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buttie 08-09 nominees

And the nominees are … 

With voting over and the final tally of all your votes completed (with no hanging chads I promise) here the shortlisted nominees for all twenty of the 2008-2009 BUTT awards in alphabetic order of award and then nominee.   One of these in each category will receive a shiny Buttie on Saturday!  See you there!

Actor – nominees (alphabetical order) 

BALDWIN, John [Gerry, Michael’s father, Dancing at Lughnasa; Sidney Hopcraft, Absurd  Person Singular]FOXTON, Richard [Sir Jabez Grinley, Diana of Dobsons; Scrooge, Christmas Carol; Ronald Brewster-Wright, Absurd Person Singular; Henry Gow, Fumed Oak – 100 Not Out] KHALLI, Mehran [Othello, A Christian Moor  & General of the Armies, Othello] SPITERI, Marc [Hockstader, The Best Man] STEPHENSON, Patrick [Russell, The Best Man; Fred, Riverside Drive] 

Actress – nominees (alphabetical order) 

BARRY, Hilary [Diana Massingberd, Diana of Dobsons; Marion Brewster-Wright, Absurd Person Singular; Irene, The Dresser – 100 Not Out] ELLWANGER, Carrie [Mabel Cantwell, The Best Man; Various, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged] ENGLAND, Ruth [Various, Oscar and the Pink Lady] FORSYTH, Alma [Miss Pringle, Diana of Dobsons; Alice, An Evening Shared with Friends; Eva Jackson, Absurd Person Singular] 

Alan Kenway Perserverance award –  nominees (alphabetical order) 

Barbara BLACKWELL Sue BOTTERELL Paul & Di GRAY Jim McKENNA 

Audience Prize – –  nominees (alphabetical order)

An Evening Shared with Friends – three dotty aunts Dancing at Lughnasa – Dancing on table Complete Works – Nick Plummer spitting Othello – Desdemona death scene

Best Show – nominees (alphabetical order) 

Absurd Person Singular (ECC)Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged (ATC)Dancing at Lughnasa (ITG)Diana of Dobsons (ECC)The Best Man (ATC)

Costumes – nominees (alphabetical order of show) 

Dancing at Lughnasa [Pat White]Diana of Dobsons [Iona Hamilton] Fiddler on the Roof [Barbara Campbell, Shelia Hewitt, Louise Lang, Sophie Mersch]Love’s  Labour’s Lost [Shelia Hewitt, Deborah Griffith, Catriona White] The Best Man [Iona Hamilton] 

Director – nominees (alphabetical order)

Challens, Steve [Compleat Works, Delyria]Morton-Hooper-Deeks, Diana [Absurd Person Singular]Toft, Conrad  [Diana of Dobsons, 84 Charing Cross Road – 100 Not Out]Ryan, Tracie [Othello] 

Front of House / Box Office – nominees (alphabetical order of show) 

Christmas Carol (Sally Gillard & team)Dancing at Lughnasa (Catriona O’Neil)FEATS 2009 (Carrie Caunce, Miram Cooper & team)Othello (Janet Middleton)

Golden BUTT (for anything)  –  nominees (alphabetical order) 

Sue Botterell – for putting up with us all Steve Challens – for unflagging energy FEATS 2009 organising team – for a fabulous FEATS Conrad Toft  – for doing every job on or off stage 

Lighting– nominees (alphabetical order of show) 

Dancing at Lughnasa [Carsten Koester]Fiddler on the Roof [Jim McKenna, Richard Maddern] Riverside Drive [Lyn Wainwright] The Best Man [Barbara Daw, Jim McKenna]  

Make up and Hair – nominees (alphabetical order of show) 

Diana of Dobsons [Suzy Wild, Agnes Andrews]Fiddler on the Roof [Marion Bennett, Sarah Foley, Marjolein Gabel, Diane Gray, Paul Gray, Amanda Hicks, Solveig Jaspert, Maria Scott, Sara Skaerlund]Othello [Ruth Ivory, Tracie Ryan]The Best Man [Michelle Mildiner, Lisa Troch] 

Musical Moment – nominees (alphabetical order – new award this season) 

Absurd Person Singular – Crazed dancing at endCompleat Works – Moon songDelyria – Enchanted forestFiddler on the Roof – the fiddler on the roof 

Newcomer award –  nominees (alphabetical order) 

Hilary BARRY Kevin BULLED Robin JEZAK Mehran KHALLI 

Producer – nominees (alphabetical order) 

CAUNCE, Carrie [Othello] LYDON, Kerry [The Best Man] MIDDLETON, Janet [Will and the Ghosts]SUTTON, Eileen [Dancing at Lughnasa] 

Props– nominees (alphabetical order of show) 

Absurd Person Singular [Eileen Sutton] Dancing at Lughnasa [Hilary Barry] Love’s Labour’s Lost [Andrea Theinert, Sherry Vosburgh] The Best Man [Rachel Holmes, Heidi Larsen]  

Publicity Design– nominees (alphabetical order of show) 

Absurd Person Singular [John Baldwin, Diana M-H Deeks, Harriet Mancy-Barratt, Conrad Toft] Compleat Works of Shakespeare [Conrad Toft]Diana of Dobsons [Conrad Toft]The Best Man [Freddy Colson, Lilian Eilers,]

 Set design and/or construction –  nominees (alphabetical order of show) 

Absurd Person Singular [Philip Deeks, Marie Horner]Christmas Carol [Kevin Bulled, Steve Challens, Philip Deeks, Paul Gray, Christine Marchand, Conrad Toft]Diana of Dobsons [Roger Axford, Philip Deeks, Sacha Medak-Versavel, Conrad Toft]The Best Man [Ron Aston, Lucy Beaumont, Sue Botterell, Jackie Godfrey, Simeon Holdship, Christine Marchand, Pat Robinson, Joe Tancredi, Andrea Theinert, Glenn Vaughan]

Sound – nominees (alphabetical order of show) 

Absurd Person Singular [Malcolm Hiseman] Christmas Carol [Anna Sparre] Compleat Works of William Shakespeare [Kevin Bulled & Malcolm Hiseman] Dancing at Lughnasa [Carsten Koester]Delyria [Steve Challens] Fiddler on the Roof  [Richard Maddern]The Best Man [Hywell Jones]

Stage Management  – nominees (alphabetical order) 

Botterell, Sue [Diana of Dobsons, Absurd Person Singular & Loves Labours Lost (ASM)]Hiseman, Malcolm [The Best Man, Othello (Joint SM)] Ing, Andy [Compleat Works Shakespeare, FEATS 09]Kirk, Martin [Diana of Dobsons (ASM), Othello (Joint SM)] 

 Teamwork – nominees (alphabetical order) 

Absurd Person SingularDelyriaDiana of DobsonsFEATS 2009 teamOthelloThe Best Man

ECC: Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (22-26 Sept. ’09)

There’s an Englishman, an Irishman and an American being held hostage in the Lebanon… Not the start of a joke, but the premise behind Frank McGuinness’s modern classic.

Colum Hatchell, Patrick Stephenson and Craig Simpson star in this dark, surprisingly funny and thought-provoking play which describes the trials, tribulations and inner strengths of the hostages, exposing their uneasy friendship and petty rivalries, and revealing to us the depths of the human condition.

The show is on at The Warehouse Studio Theatre from 22 to 26 September 2009 and will then be reprised in Bedford, UK from 2-3 October 2009.

ETCetera: Fin de Siècle (29 Sep – 3 Oct 2009)

 ETCetera  Fin de SiècleStudio    

29 Sept-3 Oct 2009 at 20.00 

ETCetera presents a multilingual evening of 3 European one-act comedies, from around 1900: The Bear by Chekhov (in English), Mañana de Sol by Alvarez Quintero (in Spanish) and  L’Anglais tel qu’on le parle by Tristan Bernard (in French ).   All 3 plays will have surtitles in the other 2 languages; fittingly, all humorously explore issues of communication.

Tickets: www.europeantheatreclub.eu or 0492 641 660 

ATC: The Yellow Wallpaper (20-24 Oct 2009)

  ATC     The Yellow Wallpaper 
Studio   20–24 October 2009 at 8pm

 

A classic American short story from the late 19th century, The Yellow Wallpaper provides “the detailed and chilling accounts of one woman’s entrapment, defeat, and movement toward madness [or otherness]….” This newly adapted stage version takes inspiration from the story’s diary entry format, rich post-Gothic vernacular, and the many issues resonating through the tale that continue today to form and challenge notions of self and society.

ECC/Swan: My Mother Never Said I Should (30-31 Oct ’09)

My Mother Said I Never Should

ECC & Bedford Swan Theatre Company present

Studio 30—31 October 2009 at 20.00  

 The ECC is delighted to host Bedford on their 5th visit to Brussels. Swan will be performing My Mother Said I Never Should, Charlotte Keatley’s critically acclaimed play exploring the lives and relationships of four generations of women – Doris, Margaret, Jackie and Rosie – and how different generations strive to break free from the traditions and culture of their parents. 

BSS: Julius Caesar (9-14 Nov ’09)

  BSS     Julius Caesar
Studio  9-14 November 2009 at 8pm 

Shakespeare’s savage exposé of the effect of power upon its seekers has only been performed once in Brussels in the last 30 years.   This all-female production will not pontificate on gender politics: it will try to create a a slanted look at a great and quotable play. The cast has many fine actresses, so come along, do!  

arcFAM: Castle (17-20 Nov ’09)

Château – Vár – Castle Theatre Productions presents a multilingual evening of Hungarian plays.
Performed in English, French and Hungarian with subtitles in each.
The Play is the Thing by Ferenc Molnár
Adapted by P.G. Wodehouse
Directed by Conrad Toft
A romantic farce without the usual door-slamming and comic entrances and exits.
Instead, the play combines beautifully formed characters with an exquisite text to provide a wonderful evening’s entertainment.
Heads for King Ferdinand
by Gábor Görgey
Directed by Bernard Antoine
An absurd economic comedy. Whether it is the philosophy or the mischief that fascinates you, this unusual play will charm you.
Performance Dates: 17-20 November 2010 at 19:30, 20 November 2010 at 13:30
Venue: Espace Senghor, 366, Chaussée de Wavre, (Place Jourdan), 1040 Etterbeek