The winners of the 2005 Manchester Evening News awards for theatre
have been announced:
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Siobhan Finneran for On the
Shore of the Wide World at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Rolf Saxon for The Price at the Library Theatre. Manchester
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Eileen O'Brien for The Beauty
Queen of Leenane at the Bolton Octagon
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
David Fleeshman for The Price at the Library Theatre
Best Actress in a Visiting Production
Seroca Davis for Little
Sweet Thing at Contact, Manchester
Best Actor in a Visiting Production
Ben Chaplin for This Is How It Goes at The Lowry, Salford
Best Fringe Performer
Jenni Howarth-Williams for Salford Stuffers at Studio Salford
Best Musical
My Fair Lady at the Palace Theatre, Manchester
Best Visiting Production
This Is How It Goes
from the Donmar Warehouse at The Lowry
Best Fringe Production
Moving Pictures from MediaMedea at the 24/7 Theatre Festival
Best Special Entertainment
Macbeth from Out
of Joint Theatre Company at Union Mill and Vulcan Works Paperworld
Comedy Award
Little Britain Live at the Manchester Apollo
Best Design
Beautiful Thing at Bolton Octagon
Best International Production
Saltimbanco from
Cirque du Soleil at the Trafford Centre
Best New Play
On the Shore of the Wide World
by Simon Stephens at the Royal Exchange
Opera Award
La Cenerentola at the Royal Northern College of Music
Dance Award
CandoCo at Contact
Most Promising Newcomer
Oliver Lee for Beautiful Thing at Bolton Octagon
Best Production
The Beauty Queen Of Leenane
at Bolton Octagon
Best Studio Production
Iron at Contact
Best Performance in a Studio Production
Alexander Campbell for Private Peaceful at The Lowry
The Horniman Award for Special Contribution to Theatre
Ian Smith and Neil Smith for the Gilbert and Sullivan Festival at
Buxton Opera House
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