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:
Hilton Edwards Award for Best Aspect of Production:
Nominees:
Faltsoi Ensemble – Use of venue, And They Were Roommates, GRE
Ann Marie Cullen – Multi-media, music composition, and music composition and production, Remember That Time, IRL
Emma Dargan Reid, Direction, The Pride, IRL
Alejandro Postigo, Film, music, and drag, Copla Cabaret, ESP
WINNER: Theo Foley, Sound, To the Bone – A Radio Play, IRL
Sean Meehan Identity in Theatre Award:
Nominees:
GC…AF, for the discussion on gender ‘criticism,’ Ireland
Daddy and His Boys, for exploration of intergenerational gay life in Australia, Australia
Unguarded, for setting out the reality of gay parenthood and bereavement
WINNERS: Was I Not a Girl, for bridging history and transition, Ireland
WINNER: Ezra Maloney, Pre-Ops, for the discussion on trans identity, Ireland
Amy Dalton Award for Volunteer of the Year:
WINNER: Steve Gardner, Box Office Manager
Patrick Murray Award for Outstanding Contribution to Irish LGBT Theatre
WINNER: Anthony Kinahan, Unguarded, for the national tour of important LGBTQ+ issues
Doric Wilson Award for Intercultural Dialogue:
Nominees:
Sauna Boy, for a behind the scenes look into sauna life, UK
Bakla, for exploring cultural differences, Philippines/UK
GC…AF, for its exploration of transphobia, Ireland
Pebbles on a Beach, for bridging Irish and African culture, Ireland/Nigeria
WINNER: Copla Cabaret for exploring the triumph of culture over oppression
Robert Patrick Best Ensemble Award (Casting)
Lewd and Lascivious Acts, UK
Pre-Ops, Ireland
Daddy and HIs Boys, Australia
Was I Not a Girl, Ireland
The Pride, Ireland
Winner: GC…AF, Ireland
Oscar Wilde Award for Best New Writing:
Nominees:
Danny Partington, Lewd and Lascivious Acts, UK
Daniel Orejon, The Rotting Heart, Spain/UK
Alejandro Postigo, Copla Cabaret, Spain
Max Percy, Bakla, Philippines/UK
WINNER: Fred Abrahamse and Marcel Meyer, adaptation of The Knightly Quest, Republic of South Africa
WINNER: Dan Ireland Reeves, Sauna Boy, UK
Eva Gore Booth Award for Outstanding Performance in a Female-Identifying Role
Nominees:
Molly Wilson as Helen, Pre-Ops, Ireland
Laura Lavalle, Oh Good Grief!, Ireland
Amy Gardiner Buchanan as Evelyn, Babies and Bathwater, Australia
Fania Fani Ployxeni, And They Were Roommates, Greece
WINNER: Ann Marie Cullen, Remember That Time: A Musical, Ireland
Michael Mac Liammoir Award for Outstanding Performance in aMale-Identifying Role:
Nominees:
Dan Ireland Reeves as Danny Boy, Sauna Boy, UK
Marcel Meyer as Gewinner, The Knightly Quest, Republic of South Africa
Rupert Bevan, Darling Boy, Australia
Max Percy, Bakla, Philippines/UK
Elton Sebekhona Sibanda, Pebbles on a Beach, Nigeria/Ireland
WINNER: Benedict Landsbert-Noon as Oliver, The Pride, Ireland
Australian Embassy 300 Euro Bursary Scheme
+ Rupert Bevan, Darling Boy
+ Any Gardiner Buchanan, Babies and Bathwater
+ Brent Thorpe, Daddy and His Boys
IDGTF Writing Bursary Winners:
Supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Paul O’Grady 500 Euro Comedy Bursary: Christian Support Group by Rosalind Patton
Paul O’Grady 500 Euro Comedy Bursary: GC…AF by Garret Baker
Ed Lynch 500 Euro Contemporary Theme Bursary: Unguarded by Anthony Kinahan
250 Euro New Irish LGBTQ+ Writing Bursaries:
Remember That Time? A Musical by Ann Marie Cullen
Was I Not a Girl? by Monty Quinlan
Pre-Ops by Ezra Maloney
To the Bone, by David Donovan
The Caoining by Catie Granger
