British Theatre News
News Index
Dateline: 27th September, 1998
Barclays Theatre Awards Nominations
Best Actress
- Sinead Cusack for Our Lady of Sligo
- Anita Dobson for Frozen
- Geraldine McEwan for The Chairs
Best Actor
- Frank Grimes for Afore Night Come
- Roy Hanlon for Juno and the Paycock
- Kevin Spacey for The Iceman Cometh
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Katie Blake for A Difficult Age
- Pauline Lockhart for An Experiment with an Air Pump
- Sally Mates for Roots
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Bryan Carney for Love! Valour! Compassion!
- Tim Pigott-Smith for The Iceman Cometh
- Tom Smith for Present Laughter
Best Director
- Bill Alexander for Frozen
- Julien Crouch and Phelim McDermott for Shockheaded Peter
- Max Stafford-Clark for Blue Heart
Best designer
- Robert Jones for Henry VIII and Proposals
- Tim Shortall for Roots
- Neil Warmington for Jane Eyre
Best New Play
- An Experiment with an Air Pump by Shelagh Stephenson
- Frozen by Bryony Lavery
- The Wresting School's Ursula - Fear of the Estuary by Howard Barker
The Barclays Award for the Best Touring Production
- Albertine in Five Times by Michael Tremblay, translated into Scots by Martin Bowman and Bill Findlay
- Blue Heart by Caryl Churchill
- The Snow Palace by Pam Gems
Best Musical
- Cabaret at the Watermill Theatre, Bangor
- Oh, What a Lovely War! - RNT mobile production
- Spend Spend Spend! at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
The Equity Award for the Best Show for Children and Young People
- Hansel and Gretel by Stuart Patterson (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh)
- Junk by Melvyn Burgess, adpated by John Retellack (Oxford Stage Company)
- Tir Na N-Og by Greg Banks (Travelling Light: tour)
The Barclays Award for the Most Welcoming Theatre
- Buxton Opera House
- Grand Opera House, Belfast
- Theatr Gogledd Cymru - North Wales Theatre, Llandudno
The Barclays Award for Theatre of the Year
- Clwyd Theatr Cymru
- Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
- Playhouse, Salisbury
The Awards will be presented in Norwich next month.
Other News in Brief
The Prince of Wales Theatre in the West End is to be renamed at some time in the new year in tribute to Lord Delfont.
Informed insider speculation reveals that the Arts Council may be planning to axe its Touring Department.
The Royal Opera House may have to pay Sadler's Wells up to £2m in compensation for pulling their booked productions.
The Arts Council launched its New Audiences project this week.
The BBC's new digital channel, BBC Choice, has confirmed that it will pay performers 17% royalties for repeats.