March 1, 2009

2009 NZ Fringe Awards – Nominees!  

BEST COMEDY (supported by Becks) Improv – the Secondary School Musical (The Improvisers)
Sincerely, Yours – An Improvised Love Story (Laughing Giant Productions)
The Skyrocketeers of Justice vs. The Zombie Apocalypse (Chess Club Underground)

  BEST DANCE (supported by Red Bull) Perforum (Footnote Dance)
Who’s Poppin? (BodyTalk & Tewata Productions)

  BEST MUSIC (supported by Radio Active) Adam Page Solo
The Trons

  BEST OUTDOOR (supported by Henshaw Signs) Frogs Under the Waterfront (Bard Productions)
The Navigators (Fuse Circus)

  BEST THEATRE (supported by Afid Mobile) A Mime to Kill (The Magniloquents)
A Most Outrageous Humbug (Three Spoon Theatre)
The Intricate Art of Actually Caring (The Playground Collective)

  BEST VISUAL ART (supported by French Art Shop) This is Where I Live
Weaving the Circle

  WHERE DID YOU COME FROM? (Best Newcomers) (supported by Tranz Metro) Binge Culture – Drowning Bird, Plummeting Fish
Not Even Broductions – The Minister’s Son
Sopa Enari – Who’s Poppin?

  MARKETING AWARD (supported by Creature Design) Adam Page Solo
A Most Outrageous Humbug (Three Spoon Theatre)
This is Where I Live – Fleur Wickes

  BEST ‘ONE MAN BAND’/ SOLO SHOW (supported by Trade Me) Adam Page – Adam Page Solo
Fleur Wickes – This is Where I Live
Sophie Roberts – Wolf’s Lair

  BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN (supported by DPOD) Faust Chroma (Free Theatre Christchurch)
The Intricate Art of Actually Caring (The Playground Collective)
This is Where I Live – Fleur Wickes

  MOST ORIGINAL CONCEPT (supported by Springload) Frogs Under the Waterfront (Bard Productions)
This is Where I Live – Fleur Wickes

  STAND OUT PERFORMER (supported by MySpace) Byron Coll – A Mime To Kill
Julia Milsom – Self Portrait

  OPEN STUDIOS AWARD – People’s choice (supported by Resene) Alex Rodriguez
Naomi Clements
Paul Forrest

The Fringe 09 Awards will be held at Wellington’s Paramount Theatre Sunday, March 1. Doors open at 6pm, with the ceremony – and we use that term loosely in full Fringe fashion – kicking off at 6.45pm.

Capping off a successful Fringe 09, which saw the largest line-up in many years with 108 participating productions, the celebration will award the best, brightest and most bizarre of Fringe 09 across 14 categories.
Additionally, three productions will be awarded the Pick of the Fringe. Following last year’s successful initiative, Downstage Theatre will three gems amongst the delicious, different and downright deviant theatre shows for a return season at Downstage April 29 to May 7.

The entertainment line-up includes Australian multi-instrumentalist Adam Page, fresh from his hit Fringe 09 solo performance series, the winner of the Two Day Play competition, retro band The Flavour of Yesterday, and from the Berlin Bonanza Dota und die Stadt Piraten.

Hosts for the evening are comedians Derek Flores and Vinyl Burns. A closing night party will follow the awards at the Paramount’s bar.