Congratulations to all the nominees and winner of the 2015 Calgary Theatre Critics’ Awards.
Winners hailed from large and small companies and we critics are grateful for those magical moments in theatre of this past theatre season. A big thank you goes out to everyone who made the Critters possible and to everyone who came to the award ceremony last night! We are so glad to be able to celebrate an awesome season of theatre with you.
And without further ado, here are the Critter winners for 2015
Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Maureen Thomas – The Game’s Afoot (Vertigo Theatre)
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Joel Cochrane – High Life (Ground Zero Theatre and Hit & Myth Productions)
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Mark Allan – Spamalot (Stage West)
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Katherine Fadum – Naughty but Nice (Forte Musical Guild)
Best Actor in a Play
Haysam Kadri – Othello (The Shakespeare Company)
Best Actress in a Play
Anna Cummer – Lungs (Verb Theatre)
Best Actor in a Musical
J.D Nicholsen – Dear Johnny Deere (Theatre Calgary)
Best Actress in a Musical
Katie Beetham – Spamolot (Stage West)
Best Technical Design
Jamie Nesbitt – Liberation Days (Theatre Calgary)
Best Solo Performance
Beau Dixon – Beneath Springhill: The Maurice Ruddick Story (Lunchbox Theatre and One Yellow Rabbit and Firebrand Theatre)
Best Set Design
Narda McCarroll – Othello (The Shakespeare Company)
Best Revival
With Bells On – Lunchbox Theatre
Best Creative Concept
Rihannaboi95 – Downstage Theatre
Best Touring Production
The Daisy Theatre, Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes
Best New Script
Butcher – Nicolas Billon (Alberta Theatre Projects)
Best Director of a Play
Kevin McKendrick – Equivocation (The Shakespeare Company)
Best Director of a Musical
JP Thibodeau – Naughty But Nice (Forte Musical Guild)
Best Production of a Musical
Dear Johnny Deere, Theatre Calgary
Best Production of a Play
Equivocation, The Shakespeare Company
The Evans Award, a special award recognizing outstanding contribution to the vibrancy of the theatre community in Calgary, was awarded to the late Michael Green.
Photos from the event are on Facebook at this link.