The shortlists for the Wales Theatre Awards 2018 were tonight announced at a celebratory event at Wales Millennium Centre attended by artists, venue managers, arts organisation arts journalists. (MON JAN 15, 2018)The Awards recognise excellence in opera, theatre and dance created and performed in Wales, as selected by arts reviewers working in English and in Welsh, in print, broadcast and online. Awards Director Mike Smith revealed that there had been 563 individual nominations made for 141 shows and 239 individual artists. Shows that feature prominently in this year’s shortlists include Uncle Vanya, Theatr Clwyd, Macbeth, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and Music Theatre Wales and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s opera Y Tŵr. (Full details below). This year the shortlisting judges have included operas and opera performers in categories such as Best Performance in the Welsh Language and Best Touring Production. Mike Smith said, “The Best Touring Production is a new category, with an award to be presented for an English language and for a Welsh language touring show. This is to recognise the importance of touring to the cultural life of Wales and the particular challenges presented by taking work throughout the nation. “There will also be a Special Recognition Award to an individual who the judges believe has made an outstanding contribution to the nation’s cultural life. This year there is also a new award Wales and the World that recognised a significant achievement in performing work created in Wales internationally.” Nominations were made by more than 40 critics throughout Wales, reviewing for platforms as diverse as Arts Scene in Wales, Wales Arts Review, The Guardian, The Independent, The Stage, the Sprout, the South Wales Argus, the Daily Post, individual blogs and websites, in English and in Welsh - established reviewers and young New Voice critics supported by the unique Wales Critics Fund. This year's Wales Theatre Awards Ceremony will be held at the Riverside Center, Newport on Saturday, January 27th. This is the first time that Newport's most prominent arts event has been held in Newport. The Awards Show will include theatre, music and dance with plenty of surprises along the way. A limited number of tickets are available from: http://tickets.newportlive.co.uk/ Wales Theatre Awards winner Daniel Llewelyn-Williams read the Hedd Wyn poem Rhyfel / War to recognise the sacrifices of men and women in the final year of the First World War in which the poet was killed. Many of the reviewers are supported by Wales’ unique mentoring and support fund, the Wales Critics Fund, which is administered by the not for profit company Arts Awards Ltd. The Fund enables reviewing throughout Wales by providing tickets, travel and expenses and runs new reviewers mentoring projects in Welsh and in English. SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED The shortlists for the Wales Theatre Awards 2018 were tonight announced at a celebratory event at Wales Millennium Centre attended by artists, venue managers, arts organisation arts journalists. (MON JAN 15, 2018) The Awards recognise excellence in opera, theatre and dance created and performed in Wales, as selected by arts reviewers working in English and in Welsh, in print, broadcast and online. Awards Director Mike Smith revealed that there had been 563 individual nominations made for 141 shows and 239 individual artists. Shows that feature prominently in this year’s shortlists include Uncle Vanya, Theatr Clwyd, Macbeth, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and Music Theatre Wales and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s opera Y Tŵr. (Full details below). This year the shortlisting judges have included operas and opera performers in categories such as Best Performance in the Welsh Language and Best Touring Production. Mike Smith said, “The Best Touring Production is a new category, with an award to be presented for an English language and for a Welsh language touring show. This is to recognise the importance of touring to the cultural life of Wales and the particular challenges presented by taking work throughout the nation. “There will also be a Special Recognition Award to an individual who the judges believe has made an outstanding contribution to the nation’s cultural life. This year there is also a new award Wales and the World that recognised a significant achievement in performing work created in Wales internationally.” Nominations were made by more than 40 critics throughout Wales, reviewing for platforms as diverse as Arts Scene in Wales, Wales Arts Review, The Guardian, The Independent, The Stage, the Sprout, the South Wales Argus, the Daily Post, individual blogs and websites, in English and in Welsh - established reviewers and young New Voice critics supported by the unique Wales Critics Fund. This year's Wales Theatre Awards Ceremony will be held at the Riverside Center, Newport on Saturday, January 27th. This is the first time that Newport's most prominent arts event has been held in Newport. The Awards Show will include theatre, music and dance with plenty of surprises along the way. A limited number of tickets are available from: http://tickets.newportlive.co.uk/ Wales Theatre Awards winner Daniel Llewelyn-Williams read the Hedd Wyn poem Rhyfel / War to recognise the sacrifices of men and women in the final year of the First World War in which the poet was killed. Many of the reviewers are supported by Wales’ unique mentoring and support fund, the Wales Critics Fund, which is administered by the not for profit company Arts Awards Ltd. The Fund enables reviewing throughout Wales by providing tickets, travel and expenses and runs new reviewers mentoring projects in Welsh and in English. Wales Theatre Awards 2018 Shortlists Rhestrau Byr Gwobrau Theatr Cymru 2018 BEST DESIGN AND / OR COSTUME DYLUNIO A / NEU GWISGOEDD GORAU Buddug James Jones & Anneliese Mowbray, Gwledd Gwyddno / The Sea King’s Feast, Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch Lucy Osborne, Uncle Vanya, Theatr Clwyd & Sheffield Theatres Simon Banham, The Golden Dragon, Music Theatre Wales Mark Bailey, Escape the Scaffold, The Other Room, Mongrel Thumb & Theatre503 - co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Lois Prys, Yfory, Theatr Bara Caws BEST DIRECTOR CYFARWYDDWR GORAU Rachel O'Riordan, Killology, Sherman Theatre / Theatr y Sherman & Royal Court Theatre - co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Simon Harris, Little Wolf, Lucid Theatre Chris Durnall, Nether, Company of Sirens with / gyda good cop bad cop a / and Chapter Tamara Harvey, Uncle Vanya, Theatr Clwyd & Sheffield Theatres Marc Rees & Caroline Finn, P.A.R.A.D.E., National Dance Company Wales & Marc Rees with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rubicon Dance & Dawns i Bawb / Cwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru & Marc Rees gyda Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC, Rubicon Dance & Dawns i Bawb BEST LIGHTING GOLEUO GORAU Katy Morison, Sinners Club, Gagglebabble, Theatr Clwyd & The Other Room Jane Lalljee, Little Wolf, Lucid Theatre Joe Fletcher, Macbeth, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru mewn partneriaeth â Cadw a gyda chefnogaeth gan Chapter / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership with Cadw and with support from Chapter Ric Mountjoy, Uncle Vanya, Theatr Clwyd & Sheffield Theatres Chris Illingsworth, Shadow Aspect, Ballet Cymru BEST SOUND SAIN GORAU John Tyrrell, From the House of the Dead, Welsh National Opera / Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru Daf James, Tiger Bay, Wales Millennium Centre / Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru in association with / ar a cyd â Cape Town Opera Gareth Glyn, Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd, Opra Cymru, Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University, Pontio, Ensemble Cymru & Young Films – cyd-gynhyrchiad / co-production Lucy Rivers, Sinners Club, Gagglebabble, Theatr Clwyd & The Other Room Catrin Finch, The Light Princess, Ballet Cymru, Catrin Finch & The Riverfront / Glan yr Afon – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad BEST ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE GORAU Tiger Bay, Wales Millennium Centre / Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru in association with / ar y cyd â Cape Town Opera Granton Street, Fluellen Theatre Company / Cwmni Theatr Fluellen One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Torch Theatre Company / Cwmni Theatr y Torch Junkyard, Theatr Clwyd, Headlong, Bristol Old Vic & Rose Theatre Kingston – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Gwledd Gwyddno / The Sea King’s Feast, Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch BEST CHOREOGRAPHER COREOGRAFFYDD GORAU BEST CHOREOGRAPHER COREOGRAFFYDD GORAU Gwyn Emberton, Raft, Gwyn Emberton Dance, Aberystwyth Arts Centre / Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Marc Rees & Caroline Finn, P.A.R.A.D.E., National Dance Company Wales & Marc Rees with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rubicon Dance & Dawns i Bawb / Cwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru & Marc Rees gyda Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC, Rubicon Dance & Dawns i Bawb Marcos Morau, Tundra, National Dance Company Wales / Cwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru Tim Podesta, Shadow Aspect, Ballet Cymru Lisa Spaull, The Flying Bedroom, Little Light, Venue Cymru & Firefly Press – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad BEST FEMALE DANCE ARTIST ARTIST DAWNS GORAU – MENYW Anna Pujol, The Light Princess, Ballet Cymru, Catrin Finch and / a The Riverfront / Glan yr Afon – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Elena Thomas, Profundis, National Dance Company Wales / Cwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru Jo Fong, Ways of Being Together, Jo Fong supported by / gyda chefnogaeth Chapter Mara Galeazzi, Shadow Aspect, Ballet Cymru Camille Giraudeau, The Green House, National Dance Company Wales / Cwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru BEST MALE DANCE ARTIST ARTIST DAWNS GORAU – GWRYW Andrea Maria Battaggia, The Light Princess, Ballet Cymru, Catrin Finch & The Riverfront / Glan yr Afon – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Ed Myhill, Animatorium, National Dance Company Wales / Cwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru Matteo Marfoglia, Raft, Gwyn Emberton Dance, Aberystwyth Arts Centre / Canolfan Celfyddydau Aberystwyth – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Robbie Moorcroft, Shadow Aspect, Ballet Cymru Gwyn Emberton, Babulus, ICoDaCo, Gwyn Emberton & ilDance – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad BEST DANCE PRODUCTION CYNHYRCHIAD DAWNS GORAU Raft, Gwyn Emberton Dance, Aberystwyth Arts Centre / Canolfan y Celfddydau Aberystwyth – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Shadow Aspect, Ballet Cymru The Light Princess, Ballet Cymru, Catrin Finch & The Riverfront / Glan yr Afon – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Tundra, National Dance Company Wales / Cwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru The Green House, National Dance Company Wales / Cwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru CYNHYRCHIAD GORAU YN YR IAITH GYMRAEG BEST PRODUCTION IN THE WELSH LANGUAGE Macbeth, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru mewn partneriaeth â Cadw a gyda chefnogaeth gan Chapter / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership with Cadw and with support from Chapter Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd, Opra Cymru, Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University, Pontio, Ensemble Cymru & Young Films – cyd-gynhyrchiad / co-production Yfory, Theatr Bara Caws Y Tŵr, Music Theatre Wales & Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Hollti, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru PERFFORMIAD GORAU YN YR IAITH GYMRAEG – GWRYW BEST PERFORMANCE IN THE WELSH LANGUAGE – MALE Rhodri Miles, Sieiloc, Rhodri Miles Richard Lynch, Macbeth, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru mewn partneriaeth â Cadw a gyda chefnogaeth gan Chapter / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership with Cadw and with support from Chapter Siôn Pritchard, Hollti, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru Gareth John Bale, Macbeth, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru mewn partneriaeth â Cadw a gyda chefnogaeth gan Chapter / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership with Cadw and with support from Chapter Rhodri Evan, Yfory, Theatr Bara Caws PERFFORMIAD GORAU YN YR IAITH GYMRAEG – MENYW BEST PERFORMANCE IN THE WELSH LANGUAGE - FEMALE Ffion Dafis, Macbeth, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru mewn partneriaeth â Cadw a gyda chefnogaeth gan Chapter / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership with Cadw and with support from Chapter Siw Hughes, Hollti, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru Caryl Hughes, Y Tŵr, Music Theatre Wales & Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Lisa Jên Brown, Gair o Gariad, Theatr Bara Caws, Fuel & Uninvited Guests – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Caryl Morgan, Yfory, Theatr Bara Caws BEST MALE IN AN OPERA PRODUCTION PERFFORMIAD GORAU MEWN CYNHYRCHIAD OPERA – GWRYW Brindley Sharratt, Der Rosenkavalier, Welsh National Opera / Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru, Theater Magdeburg – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Simon Bailey, From the House of the Dead, Welsh National Opera / Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru Tom Randle, Le Vin herbé, Welsh National Opera / Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru Robyn Lyn Evans, Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd, Opra Cymru, Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University, Pontio, Ensemble Cymru & Young Films – cyd-gynhyrchiad / co-production Alan Oke, From the House of the Dead, Welsh National Opera / Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru BEST OPERA PRODUCTION CYNHYRCHIAD OPERA GORAU Der Rosenkavalier, Welsh National Opera / Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru, Theater Magdeburg – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Le Vin herbé, Welsh National Opera / Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru Y Tŵr, Music Theatre Wales & Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad The Golden Dragon, Music Theatre Wales The World’s Wife, Welsh National Opera / Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru, Taliesin Arts Centre / Canolfan Celfyddydau Taliesin, Echo Forest, The Mavron Quartet – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad BEST FEMALE IN AN OPERA PRODUCTION PERFFORMIAD GORAU MEWN CYNHYRCHIAD OPERA – MENYW Caitlin Hulcup, Le Vin herbé, Welsh National Opera / Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru Natalya Romaniw, Eugene Onegin, Welsh National Opera / Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru Rebecca Evans, Der Rosenkavalier, Welsh National Opera / Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru, Theater Magdeburg – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Amanda Forbes, The World’s Wife, Welsh National Opera / Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru, Taliesin Arts Centre / Canolfan Celfyddydau Taliesin, Echo Forest, The Mavron Quartet – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Caryl Hughes, Y Tŵr, Music Theatre Wales & Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad BEST PRODUCTION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CYNHYRCHIAD GORAU YN YR IAITH SAESNEG Seanmhair, The Other Room Scarlett, Theatr Clwyd & Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Uncle Vanya, Theatr Clwyd & Sheffield Theatres Sugar Baby, Dirty Protest supported by / gyda chefnogaeth Chapter Black Mountain, Theatre Clwyd, Paines Plough & Orange Tree Theatre – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PERFFORMIAD GORAU YN YR IAITH SAESNEG – MENYW Eria-Lynn Hunter, Scarlett, Theatr Clwyd & Hampstead Theatre Downstairs Hannah McPake, Seanmhair, The Other Room Lucy Rivers, Sinners Club, Gagglebabble, Theatr Clwyd & The Other Room Rosie Sheehy, Uncle Vanya, Theatr Clwyd & Sheffield Theatres Kate Ashfield, Scarlett, Theatr Clwyd & Hampstead Theatre Downstairs BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PERFFORMIAD GORAU YN YR IAITH SAESNEG – GWRYW Jamie Ballard, Uncle Vanya, Theatr Clwyd & Sheffield Theatres Rhodri Meilir, How My Light is Spent, Royal Exchange Theatre, Theatre by the Lake & Sherman Theatre / Theatr y Sherman – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Sion Daniel Young, Killology, Sherman Theatre / Theatr y Sherman & Royal Court Theatre – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Steffan Donnelly, My Body Welsh, Cwmni Theatr Invertigo Theatre Company, The Conker Group & Pontio James Scannell, Granton Street, Fluellen Theatre Company / Cwmni Theatr Fluellen BEST PLAYWRIGHT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE DRAMODYDD GORAU YN YR IAITH SAESNEG Alan Harris, How My Light is Spent, Royal Exchange Theatre, Theatre by the Lake and Sherman Theatre / Theatr y Sherman – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Gary Owen, Killology, Sherman Theatre / Theatr y Sherman & Royal Court Theatre – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Meredydd Baker, Nye & Jennie, Theatr na nÓg & Aneurin Leisure - co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Owen Sheers, Pink Mist, Bristol Old Vic Simon Harris, Little Wolf, Lucid Theatre BEST PLAYWRIGHT IN THE WELSH LANGUAGE DRAMODYDD GORAU YN YR IAITH GYMRAEG Manon Steffan Ros, Mwgsi, Cwmni’r Frân Wen Manon Wyn Williams, Hollti, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru Siôn Eirian, Yfory, Theatr Bara Caws Hefin Robinson, Estron, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru mewn partneriaeth ag Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership with the National Eisteddfod of Wales Gwyn Thomas, Macbeth, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru mewn partneriaeth â Cadw a gyda chefnogaeth gan Chapter / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership with Cadw and with support from ChapterBEST TOURING PRODUCTION (WELSH) CYNHYRCHIAD TEITHIOL GORAU (GYMRAEG) Sieiloc, Rhodri Miles Hollti, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru Y Tŵr, Music Theatre Wales & Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd, Opra Cymru, Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University, Pontio, Ensemble Cymru & Young Films – cyd-gynhyrchiad / co-production Yfory, Theatr Bara Caws BEST TOURING PRODUCTION (ENGLISH) CYNHYRCHIAD TEITHIOL GORAU (SAESNEG) Little Wolf, Lucid Theatre Granton Street, Fluellen Theatre Company / Cwmni Theatr Fluellen How To Win Against History, Àine Flanagan Productions, Seiriol Davies & the Young Vic / y Young Vic, Wales tour supported by Pontio / cefnogwyd y daith yng Nghymru gan Pontio The Bear, Mid Wales Opera / Opera Canolbarth Cymru My Body Welsh, Cwmni Theatr Invertigo Theatre Company, The Conker Group & Pontio BEST SHOW FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (WELSH) Y SIOE ORAU AR GYFER PLANT A PHOBOL IFANC (GYMRAEG) Mwgsi, Cwmni’r Frân Wen Nid Fi / Not Me, Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch Deffro’r Gwanwyn, Canolfan Berfformio Cymru, Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant / University of Wales Trinity St David Culhwch ac Olwen, Cwmni Mega Hedd Wyn - Pam ein bod ni'n cofio / Hedd Wyn - Why we must never forget, Mewn Cymeriad / In Character BEST SHOW FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (ENGLISH) Y SIOE ORAU AR GYFER PLANT A PHOBOL IFANC (SAESNEG) You’ve Got Dragons, Taking Flight Theatre Company with / gyda Creu Cymru & Abertillery Met / Met Abertyleri Eye of the Storm, Theatr na nÓg in association with Taliesin Arts Centre / mewn cysylltiad â Chanolfan Celfyddydau Taliesin Twenty16, Theatr Iolo & The Welfare Ystradgynlais / Neuadd Les Ystradgynlais – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad The Wind in the Willows, Sherman Theatre / Theatr y Sherman The Flying Bedroom, Little Light, Venue Cymru & Firefly Press – co-production / cyd-gynhyrchiad WALES AND THE WORLD CYMRU A’R BYD Anounced on the night SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT / LLWYDDIANT ARBENNIG Announced on the night Bydd yr enillwyr yn cael eu cyhoeddi yn y Seremoni Wobrwyo yng Nghanolfan Gelfyddydau Glan yr Afon, Casnewydd ar nos Sadwrn 27, Ionawr 2018. The winners will be announced at the Awards Show at The Riverfront, Newport on Saturday, January 27, 2018. |
| Wales Theatre Awards web site: www.walestheatreawards.com |
| Mike Smith e-mail: rtb1206@gmail.com |
Tuesday, January 16, 2018 |
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