Leon Sinden Awards
And the award goes to…
The Leon Sinden Awards are given to two actors for ‘The Best Supporting Performance’ at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. According to Leon’s own rules each Award is for a specific supporting performance and is not for the body of work by a particular Actor over the summer season. Actors who have previously won the award twice aren’t eligible.
Leon Sinden created the Awards in 1995 marking 30 years since his first performance at Scotland’s Theatre in the Hills in 1965.
Voting for the Awards is entirely in the hands of you the audience.
Leon Sinden Awards 2025
This year, fifteen members of the Summer Season Ensemble are up for the awards of ‘Best Supporting Performance’.
Here are the nominees 👉
You can vote for your favourite supporting actors here:
Voting closes on Friday 26 September and the winners will be announced on Saturday 27 September on stage at the final show.
The Winners of the 28th Leon Sinden Awards, 2024
The 2024 Award winners were announced on 28 September after the performance of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical which was the last show of the summer season. The awards went to Luke Thornton and David Rankine. Luke for his performance as Willard in Footloose and David for his multi-role performance in Nan Shepherd: Naked and Unashamed.
David Rankine
Nan Shepherd: Naked and Unashamed
Luke Thornton
Footloose
Previous winners
| Year | ||
| 2023 | Robbie Scott | Rachael McAllister |
| 2022 | Richard Colvin | Nalan Burgess |
| 2021 | No Award | No Award |
| 2020 | No Award | No Award |
| 2019 | David Rankine | Fiona Wood |
| 2018 | Alan Mirren | Fiona Wood |
| 2017 | Mark Faith | Rebecca Elise |
| 2016 | Greg Powrie | Gemma McElhinney |
| 2015 | Dougal Lee * | Helen Logan * |
| 2014 | Scott Armstrong | Romana Abercromby |
| 2013 | Joseph Mann | Jacqueline Dutoit |
| 2012 | Dougal Lee * | Emily Altneu |
| 2011 | Fred Broom | Kate Quinnell * |
| 2010 | George Rae | Kate Quinnell * |
| 2009 | Alan Steele | Isabelle Joss |
| 2008 | Christian Edwards | Luisa Prosser |
| 2007 | Rory Murray | Joanne Cummins |
| 2006 | Robin Harvey Edwards | Jacqueline Dutoit * |
| 2005 | Hywel Morgan | Kezia Burrows |
| 2004 | Samuel James | Janet Michael * |
| 2003 | Steven McNicoll | Janet Devigne |
| 2002 | Michael McKenzie | Helen Logan * |
| 2001 | Jimmy Chisholm | Janet Michael * |
| 2000 | No Award | No Award |
| 1999 | Martin Hodgson | Deirdre Davis |
| 1998 | Roy Boutcher | Patricia England |
| 1997 | Russell Hunter | Una McLean |
| 1996 | Martyn James * | Rona Anderson |
| 1995 | Martyn James * | Claire Richards |
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