Awards and Scholarships

Eric Hamber Award

The Eric Hamber Award may be presented at MAINSTAGE annually to a nominated person, Member Club or institution having made an outstanding contribution to community theatre in B.C. over a long period of time. Nominees and winners of the Eric Hamber Award are amongst some great company:

2010- William R. Elliott (posthumously)
2009 - Frank Goodsir
2008 - Sharon Lynch
2007 - Stephen Heal (posthumously)
2006 - Mary Huggins
2005 - Bud Abbott
2004 - Biddy Jones
2003 - Dori & Paddy McGarrigle
2002 - Gail Limber
2001 - Lorraine Allum
2000 - George Young
1999 - Jim Harding
1998 - Merry Hallsor
1997 - David Jones
1996 - Arlene Blundell
1995 - Donna and Fred Lamb
1994 - Not Awarded
1993 - Major Llewellyn "Bill" Bullock-Webster (posthumously)
1992 - Sheila Coultish
1991 - Gwen Crowe
1990 - John Krich
1989 - Theatre Kelowna Society
1988 - James Bowlby
1987 - Nanaimo Theatre Group
1986 - Jose Smith
1985 - Anne and Don Marsh
1984 - Jay Norton
1983 - Derek McCooey
1982 - Ruth Cunningham and Bernie Legge

1981 - Terrace Little Theatre
1980 - Not Awarded
1979 - Mien Van Heek
1978 - Norman Young
1977 - Franklin Johnson
1976 - Dorothy Goldrick
1975 - Paddy Malcolm English
1974 - Keith and Edith Shadforth
1973 - Gwen Pharis Ringwood
1972 - Margaret Rushton
1971 - Capt. C. F. Gibson and W.A.D.
1970 - Doug Huggins
1969 - Vernon Little Theatre
1968 - Tom Kerr
1967 - Jack Richardson, Vancouver Sun
1966 - Sidney Risk
1965 - Yvonne Firkins
1964 - Jessie L. Richardson and Ann Mossman
1963 - Sid Williams
1962 - Anne Adamson And Don Rush
1961 - Phoebe Smith and Dorothy Somerset
1960 - White Rock Little Theatre
1959 - Holiday Theatre
1958 - G.T. Lee
1957 - Vancouver Little Theatre
1956 - Not Awarded
1955 - Peace River Playwrights

Diamond of the Year Award

Winners of the Diamond of the Year Award (Theatre BC's "Citizen of the Year" award instituted in 2007as part of Theatre BC's 75th Anniversary)

2010 - Don Rampone, Kelowna (OKZ)
2009 - Wendy Wearne, SIZ Chair
2008 - Cynthia Livingstone, PRZ Chair
2007 - Larry Martin & Mary Tobias, Space On The Floor Theatre (KOZ)