The winners of the 2009 TMA Awards were announced yesterday (Sunday
1st November) at the Lyric, Hammersmith. They are:
Best Performance in a Play
Anna Francolini for The
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at Royal & Derngate Northampton
Best Supporting Performance in a Play
Claire Price for Mary Stuart at Clwyd Theatr Cymru
Best New Play
Enron by Lucy Prebble,
a Headlong, Chichester Festival Theatre and Royal Court Theatre production
at Chichester Festival Theatre
Best Show for Children and Young People
For The Best Presented by the Unicorn Theatre in collaboration
with Mark Storor and Anna Ledgard
Best Musical
Spend Spend Spend at Watermill, Newbury
Best Performance in a Musical
Alexandra Silber for Carousel,
Stanhope Productions, Michael Edwards & Carole Winter, Tiger/WSZ,
Stevens-O'Boyle, and Tulchin/Bartner/Ambassador Theatre Group in association
with The Churchill, Bromley on tour
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical
Kirsty Hoiles for Spend Spend Spend at the Watermill, Newbury
Best Set Design
Michael Pavelka for The Merchant of Venice, Watermill Theatre
and Propellor on tour
Best Lighting Design
Daniella Beattie for The
Wicked Lady at New Vic, Newcastle Under Lyme
Best Director
Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett for Othello,
Frantic Assembly and Theatre Royal Plymouth in collaboration with
Royal and Derngate, Northampton on tour
Best Touring Production
Noël Coward’s Brief
Encounter, David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers and Cineworld present
The Kneehigh Theatre Production in a co production with Royal and
Derngate Northampton
Achievement in Opera
Glyndebourne for an outstanding 75th Anniversary season
Achievement in Dance
The dancers of English National Ballet, who showed new strength and
interpretative skills across a range of repertory
The Stage Award for Special Achievement in Regional Theatre
The Theatre, Chipping Norton
The Special Award for Individual Achievement
Nicolas Kent
