
The season is sadly over, but this is an ideal time to celebrate the season with the 8th Annual Brussels United Theatre Technicians (BUTT) awards for the best of Brussels and Antwerp English-language theatre.
The results of the 2014-2015 Butt awards are as follows (winner followed by nominations in vaguely alphabetical order):
Best Show
My Fair Lady (BLOC, Nov 2014)
Henry VI (Parts 1,2,3) & Richard III (BSS, Mar 2015)
Dolly West’s Kitchen (ITG, Dec 2014)
As You Like It (BSS, Jun 2015)
The Pajama Game (BLOC, Jun 2015)
Best director
Henry VI (Parts 1,2,3) & Richard III (BSS, Mar 2015): Colma O’Luanaigh, Catriona White
Liaisons Dangereuses (BATS, Oct 2014): Robert Meyvisch
My Fair Lady (BLOC, Nov 2014): Diana Morton-Hooper, Scott Rumery
The Pajama Game (BLOC, Jun 2015): Rachael Bateman, Vivienne McKay
As You Like It (BSS, Jun 2015): Tim Myers
Best Actor
Caraigh Mcgregor – Kenneth – A Night in November (ITG), Richard of York – The Henries (BSS)
Colin Black – Mr Alfred Doolittle – My Fair Lady (BLOC)
Richard Wells – Colonel Pickering – My Fair Lady (BLOC)
Tim Myers – Richard of York – The Henries (BSS)
Yorgos Filippakis – Father Flynn – Doubt: A Parable (ATC), Various – The Henries (BSS)
Best Actress
Rachel Cuff – Muriel – Talking Heads (ECC)
Esther Pozo Vera – Queen Margaret – The Henries (BSS)
Meabh Maguire – Rosalind – The Henries (BSS)
Sarah-Jane King – Eliza Doolittle – My Fair Lady (BLOC)
Sophie Thompson – Viv – Tom & Viv (ECC)
Best Producer
My Fair Lady (BLOC, Nov 2014): Eileen Heenan
Henry VI (Parts 1,2,3) & Richard III (BSS, Mar 2015): Catriona White
Dolly West’s Kitchen (ITG, Dec 2014): Eileen Sutton
Tom & Viv (ECC, Mar 2015): Janet Middleton, Eileen Sutton
The Pajama Game (BLOC, Jun 2015): Steve Stabler, Kevin Soldati, Meera Laurijssen
Best Stage Management Team
Dolly West’s Kitchen (ITG, Dec 2014): Meg Chang
Henry VI (Parts 1,2,3) & Richard III (BSS, Mar 2015): Boff Muir
My Fair Lady (BLOC, Nov 2014): Marie Rousseaux, Giselle Maksoud
War Brides (ECC, May 2015): Andy Ing, Kristina Kardum
The Pajama Game (BLOC, Jun 2015): Marie Rousseaux, Martin Weber, Kjeld Jensen, Erik Jensen
Best Set Design and Construction
Dolly West’s Kitchen (ITG, Dec 2014): Róisin Dore, Líam O’Luanaigh, Eugen Axinthe, Eileen Sutton, and co.
Doubt: A Parable (ATC, Oct 2014): Liz Mulligan
My Fair Lady (BLOC, Nov 2014): Liam O’Reilly, Mairead O’Reilly
As You Like It (BSS, Jun 2015): Tim Myers, Hannah Grainer-Clemson, Frances Calder
The Pajama Game (BLOC, Jun 2015): Philip Deeks, Erik Jensen, William O’Reilly, Marie Rousseaux, and co.
Best Lighting
As You Like It (BSS, Jun 2015): Patrick Pagnoulle
Doubt: A Parable (ATC, Oct 2014): Carsten Koester, Deborah Griffith
My Fair Lady (BLOC, Nov 2014): Chris Harding, Carsten Koester
Aladdin (ECC, Jan 2015): Barbara Daw, Anthony McCarthy
The Pajama Game (BLOC, Jun 2015): Chris Harding, Carsten Koester
Best Sound
My Fair Lady (BLOC, Nov 2014): Jeremy Thomas
Dolly West’s Kitchen (ITG, Dec 2014): Csaba Bartos, Ann Smith
Aladdin (ECC, Jan 2015): Steve O’Byrne
As You Like It (BSS, Jun 2015): Barbara Daw
The Pajama Game (BLOC, Jun 2015): Jeremy Thomas, Steve Price
Best Costumes
Dolly West’s Kitchen (ITG, Dec 2014): Fiona McGinnis, Pat White, Noreen Doyle
My Fair Lady (BLOC, Nov 2014): Tonia Jolly, Niki Marlow, Sheila Hewitt
Tom & Viv (ECC, Mar 2015): Iona Hamilton, Fiona McGinnis
As You Like It (BSS, Jun 2015): Libby Dis, Beatrice Vancaillie
The Pajama Game (BLOC, Jun 2015): Sheila Hewitt, Laraine Alder, Tonia Jolly, Niki Marlow, and co.
Best Makeup and Hair
My Fair Lady (BLOC, Nov 2014): Françoise Salter, Simmone Price
Henry VI (Parts 1,2,3) & Richard III (BSS, Mar 2015): Frances Bekhechi, Gemma Sanatasusana
Dolly West’s Kitchen (ITG, Dec 2014): Mari Kris, Carmen Ruiz
Aladdin (ECC, Jan 2015): Suzy Wild
The Pajama Game (BLOC, Jun 2015): Cass Moody, Francoise Salter, Marianne Malec-Buekenhoudt, Katrin Ricketts, and co.
Best Props
Dolly West’s Kitchen (ITG, Dec 2014): Vicky Payne, Georgiana Gilmeanu
Henry VI (Parts 1,2,3) & Richard III (BSS, Mar 2015): Colma O’Luanaigh, Liam O’Luanaigh, Leonie Bates
My Fair Lady (BLOC, Nov 2014): Ahmet Giray, Andrea Edwards
Aladdin (ECC, Jan 2015): Neasa Conroy
As You Like It (BSS, Jun 2015): Erika Jangen, Frances Calder
Best Publicity
My Fair Lady (BLOC, Nov 2014): Amber Myers, Paul Manterfield, Annina Alanen
Dolly West’s Kitchen (ITG, Dec 2014): Róisin Dore, Mícheál Ó Bríain, Rory Spellman, Sinéad Meehan, and co.
Aladdin (ECC, Jan 2015): Hannah Riley, Sara Hammerton, Femke Beumer
44 Plays for 44 Presidents (ATC, Jan 2015): Jeremy Zeegers, Chris Flores
As You Like It (BSS, Jun 2015): Monika Lovstrom, Deborah Griffith, Graham Andrews, Charles Bouchard, Meg Chang, Sinéad Meehan, Rory Spellman, Aoife Murphy, and co.
Newbie
Fiona McGinnis (Costumes – Dolly West’s Kitchen, War Brides, Aladdin, Tom & Viv)
Eugen Axinte (help to all Warehouse sharing theatre groups & Warehouse refurbishment)
Izzy Poston (Actress – Aladdin, War Brides)
Patricia Murray (Actress – Dolly West’s Kitchen)
Stephen Rooney (Actor – Henry VI)
Kenway
Liam & Colma O’Luanaigh
Carsten Koester
Mary Pritchard & Barbara Blackwell
Nick & Eileen Heenan
Roisin Dore
Golden Butt
Lyn Wainwright (for organising the Warehouse Studio refurbishment)
Colma O’Luanaigh (directed the ambitious series of four plays around Henry VI, which was wonderful artistic success)
Dennis Elsander (organising all the BLOC parties and much more with a smile despite a major operation)
Noreen Doyle (for stepping in at very short notice to take on leading role for Dolly West’s Kitchen opening night)
Poppy Bullock (attended every Tom & Viv performance as understudy and not going on)