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2005
- 06 Shortlists for The Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland.
Here for detailed Shortlists linked to reviews.
Link to their Website www.scottishtheatreawards.org
for the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland.
On 10 May 2006 the shortlists for ten categories of The Critics Awards for
Theatre in Scotland for 2005 - 06 drawn up by 13 of Scotland's Theatre Critics
were announced. 21 different productions and 18 companies were shortlisted.
Categories are Best Performance ( Male and Female)
, Best Direction, Best Ensemble,
Best Children's Show, Best New Play,
Best Design, Best Music, Best
Technical Presentation and Best Production.
The winners will be announced on 4 June 2006 in a special ceremony, sponsored
by City of Discovery Campaign, at the Discovery Centre in Dundee.
Unveiling the shortlists Robert Dawson Scott, Convenor of CATS, said:
"The first few months of the National Theatre of Scotland have proved
to be both a popular and critical success. It is in line with its innovative
model that all its nominations are the result of partnerships and co-productions
with the existing talent pool. Once again we were struck by the quality
of work being produced across the country, from Shetland to East Lothian
and from large and small companies."
Before the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland there were no awards
which concentrated exclusively on the unique voices of theatre in Scotland.
Previously the nearest equivalent was the TMA Regional Theatre Awards,
administered by the Theatre Managers Association in London, which cover
theatre, opera and dance all over the UK outside London.
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. Ten categories were involved in the
2003 - 04 and 2004 - 05 Awards when Best Ensemble, Best Children's, Best
Music, Best Technical Presentation and Best Production were added to the
original five.
Any professional theatre work produced in Scotland in the last twelve
months from May 2005 - April 2006, (the natural break in the theatre year)
was eligible.
2005 - 06 Shortlists for Critics Awards for Theatre
in Scotland are.
Shortlisted
for The Award For Best Male Performance.
Shortlisted
for The Award For Best Female Performance.
Shortlisted
for The Award for Best Direction.
- Ian Grieve for Tales from Hollywood - Perth Theatre.
- Ben Harrison for The Devil's Larder - Grid Iron.
- Jemima Levick for A
Christmas Carol - Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
- Gregory Thompson for Molly Sweeney - The Citizens Theatre,
Glasgow.
Shortlisted
for The Award For The Best Ensemble.
Shortlisted
for The Award For Best New Play.
- Blackbird
by David Harrower - Edinburgh International
Festival.
- Goethe's Faust, Parts 1 and 2 adaptaed by John Clifford
- Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
- The Importance of Being Alfred by Louise Welsh - A Play,
A Pie and A Pint.
- Wired
by Davey Anderson - A Play, A Pie and A Pint.
Shortlisted
for The Award for Best Children's Show.
Shortlisted
for The Award for Best Design.
- Tom Piper for Ubu the King- Dundee Rep / Tron / BITE:'05
/ Barbican / Young Vic.
- Karen Tennent for Home: East Lothian, National Theatre
of Scotland in partnership with The Brunton and East Lothian Council.
- Clifton Doliver (Set) and Joan Hickson (Costume) for
Roam, Grid Iron/National Theatre of Scotland.
- Philip Witcomb for Cinderella, Dundee Rep.
Shortlisted
for The Award for Music.
- David Paul Jones for The Devil's Larder - Grid Iron.
- Hugh Nankivell for Home: Shetland - National Theatre
of Scotland in Partnership with the Shetland
Islands Council.
- Philip Pinsky for Roam - Grid Iron/National Theatre
of Scotland.
- Robert Pettigrew for Nighthawks
- A Play, A Pie and A Pint.
Shortlisted
for The Award for Technical Presentation.
Shortlisted
for The Award For The Best Theatre Production.
- Blackbird - Edinburgh International Festival.
- Faust Parts 1 & 2 - Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
- Molly Sweeney - The Citizens Theatre, Glasgow.
- Home: East Lothian - Catherine Wheels, National Theatre
of Scotland production.
- Roam - Grid Iron/ National Theatre of Scotland production.
The ten winners of the
2005 - 06 Awards will be announced and presented in a celebration and ceremony
at The Discovery Centre in Dundee on the 4th of June 2006.
191 productions were considered for the 2005 - 06 CATS, including 103 new
plays and 12 productions for children/young people. By comparison for the
2003 - 04 CATS a total of 168 productions were considered, 73 of which were
new plays and 25 for children and young people.
The theatre critics in Scotland involved in the nominations
for the 2005 - 06 Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland are:
Mary Brennan, Mark Brown, Neil Cooper, Allan Chadwick, Steve Cramer, Shona
Craven, Robert Dawson Scott, Thom Dibdin, Mark Fisher, Thelma Good, Joyce
McMillan, Sarah Jones and Joy Watters.
© Thelma Good 10 May 2006. - Published on EdinburghGuide.com
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