Fleur du Clown
That crazy guy, Gaëtan Schmid, features again on these pages. He’s just been nominated for a Fleur du Cap award for Best Performance in a One Person Show in Rumsteak, posted on this blog here. I think it’s flippen great for judges to nominate someone way off centre. And a show that also performed not in the major theatres, but in Kalk Bay Theatre. Way to go for the independents!
He’s in stiff competition in his category with Susan Danford for her roles in the mask play, I, Claudia, and the two Shirley Valentines/Valentyns, Anthea Thompson and Shaleen-Surtie Richards. Tough call to make…
Congratulations to all the nominees! We’ll check you there at the ceremony!
Full list of nominees is as follows:
| Best Set Design
Fred Abrahamse, Assassins |
Best Lighting Design Fahiem Bardien, Merchant of Venice Fahiem Bardien, Yellowman Fred Abrahamse, Assassins Jaco Bouwer, Albert Snyman, Rudolph Van Jaarsveld, Smag |
| Best Prop Design Adrian Kohler, Woyzeck on the Highveld Fred Abrahamse, Assassins Melani-Rene Louwrens, I, Claudia Nicholas and Luke Ellenbogen, Raiders: Rasputins’s Rectangle |
Best Costume Design
John Caviggia, The Merchant of Venice |
| Best Performance in a Cabaret or Revue
Godfrey Johnson, Flirting with Coward |
Best Performance in a Musical
Andre Jacobs, Assassins – Samuel Byck |
| Rosalie Van Der Gucht Prize for New Directors
Alex Halligey, More South African Deep Freezing |
Best New South African Play Cissie - Nadia Davids Die Generaal - Mike van Graan ‘n Ander Tongval - Saartjie Botha Verkeer - Saartjie Botha |
| Best Performance in a One Person Show Anthea Thompson - Shirley Valentine Gaetan Schmidt – Rumpsteak Shaleen-Surtie Richards - Shirley Valentyn Susan Danford - I, Claudia |
Best Director David Kramer, Die Ballade van Koos Sas Fred Abrahamse, Assassins Jaco Bouwer, Smag Lara Bye, Yellowman |
| Best Supporting Actress Bo Petersen, Cissie - various Juliet Jenkin, Merchant of Venice - Nerissa Quanita Adams, Cissie – Christine Daniels, Isabel, Galima and Mrs Hussein Tinarie van Wyk Loots, Buried Child – Shelley |
Best Supporting Actor Eben Genis; Smag – voice “A” Graham Weir; Merchant of Venice - Antonio Scott Sparrow, Buried Child - Tilden Guy de Lancey, Glengarry Glen Ross, Shelley Levine |
| Best Actress Antoinette Kellerman, ‘n Ander Tongval – Dot Serfontein Antoinette Kellerman, ‘n Lang Dagreis na die nag – Mary Tyrone Dorothy Ann Gould, Hello and Goodbye - Hester Mwenya Kabwe, Yellowman – Alma |
Best Actor Brendon Daniels, Die Generaal – Bolla Deon Lotz, Wrestlers – John Groenewald Jeremy Crutchley, Merchant of Venice – Shylock Scott Sparrow, The Zoo Story – Jerry |
| Best Student
Christiaan Olwagen (Stellenbosch University) |
