The 14th annual Durban Theatre Awards evening takes place on
November 21 at The Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, UKZN Howard College campus, when
the best of Durban theatre will be acknowledged and celebrated.
The awards consider only those productions originating in
Durban and presented during the period from October 1, 2015, to September 30, 2016.
These productions represent the genres of drama and comedy, musical theatre,
and children’s theatre. This past year has been a rather lean year for theatre
in Durban with only 20 new and restaged productions vying for honours at this
year’s awards ceremony.
Hosted once again by radio, television and media
personality, Terence Pillay, the evening promises to be a sophisticated and
glamorous celebration of Durban’s local theatre industry. Members of the public
are welcome to join in the celebration can expect to brush shoulders with the
who’s who of Durban’s theatre fraternity.
Durban Theatre Awards is grateful for the generosity of its
sponsors and partners supporting this year’s awards ceremony, many of whom have
supported the awards over the past 14 years. Without such support this event
would not take place.
Principal sponsors are the KwaZulu-Natal Performing Arts
Trust, The Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre, DarkHorse Productions, Publicity Matters,
Sunshine Factory, Black Coffee Designs, artSMart, Val Adamson Photography and
KZN Autocue Services.
The Durban Theatre Awards take place at 19h30 on November 21
at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. Booking is through Computicket.
The list of nominations is as follows:
1. Poster Design
Shirley Berko: Into
the Woods; Shirley Berko: Puss in
Boots; Jason Bird: Comedy Masterclass;
Vanessa Burger, AdDesigns101: Sweetie
Darling; Freshpress: Winnie The Pooh;
Brad Purchase & Jacobus van Heerden: SuperChop
2. Sound Design
Stephanie Pais: Puss
in Boots; Ross van Wyk: Comedy
Masterclass; Ross van Wyk: Into the
Woods; Ross van Wyk: Winnie The Pooh
3. Lighting Design
Michael Broderick: Comedy
Masterclass; Michael Broderick: SuperChop;
Tina le Roux: Into the Woods; Tina le
Roux: Puss in Boots; Tina le Roux: Ulwembu; Tina le Roux: Winnie The Pooh
4. Costume Design
Greg King: Puss in
Boots; Greg King: Winnie The Pooh;
Neil Stuart Harris: Into the Woods
5. Set Design
Michael Broderick: SuperChop;
Greg King: Into the Woods; Greg King:
Puss in Boots; Greg King: Winnie The Pooh
6. New Performer –
Female - No nominations
7. New Performer – Male
Jonathan Cohen: White Christmas; Ngcebo Cele: Ulwembu; Zenzo Msomi: Ulwembu; Phumlani Ngubane: Ulwembu
CHILDREN’S THEATRE
8. Supporting Actress
Liesl Coppin: Winnie
The Pooh; Belinda Henwood: Puss in
Boots; Caitlin Kilburn: Puss in Boots
9. Supporting Actor
Lyle Buxton: Puss in
Boots; Peter Court: Puss in Boots;
Peter Court: Winnie The Pooh; Bryan
Hiles: Winnie The Pooh; Nhlakanipho
Manqele: Puss in Boots; Nhlakanipho
Manqele: Winnie The Pooh; Anthony
Stonier: Winnie The Pooh
10. Lead Actress
Londiwe Dhlomo: Puss
in Boots; Belinda Henwood: Winnie The
Pooh
11. Lead Actor
Rowan Bartlett: Winnie
The Pooh; Rory Booth: Puss in Boots;
Bryan Hiles: Puss in Boots; Darren
King: Puss in Boots
12. Director
Peter Court: Winnie
The Pooh; Bryan Hiles: A Froggy
Fairytale; Clinton Small: Scrooge – A
Christmas Carol; Steven Stead: Puss
in Boots
13. Production
A Froggy Fairytale:
Bryan Hiles iaw The Rhumbelow Theatre; Puss
in Boots: KickstArt; Scrooge – A
Christmas Carol: The Actors Unemployed Company iaw The Rhumbelow Theatre; Winnie The Pooh: KickstArt
MUSICAL THEATRE
14. Choreography
Janine Bennewith: Puss
in Boots; David Gouldie: SuperChop; Leigh
Meyer: Into The Woods; Daisy Spencer:
Winnie The Pooh
16. Supporting
Actress: Musical Theatre
Liesl Coppin: Into the
Woods; Haylea Hounsom: Into the Woods;
Marion Loudon: Into the Woods; Katy
Moore: Into the Woods
17. Supporting Actor:
Musical Theatre
Peter Court: Into the
Woods; Nathan Kruger: Into the Woods;
Graeme Wicks: Into the Woods
18. Lead Actress:
Musical Theatre
Lisa Bobbert: Into the
Woods; Francis Currie: Into the Woods;
Jessica Sole: Into the Woods
19. Lead Actor:
Musical Theatre
Lyle Buxton: Into the
Woods; Bryan Hiles: Into the Woods; Jacobus van Heerden: SuperChop
20. Musical Director
Jason Bird: Winnie The
Pooh; Shelley McLean: Funny Father
Christmas; Evan Roberts: Puss in
Boots; Drew Reinstra: Into the Woods
21. Director
Liam Magner: SuperChop;
Steven Stead: Into the Woods
23. Musical Theatre
Production
Into the Woods:
KickstArt; SuperChop: Neon Anthems
DRAMA / COMEDY
24. Script
Clinton Marius: Sweetie Darling; Clinton Marius: White Christmas; Collaboration: Neil Coppen, Dylan McGarry,
Mpume Mtombeni, Ngcebo Cele, Vumani Khumalo, Zenzo Msomi, Phumlani
Ngubane, Sandile Nxumalo: Ulwembu; Aaron
McIlroy & Patrick Kenny: Comedy
Masterclass; Sboniso Msimango: Flipside;
Jacobus van Heerden: SuperChop
25. Supporting
Actress - No nominations
26. Supporting Actor
Vumani Khumalo: Ulwembu;
Phumlani Ngubane: Ulwembu; Sandile
Nxumalo: Ulwembu; Wanda Zuma: Flipside
27. Comedic
Performance by a Female - No nominations
28. Comedic
Performance by a Male
Bongani Mbatha: Sweetie
Darling; Aaron McIlroy: Comedy
Masterclass
29. Strictly Solo
Jonathan Cohen: White
Christmas; Bongani Mbatha: Sweetie
Darling; Aaron McIlroy: Comedy
Masterclass
30. Lead Actress
Mpume Mthombeni: Ulwembu
31. Lead Actor
Ngcebo Cele: Ulwembu;
Jonathan Cohen: White Christmas; Bongani
Mbatha: Sweetie Darling; Aaron
McIlroy: Comedy Masterclass; Sboniso
Msimango: Flipside; Zenzo Msomi: Ulwembu
32. Director
Neil Coppen: Ulwembu;
Patrick Kenny: Comedy Masterclass; Clinton Marius: Sweetie Darling; Clinton Marius: White Christmas; Sboniso Msimango: Flipside
33. Production
Comedy Masterclass:
MacBob Productions; Flipside:
WordPlay Company; Sweetie Darling:
CopyDog Productions iaw The Playhouse Company; Ulwembu: Empatheatre, The Playhouse Company & Open Society
Foundations; White Christmas: Copy
Dog
34. Judges Award - Announced
on the night
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