Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland
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The Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) http://www.criticsawards.theatrescotland.com were inaugurated in May 2003, and are adjudicated by a panel of all the regular Scottish theatre critics.
The 2009 ceremony took place at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre http://www.eft.co.uk/ on June 14. Vanishing Point (Theatre Company)
won three awards for Interiors, including Best Production.
The 2008 ceremony took place at Glasgow's Oran Mor http://www.oran-mor.co.uk/page/About_ran_Mr_145.html on June 15 during the West End Festival
. Dundee Rep won four of the ten awards for Peer Gynt
including Best Production.
In 2007 the National Theatre of Scotland
(NTS) production of Black Watch
, written by Gregory Burke
, about the history of the famous Scottish regiment and its notorious deployment at Camp Dogwood in Iraq, won four of the ten awards, including Best Production.
The awards for 2006-2007 were presented at Pitlochry Festival Theatre http://www.pitlochry.org.uk/ on June 10.
The 2009 ceremony took place at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre http://www.eft.co.uk/ on June 14. Vanishing Point (Theatre Company)
Vanishing Point (Theatre Company)
Vanishing Point Theatre company was founded in 1999 by Matthew Lenton. It makes theatre that is modern, visually dazzling and technically stunning. Its themes are often darkly comic and surreal, combining a childish, dreamlike fairy tale feel with adult nightmarish stories.Vanishing Point's work...
won three awards for Interiors, including Best Production.
The 2008 ceremony took place at Glasgow's Oran Mor http://www.oran-mor.co.uk/page/About_ran_Mr_145.html on June 15 during the West End Festival
West End Festival
The West End Festival is an annual festival in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland.-History:The West End Festival in Glasgow was started in 1996 by Michael Dale as a small local festival centred on Byres Road....
. Dundee Rep won four of the ten awards for Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It is the most widely performed Norwegian play. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones"...
including Best Production.
In 2007 the National Theatre of Scotland
National Theatre of Scotland
The National Theatre of Scotland is a theatre company established in February 2006. The company performs in a wide range of venues including theatres, halls and found spaces across Scotland....
(NTS) production of Black Watch
Black Watch (play)
Black Watch is a play written by Gregory Burke and directed by John Tiffany for the National Theatre of Scotland. Based on interviews with former soldiers, it portrays soldiers in the Black Watch regiment of the British Army serving on Operation TELIC in Iraq during 2004, prior to the amalgamation...
, written by Gregory Burke
Gregory Burke
Gregory Burke is a Scottish playwright from Rosyth, Fife, Scotland.-Life:His family moved to Gibraltar in 1979 and returned to Dunfermline in 1984. He attended St John's Primary in Rosyth, St Christopher's Middle School in Gibraltar, Bayside Comprehensive, Gibraltar and St Columba's High School,...
, about the history of the famous Scottish regiment and its notorious deployment at Camp Dogwood in Iraq, won four of the ten awards, including Best Production.
The awards for 2006-2007 were presented at Pitlochry Festival Theatre http://www.pitlochry.org.uk/ on June 10.
Awards for 2008-2009
- Best New Play: Simon Stephens for Pornography presented by Traverse TheatreTraverse TheatreThe Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1963.The Traverse Theatre commissions and develops new plays or adaptations from contemporary playwrights. It also presents a large number of productions from visiting companies from across the UK. These include new plays,...
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- Best Show for Children and Young People: Liar presented by the TAG Theatre CompanyTAG Theatre CompanyTAG Theatre Company is a theatre company established in 1967 in Glasgow, Scotland as the outreach arm of the Citizens' Theatre in Glasgow, and was known as the Citizens' Theatre for Youth.-Background:...
and Sounds of Progress;
- Best Actor (Male): Matthew Zajac in The Tailor of Inverness presented by Dogstar Theatre;
- Best Actor (Female): Irene Macdougall as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a play by Edward Albee that opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater on October 13, 1962. The original cast featured Uta Hagen as Martha, Arthur Hill as George, Melinda Dillon as Honey and George Grizzard as Nick. It was directed by Alan Schneider...
presented by Dundee Rep;
- Best Director: Matthew Lenton for Interiors presented by Vanishing Point (Theatre Company)Vanishing Point (Theatre Company)Vanishing Point Theatre company was founded in 1999 by Matthew Lenton. It makes theatre that is modern, visually dazzling and technically stunning. Its themes are often darkly comic and surreal, combining a childish, dreamlike fairy tale feel with adult nightmarish stories.Vanishing Point's work...
/Napoli Teatro Festival Italia/Mercadante Teatro Stabile di Napoli/Traverse TheatreTraverse TheatreThe Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1963.The Traverse Theatre commissions and develops new plays or adaptations from contemporary playwrights. It also presents a large number of productions from visiting companies from across the UK. These include new plays,...
in association with Lyric HammersmithLyric HammersmithThe Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on King Street, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which takes pride in its original, "groundbreaking" productions....
and Tron TheatreTron TheatreThe Tron Theatre is located at the corner of Trongate and Chisholm Street, in the Merchant City area of Glasgow, Scotland.From its early years as a theatre club, the Tron has grown into a thriving multi-faceted venue...
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- Best Design: Alex Lowde (set) and Chris Davey (lighting) for Beauty and the Beast presented by Dundee Rep;
- Best Use of Music and Sound: Seylan Baxter, Lillias Kinsman-Blake and Rachel Newton for The Lasses, O presented by Rowan Tree Theatre;
- Best Ensemble: Interiors presented by Vanishing Point (Theatre Company)Vanishing Point (Theatre Company)Vanishing Point Theatre company was founded in 1999 by Matthew Lenton. It makes theatre that is modern, visually dazzling and technically stunning. Its themes are often darkly comic and surreal, combining a childish, dreamlike fairy tale feel with adult nightmarish stories.Vanishing Point's work...
/Napoli Teatro Festival Italia/Mercadante Teatro Stabile di Napoli/Traverse TheatreTraverse TheatreThe Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1963.The Traverse Theatre commissions and develops new plays or adaptations from contemporary playwrights. It also presents a large number of productions from visiting companies from across the UK. These include new plays,...
in association with Lyric HammersmithLyric HammersmithThe Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on King Street, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which takes pride in its original, "groundbreaking" productions....
and Tron TheatreTron TheatreThe Tron Theatre is located at the corner of Trongate and Chisholm Street, in the Merchant City area of Glasgow, Scotland.From its early years as a theatre club, the Tron has grown into a thriving multi-faceted venue...
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- Best Technical Presentation: Slick presented by Vox Motus/Tron TheatreTron TheatreThe Tron Theatre is located at the corner of Trongate and Chisholm Street, in the Merchant City area of Glasgow, Scotland.From its early years as a theatre club, the Tron has grown into a thriving multi-faceted venue...
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- Best Production: Interiors presented by Vanishing Point (Theatre Company)Vanishing Point (Theatre Company)Vanishing Point Theatre company was founded in 1999 by Matthew Lenton. It makes theatre that is modern, visually dazzling and technically stunning. Its themes are often darkly comic and surreal, combining a childish, dreamlike fairy tale feel with adult nightmarish stories.Vanishing Point's work...
/Napoli Teatro Festival Italia/Mercadante Teatro Stabile di Napoli/Traverse TheatreTraverse TheatreThe Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1963.The Traverse Theatre commissions and develops new plays or adaptations from contemporary playwrights. It also presents a large number of productions from visiting companies from across the UK. These include new plays,...
in association with Lyric HammersmithLyric HammersmithThe Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on King Street, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which takes pride in its original, "groundbreaking" productions....
and Tron TheatreTron TheatreThe Tron Theatre is located at the corner of Trongate and Chisholm Street, in the Merchant City area of Glasgow, Scotland.From its early years as a theatre club, the Tron has grown into a thriving multi-faceted venue...
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Awards for 2007-2008
- Best New Play: Carthage Must Be Destroyed http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2070088,00.html by Alan WilkinsAlan Wilkins (playwright)Alan Wilkins is a Edinburgh based Scots playwright. His first professionally produced play was The Nest, which opened at the Traverse Theatre in April 2004 and then toured the Highlands and islands of Scotland. The play was set in a Highland bothy and features five hill walkers sheltering from a...
at the Traverse TheatreTraverse TheatreThe Traverse Theatre is a theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1963.The Traverse Theatre commissions and develops new plays or adaptations from contemporary playwrights. It also presents a large number of productions from visiting companies from across the UK. These include new plays,...
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- Best Show for Children and Young People: The Emperor's New Kilt http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2275230,00.html presented by Wee Stories TheatreWee Stories TheatreWee Stories theatre company was established in 1995. The company has received nominations and awards from TMA Awards and Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland....
http://www.weestoriestheatre.org//National Theatre of ScotlandNational Theatre of ScotlandThe National Theatre of Scotland is a theatre company established in February 2006. The company performs in a wide range of venues including theatres, halls and found spaces across Scotland....
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- Best Actor (Male): Keith Fleming and Gerry Mulgrew as Peer Gynt in Peer GyntPeer GyntPeer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It is the most widely performed Norwegian play. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones"...
presented by Dundee Rep/National Theatre of ScotlandNational Theatre of ScotlandThe National Theatre of Scotland is a theatre company established in February 2006. The company performs in a wide range of venues including theatres, halls and found spaces across Scotland....
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- Best Actor (Female): Amy MansonAmy MansonAmy Manson is a Scottish actress, known for portraying Alice Guppy in Torchwood, Abby Evans in Casualty, Lizzie Siddal in Desperate Romantics and Daisy Hannigan-Spiteri in Being Human.-Background:...
as The Stepdaughter in Six Characters in Search of an AuthorSix Characters in Search of an AuthorSix Characters in Search of an Author is a play by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello.The play is a satirical tragicomedy. It was first performed in 1921 at the Teatro Valle in Rome, to a very mixed reception, with shouts from the audience of "Manicomio!" .Subsequently the play enjoyed a much...
presented by the Royal Lyceum TheatreRoyal Lyceum TheatreThe Royal Lyceum Theatre is a 658 seat theatre in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House, the residence at the time of legendary Shakespearean actor Henry Irving. It was built in 1883 by architect C. J. Phipps at a cost of UK£17,000 on behalf...
/the Citizens Theatre/National Theatre of ScotlandNational Theatre of ScotlandThe National Theatre of Scotland is a theatre company established in February 2006. The company performs in a wide range of venues including theatres, halls and found spaces across Scotland....
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- Best Director: Dominic Hill for Peer GyntPeer GyntPeer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It is the most widely performed Norwegian play. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones"...
presented by Dundee Rep/National Theatre of ScotlandNational Theatre of ScotlandThe National Theatre of Scotland is a theatre company established in February 2006. The company performs in a wide range of venues including theatres, halls and found spaces across Scotland....
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- Best Design: Naomi Wilkinson for Peer GyntPeer GyntPeer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It is the most widely performed Norwegian play. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones"...
presented by Dundee Rep/National Theatre of ScotlandNational Theatre of ScotlandThe National Theatre of Scotland is a theatre company established in February 2006. The company performs in a wide range of venues including theatres, halls and found spaces across Scotland....
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- Best Use of Music and Sound: Alasdair Macrae for Subway presented by Vanishing Point http://www.vanishing-point.org/;
- Best Ensemble: The Wall http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2262494,00.html presented by Borderline Theatre http://www.borderlinetheatre.co.uk/;
- Best Technical Presentation: Angels in America presented by the Citizens' TheatreCitizens' TheatreThe Citizens Theatre is based in Glasgow, Scotland and is the principal producing theatre in the west of Scotland. The theatre includes a 500-seat Main Auditorium, and two studio theatres, the Circle Studio and the Stalls Studio .The Citizen's Theatre repertory group, originally called the Citizen's...
/ Headlong/ Lyric HammersmithLyric HammersmithThe Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a theatre on King Street, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, which takes pride in its original, "groundbreaking" productions....
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- Best Production: Peer GyntPeer GyntPeer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt. It is the most widely performed Norwegian play. According to Klaus Van Den Berg, the "cinematic script blends poetry with social satire and realistic scenes with surreal ones"...
presented by Dundee Rep/National Theatre of ScotlandNational Theatre of ScotlandThe National Theatre of Scotland is a theatre company established in February 2006. The company performs in a wide range of venues including theatres, halls and found spaces across Scotland....
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Awards for 2006-2007
- Best New Play: The Unconquered by Torben BettsTorben BettsTorben Betts is an award-winning English playwright and screenwriter.A consistently controversial dramatist, who has written heavily naturalistic plays as well as epic, poetic works, he has been hailed as a successor to writers as diverse as Alan Ayckbourn, Edward Bond and Howard Barker...
, presented by Stellar Quines Theatre CompanyStellar Quines Theatre CompanyStellar Quines is a Scottish theatre company based in Edinburgh, Scotland.Stellar Quines Theatre Company was formed in 1993 to facilitate the creative work of women in Scottish theatre. It makes theatre that is driven by women and where women are at the forefront of all the creative roles...
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2017574,00.html;
- Best Children's Show: Gobbo by David GreigDavid Greig (dramatist)David Greig is a Scottish playwright and theatre director.Greig was born in Edinburgh in 1969 and was brought up in Nigeria. He studied drama at Bristol University. He has been commissioned by the Royal Court Theatre, the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company amongst others.His...
and Wils Wilson, presented by the National Theatre of ScotlandNational Theatre of ScotlandThe National Theatre of Scotland is a theatre company established in February 2006. The company performs in a wide range of venues including theatres, halls and found spaces across Scotland....
Ensemble http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/14128/gobbo;
- Best Actor (Male): Sandy Grierson for the title role in Fergus Lamont, presented by Communicado with Perth Repertory Theatre http://www.communicadotheatre.co.uk/;
- Best Actor (Female): Meg Fraser for Martha in Tom FoolTom FoolTom Fool was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, a winner of the American Horse of the Year award and a Hall of Fame inductee. He sired the outstanding racehorses Buckpasser and Tim Tam....
at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/16421/tom-fool;
- Best Director: John Tiffany for Black Watch presented by NTS;
- Best Design: Naomi WilkinsonNaomi WilkinsonNaomi Valerie Wilkinson is an English television presenter, actress and producer.Wilkinson, a trained dancer, was the senior continuity presenter of Milkshake!, the early-morning programming block for young children on Channel 5...
(set) and Bruno Poet (lights) for A Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
, at Dundee Rep http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1865064,00.html;
- Best Use of Music: Robert Pettigrew and the company for Man of La ManchaMan of La ManchaMan of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote...
at the Royal Lyceum TheatreRoyal Lyceum TheatreThe Royal Lyceum Theatre is a 658 seat theatre in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the Theatre Royal Lyceum and English Opera House, the residence at the time of legendary Shakespearean actor Henry Irving. It was built in 1883 by architect C. J. Phipps at a cost of UK£17,000 on behalf...
, Edinburgh http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/16626/man-of-la-mancha;
- Best Ensemble: the cast of Black Watch for the NTS;
- Best Technical Presentation: Black Watch for the NTS;
- Best Production: Black Watch http://www.thestage.co.uk/edinburgh/reviews/review.php/13581/black-watch.