On Monday night, the nominations for the 4th annual Les Prix Rideau Awards were announced and I am kind of pleased that the show I was in at the Ottawa Fringe Festival (albeit for one performance only) was nominated for Outstanding Fringe Production. This was the show we also took to the Calgary Fringe Festival. I loved working on the Last Goddamned Performance Piece and I would do it again in a second if the opportunity presented itself.
The only show I didn't see among all the nominees was Turn of the Screw and with all the nominations it got, I really wish I had been able to. That's the unfortunate thing with theatre awards as opposed to film awards. When film awards are announced the movie can get a whole new life out of it, whereas with the theatre you can just be disappointed you missed it. I try to avoid that disappointment by seeing as much as possible, but there's always one or two that slip away.
Ah well! A big congratulation to all the nominees and I will see you on April 10th!
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NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL PRIX RIDEAU AWARDS
For immediate release Ottawa, February 28, 2011 -
Founded in 2006 to celebrate, encourage and promote French and English locally produced professional theatre work and its artists, the Prix Rideau Awards is proud to announce the nominees for 2010.
Artists and supporters gathered earlier at the Atomic Rooster where the nominees for outstanding achievements in the year 2010 were unveiled.
During the 2010 calendar year, 41 English productions and 15 French productions were juried by two teams of local arts professionals. Nominations were submitted by secret ballot and tallied by independent accountants.
The Prix Rideau Awards will be handed out on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at La Maison du citoyen in Gatineau. Tickets are on sale now at www.prixrideauawards.ca.
The nominees for English-language productions are:
Outstanding Production Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre Facts, Great Canadian Theatre Company / New Theatre of Ottawa Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective
Outstanding Direction Joël Beddows, Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions Mary Ellis, Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre Patrick Gauthier, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective Lise Ann Johnson, Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company Andy Massingham, Twelfth Night, Ottawa Theatre School
Outstanding Performance, Female Sarah Finn, Shadows, Queen Mab / Parry Riposte Productions Emma Hunter, They All Do It, Odyssey Theatre Catriona Leger, Someone for Everyone, NightHowl Productions Sarah McVie, Educating Rita, Arts Court Productions Kristina Watt, Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre
Outstanding Performance, Male Peter Froehlich, Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company Kris Joseph, Macbeth, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival Kris Joseph, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective John Koensgen, Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre Paul Rainville, Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Outstanding Lighting Design Lynn Cox, Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions Guillaume Houët, Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre Guillaume Houët, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective Jock Munro, The List, Great Canadian Theatre Company Jock Munro, Vimy, Great Canadian Theatre Company / NAC English Theatre
Outstanding Set Design Martin Conboy, Facts, Great Canadian Theatre Company / New Theatre of Ottawa Lynn Cox, Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions Brian Perchaluk, Vimy, Great Canadian Theatre Company / NAC English Theatre Brian Smith, Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company Ivo Valentik, The Danish Play, A Company of Fools
Outstanding Costume Design Judith DeBoer, Shadows, Queen Mab / Parry Riposte Productions Louise Hayden, The Danish Play, A Company of Fools Brian Perchaluk, Vimy, Great Canadian Theatre Company / NAC English Theatre Andrea Robertson, Macbeth, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival Sarah Waghorn, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective
Outstanding New Creation Airport Security, Gruppo Rubato Facts, Great Canadian Theatre Company / New Theatre of Ottawa Shadows, Queen Mab / Parry Riposte Productions Six: At Home, Zopyra Theatre They All Do It, Odyssey Theatre
Outstanding Adaptation A Flea in Her Ear, Seven-Thirty Productions Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company The Radio Show: It’s a Wonderful Life, Gladstone Productions
Outstanding Fringe Production It’s Just a Stage, Modern Geek Theatre Multinational Grape Corporations, Negative Theatre Shadows, Queen Mab / Parry Riposte Productions Six: At Home, Zopyra Theatre The Last Goddamned Performance Piece, Black Sheep Theatre
Emerging Artist Award Anna Chambers, Stage Manager Nathan Ings, Actor Cari Leslie, Actor Guy Marsan, Actor Hilary Nichol, Stage Manager
Technical / Stage Management Award Nicolas Alain, It’s Just a Stage, Modern Geek Theatre Rebecca Eamon, Macbeth and Trouble on Dibble Street, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival Jim Fritz, I, Pulse Theatre Collective Hilary Nichol, A Flea in Her Ear, Seven-Thirty Productions Jane Vanstone Osborn, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective
The nominees for French-language productions are:
Production de l'année À la défense des moustiques albinos, Théâtre de la Vieille 17 / Théâtre Sortie de Secours Écume, Théâtre du Trillium Gino, le dernier morceau d'amour, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto Sahel, Théâtre de la Vieille 17
Mise en scène de l'année Philippe Soldevila, À la défense des moustiques albinos, Théâtre de la Vieille 17 / Théâtre Sortie de Secours Daniel Mroz, Circe/Landfall Anne-Marie White, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium Magali Lemèle, Gino, le dernier morceau d'amour, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines Jean Stéphane Roy, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Interprétation féminine de l'année Geneviève Couture, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium Éva Daigle, À la défense des moustiques albinos, Théâtre de la Vieille 17 / Théâtre Sortie de Secours Sasha Dominique, La Cousine Germaine, Théâtre de l’Île Sophie Goulet, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez, Gino, le dernier morceau d'amour, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines
Interprétation masculine de l'année Marc-André Charette, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium Mehdi Hamdad, Afghanistan, Théâtre la Catapulte Pierre Antoine Lafon Simard, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium Jean Stéphane Roy, L'Illustre Théâtre, Théâtre de l’Île Pierre Simpson, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Conception de l'année - éclairages Paul Auclair, Sahel, Théâtre de la Vieille 17 Guillaume Houët, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium Guillaume Houët, Gino, le dernier morceau d'amour, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines Guillaume Houët, La Cousine Germaine, Théâtre de l’Île
Conception de l'année - décors Julie Giroux, La Cousine Germaine, Théâtre de l’Île Dominic Manca, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto Érica Schmitz, À la défense des moustiques albinos, Théâtre de la Vieille 17 / Théâtre Sortie de Secours Ivo Valentik, Afghanistan, Théâtre la Catapulte Normand Vandal, Sahel, Théâtre de la Vieille 17
Conception de l'année - costumes Geneviève Couture, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium Geneviève Couture, Sahel, Théâtre de la Vieille 17 Andrée Rainville, La pluie de bleuets, Créations In Vivo Mylène Ménard, La Cousine Germaine, Théâtre de l’Île Nina Okens, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Nouvelle création de l'année Afghanistan, Théâtre la Catapulte Circe/Landfall, Daniel Mroz Gino, le dernier morceau d'amour, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines
Prix artiste en émergence Mehdi Hamdad, interprétation Véronique-Marie Kaye, dramaturgie Frédérique Thérien, interprétation
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