ferraz, Elena Gobbetti, Anni Koskela, Tracie Ryan & team

Best Props

  • Cinderella (ECC): Cat Harris, Eva Bordes, Emilia Ing
  • Legally Blonde (BLOC): Andrea Edwards, Appo van der Wiel, Isabelle Deneyer
  • The Dining Room (ATC): Erica Faller, Carmen Prieto López
  • The Gondoliers (BLOC): Isabelle Deneyer, Appo van der Wiel, Tony Lowe
  • Winner: Wyrd Sisters (ECC): Cat Harris, Michael de Prins, Daniel Ciambrone, Steve O’Byrne & team

Best Publicity

  • Julius Caesar (BSS): Kateryna Sakhanevych, Benjamin Peuch
  • Legally Blonde (BLOC): Eva Konrad-Just, Xavier Diez, Emilia Kitsiou
  • The Little Mermaid (BATS): Inge Hödl
  • What’s in a Name / Blind Date (ETC): Giuseppe Marletta
  • Winner: Two Gentlemen of Verona (BSS): Simon Roche, Emily Bowles, Joachim Dos Santos

Best Newcomer

  • Brian Hatfield
  • Michael Agotha
  • Katie Shaw
  • Paulien De Cloedt
  • Winner: Martin Caforio

Kenway Award (lifetime achievement)

  • Brian Holland
  • Conrad Toft
  • Inge Hödl
  • Steve O’Byrne
  • Winner: Angela & Tony Lowe

Golden BUTT (for going the extra mile)

  • Cath Howdle for her non-stop dedication to making everyone shine
  • Conrad Toft for jumping in at the last minute as stage manager for  ATC at FEATS
  • Shannon Cloud for being the best stage manager ever
  • Tom Mallan for taking on so much for Two Gentlemen of Verona
  • Winner: Aravind Dhakshinamoorthy for incredible commitment both on- and off-stage