A LOCAL village amateur dramatic group scooped an impressive array of performance award nominations and a top accolade for one member, in recognition of their Pantomime “Mother Goose”, recently.

Barrington Players who were established in 2006 and operate out of Barrington Village Hall, near Ilminster, attended a glittering ceremony at Haynes Motor Museum on Saturday, May 7.

More than 400 cast and crew, representing 25 pantomimes from all over Somerset, Chardstock and Devon, celebrated the annual Somerset Fellowship of Drama Cinderella Trophy Awards for Pantomime.

The awards promote best practice in panto production and recognise and encourage talent. They are run as a competition, taking place from December-March in which groups affiliated to the Fellowship can enter their pantomimes to be judged by a member of the Adjudicating Panel.

They are seen as 'The Oscars' of West Country Panto!

Barrington Players received several nominations – Grace Dean and Hannah Applegate from Barrington, for ‘Stars of the Future’ (recognition of talent under 16), Joshua Lee and Dan Jones for Lighting, Squire Creep, played by Colin Strickland for Best Villain and Rosie Reeve for Make Up!

Ian Smith, also from Barrington, won dame of the year for his amazing Mother Goose.

The Barrington Players’ AGM will be held on Tuesday, June 7 from 7.30pm at the Village Hall. Open to all so please come along. For more info and photos of the awards night go to www.barringtonplayers.co.uk.