The Blue Room Theatre 2021 Awards
In stark contrast to 2020, we have enjoyed a wonderful year of performances created by over 170 independent artist, producers and production teams. We have had wonderful audiences across the whole season, reaching 84% capacity over the year. Thank you for all making this possible and by being part of The Blue Room Theatre community.
We ended 2021 with a Awards Night Party on Thursday 16 December. If you couldn’t join us for our End of Year Awards party celebration, please see the list of artists and production acknowledgements below
And the nominees and the winners are …
The Blue Room Award for Audience Engagement
Borderline
Kangaroo Stew
Queer As Flux
Watch and Act
Winners: Borderline & Queer As Flux
The Blue Room Award for Design
Overall Design, Beginning at the End (of Capitalism)
Overall Design, The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini
Kelly Fregon (Set), MoR
Overall Design, Ugly Virgins
Winner: Overall Design, The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini
The Behind the Scenes Award – Production
Catherine O’Donoghue
Maddy Mullins
Peter Young
The Blue Room Award for Writing
Ebony McGuire, FIRE
Dureshawar Khan, MoR
Sally Davies & Anna Lindstedt, Ugly Virgins
Katie McAllister, Watch and Act
Winner: Sally Davies & Anna Lindstedt, Ugly Virgins
The Blue Room Award for Direction
Ian Michael, The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini
Samuel Bruce, My Shout
Sally Davies & Anna Lindstedt, Ugly Virgins
Michelle Endersbee, Watch and Act
Winner: Ian Michael, The Bleeding Treeby Angus Cerini
The Behind the Scenes Award – Producer
Madeleine Young
Emmanuelle Dodo-Balu
The Behind the Scenes Award – All Rounder
Amber Kitney
The Blue Room Award for Ensemble or Individual Performance
Ensemble, The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini
Stace Callaghan, Queer as Flux
Nick Maclaine, The Summer of Our Lives
Katie McAllister, Watch and Act
Winner: Ensemble, The Bleeding Treeby Angus Cerini
Members Choice Award
Winner: The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini
Judges Awards
Kangaroo Stew: To Zac James for bravely tackling a complex issue
The Summer of our Lives: To Joe Louis Robinson for outstanding musical direction
MoR: For a decadent sensory experience that transported the audience
Ugly Virgins: To Eilish Campbell for an outstanding and practical set design
FIRE: To Ebony McGuire for best writing debut
Beginning at the End (of Capitalism): For the most ambitious and challenging work
Borderline: To Be Gosper for a sensitive musical performance that elevated the work
small & cute oh no: For a performance and script that skilfully balanced humour and drama
Unbound: To Hannah Portwine for an elegant and considered lighting design
My Shout: For a skilful combination of movement and text
Watch and Act: To Katie McAllister for masterful storytelling
Love Letters to the Revolution: For brave experimentation of a non-narrative structure and current complex issues
Queer as Flux: To Stace Callaghan for a skilful performance and touching trans narrative
Little Women: To Sally Davies for care and consideration toward the source material
The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini: To Rachael Dease for outstanding sound design
Image by Tashi Hall