The winers of the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards have been
announced:
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Denise Welch for The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Royal Exchange)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
O-T Fagbenle for Six Degrees of Separation (Royal Exchange)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Barbara Marten for In Conversation ( Royal Exchange)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Leigh Symonds for Popcorn (Bolton Octagon)
Best performance in a Visiting Production
Ian McDiarmid for Henry IV (The Lowry)
Best Fringe Performer
Jonathon Pram in Victim of the 21st Century ( Royal Exchange
Studio)
Best Musical
Taboo (The Lowry)
Best Visiting Production
Henry IV from the Donmar Warehouse (The Lowry)
Best Fringe Production
Coyote on a Fence (Royal Exchange Studio)
Best Special Entertainment
A Strange (and Unexpected) Event from Horse+Bamboo Theatre
Company (Royal Exchange Studio)
Comedy Award
Bill Bailey in Part Troll (The Lowry)
Best Design
Perfect at Contact (design by Paul Clay)
Best Production
A Conversation (Royal Exchange Studio)
Best New Play
Perfect by Kaite O’Reilly (Contact)
Opera Award
Il Tabarro and The Dwarf - Opera North (The Lowry)
Dance Award
Play Without Words - New Adventures and the National Theatre
(The Lowry)
Most Promising Newcomer
Andrew Garfield for Kes (Royal Exchange)
