Adelaide Critics Circle Awards 2010
by Jane
ecause I cannot find a copy of this posted on the internet anywhere, despite the fact that the circle is the arts media of Adelaide, and because I was just forwarded on the media release, the nominees for the Adelaide Critics Circle Awards 2010 are:
Updated with winners 7/12/10
Individual Award
• Nicholas Garsden, actor, for True West (Flying Penguin Productions)
• Corey McMahon, director, The Share (five.point.one)
• Hannah Norris, actor, My Name is Rachel Corrie (Daniel Clarke)
• Nathan O’Keefe, actor, for his body of work throughout the year
Group Award
• Brink Productions, Harbinger
• Leigh Warren & Dancers/State Opera of South Australia, Maria de Buenos Aires
• Slingsby Theatre Company, Man Covets Bird
Emerging Artist of the Year
• Ian Andrew, performer, Pirates of Penzance (Gilbert & Sullivan Society of SA)
• Matthew Crook, actor, The Share (five.point.one)
• Aleksandr Tsiboulski, guitarist, for his body of work throughout the year
Independent Arts Foundation Award for Innovation
• Steve Sheehan, Stevl Shefn and His Translator Fatima
• The Border Project/Sydney Theatre Company, vs Macbeth
• Brink Productions, Harbinger
Individual Award – Amateur Theatre
• Megan Humphries, performer, Monty Python’s Spamalot (Northern Light Theatre Company)
• Myfanwy May, performer, Haywire (Therry Dramatic Society)
• Guy O’Grady, actor, An Enemy of the People (ActNow Theatre for Social Change)
• Sue Wylie, performer, Curtains (Therry Dramatic Society), The Vagina Monologues (Acorn)
Group Award – Amateur Theatre
• Northern Light Theatre, Monty Python’s Spamalot
• Therry Dramatic Society, Curtains
• Southern Youth Theatre Ensemble, Retaliation
Award for Visual Arts: Sam Songailo
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dale Ringland
No Plain Jane 
There are too many on there I didn’t see for me to really weigh in on it – but super-yay for Slingsby and the awesome Man Covets Bird; coming from me, though, that probably isn’t much of a surprise…
Cheers Jane, thanks for posting this – have been waiting for aaaaagggeesss for them to be listed online. 🙂
hope all’s good and see you soon.
SM
thanks for sharing.
Hey Jane, Thanks for posting.
I find it interesting that an amateur performer is listed under emerging performer, Ian Andrew, performer, Pirates of Penzance, and a performer from co-op production that was Australia council funded, Guy O’Grady, actor, An Enemy of the People (ActNow Theatre for Social Change) is listed as an amatuer performer?
Is that correct? What do these categories mean?
I’m just the messenger, not a member so I’m afraid I can’t help. I agree, it seems a little confused and I would love an explanation of those categories and choices. I also find it interesting some people are “actors” and some are “performers”, and I am at a loss to their definition of “innovation” (not a comment on quality, it’s just a horrible thing to try and define in any circumstance, and I don’t think I would call Vs Macbeth nor Harbinger particularity innovative. Didn’t see the third.).
it’s a long running confusion amongst this particular group of critics and yet another reason why we desperately need a generation change in regards to performing arts criticism in adelaide.
given that the australia council selection criteria only allows them to fund ‘professional work’ in the emerging artists category you’d think that would in itself qualify ActNow as professional.
as for the innovation award, well, i think that it demonstrates just how many problems crop up when you create a set of awards in this way. the whole thing is a compromised and ultimately self serving process.
Harbinger does not deserve a nomination. It was an uneven project saved by Nathan’s excellent Bowie moment. He deserves to win for individual talent and fingers crossed for Matthew Crook as the emerging talent. Also hope Southern Youth Theatre gets a mention for their underrated rock musical which was lots of fun. Innovation award should go to The Border Project for their body of work over last few years.
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