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More Awards: MTM and Stage Award nominations

By | Published on Sunday 19 August 2012

Othello The Remix

Nominations were released late last week for both this year’s Musical Theatre Matters Awards and The Stage’s Acting Excellence At The Edinburgh Festival Fringe Awards, the former celebrating musicals staged at the Festival (obviously), and the latter commending professional acting talent appearing in the Fringe’s theatre and musical strands.

Although the theatre programmes of Pleasance, Assembly and the Traverse tend to dominate the Stage’s Awards (though not completely), the MTM Awards cover more bases, with C, Space, Gilded Balloon, Bedlam and Northern Stage shows also getting a look in. Some shows are shortlisted in both the musical and acting awards, including the Q Brothers for ‘Othello – The Remix’ (pictured) and Communicado for ‘Tam O’Shanter’.

Full shortlists are given below. The MTM Awards will be presented on Wednesday 22 Aug, and The Stage Awards on Sunday 26 Aug.

MTM AWARDS 2012: NOMINATIONS

Best Production Of An Existing Work
Anthony Rapp – Without You (Menier Chocolate Factory at Underbelly Bristo Square)
Mickey And Judy (Michael Hughes at SpaceCabaret@54)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Patch Of Blue Theatre at C)
Re-Animator The Musical (Red Hen Productions, The Schramm Group LLC and Gramily Entertainment at Assembly George Square)

Best Book
Barbershopera: The Three Musketeers (Barbershopera at Pleasance Courtyard)
Clinton The Musical (Egdoh Theatre at Gilded Balloon Teviot)
Inheritance Blues (DugOut Theatre at Bedlam Theatre)
The Picture House (Play Pen Productions at theSpace on North Bridge)
Towards The Moon (One Academy Productions at C)
The Ugly Sisters (RashDash at Northern Stage at St Stephen’s)

Best Music
Death Boogie (DDMcG Productions at Assembly Roxy)
Good Grief (Gone Rogue Productions at C eca)
Songs Of Lear (Song Of The Goat Theatre at Summerhall)
Tam O’Shanter (Communicado/Horsecoss/Assembly) at Assembly Hall
Towards the Moon (One Academy at C)
The Ugly Sisters (RashDash at Northern Stage at St Stephen’s)

Best Lyrics
Barbershopera: The Three Musketeers (Barbershopera at Pleasance Courtyard)
Bereavement: The Musical (Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society at C)
Death Boogie (DDMcG Productions at Assembly Roxy)
Good Grief (Gone Rogue Productions at C eca)
Othello – The Remix (Q Brothers at Pleasance Courtyard)

Innovation in Musical Theatre
Death Boogie (DDMcG Productions at Assembly Roxy)
Inheritance Blues (DugOut Theatre at Bedlam Theatre)
Othello – The Remix (Q Brothers at Pleasance Courtyard)
Songs Of Lear (Song Of The Goat Theatre at Summerhall)
Tam O’Shanter (Communicado/Horsecoss/Assembly at Assembly Hall)

The Tods Murray Award for Best New Musical
Barbershopera: The Three Musketeers (Barbershopera at Pleasance Courtyard)
Bereavement: The Musical (Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society at C)
Clinton The Musical (Egdoh Theatre at Gilded Balloon Teviot)
Death Boogie (DDMcG Productions at Assembly Roxy)
Inheritance Blues (DugOut Theatre at Bedlam Theatre)
Good Grief (Gone Rogue Productions at C eca)
Othello – The Remix (Q Brothers at Pleasance Courtyard)
The Picture House (Play Pen Productions at theSpace on North Bridge)
Songs Of Lear (Song Of The Goat Theatre at Summerhall)
Tam O’Shanter (Communicado/Horsecoss/Assembly at Assembly Hall)
Towards the Moon (One Academy at C)
The Ugly Sisters (Rash Dash at Northern Stage at St Stephen’s)

THE STAGE’S ACTING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2012: NOMINATIONS

Best Actor
Mike McShane for Mon Droit (Mike McShane at Pleasance Courtyard)
Julian Glover for Maurice’s Jubilee (Pleasance and PW Productions in association with Wild Thyme Productions at Pleasance Courtyard)
Bill Paterson for And No More Shall We Part (Hampstead Theatre at the Traverse Theatre)
Brian Vernel for The Static (ThickSkin at Underbelly Cowgate)
Benoit Hattet for Elephant Man (Compagnie du Fomenteur/Benoit Hattet, Isabelle Bouvrain at Institut Francais d’Ecosse)

Best Actress
Scarlet Sweeney for As Ye Sow (Theatre Of The Damned and Bare Bawds Theatre at Pleasance Dome)
Nichola McAuliffe for Maurice’s Jubilee (Pleasance and PW Productions in association with Wild Thyme Productions at Pleasance Courtyard)
Mary Gapinski for Thread (Nutshell at Assembly St Mark’s)
Claire Dargo for Thread (Nutshell at Assembly St Mark’s)
Katie Bonna for Dirty Great Love Story (Richard Marsh and Katie Bonna at Pleasance Dome)
Zoey Dawson for The Economist (MKA: Theatre of New Writing at C nova)

Best Ensemble
Baxter Theatre Centre for Mies Julie (Baxter Theatre Centre, South African State Theatre and Assembly at Assembly)
Tick Tock Productions for And the Girls In Their Sunday Dresses (The Market Theatre and Assembly at Assembly Hall)
China Plate for Mess (China Plate presents Triggered@Warwick, commissioned by BAC, Parabola Arts Centre at the Traverse Theatre)
Q Brothers for Othello – The Remix (Q Brothers, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Richard Jordan Productions and Pleasance at Pleasance Courtyard)
Communicado for Tam O’Shanter (Communicado in co-production with Horsecross Arts and Assembly at Assembly Hall)
The Elephant And The Mouse for Repertory Theatre (The Elephant And The Mouse at C eca)

Best Solo Performer
Catherine Shipton for Soldiers’ Wives (Jermyn Street Theatre at Assembly Roxy)
Katie O’Kelly for Joyced! (Lane Of Stones at Assembly George Square)
Silvia Gallerano for The Shit/La Merda (Silvia Gallerano/Cristian Ceresoli at Summerhall)
Alexander West for My Elevator Days (Svenska Teatern at Pleasance Courtyard)
Joanna Bending for Hand Over Fist (Festival Highlights and the Comedians Theatre Company at Pleasance Courtyard)
Kieran Hurley for Beats (The Arches in association with the Traverse Theatre Company at the Traverse Thaetre)

Photo: Paul Collins

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