The IDTA is delighted to announce the results of the Musical Theatre Awards 2025, held at Viva Blackpool on Saturday, 5th July 2025.
Musical Theatre Awards are an annual event run by the IDTA. Candidates are nominated by the Association’s examiners when taking part in IDTA examinations. Candidates can be nominated for solo, duo, trio and team musical theatre medal awards from Introductory to Gold Bar and above and the final performance from the Musical Theatre Stages; Introductory to Stage 6 when entered through a qualified teacher. Those who are successful are awarded a trophy. The overall winner will be awarded a trophy and a cheque to further their dance career. Certificates are awarded to every nominee.
Our congratulations to the winners, recipient(s) of the Frances Clayton Future Star Award and to all those who were nominated.
Winners
Solo Medals – Intro and Bronze
Winner: Maya Booth Lyons
Class One Dance
Team Medals – Intro, Bronze, Stage 1 and 2
Winners: Matilda Medley – Alicia Lines / Maisie Asquith / Isabelle Beresford / Skylar Senior / Ray Taylor /Amelia Waddington / Lucy Duke / Amelia Howson
JL Dance Company
Solo Medals – Silver and Gold
Winner: Vivia Dawson-Stanley
Debra Simmons School of Dance
Duo and Trio Medals – Bronze, Silver, Gold & Gold Bar
Winner: Take me or leave me – Maisie Fry / Vivia Dawson-Stanley
Debra Simmons School of Dance
Solo Medals – Gold Bar and above
Winner: Jessica Ross
Julie Shacklock School of Dance
Team Medals – Silver and above, Stages 3 and Above
Winners: Jet set – Zara Garvie/ Ruby Garvie / Josie Bourne / Harry McGill / Eleanor Goss / Lillie Stewart / Mollie Stewart
Afonso School of Performing Arts
Performers Certificate
Winner: Leah Sweeney
Montforts College of Performing Arts
Frances Clayton Future Star Award
Winner: Vivia Dawson-Stanley
Debra Simmons School of Dance
Runners-up
Solo Medals- Intro and Bronze
Runner-up: Magdalena Loy
The Dance Academy
Team Medals – Intro, Bronze, Stage 1 and 2
Runners-up: Jet set – Darcy Taylor/Lois Lamnea / Billie Wiffen/Sophia Adams / Lillie Stocker / Maisy Collins / Mia Stream/Millie Narraway / Sienna Collins
Regency Performing Arts
Solo Medals – Silver and Gold
Runners-up: Oliver Milchard
Regency Performing Arts
Duo and Trio Medals – Bronze, Silver, Gold & Gold Bar
Runners-up: Something better than this – Alexie Hulley / Ruby Hughes / Olivia Baker,
Elaine Howards Centre Stage
Solo Medals – Gold Bar and Above
Runner-up: Ruby Baggott
Debonair Dance Academy
Team Medals – Silver and above, Stages 3 and Above
Runners-up: Changing lives – Jasey Hartree / Hannah Glass / Vivia Dawson-Stanley / Maisie Fry / Bethany Kilpatrick / Rebekah Martin / Evie White / Lily Powell
Debra Simmons School of Dance
Performers Certificate
Runner-up: Kate Timothy
Performing Arts School Galway