Theatre Awards 2002
The Little Theatre - Cape Town | Tuesday 11 February 2003

Once again a capacity crowd gathered for the 2002 Cape Times Awards ceremony – now in it's 33rd year. The welcoming speeches were followed by a trio of humourous pieces from Pineland Players that perhaps eased the nominees tensions a little. The Awards were presented by guest Eviva Pelham to noisy applause and shouts of delight from a suitably excited audience. The nominees were ...

Best play, Best musical, Best directors: When we are married Ken Savage, Claremont Dramatic Society | One Way Pendulum Brenda Gray, Milnerton Players | The Glass Menagerie birga Thomas, MADS | HMS Pinafore Teddy Davies, Festival Players/Gilbert & Sullivan Society | Wait until Dark Sue Bolton, Claremont Dramatic Society | Op dees aarde Herman van der Westhuizen, Hottentots Holland Dramatic Society | 007, Shaken and Stirred Ian Strauss and Coleen van Staden, Masque Theatre Players | Shadowlands Brenda Gray, Claremont Dramatic Society | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Kyla Thorburn-Boxall, Pinelands Players | Carousel Teddy Davies, Gilbert & Sullivan Society.

Best actress in a play or musical: Jane Cohen When we are married | Trish Sutton Kiss me Kate | Laura Bosman There's a girl in my soup | Julie Summers The Glass Menagerie | Melanie-Anne Reeve Dead Guilty | Sally Stokes Wait until Dark | Denise Bester Op dees aarde | Julie Summers Shadowlands | Laura Bosman Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Andrea Fourie Carousel

Best actor in a play or musical: Mike Tompson When we are married | Jeff Batt Kiss me Kate | Gordon Ormandy One Way Pendulum | Johm Carne The Glass Menagerie | David Muller Wait until Dark | Brian Winter 's Wonderful, 's Marvellous, 's Gershwin | Mike Tompson Shadowlands | Gordon Molloy Secondary Cause of Death | Shaun Browne Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Brennan Holder Carousel.

Best supporting actress in a play or musical: Ann Buxton Mixed Doubles | Sharon Wood Mixed Doubles | Bev Luyt Waiting in the Wings | Sally Stokes When we are married | JoAnne Darby Kiss me Kate | Collen van Staden HMS Pinafore | Molly Möhr Op dees aarde | Helen Mathers Spider's Web | Julie Dixon Carousel.

Best supporting actor in a play or musical: Jim Hawker Waiting in the Wings | Andy McPherson Mixed Doubles | Ralph Kelly When we are married | Peter Crowder One Way Pendulum | Deryck Broom The Glass Menagerie | Andrew Weiss HMS Pinafore | Peter Norman Broadway Bound | Johan Laten Op dees aarde | Dennis Benneyworth Shadowlands | Geoff Payne, Darren Telford, Simon Speck, Andrew Weiss, John Heeger, Peter Gush Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Best cameo performance: Fiona Carling Beyond Reasonable Doubt | Jill Cooke When we are married | John McConnell Kiss me Kate | Ted Faulkner There's a girl in my soup | Ryta Zmuro Carousel.

Most promising newcomer: Sharon Wood Mixed Doubles | Khalida Speck There's a girl in my soup | Tallulah Habib Wait until Dark | Douglas Golding Shadowlands | Andrea Fourie Carousel.

Best set: Jill Cooke When we are married | Cecil Jakins Kiss me Kate | Margi Blewett The Glass Menagerie | Walter Hodges Spider's Web | Ian Strauss 007 Shaken and Stirred | Walter Hodges & Jill Cooke Shadowlands | David Davidson Carousel.

Technical excellence: Rebecca Fogell One Way Pendulum | John Blewett The Glass Menagerie | Chris Smith HMS Pinafore | Coleen van Staden & Ian Strauss 007 Shaken and Stirred.

Artistic contributions: Patrick Jordi The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare - abridged | Betty Hawker & Sherry Baker Waiting in the Wings | Jill Cooke One Way Pedulum | Lynnette Walsh HMS Pinafore | Rick Everett 's Gershwin | Paul Johnson s' Gershwin | Robin Wainwright 007 Shaken and Stirred | Heath MacLachlan Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Tamsin Williams & Kyla Thorburn Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Teddy Davies Carousel | Belinda Burchell Batt & Jean Bruwer Cinderella.

 

And the WINNERS were ...


Best Play in 2002
Op dees aarde
Directed by Herman van der Westhuizen | Hottentots Holland Dramatic Society

Best Musical in 2002
Carousel
Directed by Teddy Davies | Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Most Adventurous Production in 2002
007 Shaken and Stirred
Directed by Ian Strauss & Coleen van Staden | Masque Theatre Players

Best Director of a Musical in 2002
Kyla Thorburn Boxall
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Pinelands Players

Best Director of a Play in 2002
birga Thomas
The Glass Menagerie | MADS

Best Actress in a Play in 2002
Denise Bester
Op dees aarde | Hottentots Holland Dramatic Society

Best Actor in a Play in 2002
Mike Tompson
When we are married | Claremont Dramatic Society

Best Actress in a Musical in 2002
Laura Bosman
There's a girl in my soup | Pinelands Players

Best Actor in a Musical in 2002
Jeff Batt
Kiss me Kate | Fish Hoek Dramatic Society

Best Supporting Actress in a Play in 2002
Sharon Wood
Mixed Doubles | Milnerton Players

Best Supporting Actor in a Play in 2002
Peter Norman
Broadway Bound | Constantiaberg Theatre Players

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical in 2002
Julie Dixon
Carousel | Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical in 2002
Andrew Weiss
HMS Pinafore | Festival Players/Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Best Cameo Performance in 2002
Rita Zmuro
Carousel | Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Most Promising Newcomer in 2002
Andrea Fourie
Carousel | Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Best Set in 2002
Jill Cooke
When we are married | Claremont Dramatic Society

Artistic Contribution in 2002
Belinda Burchell Batt & Jean Bruwer
Cinderella | Anchor Players


Technical Excellence - Sound in 2002
John Blewett
The Glass Menagerie | MADS

Special Award for Choreography
Tamsin Williams & Kyla Thorburn
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Pineland Players

Special Award for Opening Sequence
Teddy Davies
Carousel| Gilbert & Sullivan Society

Special Award for Special Effects
Ian Strauss & Coleen van Staden
007 Shaken & Stirred | Masque Theatre Players

Special Award for Costumes
Robyn Wainwright
Shaken & Stirred| Masque Theatre Players

Special Award for Support in a Musical
Geoff Payne, Darren Telford, Simon Speck, John Heeger & Peter Gush
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Pineland Players


CONGRATULATIONS TO ONE AND ALL!