The 47th annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards ceremony will take place at a glamorous function on Sunday 18th March at 6pm, at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town.
The Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards is the premier event of its kind in South Africa. For more than four decades, the prestigious awards have been given to outstanding individuals for theatre excellence, specifically focusing on professional theatre productions staged in the Cape Town Metropole and surrounds, over the period of one calendar year. Each award carries a R15 000 cash prize as well as a silver medallion, making a 'Fleur du Cap' the most coveted theatre award in the industry. This year, the awards will be given in 17 different categories. The Judges are Marianne Thamm, Mariana Malan, Marina Nel, Dr. Beverley Brommert, Dr. Gabriël Botma, Peter Tromp, Len Ashton, Wayne Muller, Herman van der Westhuizen, Jill Makram, Coreen Lloyd, Gillian Mitchell, Rone Arendse, Denise Bester and Africa Melane.
The nominees in the various categories are as follows:
1. Best performance by a lead actor in a play
Antony Sher for Broken Glass as Phillip Gellburg
Carel Nel for Die Rebellie van Lafras Verwey as Lafras Verwey
Dawid Minnaar for Purgatorio as A man
Khayalethu Anthony for Solomon & Marion as Solomon Xaba
2. Best performance by a lead actress in a play
Antoinette Kellerman for Klaasvakie as Julienne
Janet Suzman for Solomon & Marion as Marion Banning
Susan Danford for Broken Glass as Sylvia Gellburg
Wilna Snyman for Klaasvakie as Albertine
3. Best performace by a supporting actor in a play
Andrew Laubscher for Lovborg’s Women as Various
David Dennis for The Tragedy of Richard III as Edward IV and others
Jeroen Kranenburg for After Cardenio as Town Crier/Don Quixote
Owen Sejake for Die Kaptein se Tier as Donkieman
4. Best performance by a supporting actress in a play
Anthea Thompson for Broken Glass as Margaret Hyman
Louise St Claire for The History Boys as Mrs Lintott
Nicole Holm for Klaasvakie as Verpleegster
Tinarie van Wyk Loots for A Midsummer Night’s Dream as Titania
5. Best performance by a lead actor in a musical or musical theatre musiekteater
Cito for Jesus Christ Superstar as Jesus
Eben Genis for Die kortstondige raklewe van Anastasia W as Daan
Jonathan Roxmouth for Phantom of the Opera as The Phantom
Marc Lottering for Some like it Vrot as Smiley
6. Best performance by a lead actress in a musical or musical theatre
Magdalene Minnaar for The Phantom of the Opera as Christine
Nadine for Jesus Christ Superstar as Mary Magdalene
Nicole Holm for Die Kortstondige Raklewe van Anastasia W as Sus
Robin Botha for The Phantom of the Opera as Christine
7. Best performance by a supporting actor in a musical or musical theatre
Abduraghman Adams for Some Like It Vrot as Big Bucks
Anthony Downing for Phantom Of the Opera as Raoul
Jason Ralph for The Phantom of the Opera as Monsieur André
Jonathan Roxmouth for Jesus Christ Superstar as Judas Iscariot
8. Best performance by a supporting actress in a musical or musical theatre
Angela Killian for Phantom of the Opera as Madame Giry
Hanlee Louw for Phantom of the Opera as Carlotta / Mme Firmin
Kate Normington for Love Loss and What I Wore as Various
Pauline du Plessis for Phantom of the Operaas Carlotta / Mme Firmin
9. Best performance in a revue, cabaret and or solo performance
Anthea Thompson for Seashells as Ella
Jonathan Roxmouth for Hats Off! as the Lead
Pieter-Dirk Uys for Desperate First Ladies as Various
Nicola Hanekom for Hol as Liesbet
10. Most promising student award
Brian Robson from the University of Stellenbosch
Greta Pietersen from the University of Stellenbosch
Ludwig Binge from the University of Stellenbosch
Nini Conradie from the University of Stellenbosch
11. Best director
Albert Maritz for Die Rebellie van Lafras Verwey
Clare Stopford for Purgatorio
Lara Foot for Solomon & Marion
Marthinus Basson for Klaasvakie
12. Best lighting design
Fred Abrahamse for The Tragedy of Richard III
Mannie Manim for Solomon & Marion
Mannie Manim for Ouroboros
Patrick Curtis for Purgatorio
13. Best set and or props design
Fred Abrahamse The Tragedy of Richard III
Patrick Curtis Solomon & Marion
Saul Radomsky Some like it Vrot
Saul Radomsky The Bird Watchers
14. Best costume and or mask design
Craig Leo for Some like it Vrot
Marcel Meyer for The Tragedy of Richard III
Marthinus Basson for Die Kortstondige Raklewe van Anastasia W
Tinarie van Wyk Loots for A Midsummer Night's Dream
15. Best sound design and or original score
Charl-Johan Lingenfelder for The Tragedy of Richard III
Daniel Eppel for Ouroboros
James Webb for The Bird Watchers
Mr Cat and the Jackal & Braam du Toit for Die Kortstondige Raklewe van Anastasia W
16. Best puppetry design
Dicky Longhurst for The Taming of the Shrew
Gavin Younge for After Cardenio
Hilette Stapelberg / Izelle Grobler for The Tragedy of Richard III
Janni Younge for Ouroboros
17. Best new South African play
Burnt by Ian Bruce
Hol by Nicola Hanekom
Die Kortstondige Raklewe van Anastasia W by Marlene van Niekerk
Solomon & Marion by Lara Foot
The following awards will be announced at the ceremony: the Award for Innovation in Theatre and the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Limited tickets to the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards are available via Computicket or 08619158000 and include canapés and Fleur du Cap fine wines.