The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards Nominees
A huge congratulations to all those nominated in this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards.
TileStyle are delighted to be returning for a second year as associate sponsors of the awards. Each year this ceremony recognises and celebrates the best performances and productions in Irish theatre. This year’s shortlist highlights the breadth of talent and continued innovation provided by our theatre sector. It’s been a really exciting year for Irish theatre with some amazing productions, performances and new writing. TileStyle congratulates the nominees and everyone who contributed to another year of powerful Irish theatre. We look forward to the awards on March 31st and wish all the nominees well.
Here are the nominees for this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards in association with TileStyle.
Grief is the Thing with Feathers
Complicité and Wayward Productions, in association with Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival
How It Is
A Gare St Lazare Ireland/Everyman Theatre production
The Lost O’Casey
An Anu production
Richard III
A Druid Theatre production of Shakespeare’s play, in association with the Abbey Theatre
Il Bravo
A Wexford Festival Opera production of Saverio Mercadante’s work
Dinner at Eight
A Wexford Festival Opera production of William Bolcom’s work, coproduction with Minnesota Opera and Atlanta Opera
Bluebeard’s Castle
An Irish National Opera production of Bela Bartok’s work
The Tales of Hoffmann
An Irish National Opera production of Jacques Offenbach’s work
Garry Hynes
For Richard III, a Druid Theatre production of Shakespeare’s play, in association with the Abbey Theatre
Róisín McBrinn
For The Snapper, a Gate Theatre production
Caitríona McLaughlin
For On Raftery’s Hill, an Abbey Theatre production
Enda Walsh
For Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, Complicité and Wayward Productions, in association with Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival
Declan Conlon
For his role as Brian in Come on Home, an Abbey Theatre production
Stephen Dillane
For his role in How It Is, a Gare St Lazare Ireland/Everyman Theatre production
Cillian Murphy
For his role as Dad in Grief Is a Thing with Feathers, Complicité and Wayward Productions, in association with Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival, adapted by Enda Walsh from Max Porter’s novel
Aaron Monaghan
For his lead role in Richard III, a Druid Theatre production, in association with
Peter Coonan
For his role as Ded Raftery in On Raftery’s Hill, an Abbey Theatre production
John McCarthy
For his role as Valene Connor in The Lonesome West, by Martin McDonagh, an Everyman Theatre production
Mark Huberman
For his role as Polish Tom in Shelter by Cristín Kehoe, a Druid Theatre production
Owen Roe
For his role as Claudius in Hamlet, a Gate Theatre production
Maeve Fitzgerald
For her role as Dinah Raftery in On Raftery’s Hill
Hazel Clifford
For her role as Sharon Rabbitte in The Snapper, a Gate Theatre production
Sarah Morris
For her role as Nannie in The Lost O’Casey, by Anu Productions
Lauren Larkin
For her role as Majella in Shelter, by Cristín Kehoe, a Druid Theatre production
Zara Devlin
For her role as Sorrel Raftery in On Raftery’s Hill
Aoife Duffin
For her role as Ophelia in Hamlet, a Gate Theatre production
Rebecca O’Mara
For her role as Dee in Furniture, by Sonya O’Kelly, a Druid Theatre production
Aisling O’Sullivan
For her role as Stef in Furniture, by Sonya O’Kelly, a Druid Theatre production
Best Set
Susan Hilferty
For Hamlet, a Gate Theatre production
Francis O’Connor
For Richard III, a Druid Theatre production
Jamie Vartan and Will Duke (video projection)
For Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, Complicité and Wayward Productions, in association with Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival
Paul Wills
For The Snapper, a Gate Theatre production
Best Lighting
Aedín Cosgrove
For Eliza’s Adventures in the Uncanny Valley, a Pan Pan Theatre production
Paul Keogan
For Hamlet, a Gate Theatre production
Sarah Jane Shiels
For Frnknstn, a Theatre Lovett production, adapted by Michael West from Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein
Kris Stone
For How It Is, a Gare St Lazare Ireland/Everyman Theatre production
Katie Davenport
For the Irish National Opera production of The Tales of Hoffmann, by Jacques Offenbach
Francis O’Connor and Doreen McKenna
For the Druid Theatre production, in association with the Abbey Theatre, of Richard III
Andre Barbe
For the Wexford Opera Festival production of Il Bravo
Paul Wills
For The Snapper, a Gate Theatre production
Best Sound
Mary Coughlan, Mongoose and Valgeir Sigurdsson
For Woman Undone, a Brokentalkers production
Joe Hunt
For The School Days of Thaddeus K, a Blue Raincoat production
Mel Mercier
For How It Is, a Gare St Lazare Ireland/Everyman Theatre production
Teho Teardo and Helen Atkinson
For Grief Is the Thing with Feathers, by Complicité and Wayward Productions, in association with Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival
Best Movement
Justine Cooper
For The Misfits, a Corn Exchange Theatre production
Eddie Kay
For Woman Undone, a Brokentalkers production
Sue Mythen
For The Lost O’Casey, an Anu production
Catherine O’Malley
For Eliza’s Adventures in the Uncanny Valley, a Pan Pan Theatre production
Judges’ Special Awards
Edward Beckett
Edward Beckett has scrupulously, fairly and flexibly stewarded the theatrical legacy of Samuel Beckett, his uncle, since his death, maintaining a delicate balance between his uncle’s requirements and companies’ desires to reinterpret some of his great works.
John Fairleigh
John Fairleigh has made a wide-ranging contribution to new Irish writing for the stage, in his unstinting support of playwrights, through the Stewart Parker Trust, which he founded in 1989 and of which he remains chair, in the fields of editing and publishing, and also in his championing of international cultural exchange.
Monica Frawley
Monica Frawley is one of Ireland’s most innovative and original theatre set and costume designers. She has worked with all the major Irish companies over 30 years and has made memorable work for the plays of Tom Murphy, Marina Carr, Brian Friel and Frank McGuinness, among others.
Chris Morash and Nicholas Grene
Chris Morash and Nicholas Grene have made an immeasurable contribution to academic writing on theatre in general and contemporary Irish theatre in particular. They have produced many of the core text books on the subject, including The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Theatre.
Owen Roe
This year’s award goes to Owen Roe for his distinguished body of work in many roles, particularly for Rough Magic and the Gate Theatre.
One of Ireland’s most skilled and versatile actors, he has been at the heart of much of the most memorable Irish theatre of recent decades, combining nuance, insight and delicacy with a powerful onstage presence.
Gerard McNaughton and Ruth McCarthy of TileStyle with this year’s Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards judges.
First Photo: Gerard McNaughton and Ruth McCarthy of TileStyle with judges Ella Daly (second from left), Catriona Crowe (centre) and Paula Shields (second from right)
Photographs: Tom Honan
Last Year’s Winners
See the winners from last year’s awards here
