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CRITICS' AWARDS FOR THEATRE IN SCOTLAND
2009-10 Shortlist
On May 13, 2010, following an all-day meeting at the King's Theatre, Edinburgh, the CATS judges announced the following shortlists for the ten categories of the 2009–10 awards. There is a link to each company's website.
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE, sponsored by Guy Robertson Partnership:
John Bett as the Governor, The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre
Brian Ferguson as Daniel, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre
Kevin Lennon as John Merrick, The Elephant Man, Dundee Rep
Jimmy Yuill, Testament Of Cresseid, Edinburgh International Festival
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE, sponsored by STV:
Suzanne Donaldson as LJ, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre
Suzie Ferguson, Sick, Theatre Modo
Cara Kelly as Maureen Folan, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Royal Lyceum
Sian Thomas as Stevie, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Traverse Theatre
BEST ENSEMBLE:
A Christmas Carol, Dundee Rep
The Darktown Cakewalk: Celebrated From the House of FAME, Sorcha Dallas for Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art in association with the Work Room
The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre
Huxley's Lab, Grid Iron/Lung Ha's
BEST DIRECTOR:
Ken Alexander, Whisky Galore, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Dominic Hill, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre
Dominic Hill, The Goat, Traverse Theatre
Jemima Levick, Elephant Man, Dundee Rep
BEST DESIGN:
Kai Fischer (set and lighting) and Finn Ross (projection and video design), The Beggar's Opera, Royal Lyceum, Vanishing Point and Belgrade Theatre, Coventry in association with Tramway
Alex Lowde (set) and Colin Grenfell (lighting), The Elephant Man, Dundee Rep
Jason Southgate (set) and Graham Sutherland (lighting), Cinderella, Citizens Theatre
Neil Warmington (set) and Lizzie Powell (lighting), The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre
BEST USE OF MUSIC AND SOUND:
Jon Beales, Shona McKee McNeil, Ian Hammond Brown and the company, Whisky Galore, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
David Paul Jones, The Songbird, Giant
Alasdair Macrae, The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre
Stuart McCallum, The Darktown Cakewalk: Celebrated From The House of FAME, Sorcha Dallas for Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art in association with the Work Room
BEST TECHNICAL PRESENTATION, sponsored by Northern Light:
Bright Black, Vox Motus (in association with Platform and supported by Cumbernauld Theatre and Fife Arts Trust)
A Christmas Carol, Dundee Rep
Jane Eyre, Perth Theatre
Mr Write, National Theatre of Scotland
BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE:
Cinderella, Citizens Theatre
Mr Write, National Theatre of Scotland
Pobby and Dingan, Catherine Wheels
The Songbird, Giant
BEST NEW PLAY, sponsored by W&P Longreach – Theatre Insurance Brokers:
Alan Bissett, Turbo Folk, A Play, a Pie and a Pint
Kieran Hurley, Hitch, in association with The Arches
Dennis Kelly, Orphans, Traverse Theatre and Birmingham Repertory Theatre in association with Paines Plough
Ursula Rani Sarma, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre
FOR BEST PRODUCTION:
A Christmas Carol, Dundee Rep
The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Traverse Theatre
The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre
