Winners & Nominees of the Boscars 2022/2023

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Borlase Oscars ‘Boscars’ for 2022/2023. Recipients of the awards have demonstrated commitment, achievement and excellence in that discipline. In recognition of the commitment and achievement of many of our students across the year, we also curate a list of ‘nominees’ for each award. It is always a challenge to select both winners and nominees as we are overwhelmed by the enthusiasm and skill of the student body. We hope that these awards inspire and empower the students to excel in the arts and, in doing so, continue to develop the skills and knowledge that will help to shape their future.
The full list of winners and nominees are as follows:
BOSCAR WINNERS 2023
Dance Awards
BEST ENSEMBLE DANCER Alice Duncan
BEST FEMALE DANCE SOLOIST Lauren Stewart
BEST MALE DANCE SOLOIST George Sammes
BEST DANCE MUSICALITY Kirsty Wardle
MOST VERSATILE DANCER Daisy-May Stevens
BEST PARTNERING FEMALE DANCER Amelie Wild
BEST PARTNERING MALE DANCER Max Bignall
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER Bianca Burduja
Technical Theatre Awards
BEST COSTUME Toby Casemore & Freya Rogers
BEST STAGE & SUPPORT Fin Harris
BEST TECHNICAL DESIGN & OPERATION Sam Hart
BEST TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP Harvey Green
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO Connor Botha
Music Awards
Classical Instrumentalists
BEST BRASS PLAYER Ben Jones
BEST WOODWIND PLAYER Ruby Sharma
BEST STRINGS PLAYER Joe Thompson
BEST PERCUSSION PLAYER Khyan Speding
Contemporary Musicians
BEST JAZZ MUSICIAN Joel Taylor
BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSICIAN Logan Foster-Lyons
BEST BAND The Fundamentals
Vocal Awards
BEST CHORISTER: TENOR/BASS Alex Coe
BEST CHORISTER: SOPRANO/ALTO Ruby Qureshi
BEST VOCALIST: TENOR/BASS Tom Hughes
BEST VOCALIST: SOPRANO/ALTO Lauren Bull
Musical Leadership Award
BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR Pia Andrew
BEST STUDENT-LED ENSEMBLE Gospel Choir
Drama Awards
BEST ACTOR IN A MALE ROLE Alastair Eltringham
BEST ACTOR IN A FEMALE ROLE Jasmine Fraser-Nicholls & Jennifer Baron
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MALE ROLE Daniel Henwood
BEST COMPANY ACTOR IN A MALE ROLE Maria Kharatishvili
BEST COMPANY ACTOR IN A FEMALE ROLE Juno Edwards
BEST DRAMA LEADERSHIP Hattie Parkinson & Ella Jenkins
Special Awards
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Miss Kay Mountfield
BOSCAR NOMINEES
TECHNICAL THEATRE AWARDS
BEST COSTUME & MAKEUP
Cressida Bell
Toby Casemore
Juno Edwards
Hui Qing Liew
Freya Rogers
Emma Sage
BEST STAGE & SUPPORT
Sam Hart
Fin Harris
Sasha Helin
Amelia Hill
Maria Kharatishvili
Emma Sage
Sacha Smith
Emily Tucker
BEST TECHNICAL DESIGN & OPERATION
Harvey Green
Athena Hall
Fin Harris
Sam Hart
Freya Rogers
BEST TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP
Connor Botha
Harvey Green
Sam Hart
Fin Harris
Sofia Heard-Norrish
Archie Hewson
BEST PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO
Catherine Avery
Connor Botha
Katy Butler
Sophie Garnett
Harvey Green
Joe Thompson
DANCE AWARDS
BEST ENSEMBLE DANCER
Kiera Brennan
Alice Duncan
Ruby Peacey
Phoebe Roerig
George Sammes
Lauren Stewart
BEST FEMALE DANCE SOLOIST
Izzy Ambrose
Bianca Burduja
Harriet Seymour
Daisy-May Stevens
Lauren Stewart
BEST MALE DANCE SOLOIST
Max Bignall
Alex Hill
George Sammes
BEST DANCE MUSICALITY
Cressida Bell
Eva McKevitt
Harriet Seymour
Maria-Jose Taguiang
Kirsty Wardle
Amelie Wild
MOST VERSATILE DANCER
Max Bignall
Bianca Burduja
Alex Hill
Ruby Peacey
George Sammes
Daisy-May Stevens
Amelie Wild
BEST PARTNERING FEMALE DANCER
Izzy Ambrose
Iris Cooper
Megan Fulton
Annabella Morgan
Alannah Ryder
Ruby Qureshi
Kirsty Wardle
Amelie Wild
BEST PARTNERING MALE DANCER
Max Bignall
Max Blackbourn
Will Shipton-Jones
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER
Bianca Burduja
Daisy Hayward
Anna Needham
Emily Tucker
DRAMA AWARDS
BEST ACTOR IN A MALE ROLE
Ash Bryant
Joe Cockcroft
Alastair Eltringham
Daniel Henwood
Jed Wright
BEST ACTOR IN A FEMALE ROLE
Jennifer Baron
Iris Cooper
Jasmine Fraser-Nicholls
Ella Jenkins
Hattie Parkinson
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MALE ROLE
Ash Bryant
Connor Botha
Daniel Henwood
Katherine Perry
Jed Wright
BEST COMPANY ACTOR IN A MALE ROLE
Eric Andreescu
Connor Botha
Pati Gwiazda
Archie Hewson
Tom Hughes
Maria Kharatishvili
Katherine Perry
BEST COMPANY ACTOR IN A FEMALE ROLE
Lauren Bull
Amy Denton
Juno Edwards
Sophie Garnett
Naomi Haldane
Ella Jenkins
Flo Morgan
MUSIC AWARDS
Classical Instrumentalists Awards
BEST BRASS PLAYER
Harriett Cole
Ben Jones
Hari Kaushal
Neel Kygonahally
Jemima Ridley
Freddy Smith
Joel Taylor
Nathan Taylor
BEST WOODWIND PLAYER
Sophie Dodd
Imogen Downes
Fin Engelberts
Naomi Haldane
Natasha Rasmussen
Ruby Sharma
BEST STRINGS PLAYER
Holly Baker
Max Dexter
Sophie Lazenby
Hui-Qing Liew
Thomas Shaw
Joe Thompson
BEST PERCUSSION PLAYER
Amelia Hill
Khyan Speding
Sacha Smith
Contemporary Musician Awards
BEST JAZZ MUSICIAN
Tom Hughes
Ben Jones
Hari Kaushal
Mahlee Lelyveld
Eddie Pratt
Ruby Sharma
Sacha Smith
Joel Taylor
BEST CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTALIST
Alex Coe
Logan Foster-Lyons
Archie Hewson
Tom Hughes
Alexander Milburn
Sacha Smith
Khyan Speding
Joe Thompson
BEST BAND
Blankfield
Diverted Traffic
The Fundamentals
Majesty
Vocal Awards
BEST CHORISTER: TENOR/BASS
Thomas Bull
Alex Coe
Archie Hewson
Tom Hughes
Ben Jones
Eddie Pratt
Sacha Smith
Joel Taylor
Oliver West
BEST CHORISTER: SOPRANO/ALTO
Pia Andrew
Lauren Bull
Katarina Finney
Jasmine Fraser-Nicholls
Naomi Haldane
Anoushka Isaac
Ruby Qureshi
Ruby Sharma
Amelie Wild
BEST VOCALIST: TENOR/BASS
Dilsher Bagri
Tom Hughes
Bobby Norris
Sacha Smith
Joel Taylor
Oliver West
BEST VOCALIST: SOPRANO/ALTO
Scarlett Bennett
Lauren Bull
Emma Edwards
Jasmine Fraser-Nicholls
Ruby Qureshi
Ruby Sharma
Musical Leadership Awards
BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Hamish Anderson & Eddie Pratt
Pia Andrew
Sophie Dodd
Jasmine Fraser-Nicholls & Anoushka Isaac
Ella Jenkins & Harriet Seymour
Ruby Sharma
Thomas Shaw
BEST STUDENT-LED ENSEMBLE
Chapel Choir
Flute Choir
Gospel Choir
String Quartet