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