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Dateline: 12th November, 2004

Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards

The nominees for the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards have been announced:

BEST MUSICAL

• I Got Rhythm, from Northern Ballet Theatre at The Lowry
• Sweeney Todd, from Watermill Theatre Company at The Lowry
• Taboo, from Fiery Angel/The Lowry/Clear Channel Entertainment/Adam Kenwright at The Lowry

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Lisa Eichhorn, in Six Degrees Of Separation at the Royal Exchange
• Shobna Gulati, in Dancing Within Walls at Contact
• Janet Henfrey, in The Happiest Days Of Your Life at the Royal Exchange
• Barbara Marten, in A Conversation at the Royal Exchange
• Anne Rye, in Kindertransport at Bolton Octagon

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• Stephen McKenna, in Humble Boy at the Library Theatre
• Malcolm Rennie, in Great Expectations at the Royal Exchange
• Simon Robson, in The Happiest Days Of Your Life at the Royal Exchange
• Leigh Symonds, in Popcorn at Bolton Octagon

OPERA

• Hercules, from Buxton Festival at Buxton Opera House
• Il Tabarro and The Dwarf, from Opera North's Eight Little Greats season at The Lowry
• The Parson's Pirates and The Mikado, from Opera della Luna at Buxton Opera House
• The Turn Of The Screw, from English Touring Opera at Buxton Opera House

DANCE

• La Fille Mal Gardee, from Birmingham Royal Ballet at The Lowry
• Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker!, from New Adventures at The Lowry
• Play Without Words, from New Adventures and the National Theatre at The Lowry
• Rota, from Deborah Colker Dance Company at The Lowry

BEST VISITING PRODUCTION

• Ballroom, from De La Warr Pavilion, Linda Lewis Productions, Nuffield Theatre Company at The Lowry
• Henry IV, from Donmar Theatre at The Lowry
• Hurricane, from Ransom Theatre at The Lowry
• The Lieutenant Of Inishmore, from the Royal Shakespeare Company, Fiery Angel and Theatre Royal Bath at The Lowry
• The Merchant Of Venice, from Northern Broadsides at Buxton Opera House and The Lowry
• The Straits, from Paines Plough and Drum Theatre at Contact

BEST FRINGE PERFORMER

• Elizabeth Besbrode, in Zero Degrees And Drifting at Contact
• Rani Moorthy, in Curry Tales at the Library Theatre
• Martin Oldfield, in The Odd Job Man at Buxton Festival Fringe
• Johnathon Pram, in Victim Of The 21st Century at the Royal Exchange Studio

BEST FRINGE PRODUCTION

• Café Coward, directed by David Beddy at Buxton Festival Fringe
• Coyote On A Fence, directed by Sarah Esdale at the Royal Exchange Studio
• The Sanctuary Lamp, directed by Jacob Murray at the Royal Exchange Studio
• 36 Hours: The John Cooper Clarke Story, directed by Neil Best at Studio Salford
• Zero Degrees And Drifting, directed by Jon Spooner at Contact

BEST SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT

• Brian Conley, in Cinderella at the Opera House
• The Three Musketeers, presented by Feelgood Theatre Company in Heaton Park
• A Strange (& Unexpected) Event, from Horse+Bamboo Theatre Company at the Royal Exchange Studio
• Love On The Dole, adapted by Kevin Fegan and directed by Andy Farrell Readman at The Lowry

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A VISITING PRODUCTION

• Richard Dormer, in Hurricane from Ransom Theatre at The Lowry
• Victoria Hamilton, in Suddenly Last Summer from Sheffield Theatres at The Lowry
• Ralph Higgins, in Richard III from KAOS at The Lowry
• Ian McDiarmid, in Henry IV from the Donmar Warehouse at The Lowry
• Barry Ward, in The Lieutenant Of Inishmore from the Royal Shakespeare Company, Fiery Angel and Theatre Royal Bath at The Lowry

COMEDY

• Bill Bailey, in Part Troll at The Lowry
• Janice Connolly, Steve Edge, Archie Kelly and Paddy McGuinness in The Jumping On The Bandwagon Tour at various venues
• Justin Moorhouse, in Local Knowledge: The Smallest Tour In The World at various venues
• Ross Noble, in Noodlemeister at various venues

BEST PRODUCTION

• A Conversation, directed by Jacob Murray at the Royal Exchange Studio
• Four Knights In Knaresborough, directed by Mark Babych at the Bolton Octagon
• The Happiest Days Of Your Life, directed by Braham Murray at the Royal Exchange
• Six Degrees Of Separation, directed by Michael Buffong at the Royal Exchange

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER

• Juliette Goodman, in Popcorn at the Bolton Octagon
• Andrew Garfield, in Kes at the Royal Exchange

BEST NEW PLAY

• Maybe Tomorrow, by Nicola Schofield at the Royal Exchange Studio
• Perfect, by Kaite O'Reilly at Contact Theatre
• Skittish, by Jonathan McGrath at Contact Theatre
• 36 Hours: The John Cooper Clarke Story, by Neil Best and John West at Studio Salford

BEST DESIGN

• Four Nights in Knaresborough at Bolton Octagon. Design: Richard Foxton; Lighting: Thomas Weir; Sound: Andy Smith
• Kindertransport at Bolton Octagon. Design: Richard Foxton; Lighting: Thomas Weir; Sound: Andy Smith
• Little Malcolm And His Struggle Against The Eunuchs, at Bolton Octagon. Design: Patrick Connellan; Lighting: Thomas Weir; Sound: Andy Smith
• Perfect, at Contact. Set, video and lighting design by Paul Clay

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

• Brigit Forsyth, in All My Sons at the Library Theatre
• Claire Redcliffe, in Kindertransport at the Bolton Octagon
• Joanna Riding, in The Happiest Days Of Your Life at the Royal Exchange
• Denise Welch, in The Rise & Fall Of Little Voice at the Royal Exchange
• Inika Leigh Wright, in Perfect at the Contact Theatre

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

• O-T Fagbenle, in Six Degrees Of Separation at the Royal Exchange
• David Fleeshman, in All My Sons at the Library Theatre
• Marshall Griffin, Ben Hull, Graham McTavish, Matthew Rixon, in Four Nights In Knaresborough at the Bolton Octagon
• Martin Turner, in A Conversation at the Royal Exchange Studio

The winners will be announced on 7th December.

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