Wales Theatre Awards 2016 nominations announced

The shortlisted nominations for the 2016 Wales Theatre Awards were announced this evening in the Theatre Bar at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. The nominations for drama, opera and dance are listed below, and the awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, January 30th, 2016, at Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. The evening will be hosted by Nicola Heywood Thomas and Arfon Haines Davies, with performances by dancers from Sweetshop Revolution, Welsh soprano Angharad Morgan, and students from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Updated February 1st 2016 with the winners

Best Male Actor (English Language)

• Gareth John Bale (Grav, Torch Theatre, Milford Haven)
• Lee Haven-Jones (Hamlet, Theatr Clwyd, Mold)
• Christian Patterson (Blasted, The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Gwydion Rhys (To Kill a Machine, Scriptography Productions)

Best Female Actor (English Language)

• Sian Howard (All My Sons, Theatr Clwyd, Mold)
• Sophie Melville (Iphigenia in Splott, Sherman Cymru, Cardiff)
• Eiry Thomas (The Royal Bed, Theatr Pena)
• Seren Vickers (Dark Vanilla Jungle, Company of Sirens)

Best Male Actor (Welsh Language)

• Steffan Donnelly (Y Tŵr, Invertigo Theatre)
• Rhodri Evan (Difa, Theatr Bara Caws, Caernarfon)
• Bryn Fôn (Drych, Cwmni'r Fran Wen, Menai Bridge)
• Dyfan Roberts (Pum Cynnig i Gymro, Theatr Bara Caws, Caernarfon)

Best Female Actor (Welsh Language)

• Catherine Ayers (Y Tŵr, Invertigo Theatre)
• Melangell Dolma (Nansi, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Carmarthen)
• Carys Eleri (Yuri, August 012)
• Gwenno Elis Hodgkins (Drych, Cwmni'r Fran Wen, Menai Bridge)

Best Production (English Language)

• The Dying of Today (The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Grav (Torch Theatre, Milford Haven)
• Hamlet (Theatr Clwyd, Mold)
• To Kill a Machine (Scriptography Productions)

Best Production (Welsh Language)

• {150} (National Theatre Wales, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Carmarthen & S4C)
• Difa (Theatr Bara Caws, Caernarfon)
• Y Tŵr (Invertigo Theatre)
• Yuri (August 012)

Best Playwright (English Language)

• Catrin Fflur Huws (To Kill a Machine, Scriptography Productions)
• Gary Owen (Iphigenia in Splott, Sherman Cymru, Cardiff)
• Alun Saunders (A Good Clean Heart, The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Owen Thomas (Grav, Torch Theatre, Milford Haven)

Best Playwright (Welsh Language)

• Angharad Price (Nansi, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Carmarthen)
• Dyfan Roberts (Pum Cynnig i Gymro, Theatr Bara Caws, Caernarfon)
• Llyr Titus (Drych, Cwmni'r Fran Wen, Menai Bridge)
• Dewi Wyn Williams (Difa, Theatr Bara Caws, Caernarfon)

Best Director

• Peter Doran (Grav, Torch Theatre, Milford Haven)
• Angharad Lee (To Kill a Machine, Scriptography Productions)
• Mared Swain (A Good Clean Heart, Dirty Protest/ The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Kate Wasserberg (Blasted, The Other Room, Cardiff)

Best Show for Children and Young People

• Arabian Nights (Sherman Cymru, Cardiff)
• Mimosa (Theatr Clwyd, Mold)
• Oes Rhaid I Mi Ddeffro? (Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch, Aberystwyth)
• Real Human Being (Taking Flight Theatre Company)

Best Sound

• Lothar Koenigs (Pelleas et Melisande, Welsh National Opera)
• Lucy Rivers (The Forsythe Sisters, Gagglebabble)
• Branwen Munn (Yuri, August 012)
• Y Pencadlys (Dawns Ysbrydion, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Carmarthen)

Best Lighting

• Terry Hands (Hamlet, Theatr Clwyd, Mold)
• Ceri James (Beneath the Streets: Lost and Found, Hijinx & Punchdrunk Enrichment)
• Katy Morison & Zakk Hein (A Good Clean Heart, The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Kevin Treacy (A Doll's House, Sherman Cymru, Cardiff)

Best Design and/ or Costume

• Mark Bailey (The Herbal Bed, Theatr Clwyd, Mold)
• Camilla Clarke (Yuri, August 012)
• Ruth Hall & Max Jones (Y Fenyw Ddaeth o'r Mor, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Carmarthen)
• Holly McCarthy (The Royal Bed, Theatr Pena)

Best Ensemble

• The Harri-Parris: The Big Day (Mai Oh Mai Productions)
• Legally Blonde: The Musical (Aberystwyth Arts Centre)
• playing 'the maids' (Llanarth Group)
• The Winter's Tale (Taking Flight Theatre Company)

Best Male in an Opera Production

• Barry Banks (I Puritani, Welsh National Opera)
• Jacques Imbrailo (Pelleas et Melisande, Welsh National Opera)
• Iestyn Morris (Peter Pan, Welsh National Opera)
• Christopher Purves (Pelleas et Melisande, Welsh National Opera)

Best Female in an Opera Production

• Jurgita Adomonyte (Pelleas et Melisande, Welsh National Opera)
• Rebecca Evans (Orlando, Welsh National Opera)
• Rosa Feola (I Puritani, Welsh National Opera)
• Janis Kelly (Sweeney Todd, Welsh National Opera)

Best Opera Production

• Hansel and Gretel (Welsh National Opera)
• Orlando (Welsh National Opera)
• Pelleas et Melisande (Welsh National Opera)
• I Puritani (Welsh National Opera)

Best Male Dance Artist (includes performers and choreographers)

• Alexander Ekman (Tuplet, National Dance Company Wales)
• Gwyn Emberton (Triptych III, De Oscuro)
• Alex Marshall Parsons (Stories from a Crowded Room, Earthfall)
• Daisike Miura (Tir, Ballet Cymru)

Best Female Dance Artist (includes performers and choreographers)

• Eddie Ladd (Dawns Ysbrydion, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Carmarthen)
• Gemma Prangle (Dances I Made on My Bathroom Floor)
• Caroline Sabin (Blood on the Snow)
• Joanna Young (Don't Think About a Purple Daisy)

Best Dance Production

• Blood on the Snow (Caroline Sabin/ Chapter)
• Dawns Ysbrydion (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Carmarthen)
• I Loved You and I Loved You (Sweetshop Revolution/ Chapter)
• Stories from a Crowded Room (Earthfall/ Chapter)

Good luck to everybody nominated!