Well, the Dora Awards are over for another year, and although only Louise Petre won for one of the nominated plays that I have covered on my show (or this blog), I wasn't disappointed to be in the audience to see the "recipients" (as host Jian Gomeshi was scripted to say) take the stage to express their gratitude. I especially liked the words of encouragement that Costume Designer (The Marriage of Figaro) Martha Mann gave to the youthful crowd: if they hang around long enough, in 40 years, they, too might win a Dora. Speeches such as Martha's and Clinton Walker (Turn of the Screw) who thanked actor, Philip Riccio for dropping out of the play so he could win the Dora, kept the very long evening from dwindling into a huge yawn. Kudos also to Jian Gomeshi for his humour and handling of the interactive audience and, ahem, for taking off his shirt.And the Recipients ARE:
GENERAL THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION
Outstanding New Play
Michael Healey Courageous
Outstanding Production
Parfumerie Soulpepper Theatre Company
Outstanding Direction of a Play / Musical
Morris Panych Parfumerie
Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role
Diego Matamoros Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role
Tara Rosling If We Were Birds
Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role / Ensemble
Maurice Dean Wint Courageous
Outstanding Original Set Design
Ken MacDonald Parfumerie
Outstanding Original Costume Design
Martha Mann The Marriage of Figaro
Outstanding Original Lighting Design
Andrea Lundy Hamlet
Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition
Thomas Ryder Payne If We Were Birds
Outstanding Musical Direction
Johannes Debus The Flying Dutchman
Outstanding Original Choreography
Jonathon Feng Han; Alyssa Xiaoli Wang; Chen Jiao; Wen Qiqi Monkey King
Outstanding Touring Production
Lipsynch Luminato presents Ex Machina
INDEPENDENT THEATRE PRODUCTION DIVISION
Outstanding New Play or New Musical
Donna-Michelle St. Bernard Gas Girls
Outstanding Production
The Mill Theatrefront in association with the Young Centre for the Performing Arts
Outstanding Direction
Vikki Anderson The Turn of the Screw
Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role
Clinton Walker The Turn of the Screw
Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role
Christine Horne The Turn of the Screw
Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role / Ensemble
The Ensemble Spent
Outstanding Original Set Design
Gillian Gallow The Mill
Outstanding Original Costume Design
Dana Osborne The Mill
Outstanding Original Lighting Design
Andrea Lundy The Mill
Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition
David Atkinson The Belle of Winnipeg
DANCE DIVISION
Outstanding Original Choreography
Heidi Strauss this time
Outstanding Production
Shoot the Moon/Wings of Wax/The Second Person Luminato presents Nederlands Dans Theater
Outstanding Performance
Brendan Wyatt this time
Outstanding Original Sound Design/Composition
Richard Sacks in collaboration with Red Sky musicians: Tuvshinjargal Damdinjav,
Bat-Orshikh Bazarvaani, Batmend Baasankhuu, Eddy Robinson, Theo McGregor
Tono
THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES DIVISION
Outstanding Production
In This World Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People presents Youtheatre
Outstanding Performance
Natasha Greenblatt Get Yourself Home Skyler James
MUSICAL THEATRE DIVISION
Outstanding New Musical / Opera
R Murray Schafer The Children's Crusade
Outstanding Production
Assassins BirdLand Theatre and Talk is Free Theatre
Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role
Jeff Lillico The Light in the Piazza
Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role
Louise Pitre The Toxic Avenger Musical
OPERA DIVISION
Outstanding Performance
Julie Makerov The Flying Dutchman
Outstanding Production
The Nightingale and Other Short Fables
Canadian Opera Company/Festival d'Aix-en-Provence/Opéra national
de Lyon in collaboration with Ex Machina
Nomination list courtesy of: www.tapa.ca/doras/
