On Monday night, the nominations for the 4th annual Les Prix Rideau Awards were announced and I am kind of pleased that the show I was in at the Ottawa Fringe Festival (albeit for one performance only) was nominated for Outstanding Fringe Production. This was the show we also took to the Calgary Fringe Festival.
I loved working on the Last Goddamned Performance Piece and I would do it again in a second if the opportunity presented itself.
The only show I didn’t see among all the nominees was Turn of the Screw and with all the nominations it got, I really wish I had been able to. That’s the unfortunate thing with theatre awards as opposed to film awards. When film awards are announced the movie can get a whole new life out of it, whereas with the theatre you can just be disappointed you missed it. I try to avoid that disappointment by seeing as much as possible, but there’s always one or two that slip away.
Ah well! A big congratulation to all the nominees and I will see you on April 10th!
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NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL PRIX RIDEAU AWARDS
For immediate release
Ottawa, February 28, 2011 -
Founded in 2006 to celebrate, encourage and promote French and English locally produced professional theatre work and its artists, the Prix Rideau Awards is proud to announce the nominees for 2010.
Artists and supporters gathered earlier at the Atomic Rooster where the nominees for outstanding achievements in the year 2010 were unveiled.
During the 2010 calendar year, 41 English productions and 15 French productions were juried by two teams of local arts professionals. Nominations were submitted by secret ballot and tallied by independent accountants.
The Prix Rideau Awards will be handed out on Sunday, April 10, 2011, at La Maison du citoyen in Gatineau. Tickets are on sale now at http://www.prixrideauawards.ca.
The nominees for English-language productions are:
Outstanding Production
Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre
Facts, Great Canadian Theatre Company / New Theatre of Ottawa
Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions
Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective
Outstanding Direction
Joël Beddows, Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions
Mary Ellis, Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre
Patrick Gauthier, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective
Lise Ann Johnson, Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Andy Massingham, Twelfth Night, Ottawa Theatre School
Outstanding Performance, Female
Sarah Finn, Shadows, Queen Mab / Parry Riposte Productions
Emma Hunter, They All Do It, Odyssey Theatre
Catriona Leger, Someone for Everyone, NightHowl Productions
Sarah McVie, Educating Rita, Arts Court Productions
Kristina Watt, Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre
Outstanding Performance, Male
Peter Froehlich, Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Kris Joseph, Macbeth, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival
Kris Joseph, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective
John Koensgen, Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre
Paul Rainville, Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Outstanding Lighting Design
Lynn Cox, Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions
Guillaume Houët, Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre
Guillaume Houët, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective
Jock Munro, The List, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Jock Munro, Vimy, Great Canadian Theatre Company / NAC English Theatre
Outstanding Set Design
Martin Conboy, Facts, Great Canadian Theatre Company / New Theatre of Ottawa
Lynn Cox, Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions
Brian Perchaluk, Vimy, Great Canadian Theatre Company / NAC English Theatre
Brian Smith, Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Ivo Valentik, The Danish Play, A Company of Fools
Outstanding Costume Design
Judith DeBoer, Shadows, Queen Mab / Parry Riposte Productions
Louise Hayden, The Danish Play, A Company of Fools
Brian Perchaluk, Vimy, Great Canadian Theatre Company / NAC English Theatre
Andrea Robertson, Macbeth, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival
Sarah Waghorn, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective
Outstanding New Creation
Airport Security, Gruppo Rubato
Facts, Great Canadian Theatre Company / New Theatre of Ottawa
Shadows, Queen Mab / Parry Riposte Productions
Six: At Home, Zopyra Theatre
They All Do It, Odyssey Theatre
Outstanding Adaptation
A Flea in Her Ear, Seven-Thirty Productions
Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company
The Radio Show: It’s a Wonderful Life, Gladstone Productions
Outstanding Fringe Production
It’s Just a Stage, Modern Geek Theatre
Multinational Grape Corporations, Negative Theatre
Shadows, Queen Mab / Parry Riposte Productions
Six: At Home, Zopyra Theatre
The Last Goddamned Performance Piece, Black Sheep Theatre
Emerging Artist Award
Anna Chambers, Stage Manager
Nathan Ings, Actor
Cari Leslie, Actor
Guy Marsan, Actor
Hilary Nichol, Stage Manager
Technical / Stage Management Award
Nicolas Alain, It’s Just a Stage, Modern Geek Theatre
Rebecca Eamon, Macbeth and Trouble on Dibble Street, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival
Jim Fritz, I, Pulse Theatre Collective
Hilary Nichol, A Flea in Her Ear, Seven-Thirty Productions
Jane Vanstone Osborn, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective
The nominees for French-language productions are:
Production de l’année
À la défense des moustiques albinos, Théâtre de la Vieille 17 / Théâtre Sortie de Secours
Écume, Théâtre du Trillium
Gino, le dernier morceau d’amour, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines
Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Sahel, Théâtre de la Vieille 17
Mise en scène de l’année
Philippe Soldevila, À la défense des moustiques albinos, Théâtre de la Vieille 17 / Théâtre Sortie de Secours
Daniel Mroz, Circe/Landfall
Anne-Marie White, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium
Magali Lemèle, Gino, le dernier morceau d’amour, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines
Jean Stéphane Roy, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Interprétation féminine de l’année
Geneviève Couture, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium
Éva Daigle, À la défense des moustiques albinos, Théâtre de la Vieille 17 / Théâtre Sortie de Secours
Sasha Dominique, La Cousine Germaine, Théâtre de l’Île
Sophie Goulet, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez, Gino, le dernier morceau d’amour, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines
Interprétation masculine de l’année
Marc-André Charette, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium
Mehdi Hamdad, Afghanistan, Théâtre la Catapulte
Pierre Antoine Lafon Simard, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium
Jean Stéphane Roy, L’Illustre Théâtre, Théâtre de l’Île
Pierre Simpson, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Conception de l’année – éclairages
Paul Auclair, Sahel, Théâtre de la Vieille 17
Guillaume Houët, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium
Guillaume Houët, Gino, le dernier morceau d’amour, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines
Guillaume Houët, La Cousine Germaine, Théâtre de l’Île
Conception de l’année – décors
Julie Giroux, La Cousine Germaine, Théâtre de l’Île
Dominic Manca, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Érica Schmitz, À la défense des moustiques albinos, Théâtre de la Vieille 17 / Théâtre Sortie de Secours
Ivo Valentik, Afghanistan, Théâtre la Catapulte
Normand Vandal, Sahel, Théâtre de la Vieille 17
Conception de l’année – costumes
Geneviève Couture, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium
Geneviève Couture, Sahel, Théâtre de la Vieille 17
Andrée Rainville, La pluie de bleuets, Créations In Vivo
Mylène Ménard, La Cousine Germaine, Théâtre de l’Île
Nina Okens, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Nouvelle création de l’année
Afghanistan, Théâtre la Catapulte
Circe/Landfall, Daniel Mroz
Gino, le dernier morceau d’amour, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines
Prix artiste en émergence
Mehdi Hamdad, interprétation
Véronique-Marie Kaye, dramaturgie
Frédérique Thérien, interprétation
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