December 3, 2011

2011 CHAPMAN KIP THEATRE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

The Winners of the Chapman Kip Theatre Awards at BATS Theatre were announced late night on Friday 2 December.  Nominations and Winners are listed below (winners in bold).

The Theatreview Award for Best Ensemble Acting of the Year
-AWHI TAPU
-SLOUCHING TOWARD BETHLEHEM
-SHEEP

The Play Press Award for Best Pash of the Year
–JAMES TITO & SALESI LE’OTA IN PSA
-ERIN BANKS & RICKY DEY IN TINDERBOX
-PETER JACKSON & BATS THEATRE

The Out of Bounds Sounds Award for Best Break-up of the Year
-RACHEL BAKER & ELI KENT IN THIS RUGGED BEAUTY
–HELEN CLARK & NEW ZEALAND IN THE ENGINE ROOM
-BATS & THE BUFFS

The Michael and Sharon Wray Award for Best Entrance of the Year
-BRYON COLL IN THE SPY WHO WOULDN’T DIE AGAIN
–UTHER DEAN IN 6 LITTLE PLAYS FOR CHRISTCHURCH
-SALESI LE’OTA IN JULIUS CEASAR

The BATS Theatre Award for Best Poster of the Year
–SHEEP
-WAKELESS
-TOI WHAKAARI’S THE ROARING GIRL

The Orchard Studios Award for Best Cross Gender Acting of the Year
–BRYONY SKILLINGTON AS RODNEY HIDE IN PSA
–ERIN BANKS AS GERRY BROWNLEE IN THE ENGINE ROOM
–SALESI LE’OTA AS HILDA HARAWIRA IN PSA

The Storybox Award for Best Accent of the Year
–ROBIN KERR FOR VARIOUS ROLES IN TINDEROX
-ROBBIE TRIPE IN TOO DARN HOT
-TIM SPITE IN THE SPY WHO WOULDN’T DIE AGAIN

The Playmarket Award for Best Line in a Kiwi Play
-“JOURNEYS”  IN WAKELESS
-“MY ARCH NEMESIS, A TEAPOT!” IN LOVE IN THE TIME OF VAMPIRES
-“BRO, YOU GOTTA CALMDOWN—YOU GOT THE BEIGE RAGE MAN” IN PSA

The Hair of the Dog Award for the Best Actress to play a feisty socialist grandmother in the 1930’s and a well-dressed gay man in the 1980’s in a play about Robert Muldoon…ahem…of the Year
–JEAN JEANY SERGENT!

The APRA Award for Best Singing in a Play
-GARETH HOBBS IN TINDERBOX
-AROHA WHITE IN BIRDSONG
–ELIZABETH JUDD IN CONTRITE ELEGANT REBEL

The Award for Best Dancing in a Play
–CAST OF RISE
-BRYONY SKILLINGTON AS RODNEY HIDE IN PSA
-PHIL GRIEVE AS ROBERT MULDOON WITH MICKEY MOUSE IN SLOUCHING TOWARD BETHLEHEM

The Costume Cave Award for Best Costume of the Year
-DRESS/LAKE IN DROWNING IN VERONICA LAKE
–BRYONY SKILLINGTON’S ONESY IN PSA
-DAME KATE HARCOURT IN SEX, DRIVE—HONOURABLE MENTION

The Salesi Le’Ota Award for Best Unscripted Moment of the Year
-BRYONY SKILLINGTON IN CHRIST ALMIGHTY—“WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?”
-“RALPH” JAMES WINTER IN SKETCH CALLING ACTOR BY REAL NAME
-ERIN BANKS IN ENGINE ROOM—“BRONAAAGH!  BOOOONER!”

The Award for Best Review Quote of the Year
-“SURE AS HELL BEATS AN IRONIC RIMSHOT”—CAOILINN HUGHES, REGARDING ROBBIE ELLIS (NZ International Improv Festival)

The Armstrong Creative Award for Best Stage Manager of the Year
-HANNAH NEILSON-JONES FOR NO TASTE FOREVER
-JULIA CAMPBELL FOR 6 LITTLE PLAYS FOR CHRISTCHURCH

The Rebecca Selway  and Dominique Dewitt Award for Best Death of the Year
-WILLIAM O’NEILL AS TITUS IN JULIUS CAESAR
-PAUL WAGGOT IN THINK OF ALL THE FUN YOU’LL FIND IN THE RUBBER ROOM
-ALEX GREIG AS BRUTUS IN JULIUS CAESAR

The Emerging Arts Trust Award for Best Newcomer of the Year
–HANNAH BANKS
-LEON WADHAM
-LAUREN GIBSON

The Kath Field and Phil Reed Memorial Award for Best Actor/Actress playing a Political Figure in an Election Year
-ALLAN HENRY AS WINSTON PETERS IN PSA
-PHIL GRIEVE AS ROBERT MULDOON IN SLOUCHING TOWARD BETHLEHEM
-HARRIET COWAN AS HELEN CLARK IN ENGINE ROOM

The Cuba Creative Award for Biggest Fight of the Year
-DINNER SCENE IN OSAGE COUNTY
-FOOD FIGHT IN NO TASTE FOREVER—HONOURABLE MENTION
–CHRIS FINLAYSON AND JOHN SMYTHE IN “JIHAD AT THE ARTS WELLINGTON MEETING WITH THE CANDIDATES”

The Improvisors Lifetime Achievement Award
ALEX GREIG FOR HIS ENDLESS   ROLES AS POLITICAL FIGURES