WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE THIRD YEAR OF
MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS AT THE EDINBURGH
FESTIVAL FRINGE 2009
Musical Theatre
Matters (MTM:UK) has announced
this year's award winners in a special gala event at Musical Theatre @ George Square which took place
on Tuesday 25th August. The awards, sponsored by OD Musical (Korea) and
Whatsonstage.com, were assessed by a team of judges and the results are as
follows:
Winner of the MOST
PROMISING BOOK for a NEW MUSICAL
§
A-TEAM - THE MUSICAL - Gareth Kane
Winner ED: THE MUSICAL - Stuart
Price
§
MURDER MYSTERY MUSICAL - Alister Cameron and Shaun McKenna
Winner of the MOST
PROMISING LYRICS for a NEW MUSICAL
BARBERSHOPERA
II - Rob
Castell and Tom Sadler
ED: THE MUSICAL - Michael Bruce
winner
OVER THE THRESHOLD - Christopher
Hamilton
Winner of the MOST
PROMISING MUSIC for a NEW MUSICAL
§
BLOODBATH - THE MUSICAL - David Young & Julie Maguire
§
ED: THE MUSICAL - Michael Bruce
winner OVER THE
THRESHOLD - Christopher Hamilton
Winner of the MOST PROMISING NEW MUSICAL
winner
ED: THE MUSICAL
- Stuart Price (book), Michael Bruce (music/lyrics), Lauren Southwick
(director) and Stopped Clock (producer)
§
GREAT BRITISH SOAP OPERA, THE - Jake Brunger (book/lyrics), Pippa Cleary (music/lyrics), Luke Sheppard
(director) and Take Note Theatre (producer)
§
OVER THE THRESHOLD - Christopher
Hamilton (music/book/lyrics), John Brant (director) and Jomo Productions
in Association with Perfect Pitch (producers)
§
PORN THE MUSICAL - Malcolm
Galea (book/lyrics), Kris Spiteri (music/lyrics) and Boris Cezek (music/lyrics),
Malcolm Galea (director) and Indiskarf with Latina Pictures (producers)
Winner of the BEST PRODUCTION of a MUSICAL
(Both new productions and
revivals are eligible for the award)
winner
ACCIDENTAL
NOSTALGIA - Cynthia Hopkins with Jim Findlay and Jeff Sugg
§
GREAT BRITISH SOAP OPERA, THE - Take Note Theatre
§
REBEL CELL, THE - SPL
§
SHOWSTOPPER! THE IMPROVISED MUSICAL - Showstopper
Productions in association with The Sticking Place and Festival Highlights
In addition to
the nominations, above, the panel awarded a number of JUDGES' DISCRETIONARY AWARDS:
§
Arthur Darvill for
music, BEEN SO LONG
§
MC Dizraeli for
performance, THE REBEL CELL
§
Pippa Cleary for development, THE GREAT BRITISH SOAP OPERA
Commenting on the
process, Awards Co-ordinator Fiona Orr said: "The
Judging Panel have made awards that reflect the increasing talent shown in Edinburgh across
the Musical Theatre genre. The inaugural
Judges' Discretionary Awards are particularly interesting as it gives the panel
the opportunity to recognise and reward talent beyond the main MTM Awards."
The MTM:UK Awards were
established in 2007 to champion the next generation of Musical Theatre
producers, writers and shows. Whilst
Musical Theatre is not excluded from many other Edinburgh awards, the
artform did not seem to be achieving the plaudits deserved by the
creatives. In addition we wanted to
ensure that all new works received a review on-line which could help lead
audiences, other critics, and talent spotters to this new work. In the first two years we reviewed 132 mainly
new works and 11 shows were selected for commendations and awards.
Many of those
pieces, or the creatives involved have moved on - 6 of the 11 have had
presentations in London, one has recently
played the New York Summer Play Festival, three have had UK tours. With the
help of the whole industry we can, we hope, raise the profile of the next
generation of Musical Theatre so that audiences will grow familiar of new
names, and welcome new projects.
Musical Theatre
Matters (MTM:UK) is a
not-for-profit organisation established in the UK by and for
professional theatre creatives/producers wishing to develop and champion new
musicals, new opportunities and new writers throughout the UK.
For more information contact:
FIONA ORR, MTM
AWARDS COORDINATOR: [email protected]
0131 552 3250
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