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CRITICS' AWARDS FOR THEATRE IN SCOTLAND
2007-08 Shortlists
On May 18, 2008, following an all-day meeting at Edinburgh's Howard hotel, the CATS judges announced the following shortlists for the ten categories of the 2007-08 awards. There is a link to each company's website.
FOR BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:
Tam Dean Burn in Venus As A Boy, NTS Workshop and Burnt Goods
Sean Campion as Gregor in Carthage Must Be Destroyed, Traverse Theatre
Keith Fleming and Gerry Mulgrew as Peer Gynt in Peer Gynt, Dundee Rep/NTS
Michael Glenn Murphy as John in Shining City, Rapture Theatre
FOR BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:
Kirsty Bushell as Harper in Angels In America, Citizens Theatre/Headlong/Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
Amy Manson as The Stepdaughter in Six Characters In Search Of An Author, Royal Lyceum Theatre/Citizens Theatre/NTS
Alison Peebles as Winnie in Happy Days, Dundee Rep
Sally Reid as Norma in The Wall, Borderline Theatre
FOR BEST DIRECTOR:
James Brining for Sunshine On Leith, Dundee Rep
Andy Cannon and Iain Johnstone for The Emperor’s New Kilt, Wee Stories/NTS
Dominic Hill for Peer Gynt, Dundee Rep/NTS
Daniel Kramer for Angels In America, Citizens Theatre/Headlong/ Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
FOR BEST ENSEMBLE:
Peer Gynt Dundee Rep/NTS
Sleeping Beauty King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Sunshine On Leith Dundee Rep
The Wall Borderline Theatre
FOR BEST NEW PLAY:
Being Norwegian by David Greig, A Play, A Pie and A Pint/Paines Plough
Carthage Must Be Destroyed by Alan Wilkins, Traverse Theatre
Educating Agnes by Liz Lochhead, Theatre Babel
The Wall by DC Jackson, Borderline Theatre
FOR BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE:
Cinderella MacRobert, Stirling
The Emperor's New Kilt Wee Stories/NTS
Jack And The Beanstalk Dundee Rep
The Wizard Of Oz Royal Lyceum Theatre
FOR BEST DESIGN:
Becky Minto for The Emperor’s New Kilt, Wee Stories/NTS
Soutra Gilmour, Charles Balfour and Mark Bouman for Angels in America, Citizens Theatre/Headlong/Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
Naomi Wilkinson for Peer Gynt, Dundee Rep/NTS
Sans façon for Walden, Magnetic North at Stills Gallery
FOR BEST USE OF MUSIC AND SOUND:
Hilary Brooks for Sunshine On Leith, Dundee Rep
Paddy Cunneen for Peer Gynt, Dundee Rep/NTS
Alasdair Macrae for Subway, Vanishing Point
David Trouton for The Emperor's New Kilt, Wee Stories/NTS
FOR BEST TECHNICAL PRESENTATION:
Angels In America Citizens Theatre/Headlong/Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
The Bacchae NTS/Edinburgh International Festival
Half Life NVA/NTS at Kilmartin, Mid Argyll
Sunshine On Leith Dundee Rep
FOR BEST PRODUCTION:
Angels In America Citizens Theatre/Headlong/Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
The Emperor's New Kilt Wee Stories/NTS
Peer Gynt Dundee Rep/NTS
Sunshine On Leith Dundee Rep