THEATRE CRITIC OF WALES AWARDS 2014 NOMINATIONS | NEWS
Now we’re in a brand spanking new year Wales is kicking off 2014 with a look back and its vibrant theatre culture. The Theatre Critics of Wales Awards this year are celebrating everything from the dark and anarchic humour of a man in drag playing a lonesome but musically upbeat woman, in Sue: The Second Coming, to family productions written by a Monty Python.
Below are just some of the nominations – along with links to Buzz’s own reviews.
PRODUCTION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• The Bloody Ballad (Gagglebabble)
• Tonypandemonium (National Theatre Wales)
• Parallel Lines (Dirty Protest)
• Love and Money (Waking Exploits)
• Caligula (August 012)
PLAYWRIGHT (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)
• Greg Cullen – Fallen (Shock N Awe)
• Dafydd James and Ben Lewis – Sue: The Second Coming
• Rachel Trezise – Tonypandemonium (National Theatre Wales)
• Katherine Chandler – Parallel Lines (Dirty Protest)
• Tim Price – Salt, Root & Roe (Clwyd Theatr Cymru)
PRODUCTION IN THE WELSH LANGUAGE
• Llanast (Theatr Bara Caws)
• Y Bont (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Cyfaill (Theatr Bara Caws)
• Blodeuwedd (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Tir Sir Gar (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
PLAYWRIGHT (WELSH LANGUAGE)
• Aled Jones Williams – Pridd (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Meic Povey – Man Gwyn Man Draw/Rhwng Dau Fyd (Living Pictures/Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru/Sherman Cymru)
• Rhian Staples – Cynnau Tan (Sherman Cymru)
• Francesca Rhydderch – Cyfaill (Theatr Bara Caws)
• Roger Williams – Tir Sir Gar (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
OPERA PRODUCTION
• Paul Bunyan (Welsh National Youth Opera)
• Wagner Dream (Welsh National Opera)
• Barbwr Sefil (Opra Wales)
• Lohengrin (Welsh National Opera)
• Lulu (Welsh National Opera)
PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
• Here Be Monsters (Theatr Iolo)
• Halt (Theatr na nÓg)
• Dim Diolch (Cwmni’r Frân Wen)
• Sleeping Beauties (Sherman Cymru)
• Silly Kings (National Theatre Wales)
ENSEMBLE
• Cyfaill (Theatr Bara Caws)
• Dr Frankenstein (Tin Shed Theatre Company)
• Age (Re:Live)
• Bianco (No Fit State)
• The Bloody Ballad (Gagglebabble)
SMALL SCALE DANCE PRODUCTION
• Flights of Fancy (RCT Theatres)
• Hide (Deborah Light)
• The Day We Realised The World Was An Oyster (Chloe Loftus)
• Chelsea Hotel (Earthfall)
• Mac//beth (De Oscuro)
LARGE SCALE DANCE PRODUCTION
• Stuck In The Mud (GDance / Ballet Cymru / Hijinx Theatre)
• Noces (National Dance Company Wales)
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Ballet Cymru)
• Romeo a Juliet (Ballet Cymru)
• Water Stories (National Dance Company Wales)
DIRECTOR
• Arwel Gruffydd – Blodeuwedd (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Kate Wasserberg – Salt, Root & Roe (Clwyd Theatr Cymru)
• Catherine Paskell – Parallel Lines (Dirty Protest)
• Wils Wilson – Praxis Makes Perfect (National Theatre Wales)
• Mathilde Lopez – Caligula