| 2012 MELBOURNE FRINGE FESTIVAL AWARDS |
| Monday, 15 October 2012 11:16 |
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And the winners are: Touring Awards The Tiki Tour Ready Award Emily Taylor, Cannonball Green Room Award winner Taylor morphs and mutates through a minefield of Adolescent angst, mid-life longing and feline discontent. Innovation in Theatre: Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine Outstanding Comedy Show Truth From the multi-award winning creators of Angus Ecstatic comes this odd collection of dancing characters all bound together by a true story. Written and performed by Vachel Spirason. Innovation in Dance or Cabaret Shian Law, Body Obscure Object Part choreographic, part cinematic experience of ritual and body. Best Experimental Performance Hello My Name Is Nicolla Gunn's community-building community centre, at Theatreworks. Tour Ready Award How to Draw Cartoobs and Other Typos With First Dog n the Moon, a journey through the mind of Australia's most malleable political cartoonist. LOCAL AWARDS The Discovery Award, supported by Melbourne Festival Zoey Dawson, The Unspoken Word is Joe Outstanding Indigenous Artist Sally Greenwood, Othello: Death Poll Best Emerging Writer Sofia Chapman, The Four Accordionists of the Apocalypse Innovation in Culturally Diverse Practice DasSHOKU Shake! Best Emerging Producer Brian Robertson, The Unstoppable Shaky M Performed by Rowena Hutson, physical theatre/clowning show about a women trapped inside the physical prison of parkinsons. Original New Circus Mitch Jones, One Night Stand Friendly neighbourhood anarchist Captain Ruin takes the audience through politics, punch lines and prions with charm, death defying physical antics and a ferocious wit. Best Emerging Circus Performer Hannah Cryle, Pants Down Circus Four multi-talented performers defy gravity with an eclectic collection of spectacular circus acts. A modern circus that doesn't lose what everyone loves about the circus. CATEGORY AWARDS Best Cabaret Just A Little Something I've Been Working On Best Circus Pants Down Circus Best Comedy Choose Your Own Portenza! The A-Z of Paul D'Agostino. Directed by Alexander De Petro, written and erformed by Paul D'Agostino, at Loop. Best Dance Opal Vapour A new dance work conceived and directed by Jade Dewi Tyas Tungal, weaving Javanese dance and vocals within a landscape of shadows and sand. Best Live Art Sex Poetry Booth Personalised sex poems for the curious punter - Fringe Club. Artist Dosh Luckwell offers casual, no strings attached sex poetry. Best Music Automation Mechanical and robotic percussion from Speak Percussion and The Substation. Best Performance Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine Best Visual Arts So Fuckin Native Eight cutting-edge Aboriginal and Pacific Islander artists explore the many layers of meaning in the term native through performance and installationl Blak Dot Gallery, Brunswick East. Best Fringe Kids Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown and his Singing Tiger Barry Award winner an inspired hour of silent clowning with a singing tiger, at the George Fairfax Studio. People's Choice Award Aunty Donna and the Fax Machine http://www.melbournefringe.com.au |
