The nominees for the 2005 TMA (Theatrical Management Association) Awards
(formerly the Barclay's Theatre Awards) have been announced:
Best Performance in a Play
Josette Bushell-Mingo for Antony
and Cleopatra (Royal Exchange Theatre Company);
Tony Cownie for A Madman
Sings to the Moon (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh);
Ian McDiarmid for Lear
(Sheffield Crucible).
Best Supporting Performance in a Play
Jimmy Akingbola for Blue/Orange
(Sheffield Crucible);
Steven McNicoll for Look
Back in Anger (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh);
Tamzin Outhwaite for Breathing
Corpses (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs).
Best Performance in a Musical
Anna-Jane Casey for Mack and Mabel (Watermill, Newbury);
Joe McFadden for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
(Chichester Festival Theatre);
Annette McLaughlin for How to Succeed in Business Without Really
Trying (Chichester Festival Theatre).
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
Tracie Bennett for Sex, Chips
and Rock 'n' Roll (Manchester Royal Exchange);
James Bolam for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
(Chichester Festival Theatre);
Beverly Klein for How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
(Chichester Festival Theatre).
Best Director
Michael Grandage for Don
Carlos (Sheffield Crucible);
Edward Hall for The Winter's
Tale (Watermill, Newbury and on tour);
Jonathan Kent for Lear
(Sheffield Crucible).
Best Touring Production
Rain (Cirque Éloize);
The Bacchae (Kneehigh
Theatre with West Yorkshire Playhouse, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith,
Bristol Old Vic and Hall for Cornwall);
Home (Oxford Stage Company).
Best Musical
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Chichester
Festival Theatre);
Mack and Mabel (Watermill, Newbury);
Sex, Chips and Rock 'n' Roll
(Manchester Royal Exchange).
Best New Play
Bashment by Rikki Beadle–Blair (Theatre Royal, Stratford
East);
Pyrenees by David
Greig (Tron Theatre Company and Paines Plough in association with
Watford Palace;
Talking to Terrorists
by Robin Soans (Out of Joint and the Royal Court) on tour.
Best Design
David Copperfield (Simon Higlett) at West Yorkshire Playhouse;
Faustus (Laura Hopkins) at Northampton Theatre Royal;
Insignificance
(Tom Piper) at Sheffield Lyceum.
Equity Award for the Best Show for Children and Young People
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Bristol Old Vic);
Little Sweet Thing
(on tour);
The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Achievement in Opera
Giulio Cesare at Glyndebourne;
Scottish Opera for a courageous season;
the partnership of Vladimir Jurowski and Richard Jones for Welsh National
Opera’s Wozzeck.
Achievement in Dance
Birmingham Royal Ballet for a stimulating range of programming throughout
the year, particularly on its split tours;
Mark Baldwin for the creation of Constant Speed and the high
calibre of his artistic directorship of Rambert Dance Company;
Matthew Bourne for his touring work and the impact it has had on public
expectations of dance nationwide.
The winners will be announced on Sunday 23rd October at the Royal Opera
House’s Linbury Theatre in a ceremony hosted by Nichola McAuliffe.
The TMA Awards are for theatre outside of the West End (although many
of the productions may well have a West End run). The panel of 150 judges
from all over the UK (all volunteers) began their work on 1st September
2004 and concluded on 31st August 2005, seeing over a thouand productions
in that time.
