December 16, 2014

AWARD WINNERS FOR 2014 DUNEDIN THEATRE AWARDS  
(Name of nominee/“Name of Production”/production company or group). 
Winners are in bold type. 

SCENOGRAPHIC DESIGN OF THE YEAR

Baz Macdonald / Set Design / “Beirut” / Counterpoint
Brenda Rendall / Costume Design  / “This Other Eden” / Opera Otago 
Maryanne Wright-Smyth / Costume Design / “Souvenir” / Fortune Theatre
Martyn Roberts / Set Design / “This Other Eden” / Opera Otago
Peter King / Set Design / “The Caretaker” / Fortune Theatre

TECHNICAL DESIGN OF THE YEAR

Jermone Cousins / Light Design / “Beirut” / Counterpoint
Martyn Roberts / Light Design / “This Other Eden” / Opera Otago 
Martyn Roberts / Light Design / “The Caretaker” / Fortune 
MYTH Digital and Brand Agency / AV Design / “Peninsula “ / Fortune Theatre 
Stephen Kilroy / Light Design / “Peninsula” / Fortune 

THE ROBERT LORD NARRATIVE/SCRIPT OF THE YEAR 
Rosie Howells / “Grimey Times” / Counterpoint
Jess Green, Ensemble / “Caedmon’s Hymn” / Counterpoint 
Jonathan Cweorth / “In The Grimm Midwinter: Underworld Puppetry” / Dn Medi & Ren Soc Sarah McDougall / “Moon at the Bottom of the Garden” / Moon Productions 
Stuart Young, Cindy Diver, Susie Lawless / “The Keys Are In The Margarine” / Talking House 
(NB: This award was sponsored in 2014 by an anonymous donor who asked that the award be named for Robert Lord this year. Robert Lord was an important NZ playwright, screenwriter and former Burns Fellow at the University of Otago. Robert Lord died in 1992.)

VISITING PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR 

“Cat Vs Dog” / Dan Bain 
“Nick: An Accidental Hero”
“Odyssey” / Paper Cinema
“Promise & Promiscuity” / Hotpink Productions 
“Take Back the Hood” / Deborah Eve Rae

PROMOTION OF THE YEAR

Andrew Brinsley-Pirie, Rosemary Beresford, Dale Neill, Keith Scott, Sofie Welvaert / “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” promotion campaign / Globe
George Wallace, Baz Macdonald / “Grimey Times” / Counterpoint 
Rebecca Sinclair, Baz Macdonald / “Beirut” / Counterpoint 
Rebecca Sinclair, Heidi Geissler / “The Mall “/ Counterpoint

MALE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR  

Ben McCarthy / “The Mall”
James Adams / “This Other Eden”
Jason Whyte / “The Caretaker” 
Ken Blackburn / “The Caretaker” 
Kip Chapman/”The Caretaker” 
Nic Dunbar / “Peninsula” 
(*NB: 3 winners were awarded in the Male Performance category in 2014 to acknowledge the tight ensemble acting in this three-man production.)

FEMALE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR 

Angela Johnson / “Souvenir” 
Emma Bauer / “The Mall” 
Joelle Peters / “The Mall” 
Julie Edwards / “Peninsula” 
Rosella Hart / “Peninsula” 

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR 

Heidi Geissler / “The Mall” 
Jacqueline Coats / “This Other Eden” 
Lara Macgregor / “Souvenir”   
Lara Macgregor / “The Caretaker” 
Patrick Davies / “Peninsula” 

THE ‘OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE’ PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR

“Grimey Times” / Counterpoint
“Peninsula” / Fortune 
“Souvenir” / Fortune  
“The Caretaker” / Fortune  
“This Other Eden” / Opera Otago   
(NB: This award was sponsored for 2014 by Outstanding Performance, a company which began in Dunedin and which employs actors nationwide for simulated patient and leadership training work.)

EMERGING THEATRE ARTIST AWARD

Rosie Howells
Nell Guy
Heidi Geissler
*NB: 3 people were awarded in this category, all with strong links to both Counterpoint and to the female comedy troupe Discharge.

A one-off, special award category has been created this year – as Embarkation Year – to acknowledge the number of quality theatre shows presented this year that commemorated World War I.

“Journey’s End” / Globe Theatre 
“Sisters in Arms” / Ake Ake 
“The University Remembers” / University of Otago 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:

Lisa Warrington 

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO DUNEDIN THEATRE AWARD:

Allen Hall Theatre in its centenary year. 
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Here is the ODT report:

DUNEDIN THEATRE PUTS ON ITS OWN AWARDS  

By Shawn McAvinue
Otago Daily Times on Tue, 16 Dec 2014 

The Fortune Theatre play Peninsula won production of the year at the Dunedin Theatre Awards last night.  

Awards organiser Hilary Halba said the play won because it was ”awesome”.  

”It ticks all the boxes.”  

The award ceremony at the Fortune Theatre last night was in its fifth year. [More]