Nominations Announced for Theatre Awards UK 2011
By: Gabrielle Sierra Sep. 29, 2011
The Theatrical Management Association (TMA) has announced the nominations for its Theatre Awards UK 2011. The re-launched annual Theatre and Theatre Management Awards are given to honour creative excellence and the outstanding work seen on stages throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Theatre Awards UK will be presented at a lunchtime ceremony at the Banqueting House, Whitehall, one of the five Historic Royal Palaces, on Sunday 30 October 2011. The unique and brilliantly inventive ventriloquist Paul Zerdin, described as ‘a ventriloquist for the South Park generation', will be compère for the afternoon. Zerdin is currently on a sold-out tour of his one-man show at theatres around the UK and he will be familiar with audiences at many of the TMA venues which are recognised by the awards. Presenters and other special guests will be announced shortly.Julian Bird, Chief Executive of the TMA who will be producing the awards, commented:"The nominations for the 2011 Theatre Awards UK demonstrate the strength and excellence of theatre, dance and opera throughout the UK. From new plays to innovative site specific theatre to some truly outstanding performances, all are represented in this year's shortlists. Also encouraging is the regional and geographical spread of nominated theatres, and we look forward to honouring someone's exceptional lifetime contribution to regional theatre throughout the UK."For the first time ever, the awards will jointly celebrate performance and management success, which had previously been recognised at two separate events, and the winners of the five management awards will be announced on the day.
Rachel Tackley, President of TMA, said "The 2011 event is a timely reminder of the huge diversity and extraordinary quality of artistic talent that is found across the United Kingdom. Their work is proof of the continued value of public investment in the arts."The nominations for the performance categories are in full below. For more details visit the TMA website www.tmauk.orgBEST PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY
Marianne Oldham for THE YEARS BETWEEN: a Royal & Derngate, Northampton production at the Royal & Derngate, NorthamptonDavid Haig for THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III: a Peter Hall Company production at the Theatre Royal, Bath and on tourRoyal and Derngate, Northampton production at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton
BEST DIRECTORErica Wyman for WHO'S AFRAID OF Virginia Woolf? A Sheffield Theatres and Northern Stage co-production at Sheffield Theatres and Northern Stage.Muriel Romanes for AGE OF AROUSAL: a co-production between Stellar Quines and the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, on tourMichael Sheen and Bill Mitchell for THE PASSION a National Theatre Wales/Wild Works co-productionBEST PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICALTony Hasnath for THE JUNGLE BOOK: at Lyric Theatre, BelfastJemima Rooper for ME AND MY GIRL: A Sheffield Theatres production at the Crucible, SheffieldBertie Carvel for MATILDA at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonOUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN DANCENew Adventures for an outstanding revision of CINDERELLALuca Silvestrini's Protein Dance for LOL - an ingenious multi-media blending of choreography with text. Hofesh Shechter's POLITICAL MOTHER - a powerful piece by a choreographer on a controversial theme.OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERAOpera North for the variety of its repertoire this seasonMUSIC THEATRE WALES for its production of Mark-Anthony Turnage's GreekGERALD FINLEY for his performance as Hans Sachs in Glyndebourne Festival's production of Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
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