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Dateline:
16th May, 2005
Scottish Theatre Awards Nominees Announced
The Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) were announced yesterday,
Sunday 15th May. They are:
For Best Male Performance
- Liam Brennan in Othello
by William Shakespeare - Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh production.
- Tony Cownie as Kenny in Madman
Sings At The Moon by Mark Thomson - Royal Lyceum Theatre,
Edinburgh production.
- Nabil Shaban as Macheath in The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt
Brecht and Kurt Weill - Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh production.
- David Tennant as Jimmy Porter in Look
Back In Anger by John Osborne -Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
production.
For Best Female Performance
- Abigail Davies as Delia Derbyshire in Standing Wave by Nicola
McCartney - Tron Theatre / Reeling & Writhing production.
- Suzanne Donaldson as Baby in Baby Doll by Tennessee Williams
- Citizens' Theatre Company Glasgow production.
- Christine Entwisle as Lisa in The Wonderful World of Dissocia
by Anthony Neilson - Edinburgh International Festival / DrumTheatre,
Plymouth in association with the Tron, Glasgow production.
- Molly Innes as Anna in One
Day All This Will Come To Nothing by Catherine Grosvenor -
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh production.
For Best Direction
- Andy Arnold for Beckett 2: The Basement Tapes - The Arches
Theatre Company, Glasgow production.
- Richard Baron for Look
Back In Anger - Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh production.
- Anthony Neilson for The Wonderful World of Dissocia - Edinburgh
International Festival /DrumTheatre, Plymouth in association with
the Tron, Glasgow production..
- Sandy Thomson for Learning The Rules of Chinese Whispers
- Poorboy / Crawford Arts Centre production.
For Best Ensemble
- Citzens Theatre for A Little Bit of Ruff Season.
- Citzens Theatre for A Whistle in The Dark.
- Perth Theatre for Oliver!
- Highway Diner for Works of Temporary Solace.
For Best New Play
- Douglas Maxwell for If
Destroyed True - Dundee Rep Ensemble/ Paines Plough Production.
- Nicola McCartney for Standing Wave - Tron Theatre / Reeling
& Writhing production.
- David Greig for Pyrenees
- Tron / Paines Plough production.
- Anthony Neilson for The Wonderful World of Dissocia - Edinburgh
International Festival /DrumTheatre, Plymouth in association with
the Tron, Glasgow production.
For Best Children's Show
- Beauty And The Beast - Cumbernauld Theatre.
- Cyrano - Catherine Wheels Theatre Company.
- Tam O'Shanter - Wee Stories Theatre Company.
- The Emperor's New Kilt - Wee Stories Theatre Company.
For Best Design
- Miriam Buether for The Wonderful World of Dissocia - Edinburgh
International Festival /DrumTheatre, Plymouth in association with
the Tron, Glasgow production..
- Kai Fischer for The Lost Ones - Vanishing Point.
- Francis O'Connor for Anna
Karenina - Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh production.
- Neil Warmington (Set) and Paul Sorley (Lights) for Knives
In Hens - TAG Production.
For Best Music
- Jon Beales for Laurel
And Hardy - Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh production.
- Pippa Murphy for Standing Wave - Tron Theatre / Reeling &
Writhing production.
- Paul Pinsky for Fierce - Grid Iron Production.
- Allan Tall for Zlata's Diary - Communicado Theatre Company.
For Best Technical Presentation
- Anna Karenina-
Royal Lyceum Theatre.
- Beauty And The Beast - Byre Theatre.
- Beckett 2: The Basement Tapes - The Arches Theatre Glasgow.
- The Lost Ones - Vanishing Point.
For The Best Theatre Production
- Laurel And Hardy
- Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
Learning The Rules Of Chinese Whispers - Poorboy / Crawford
Arts Centre production.
Look Back In Anger
- Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.
The Wonderful World Of Dissocia - Edinburgh International Festival
/DrumTheatre, Plymouth in association with the Tron, Glasgow production.
168 productions were considered for the 2004 - 05 CATS, including 73
new plays and 25 productions for children/young people. By comparison
for the 2003 - 04 CATS a total of 140 productions were considered, 70
of which were new plays and 10 for children and young people.
The theatre critics in Scotland involved in nominating for the third
Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland are Mary Brennan, Mark Brown,
Allan Chadwick, Neil Cooper, Steve Cramer, Robert Dawson Scott, Thom
Dibdin, Mark Fisher, Thelma Good, Sarah Jones, Joyce McMillan, Kenneth
Speirs and Joy Watters.
The ten winners of the 2004 - 05 Awards will be announced and presented
in a celebration and ceremony at The Tolbooth in Stirling on the 5th
of June 2005.
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