The Mercury Durban Theatre Awards will be held on Monday,
November 23, at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. The 2014-2015 nominees are:
1. Poster Design: Artworks
Communications - Skungpoomery; Shirley
Berko - Aladdin; Shirley Berko - Shrek The Musical; Shirley Berko - Snoopy The Musical and Vanessa Burger,
AdDesign - B!#ch stole my doek
2. Sound Design: Stephanie
Pais - Aladdin; Stephanie Pais - Shrek The Musical, Stephanie Pais - Snoopy The Musical and Ross van Wyk - The Ranga
3. Lighting Design: Michael
Broderick - Mashu The Musical; Michael
Broderick -The Ranga; Tina le Roux - Aladdin; Tina le Roux - Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense;
Tina le Roux - Shrek The Musical and Tina
le Roux - Snoopy The Musical
4. Costume Design: Greg
King - Aladdin; Greg King, after Tim
Hatley - Shrek The Musical; Ralph
Lawson – Skungpoomery and Neil Stuart
Harris - Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense
5. Set Design: Greg
King – Aladdin; Greg King - Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense;
Greg King - Shrek The Musical and Ralph
Lawson - Skungpoomery
6. New Performer –
Female: Thuso Mbedu - The Crook’s Eye;
Zama Mngadi - Secret Valley of Great
Kings; Nqobile Mthembu - The Working
Man and Mbalenhle Ngidi - Music in
the Air
7. New Performer –
Male: Nathan Kruger – Aladdin;
Sboniso Msimango - The Working Man
and Mfundiseni Ndwalane - The Working Man
CHILDREN’S THEATRE
8. Supporting Actress:
Belinda Henwood – Skungpoomery; Samkelisiwe
Hlophe – Skungpoomery; Caitlin
Kilburn – Aladdin, and Krystle
Temmerman - Skungpoomery
9. Supporting Actor: Rory
Booth – Aladdin; Yateen Dhayaram – Skungpoomery; Michael Gritten – Skungpoomery,
and Bryan Hiles - Aladdin
10. Lead Actress: Georgina
Mabbett- Aladdin; Sarah Richard- Penelope Pixie’s Birthday Celebration
and Sarah Richard- Thrice Upon A Time
11. Lead Actor: Darren
King- Aladdin; Nathan Kruger- Aladdin; Nhlakanipho Manqele- Skungpoomery; Iain Robinson- Aladdin, and Zenzelisphesihle “Sparky”
Xulu- Skungpoomery
12. Director: Bryan
Hiles- Penelope Pixie’s Birthday
Celebration; Ralph Lawson- Skungpoomery;
and Steven Stead- Aladdin
13. Production: Aladdin- KickstArt; Penelope Pixie’s Birthday Celebration- The Actors Unemployed
Company iaw The Rhumbelow Theatre and Skungpoomery-
The Playhouse Company
MUSICAL THEATRE &
MUSIC REVUE / CABARET
14. Choreography: Janine
Bennewith- Aladdin; Janine Bennewith-
Shrek The Musical; Janine Bennewith
& Leigh Meyer- Snoopy The Musical,
and Lucky Cele- ‘Mashu The Musical
15. Performer: Music
Revue / Cabaret: Lisa Bobbert- Defending
the Planet #2 and Aaron McIlroy- Defending
the Planet #2
16. Supporting
Actress: Musical Theatre: Samkelisiwe Hlophe- ‘Mashu The Musical; Caitlin Kilburn- Snoopy The Musical; Hlengiwe Lushaba- Music in the Air; Katy Moore- Snoopy
The Musical; and Carol Trench- Snoopy
The Musical
17. Supporting Actor:
Musical Theatre: Rory Booth- Shrek
The Musical; Bryan Hiles- Snoopy The
Musical; Jacobus van Heerden- Shrek
The Musical and Graeme Wicks- Shrek
The Musical
18. Lead Actress:
Musical Theatre: Samkelisiwe Mkhize- ‘Mashu
The Musical; Nqobile Sipamla- Music
in the Air and Jessica Sole- Shrek
The Musical
19. Lead Actor:
Musical Theatre: Lyle Buxton- Shrek
The Musical; Wiseman Ncube- ‘Mashu
The Musical; Steven Stead- Snoopy The
Musical; Mthokozisi Zulu- ‘Mashu The
Musical and Joel Zuma- Music in the
Air
20. Musical Director:
Shelley McLean, Justin Southey & Evan Roberts - Aladdin; Shelley McLean & Justin Southey- Shrek The Musical; Sergeant Malishe- ‘Mashu The Musical; Victor Masondo- Music in the Air and Justin Southey- Snoopy The Musical
21. Director: Mncedisi
Shabangu- Music in the Air; Steven
Stead & Charon Williams-Ros- Snoopy
The Musical; Steven Stead- Shrek The
Musical and Themi Venturas- ‘Mashu
The Musical
22. Music Revue
Production: Defending the Planet #2-
MacBob Productions and Flight of Fantasy-
Timeless Legends
23. Musical Theatre
Production: Mashu The Musical-
Mzansi Arts Development Ensemble; Music
in the Air- Maduma Productions; Shrek
The Musical- KickstArt and Snoopy The Musical- KickstArt
DRAMA / COMEDY
24. Script: Lucky
Cele- ‘Mashu, The Musical; Clinton
Marius- B!#ch stole my doek; Aaron
McIlroy- The Ranga; Menzi Mkhwane- Secret Valley of Great Kings and Sboniso
Msimango- The Working Man
25. Supporting
Actress: Danica Delaray- Secret
Valley of Great Kings and Jayshree Parasuramen- Your own dog won’t bite you
26. Supporting Actor:
Robert Fridjhon- Jeeves & Wooster
in Perfect Nonsense; Sboniso Msimango- The
Working Man and Thobane Nzuza- Secret
Valley of Great Kings
27. Comedic Performance
by a Female: Lisa Bobbert- Laughing
Wild and Shona Johnson- B!#ch stole
my doek
28. Comedic Performance
by a Male: Robert Fridjhon- Jeeves &
Wooster in Perfect Nonsense; Graham Hopkins- Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense; Darren King- Laughing Wild; Aaron McIlroy- The Ranga and Jonathan Roxmouth- Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense
(29. Solo Performance)
- Not carried in 2014-2015
30. Lead Actress: Lisa
Bobbert- Laughing Wild; Shona Johnson- B!#ch stole my doek; Nqobile Mthembu- The Working Man and Lungile Mtshali- Secret Valley of Great Kings
31. Lead Actor: Graham
Hopkins- Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect
Nonsense; Darren King- Laughing Wild;
Aaron McIlroy- The Ranga; Mfundiseni
Ndwalane- The Working Man, and Jonathan
Roxmouth- Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect
Nonsense
32. Director: Clinton
Marius- B!#ch stole my doek; Menzi
Mkhwane- Secret Valley of Great Kings;
Brandon Moulder- The Working Man; Steven
Stead- Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect
Nonsense and Steven Stead- The Ranga
33. Production: B!#ch stole my doek- CopyDog Productions;
Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense-
KickstArt iaw Pieter Toerien Productions; Secret
Valley of Great Kings- Menzi Mkhwane; The
Ranga- MacBob Productions iaw The Playhouse Company and The
Working Man- Brandon Moulder
The Monica Fairall Memorial Award, Judges Award and The
Mercury Theatre Personality of the Year Award (readers’ vote) will be announced on the night.
The Judging Panel includes Stavros Anthias, Musa Hlatshwayo,
Glynis Horning, Debbie Lutge, Sally Scott, Caroline Smart, Billy Suter, Jean
van Elden and Janet Whelan. The awards are administered by Peter Taylor.
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