Being a publicist has it's perks. You've read it here first! Third Annual Prix Rideau Awards Winners Announced!
Winners have been announced for Ottawa's 3rd annual Prix Rideau Awards, which celebrate achievement in English and French professional theatre in Ottawa-Gatineau. The awards were presented during a celebration at L’École secondaire De La Salle on Sunday, April 18, 2010.
The winners for English-language productions are:
Outstanding Performance – Female Patricia Fagan, The Syringa Tree, Great Canadian Theatre Company Outstanding Performance – Male Paul Rainville, The Drawer Boy, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Outstanding Lighting Design Jock Munro, The Syringa Tree, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Outstanding Set Design Ivo Valentik, A Midwinter's Dream Tale, A Company of Fools/Gladstone Productions
Outstanding Costume Design Louise Hayden, A Midwinter's Dream Tale, A Company of Fools/Gladstone Productions Outstanding Stage Management / Technical Award Donna Bourgeault, A View from the Bridge, Ottawa Chamber Theatre
Outstanding Fringe Production Countries Shaped Like Stars, Mi Casa
Outstanding Director Lise Ann Johnson, The Syringa Tree, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Emerging Artist Award Emily Pearlman, Creator/Actor/Writer of Countries Shaped Like Stars, Mi Casa
Outstanding Adaptation A Midwinter's Dream Tale, A Company of Fools/Gladstone Productions
Outstanding New Creation Countries Shaped Like Stars, Mi Casa
Outstanding Production The Syringa Tree, Great Canadian Theatre Company
The winners for French-language productions are:
Interprétation féminine de l'année Geneviève Couture, L'honnête homme/un one woman show, Poésie électrique Interprétation masculine de l'année Pierre Antoine Lafon Simard, L'Illusion comique, Théâtre la Catapulte
Conception de l'année Guillaume Houët-Brisebois, Éclairages, L'honnête homme/un one woman show, Poésie électrique
Artiste en émergence Emmanuelle Lussier Martinez , Interprétation, Le bout du monde, Le Théâtre du Trillium
Prix technique / de la regie Lindsay Tremblay, Le Projet Rideau, Théâtre la Catapulte
Mise en scène de l'année Marc Lemyre, L'honnête homme/un one woman show, Poésie électrique
Adaptation de l'année Cyrano Tag, Compagnie Vox Théâtre
Nouvelle création de l'année L'honnête homme/un one woman show, Poésie électrique
Production de l'année L'honnête homme/un one woman show, Poésie électrique
Les Prix Rideau Awards celebrate achievement in professional theatre in the region of Ottawa-Gatineau. The peer-juried awards program was initiated in 2006 as a result of discussion at an open meeting of the regional Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. This year for the first time, Les Prix Rideau Awards goes fully bilingual, with a full slate of awards being presented for both English and French-language productions.
For the calendar year 2009, 40 English and 11 French professional theatre productions were juried by two teams of local arts professionals (14 English and 8 French). Nominations were submitted by secret ballot and tallied by local accountants, Chong Pelot and Marcil-Lavallée. Complete details on award definitions, terms and criteria are available at www.rideauawards.ca