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2003 - 04 The Critics
Awards for Theatre in Scotland.
In the magnificent and historic surroundings of Stirling's Tolbooth on
the June 6 2004 in front of an audience of Scotland's theatre community
the 2nd Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland, decided by the main Scottish
theatre critics were
For Best Male Performance.
John Bett as Urgentiono in Scenes From An Execution by Howard Barker
- Dundee Rep Ensemble production.
Review - Bett
gives power and dilettante charm.
For Best Female Performance.
Cait Davis as The Woman in Those Eyes, That Mouth - Grid
Iron Theatre Company.
Review - Vulnerability
and desperation.
For Best Direction.
Dominic Hill for Scenes From An Execution by Howard Barker
- Dundee Rep Ensemble production..
Review - Impelled
into the world of renaissance Venice.
For Best Ensemble.
Royal Lyceum Theatre Cast for Six Black Candles by Des Dillon,
directed by Mark Thomson.
Review - Summons
up comic magic.
For Best New Play.
Henry Adam for The People Next Door - Traverse Theatre Production
directed by Roxanne Silbert.
Review - Zest
of its fresh and urgent creation.
For Best Children's Show.
Arthur, the Story of a King - Wee Stories Company & The Scottish
Touring Consortium Directed by Andy Cannon and Ian Johnstone. Created
by Andy Canon, Ian Johnstone and David Troughton.
Review - Wee
theatre company does ggggreat job.
For Best Design.
Tom Piper for Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare - Dundee
Rep Ensemble Production.
Review - Underwatery
world with surreal images
For Best Music.
Paddy Cuneen for Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare -
Dundee Rep Production.
Review -
Excellent gags of music.
For Best Technical
Presentation.
Smoking With Lulu by Janet Munsil - Citizens Theatre Glasgow.
Review - Tynan
and the luscious Lulu live.
For Best Theatre Production.
Scenes From An Execution - Dundee Rep Ensemble Company. Directed
by Dominic Hill.
Review - All
the nuances of light and shade, essentials of an artist
The winners were announced on the 6 of June 2004 in a special ceremony
at the Tolbooth in Stirling.
Around 150 productions were eligible for the awards and there was a shortlist
(details
with linked reviews) for each of the categories.
The theatre critics in Scotland involved in awarding
the second Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland were:
Mary Brennan (The Herald), Mark Brown (Sunday Herald), Neil Cooper (The
Herald), Allan Chadwick (Metro), Steve Cramer (List), Robert Dawson Scott
(The Times), Thom Dibdin (Edinburgh Evening News), Mark Fisher (Guardian),
Thelma Good (EdinburghGuide.com), Sarah Jones (The Independent), Joyce
McMillan (Scotsman), Kenneth Spiers (Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday) and
Joy Watters (The Courier).
The Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland were first awarded in 2003
for five categories, Best Performance (Male and Female), Best Design,
Best New Play and Best Production.
The 2002 - 03
winners with links to the EdinburghGuide reviews for those Productions.
Any professional theatre work produced in Scotland in the last twelve
months from May - April , (the natural break in the theatre year) was
eligible.
© Thelma Good 16 May 2004. - Published on EdinburghGuide.com
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