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Barclays TMA Theatre
Awards 2002.
TMA Theatre Awards
2003.
Barclays Theatre Awards 2002, presented by the Theatrical
Management Association, were announced at an Awards Ceremony hosted by
Sandi Toksvig on Sunday October 13th at the Linbury Studio Theatre at
the Royal Opera House.
These Awards celebrate excellence in theatre in the UK. Presenters included
Siobhan Redmond (who will be Jean Brodie in the Royal Lyceum's
forthcoming production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie in Jan/Feb 2003),
Sheila Hancock, Timothy West and Nicholas Hytner
Scotland did well this year winning four awards , Best Actor in Supporting
Role, Best New Play, The Equity Award For Best Show For Children And Young
People and Outstanding Achievement In Opera. We have reviews
of all but one of these productions and of the nominees.
Also nominated from Scotland but did not win were for Best Actress Kathryn
Howden for Victory
at the Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, Best Actress in A Supporting Role, Una
McLean for Borderline Theatre's Perfect
Days at The Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow and on tour, nominated for
Best Touring Production The
Seagull by Anton Chekov, English version by Tom Stoppard, Dundee Rep
and the Byre Theatre nominated for Most Welcoming Theatre.
Warming commiserations to them and warm applause to the four winners.
Barclays Theatre Awards 2002 were
Best Actress
Diana Quick for English Touring Theatre's GHOSTS
Best Actor
Corin Redgrave for THE BROWNING VERSION at Derby Playhouse
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Mairead McKinley for Shared Experience Theatre's THE CLEARING on tour
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Jimmy Chisholm for AMADEUS at Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Review from
EdinburghGuide.com
Best Director
Emma Rice for Kneehigh Theatre's THE RED SHOES on tour
Reviewed at 2002 Edinburgh Festival by EdinburghGuide.com
Best Designer
Simon Higlett for ELIZABETH REX at Birmingham Repertory Theatre produced
in association with Duncan C. Weldon and Paul Elliott for Triumph Entertainment
Ltd, and for Nuffield Theatre Southampton's THREE SISTERS presented by
Theatre Royal Bath Productions on tour
Best New Play
GAGARIN WAY by Gregory Burke, Traverse Theatre Company in association
with the National Theatre Studio on tour
Reviews
from EdinburghGuide.com
The Barclays Award For Best Touring Production
ROSE RAGE adapted from Shakespeare's Henry VI plays by Edward Hall and
Roger Warren, a Watermill West Berkshire Playhouse production
Best Musical
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics
by Sheldon Harnick, produced on the New York stage by Harold Prince, original
New York stage production directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins,
a Watermill West Berkshire Playhouse production
The Equity Award For Best Show For Children And Young People
LIFEBOAT by Nicola McCartney, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company in association
with Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh on tour
Review from EdinburghGuide.com
The Barclays Award For Most Welcoming Theatre
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Outstanding Achievement In Opera
Scottish Opera for DIE WALKÜRE and SIEGFRIED
Review
from EdinburghGuide.com of Seigfried
Additional text © Thelma Good 14 October 2002. - Published on EdinburghGuide.com
TMA Theatre Awards
2003.
Kneehigh Theatre Co The Red Shoes (116)
Drams none made me want to dance oh errr!
Venue Pleasance Courtyard not Dome in programme(33)
Address 60 the Pleasance
Reviewer Thelma Good
This is a deliciously wicked take on the story of the Red Shoes taking
us back to the raw, underlying heart of the fairy tale. The cast of five
play various parts and the glorious figure of Lady Lydia guides us and
the rest of the cast through the story. Garbed in velvet and feathers
she assigns the roles as the tale grows - watch the past-over actors as
they stand, still clothed only in the vest and pants they enter from the
audience with.
The flexible set designed by Bill Mitchell, creates a internal room with
look in openings. With the suitcases they also carry in, they use simple
things to create an intricate interpretation of the girl who got the shoes
she wished for and found her obsession take her over. Frequently they
use intense music, some opera, and singing to add to the already heightened
very theatrical production. The lighting by Alex Wardle adds even more
to an already highly charged style.
The Red Shoes is amusing and moving, sometimes deeply shocking as these
accomplished actors create vivid scenes. Directed immaculately by Emma
Rice the cast of Giles King, Bec Appletree, John Surman, Paul Hunter and
Mike Shepherd have a production which thrills and transports and gets
a Good's Great from me. Note it's not in the pleasance Dome but in Pleasance
One in their Courtyard. Venue 33. Don't miss it! On at 15:30 (17:00) until
27 August not 21.
© Thelma Good 15 August 2001 - Published on EdinburghGuide.com
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