Irish Times Theatre Awards
2019
We were delighted to join our colleagues last night at the 22nd Irish Times Theatre Awards in the National Concert Hall, so many familiar faces and a great night for the industry. See below for the list of winners as published on the Irish Times website:
The Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards: And the 2019 winners are . . .
Cillian Murphy and Sarah Morris win main acting awards
BEST PRODUCTION Richard III –A Druid Theatre production of Shakespeare’s play, in association with the Abbey Theatre
BEST OPERA PRODUCTION Il Bravo – A Wexford Festival Opera production of Saverio Mercadante’s work
Catríona McLaughlin
BEST DIRECTOR Catríona McLaughlin for On Raftery’s Hill, an Abbey Theatre production
BEST ACTOR Cillian Murphy for his role as Dad in Grief is a Thing with Feathers, a Complicité and Wayward Production. Co-produced by The Barbican, Cork Opera House, Edinburgh International Festival, Oxford Playhouse, St Ann’s Warehouse and Warwick Arts Centre. In association with Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts Festival
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Owen Roe for his role as Claudius in Hamlet, a Gate Theatre production
Sarah Morris in The Lost O’Casey
BEST ACTRESS Sarah Morris for her role as Nannie in The Lost O’Casey, an ANU/Abbey Theatre production with Ictu, Forsa and Siptu
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Rebecca O’Mara for her role as Dee in Furniture by Sonya Kelly, a Druid Theatre production
BEST SET Francis O’Connor for Richard the III
BEST LIGHTING Kris Stone for How It Is, a Gare St Lazare Irelandproduction
BEST COSTUME Francis O’Connor and Doreen McKenna for Richard the III
BEST SOUND Mel Mercier for How It Is
BEST MOVEMENT Sue Mythen for The Lost O’Casey
BEST ENSEMBLE A Midsummer Night’s Dream – A Rough Magic Theatre / Kilkenny Arts Festival production
BEST NEW PLAY The Lost O’Casey
JUDGES’ SPECIAL AWARD Monica Frawley is one of Ireland’s most innovative and original theatre set and costume designers. She has worked with all the major Irish companies over 30 years and has made memorable work for the plays of Tom Murphy, Marina Carr, Brian Friel and Frank McGuinness, among others
SPECIAL TRIBUTE AWARD Owen Roe, for a body of work which includes many memorable roles in theatre, particularly for Rough Magic and the Gate Theatre
THIS Article was published on The IRISH TIMES website.
