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Winners - Play of the Year
Pat Johnson Trophy for the Director of the Year

Donated in memory of Pat Johnson, who played a signifcant part in the development of the Play of the Year.
TrophyAwardWinnerGroupPlayCharacterYear
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Barbara SeymourWest Bridgford Dramatic SocietyMother Courage and Her Children2023
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Jane HerringLace Market TheatrePressure2022
Pat JohnsonDirector of the YearChris SimsLace Market TheatreFoxfinder2020
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Matthew HuntbachLace Market Theatre The Hound of the Baskervilles2019
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Howard WhitehurstBonington PlayersMove Over Mrs Markham2018
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Anna HodkinBonington PlayersBrief Encounter2017
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year John ForemanMarket Harborough Drama SocietyThe Royal Baccarat Scandal2016
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Amanda HallPeoples Theatre CompnayRobin Hood and the Babes in the Wood2015
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Anna HodkinBonington PlayersThe Rivals2014
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Deborah CraddockBurton Joyce PlayersIt Runs in the Family2013
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Paul JenningsPeoples Theatre CompanyMacbeth2012
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Patricia TribeNottingham Arts TheatreRoses Of Eyam.2011
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Pat ThomasDuleries Theatre GroupTen Times Table.2010
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Sarah KerryLace Market Youth TheatreMuch Ado About Nothing.2009
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Beryl HoyleWest Bridgford Dramatic SocietyThe Memory of Water.2008
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Elizabeth AtkinBonington PlayersA Midsummer Night's Dream.2007
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Beryl HoyleWest Bridgford Dramatic SocietyMarking Time.2006
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Jean LebeterEdwinstowe Theatre GroupCaught in the Net.2005
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Brian PoulsonWest Bridgford Dramatic SocietyArabian Nights.2004
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Charles LeeSolo Theatre CompanyFunny Money.2003
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Scott WoolveridgeWest Bridgford Dramatic SocietyThe Nativity.2002
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Jean LebeterEdwinstowe Theatre GroupSeasons Greetings.2001
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Howard WhitehurstBonington PlayersThe Importance of Being Earnest.2000
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Jean LebeterEdwinstowe Theatre GroupRumours.1999
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Hazel SalisburyTollerton Drama GroupHobson's Choice.1998
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Howard WhitehurstBonington PlayersWonderful Wizard of Oz.1997
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Dave Balliol-KeyNewstagers Drama GroupDiary of Anne Frank.1996
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year David KimminsKeyworth Dramatic SocietyWhen We Are Married.1995
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Graham SmithEast Bridgford DGDangerous Corner.1994
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Paul CobbNewstagers Drama GroupGalileo.1993
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Elizabeth AtkinProspect PlayersThe Lion in Winter.1992
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Robert DunbarKegworth PlayersNoises Off.1991
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Elizabeth AtkinProspect PlayersKing Lear.1990
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Dick WoodEast Bridgford DG..1989
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Beth HannaWest Bridgford Dramatic Society..1988
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Edna TheobaldBotiller Players..1987
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Geoff PeabodyEast Bridgford DG..1987
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Mike RidleyWollaton Drama Group..1986
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Joy LinnellNewstagers Drama Group..1985
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Ted HeathNewstagers Drama Group..1984
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Edna TheobaldBotiller Players..1983
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Peter ThistlethwaitePenson PlayersHalf Way up the Tree.1982
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Colin TrelivingCo-Operative Arts TheatreStreetcar Named Desire.1981
Pat JohnsonDirector of the Year Edna TheobaldBotiller PlayersOne Hundred Years Old.1980