SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR 2013 ADELAIDE CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS

The Adelaide Critics Circle has announced the shortlist for its 2013 annual awards. The Awards will be presented at the Adelaide Centre for the Arts in Light Square at 6pm on Monday 2nd December.

Shortlisted from a field of more than fifty nominees for awards in the performing arts, are:

Individual Award
Paul Blackwell, actor, Vere (State Theatre)
Douglas McNicol, singer, Salome (State Opera of SA)
David Mealor, director, The Dark Room (Flying Penguin/State Theatre)
RoseMary Myers, director, Big Bad Wolf and School Dance (Windmill Performing Arts)

Group Award
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, cond. Arvo Volmer, Salome (State Opera of SA)
Flamenco Areti (AFCT Summer Sessions)
ONFG, One for the Ugly Girls
Soundstream Collective, Crowd Theory Adelaide

Emerging Artist of the Year
Miranda Pike, actor, Girl in the Goldfish Bowl (Bakehouse Theatre)
Annie Siegmann, singer/songwriter, Girl on the Drink (Cabaret Fringe Festival)
Jordan Cowan, actor, The Dark Room (Flying Penguin/State Theatre)

Independent Arts Foundation Award for Innovation
Cindi Drennan, projection design, Ode to Nonsense (Slingsby/State Opera)
Emma Beech, actor/writer, Homage To Uncertainty (Adelaide Fringe)
Jason Sweeney, Stereopublic (Adelaide Festival)

In recognition of the importance of amateur theatre in the community, the Adelaide Critics Circle continues its long-standing support of unpaid workers in the performing arts with the Awards for Amateur Theatre.

Shortlisted in 2013 are:
Individual Award - Amateur Theatre
Bronwyn Ruciak, actor, The Magnificent Ambersons, (Independent Theatre)
Megan Dansie, director, Richard III, (University of Adelaide Theatre Guild)

Group Award - Amateur Theatre
AJZ Productions, The Migration Project (Come Out Festival)
Hills Musical Society, The Producers
University of Adelaide Theatre Guild, Richard III

The Award for Visual Arts will also be announced. There are no finalists, with a single winner, decided by the Visual Arts critics.

Finally, the ceremony will also see the announcement of the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award. The identity of the recipient is a closely guarded secret - revealed only on the night.

The 2013 Awards Ceremony, which is a free event, open to the public, will be held at the AC Arts, 39 Light Square, Adelaide, on Monday 2 December at 6 pm.

Award winners receive a cash prize and a trophy featuring the ACC's unique design, created by Adelaide artist jeweller, Christine Pyman. The ACColades are unique in Australia for including a cash prize. The main funding for the awards is from Arts SA, and the Independent Arts Foundation funds a special Innovation award which recognises and encourages ground-breaking developments and exciting experimentation.

The Adelaide Critics Circle awards are South Australia's leading annual awards for achievement in the performing and visual arts, and are the only awards of their type in Australia to include a cash prize that directly benefits the winners, their careers, and their reputations.

The ACColades, now in their 16th year, are the annual awards of the Adelaide Critics Circle, a group of 25 Adelaide-based critics, writing for the mainstream and alternative print and electronic media.

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