It’s been an amazing fortnight of theatre – and the results are in! Congratulations to all our companies on a gripping, engaging, quality and emotive fortnight of theatre:
Oscar Wilde Award for Best New Writing:
Nominees:
John M Farrell, 3 Lies About Brooklyn, Ireland
Daniel McIvor, His Greatness, Canada
Jay Whitehead, Tab and Landon, Canada
Winner: Phoebe Simmonds and Hallam Breen, Ginger Beer, UK
Winner: Belinda Barrett, Memories We Lost in the War, UK
Michael Mac Liammoir Award for Outstanding Performance in aMale-Identifying Role:
Nominees:
Ned Costello as Sammy in Ginger Beer, UK
Johnny Worthy as Evan in Ethan and Evan and They All Know, Ireland/UK
Reon Mason as Taylor in Memories We Lost in the Fire, UK
Winner: Alistair Nathan Mac Donald as Tab in Tab and Landon, Canada
Winner: Danne W Taylor as Tennessee Williams in His Greatness, USA
Hilton Edwards Award for Best Aspect of Production:
Nominees:
The Drowning Room, Ensemble
Writers in the Stars, Ensemble
Memories We Lost in the Fire, Ensemble
Ginger Beer, Ensemble
WINNER: Blue Island, Technical presentation
Eva Gore Booth Award for Outstanding Performance in a Female-Identifying Role
Nominees:
Susan Barrett as Maura in The Drowning Room, Ireland
Ceara Carney as Mary Shelley et al in Writers in the Stars, Ireland
Fanny McCabe-Bennett in Smashes, Canada
Mia Cain as Flora in Easter Sunday, USA
WINNER: Del in Easter Sunday, USA
Patrick Murray Award for Outstanding Contribution to Irish LGBT Theatre
WINNER: The Teachers Club for 15 years of a warm welcome and great support
Sean Meehan Identity in Theatre Award:
Nominees:
Mark Pinkosh for passing the torch
Blue Island for Asian identity
Are You Lonesome Tonight for intergenerational care
Belvedere theatre for onstage diversity
WINNER: John Farrell for highlighting the impact of the Mother and Baby home adoption
Wilson Award for Intercultural Dialogue:
Nominees:
3 Lies About Brooklyn for the children trafficked who returned
Let Me Look at You for remembering AIDS
Blue Island for Asian LGBT identity
Memories We Lost in the Fire for challenging stereotypes
WINNER: The Drowning Room, because hate crimes affect everyone (Declan Flynn)
