Wellington Theatre Awards 2016
Wellington Theatre Awards 2016
AND THE NOMINEES ARE…
The Wellington Theatre Awards are proud to celebrate 2016’s exciting, engaging and highly entertaining year of professional theatre in the cultural capital with a jubilant award ceremony at Te Whaea Theatre, Sunday 11th December.
We hope you will all join us for our theatrical arts industry Christmas Party - a chance to come together, celebrate excellence, and another stellar year of creativity.
Ten industry professionals choose these nominees for the 19 award categories. ‘Mayor’s’ and ‘Wildcard’ Awards will be announced at the award ceremony.
Our 2016 nominees are: (in alphabetical
order)
Best Male Newcomer
Patrick Carroll, Layman
Tom
Clarke, The Devil's Half-Acre
Andrew
Gunn, Potato Stamp Megalomaniac
Best Female Newcomer
Susie Berry,
Jekyll and Hyde
Keagan Carr Fransch,
Love and Information
Vanessa Kumar,
The Elephant Thief
Promising New Director
Rose Kirkup,
Versions of Allah
Fran Olds and Luke
Hanna, The Fence
Stella Reid,
Orphans
Best New Playwright
Emily Duncan, Hold
Me
Carrie Green, Man
Parts
Andrew Gunn, Potato Stamp
Megalomaniac
Ben Wilson, Fred is
Cold
Best Lighting
Designer
Natalia Gwiazdzinski, The
Vultures
Rachel Marlow, Dust
Pilgrim
Marcus McShane, The Devil's
Half-Acre
Best Set
Designer
Andrew Foster, Te
Pō
Meg Rollandi, The Devil's
Half-Acre
Poppy Serano, Dust
Pilgrim
Costume
Designer
Harriet Denby, Far
Away
Ian Harman, La Casa
Azul
Sopheak Seng, The
Vultures
Best Sound
Designer
Oliver Devlin, The Seven Sons
of Supparath
Thomas Press, Dust
Pilgrim
Jason Wright, The
Fence
Best Composer of
Music
Hayley Sproull, Vanilla
Miraka
Tane Upjohn-Beatson, The Devil's
Half -Acre
Jason Wright, Shu's
Song
Most Original Production
A Trial – Barbarian
Productions and Binge Culture Collective
If
There's not Dancing at the Revolution, I'm Not Coming –
The Town Centre / Julia
Croft
The Woman Who Forgot -
Storybox
Titled - The Town Centre /
Nisha Madhan
Best New NZ
Play
Kip Chapman, Todd Emerson and Sophie
Roberts, Hudson and Halls Live
Mīria
George, The Vultures
Rob Mokaraka,
Shot Bro
Best Supporting
Actor
Tola Newbery, The
Vultures
Andrew Paterson,
Orphans
Gavin Rutherford, La
Casa Azul
Best Supporting
Actress
Awhina Rose-Ashby, The
Vultures
Amy Tarleton, The ACB of Honora
Lee
Anya Tate-Manning, Hudson and Halls
Live
Best Actor/Best
Actress/Outstanding Performance
Julia Croft,
If there's not Dancing at the Revolution, I'm not
Coming
Rachel Henry, Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike
KC Kelly,
Orphans
Kali Kopae, La Casa
Azul
Rob Mokaraka, Shot
Bro
Chris Parker, Hudson and Halls
Live
Hayley Sproull, Vanilla
Miraka
Best
Director
Kip Chapman, Hudson and Halls
Live
Erina Daniels, Shot
Bro
Stella Reid, Orphans
Best Production
Hudson and
Halls Live - Silo
Theatre
Rukahu - Not Even
Productions
Te Pō - Theatre Stampede
and Nightsong Productions
The
Wellington Theatre Awards 2016
6.30pm, Sunday
11th December
Te Whaea, 11 Hutchison Road,
Newtown
Event tickets are $35 (plus fees) and
include light refreshments and nibbles.
BOOKINGS:
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The
Theatre Awards Trust would like to acknowledge our generous
sponsors:
Wellington City Council, The
Performing Arts Foundation of Wellington,
BATS Theatre,
Capital E, Circa Theatre, Emerging Artists Trust,
Park
Road Post, Playmarket, Sileni Estates, Taki Rua Productions,
The Dominion Post, Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School, Weta
Workshop, Victoria University of Wellington.