Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards nominees announcedThe nominees for the 50th annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards, to be presented on Sunday, 15 March, 2015, at 6pm at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town, have been announced. "Five decades ago the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards started with only six categories and 17 productions that were eligible," said Melanie Burke, chairman of the adjudicating panel. She added that today awards are presented in 18 different categories and last year a total of 74 productions were eligible. In addition, 57 student performances were considered for the Most Promising Student Award. Chris Weare, a Fleur du Cap alumnus, will direct the awards ceremony and a unique event is planned to celebrate the successes of the past 50 years, including an entertainment line-up that will feature some of our top local artists. The judgesThe judges for 2014 productions were: Africa Melane, Dr Beverley Brommert, Christine Moritz, Eugene Yiga, Gillian Mitchell, Herman van der Westhuizen, Jill Markram, Johan van Lill, Len Ashton, Mariana Malan, Marina Griebenow, Peter Tromp, Steyn du Toit and Tracey Saunders. Stephanie Klink completed a year-long internship in 2014 and has been accepted to join the panel of judges in 2015. For a production to be eligible, a run of a minimum of eight performances over a period of three weeks at the same venue is required. Each award carries a cash prize of R15, 000 and each award recipient is given a silver medallion. All voting processes are audited and overseen by the legal firm Cluver Markotter. The nominees (in alphabetical order) in the various categories are: 1. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAYAlbert Pretorius for Playland as Gideon le Roux 2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAYEmily Child for The Pervert Laura as Laura 3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAYGuy de Lancey for The Pervert Laura as Father 4. BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAYBuhle Ngaba for Missing as Ayanda 5. BEST PERFORMANCE IN A REVUE, CABARET OR ONE-PERSON SHOWGodfrey Johnson for Vaslav as Vaslav Nijinsky 6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR MUSIC THEATRE SHOWDaniel Richards for Fergus of Galloway as Fergus 7. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR MUSIC THEATRE SHOWBethany Dickson for The Sound of Music as Maria Rainer 8. AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING STUDENTDavid Viviers (UCT) 9. BEST DIRECTORAlan Swerdlow for Constellations 10. BEST LIGHTING DESIGNBenever (Bennie) Arendse for Fishers of Hope (Taweret) 11. BEST SET DESIGNAlbert Maritz for Playland 12. BEST COSTUME DESIGNJonathan Roxmouth for Call me Lee 13. BEST SOUND DESIGN, ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSITION OR ORIGINAL SCOREBraam du Toit for Balbesit - Original score 14. BEST PUPPETRY DESIGNAdrian Kohler and Basil Jones for War Horse - Puppet design, fabrication and direction 15. BEST NEW SOUTH AFRICAN SCRIPT2092: God van Klank by Wilken Calitz 16. ROSALIE VAN DER GUCHT PRIZE FOR NEW DIRECTORSKhayalethu Mofu for The Champion The Award for Innovation in Theatre and the Lifetime Achievement Award: will be announced at the awards ceremony. Tickets for the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards ceremony to be held at the Artscape Opera House cost R200 per person via Computicket (0861 9158000) and +27 (0)21 421 7695 and include canapés and Fleur du Cap wines. Follow the awards on Twitter @FDCTheatreAward and on Facebook. |