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The Mercury Durban Theatre Awards 2012-2013 will be held at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on December 9 at 19h30 when the best of Durban theatre will be acknowledged and celebrated.
The Mercury Durban Theatre Awards 2012-2013 will be held at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on December 9 at 19h30 when the best of Durban theatre will be acknowledged and celebrated.
This year’s ceremony will be hosted by
radio, television and media personality, Terence Pillay, and promises to be a sophisticated
and glamorous celebration of the local theatre industry.
Principal sponsors are media partner The
Mercury, the Bartel Arts Trust, the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, Troubadour
Productions, DarkHorse Productions, Black Coffee Design, Stuart Edwards &
Company, Publicity Matters, the Monica Fairall Memorial Trust, ClaviTech, artSMart,
Val Adamson Photography and Sunshine Factory.
Supporting this award system since its
inception in 2003 is the Bartel Arts Trust. This trust was established in 1992
through a bequest of the late Hugo Bartel, a wealthy industrialist with a
passion for the arts. The trust sponsors community arts projects, artists, arts
projects and student bursaries. The trust established the BAT Centre in 1996
which became a hub of the performing and visual arts in Durban. The BAT Centre
was subsequently donated to the BAT Centre Trust. In addition to the theatre
awards the trust currently sponsors the Durban Music School, DUT Department of
Fine Art, the Phansi Museum and several student bursaries.
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The list of nominations follows:
1. Poster
Design: Shirley Berko (Beauty and The Beast; The Rise of... The Insanity League; Twitch and Venus
in Fur), and Janna Ramos-Violante (Callum’s
Will)
2.
Sound Design: Megan Levy ( Beauty and The Beast and The
Wizard of Oz); Andre Norden (Take
Five); Colin Peddie (Shaken not
Stirred) and Clinton Stevenson (The
African Passion)
3.
Lighting Design: Michael Broderick (The Rise of ... The Insanity League) and Tina
le Roux (Beauty and The Beast, The Erl
King, The Ladykillers, Twitch and Venus
in Fur)
4. Costume
Design: Peter Court (The Erl King); Kevin Ellis & Gareth Greaves (The Wizard of Oz); Greg King (Beauty and The Beast); Neil Stuart
Harris (The Ladykillers), and Themi
Venturas (The 39 Steps)
5.
Set Design: Michael Broderick (The Rise of ... The Insanity League); Bryan Hiles (The Black Psychologist); Greg King (Beauty and The Beast, The Ladykillers, Twitch
and Venus in Fur), and Themi Venturas
(The 39 Steps)
6.
New Performer – Female: Madelaine Davis (Transition); Prenasha Govindasamy (Consenting Silence); Nompilo Maphumulo (The Weeping Candle) and Ayanda Sibisi (Beauty and The Beast)
7.
New Performer – Male: Sashin Kandhai (Consenting Silence); Brandon Moulder (Transition); Musa Ntuli (The Weeping Candle), and Thabiso Radebe
(High Heels ... with Balls).
CHILDREN’S
THEATRE: No
nominations in this category.
MUSICAL
THEATRE & MUSIC REVUE / MUSIC COMPILATION / CABARET
8.
Choreography: Janine Bennewith (Beauty and The Beast) and Daisy Spencer
(The African Passion, Shaken not Stirred
and The Wizard of Oz)
9.
Performer: Music Revue / Music Compilation / Cabaret: Rory Booth (Shaken not Stirred);
Lyle Buxton (Shaken not Stirred); Liesl
Coppin (Shaken not Stirred); Marion
Loudon (Shaken not Stirred); Shelley
McLean (Take Five), and Jacobus van
Heerden (The Wizard of Oz)
10.
Supporting Actress: Musical Theatre: Liesl Coppin (Beauty and The Beast); Caitlin Kilburn (The African Passion), and Charon
Williams-Ros (Beauty and The Beast)
11.
Supporting Actor: Musical Theatre: Rory Booth, Peter
Court, Bryan Hiles and Darren King – all nominated for Beauty and The Beast
12.
Lead Actress: Musical Theatre: Natalia da Rocha and
Sandra Dee both for The African Passion; Sam
Hlope (Sophiatown) and Georgina
Mabbett (Beauty and The Beast)
13.
Lead Actor: Musical Theatre: Lyle Buxton and Sascha
Halbhuber both for Beauty and The Beast
and Grant Jacobs (The African Passion)
14.
Musical Director: Shelley McLean (Take Five); Shelley McLean, Justin
Southey and Nik Sakellarides (Beauty and
The Beast); Dawn Selby (Book Club)
and Charon Williams-Ros (Shaken not
Stirred)
15.
Director: Musical Theatre / Music Revue: Darren
King (The Wizard of Oz); Steven
Stead: (Beauty and The Beast) and Charon
Williams-Ros (Shaken not Stirred)
16.
Music Revue Production: Shaken not Stirred (Gary McKenzie); Take Five (Shelley McLean) and The Wizard of Oz (Sue Clarence
Promotions in assoc with Suncoast Casino, Hotel and Entertainment)
17.
Musical Theatre Production: The African Passion (Catalina UnLtd) and
Beauty and The Beast (KickstArt)
DRAMA
/ COMEDY
18.
Script: Madelaine Davis (Transition); Robert Fridjhon (Twitch);
Marc Kay (The Erl King); Aaron
McIlroy, John van de Ruit & Ben Voss (The
Rise of ... The Insanity League), and Janna Ramos-Violante (Callum’s Will)
19.
Supporting Actress: Drama / Comedy: Kamini Govender
and Shona Johnson both for Consenting
Silence, and Clare Mortimer and Daisy Spencer both for Othello.
20.
Supporting Actor: Drama / Comedy: Lyle Buxton, Peter
Court, Iain Robinson and Jacobus van Heerden, all for The Ladykillers; Michael Gritten (Othello) and Loyiso MacDonald (The
39 Steps)
21.
Comedic Performance: Lisa Bobbert, Jailoshini
Naidoo, Iain Robinson and Tim Wells, all for Twitch; Aaron McIlroy, John van de Ruit and Ben Voss, all for The Rise of ... The Insanity League, and Charon
Williams-Ros (The Ladykillers)
22.
Solo Performance: Frank Graham (There was a Time...); Marc Kay (The Erl King) and Hamish Kyd (Knowing You... Knowing Me)
23.
Lead Actress: Drama / Comedy: Lisa Bobbert and Jailoshini
Naidoo, both for Twitch; Liesl Coppin
(The Black Psychiatrist), Madelaine
Davis (Transition), Janna
Ramos-Violante (Venus in Fur), and Charon
Williams-Ros (The Ladykillers)
24.
Lead Actor: Drama / Comedy: Neil Coppen (Venus in Fur); Michael Gritten (The 39 Steps); Marc Kay (The Erl King); Darren King and Clinton
Small, both for Callum’s Will; Thabiso
Radebe (High Heels ... with balls); Iain
Robinson (Twitch), and Tim Wells (The Ladykillers)
25.
Director: Drama / Comedy: Bryan Hiles (The Erl King); Janna Ramos-Violante (Callum’s Will) and Steven Stead (The Ladykillers, Twitch and Venus in Fur)
26.
Production: Drama / Comedy: Callum’s Will (ThinSkin); The Erl King (The Actors Unemployed
Company); The Ladykillers (KickstArt);
Transition (Brandon Moulder) and Venus in Fur (KickstArt)
27.
Monica Fairall Memorial Award: To be announced on
the night
28.
Judges Award: To be announced on the night
29.
The Mercury Theatre Personality of the Year Award: To
be announced on the night – readers’ vote