November 17, 2014
People’s Choice – Auckland Theatre Awards 2014
Rachel Forman posted 12 Nov 2014, 11:11 PM / edited 13 Nov 2014, 08:22 PM
You’ve seen the shows, you’ve read the reviews, now you can make your opinion count…
Deadline: 5pm Thursday 27 November 2014
Copy and paste the categories below into a reply on this forum to make your vote count! Alternatively if you wish your choices to remain private, email hackmantheatreawards@gmail.com with your nominations.
Mangere Arts Centre Award for Best Ensemble…
The Auckland Actors Award for Best Death…
The Elephant Publicity Award for Best Poster…
The Gail Cowan Award for Best Viral Marketing Campaign…
The TAPAC Award for Best Entrance…
The Actor’s Equity Award for Best Technical F*#k up…
The Playmarket Award for Best Line in a Kiwi Play…
The Johnson & Laird Management Award for Best Actress/Actor Playing a Character with a Disability/Medical Condition of the Year…
The APRA Award for Best Music…
The Kathryn Rawlings and Associates Award for Fastest Pack in / Pack Out…
The South Pacific Pictures Award for Best Comeback…
The Actors Program Award for Best Nudity…
The Sharu Loves Hats Award for Best Pash…
Thanks to all our wonderful sponsors who make this event possible!
Steve Dedalus posted 13 Nov 2014, 06:46 AM
Best Pash: Bruce Hopkins and Hershal Herscher as Kim Dotcom and Laila Harre, Jews Brothers Bloomsday
Best Supremes Soundalikes in a musical based on a 20th century literary classic: Linn Lorkin, Yuko Takahashi and Jean McAllister singing “Where Did Our Love Go?”, Jews Brothers Bloomsday.
Best ABBA Soundalikes’ attempt to illustrate Molly Bloom’s frame of mind as she watches Poldy leaving the house at Eccles St: Linn Lorkin, Yuko Takahashi and Jean McAllister singing “SOS”, Jews Brothers Bloomsday.
Best union organiser playing a dog: Unite’s Joe Carolan playing The Citizen’s mangy hound (and The Citizen as well), Jews Brothers Bloomsday.
Best song-and-dance routine ever: Michael Hurst (Stephen), Linn Lorkin (Molly), Hershal Herscher (Poldy) doing “Without My Walkin’ Stick”, Jews Brothers Bloomsday.
Best James Brown Intro as applied to a major Irish novelist: Peter Scott introducing James Joyce, Jews Brothers Bloomsday
Best Entrance: Bruce Hopkins as transvestite dominatrix Bella Cohen, “I’m all of a mucksweat…” Jews Brothers Bloomsday
Best Scenery: James Joyce effigy leaning against a green bowel-hatted fluted Greek column, Jews Brothers Bloomsday
Best Music: Linn Lorkin, Michael Hurst, Jean McAllister, Yuko Takahashi, Farrell Cleary, Chris Trotter, Jews Bros Band, Jews Brothers Bloomsday
Best line in a Kiwi Play: “Could you stamp my loyalty card, please?” Bloom to transvestite dominatrix Bella Cohen after his Nighttown visit, Jews Brothers Bloomsday
Best use of a Costume: Jews Bros’ Hershal Herscher in full Hasidic gear as Dubliner Bloom, Jews Brothers Bloomsday
Best Amazon Queen In a Musical Version of James Joyce’s Ulysses: Lucy Lawless as a sensational Molly Bloom, Jews Brothers Bloomsday.
Best Shout of the Year: Lucy Lawless at the bar of the Thirsty Dog, Jews Brothers Bloomsday, resulting in punters spilling out on to K Rd yellin’, “They’ve giving away the beer in there!”
Best Song By Far In A Kiwi Irish Jewish musical: Don Franks’ sensational version of the Kinks’ Lola in Jews Brothers Bloomsday —
“I met her in a club with old Dotcom
Where you drink champagne and it tastes like crap — but viler
Oh my Laila,
lo lo lo lo Laila,
lo lo lo lo Laila
She walked up to me, asked me to enrol
I asked her why and she said “just for Laila”
Oh my Lila,
lo lo lo lo Laila,
lo lo lo lo Laila
Well, I’m not dumb but I can’t work out
Why she went from a union to work for a tout
Oh my Laila,
lo lo lo lo Laila,
lo lo lo lo Laila…
Editor posted 17 Nov 2014, 04:08 PM / edited 17 Nov 2014, 04:41 PM
Or to make it really easy (and private), here is the link to the Survey Monkey option: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RHQJXCY
If you’d rather play in public, post your nominations here.
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