Tuesday 26 January 2016

Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: And the nominees are . . .




 

Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: And the nominees are . . .

After a year of theatre, hundreds of shows and days of deliberation, here are the Design nominees for the 2015 Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards



Best Scenography (Set design)

Sarah Bacon: For the Abbey Theatre and Lyric Theatre production of The Shadow of a Gunman, by Seán O’Casey

Aedín Cosgrove: For the Abbey Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare

Francis O’Connor: For the Druid Theatre and Lincoln Center Festival coproduction of DruidShakespeare, an adaptation by Mark O’Rowe

Ciaran O’Melia: For the Gate Theatre’s production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

Best costume design

Sarah Bacon: For the Abbey and Lyric production of Seán O’Casey’s The Shadow of a Gunman

Catherine Fay: For the Gate Theatre’s production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet

Monica Frawley: For the Abbey Theatre’s production of Marina Carr’s By the Bog of Cats
Doreen McKenna and Francis O’Connor: For the Druid and Lincoln Center Festival coproduction of DruidShakespeare, by Mark O’Rowe

Best lighting design

Aedín Cosgrove: For the Abbey Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Sarah Jane Shiels: For the Brokentalkers and Junk Ensemble production of It Folds, and Anu Productions’ Pals: The Irish at Gallipoli

Adam Silverman: For Landmark Productions and Wide Open Opera’s The Last Hotel, by Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh

Sinéad Wallace: For the Abbey Theatre’s production of Sophocles’ Oedipus, in a new version by Wayne Jordan