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CRITICS' AWARDS FOR THEATRE IN SCOTLAND
2010-11 Shortlist
On May 12, 2011, following an all-day meeting at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, the CATS judges announced the following shortlists for the ten categories of the 2010–11 awards. There is a link to each company's website. The winners will be announced at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, on Sunday 12 June. Book tickets here.
Twitter hashtag for the CATS 2011 is #CATS11
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:
David Birrell as Sweeney Todd, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dundee Rep Theatre
Alex Ferns as Johnny Byrne, The Hard Man, Scottish Theatres Consortium
Peter Forbes as Arnolphe, Educating Agnes, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
Ian Smith, My Hands Are Dancing But My Heart Is Cold, Ian Smith/Dance Base
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE, sponsored by STV:
Kate Dickie as Jackie, Any Given Day, Traverse Theatre Company
Blythe Duff as Helen, Good With People, A Play, a Pie and a Pint/Paines Plough
Gemma McElhinney as Duck, The Monster in the Hall, TAG
Mercy Ojelade as Mary, Roadkill, Ankur Productions/Pachamama Productions
BEST ENSEMBLE, sponsored by Equity:
Age of Arousal, Stellar Quines Theatre Company/Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
Nothing to See Here, National Theatre of Scotland/Aberdeen City Council
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, National Theatre of Scotland
The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain, Traverse Theatre Company/Belgrade Theatre, Coventry/English Touring Theatre
BEST DIRECTOR:
Cora Bissett, Roadkill, Ankur Productions/Pachamama Productions
James Brining, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dundee Rep Theatre
Muriel Romanes, Age of Arousal, Stellar Quines Theatre Company/Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
Mark Thomson, The Importance of Being Earnest, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
BEST DESIGN:
Janet Bird (set and costumes) and Jeanine Davies (lighting), Age of Arousal, Stellar Quines Theatre Company/Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
Candice Edmonds and Jamie Harrison (set), The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo, Vox Motus
Shona Reppe (set and costumes) and Craig Fleming (lighting), White, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company
Colin Richmond (set) and Chris Davey (lighting), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dundee Rep Theatre
BEST MUSIC AND SOUND:
Hilary Brooks, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dundee Rep Theatre
Nikola Kodjabashia, The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain, Traverse Theatre Company/Belgrade Theatre, Coventry/English Touring Theatre
Alasdair Macrae, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, National Theatre of Scotland
Michael John McCarthy, The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo, Vox Motus
BEST TECHNICAL PRESENTATION, sponsored by Northern Light:
The Not-So-Fatal Death of Grandpa Fredo, Vox Motus
Orlando, Cryptic
Roadkill, Ankur Productions/Pachamama Productions
White, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company
BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE:
Beauty and the Beast, Citizens Theatre
Caged, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company
The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain, Traverse Theatre Company/Belgrade Theatre, Coventry/English Touring Theatre
White, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company
BEST NEW PLAY, sponsored by W&P Longreach – Theatre Insurance Brokers:
David Greig, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, National Theatre of Scotland
Chris Hannan, The Three Musketeers and the Princess of Spain, Traverse Theatre Company/Belgrade Theatre, Coventry/English Touring Theatre
Conceived by Cora Bissett, text by Stef Smith, Roadkill, Ankur Productions/Pachamama Productions
Molly Taylor, Love Letters to the Public Transport System, National Theatre of Scotland
FOR BEST PRODUCTION:
Age of Arousal, Stellar Quines Theatre Company/Royal Lyceum Theatre Company
Roadkill, Ankur Productions/Pachamama Productions
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, National Theatre of Scotland
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dundee Rep Theatre
The CATS judging panel for 2011 was made up of: Mary Brennan (The Herald), Mark Brown (The Sunday Herald and the Daily Telegraph), Neil Cooper (The Herald), Michael Cox (onstagescotland.co.uk), Robert Dawson Scott (The Times), Thom Dibdin (Edinburgh Evening News and The Stage), Mark Fisher (The Guardian), Joyce McMillan (The Scotsman), Gareth K Vile (The Skinny) and Joy Watters (The Courier).
