2015 Glugs Theatre Awards Nominations

The Glugs have announced the nominees of the 2015 Glugs Theatre Awards, to be presented Monday 1 February 2016 at Sydney’s Castlereagh Boutique Hotel.

This year marks the Glugs’ 50th anniversary since their first meeting. In 1966 a group of theatre lovers – critics, journalists, actors and theatre-goers – met weekly for lunch to discuss theatre and welcome international touring actors. Founding members included theatre critic Norman Kessell, Bill Fenn, JCW’s PR man John Love, and ABC producer Allan Kendall.

In 1969, Barry Morse (star at the time of TV’s The Fugitive and touring Broadway show Hadrian VII in Sydney) christened the group inspired by C.J.Dennis’s tongue-in-cheek poems The Glugs of Gosh. The Glugs still hold bi-monthly luncheons to help overseas performers feel at home and grow a local theatre-appreciating community in Sydney to this day, meeting on the first Monday of the month.

The Glugs Theatre Awards kick off the year by honouring the best theatre of 2015, proudly sponsored by the Seaborn Broughton and Walford Foundation.

Chief Glug Bill Winspear will M.C., with guests including Lorraine Bayly, Nancye Hayes, Shaun Rennie, Gael Ballantyne, Mitchell Butel, Marika Aubrey and Debora Krizak.

WHERE: Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, 169 Castlereagh St., Sydney
WHEN: Monday 1 February 2016, 6pm
TICKETS: $20 for light refreshments (invited guests and nominees are free)

NOMINATIONS FOR 2015 GLUG AWARDS

NORMAN KESSELL MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR

FEMALE

Paula Arundell - The Bleeding Tree -Griffin

Cate Blanchett - The Present - STC

Jeanette Cronin - The House on the Lake - Griffin

Andrea Demetriades - Arms and the Man - STC

Amanda Muggleton - The Book Club - Ensemble

MALE

Huw Higginson - The House on the Lake - Griffin

Richard Roxburgh - The Present - STC

Sean Taylor - My Zinc Bed - Ensemble

James Wright - The Credeaux Canvas - Lambert House & BH Prod

JEFFRY JOYNTON-SMITH MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

FEMALE

Gael Ballantyne - Ladies in Lavender - Ensemble

Carmen Duncan - The Credeaux Canvas - Lambert House & BH Prod

Anna Houston - Of Mice and Men - Sport for Jove

Deborah Kennedy - Arms and the Man - STC

Matilda Ridgway – Cock - Red Line Productions

MALE

John Bell – Ivanov - Belvoir

Kit Brookman - A Rabbit for Kim Jong-il - Griffin

Tim Draxl - Mothers and Sons - Ensemble

Benjamin Hoetjes - Ladies in Lavender - Ensemble

COLLEEN CLIFFORD MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN MUSIC THEATRE

FEMALE

Marika Aubrey - Man of La Mancha - Squabbalogic

Helen Dallimore - Blood Brothers - Enda Markey/Hayes Theatre Co

Jaz Flowers – Heathers - Showqueen Prod/Working Mgt/ Hayes Theatre Co

Amy Lehpamer - High Society - Hayes Theatre Co

Caroline O’Connor - Anything Goes - Opera Australia/John Frost

MALE

Simon Gleeson - Les Misérables - Cameron Macintosh Aust

Alex Rathgeber - Anything Goes - Opera Australia/John Frost

Tony Sheldon - Man of La Mancha - Squabbalogic

Hayden Tee - Les Misérables - Cameron Macintosh Aust

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMER IN MUSIC THEATRE

FEMALE

Marika Aubrey – Matilda - RSC

Kerrie-Anne Greenland - Les Misérables - Cameron Macintosh Aust

Debora Krizak - Anything Goes - Opera Australia/John Frost

Lucy Maunder – Heathers - Showqueen Prod/Working Mgt/ Hayes Theatre Co

MALE

Trevor Ashley - Les Misérables - Cameron Macintosh Aust

Blake Bowden - Beyond Desire - Neil Rutherford Prod/ Hayes Theatre Co

Blake Bowden - Blood Brothers - Enda Markey/ Hayes Theatre Co

Laurence Coy - High Society - Hayes Theatre Co

James Millar – Matilda - RSC

STUART WAGSTAFF MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING DIRECTION

Trevor Ashley – Heathers - Showqueen Prod/Working Mgt/ Hayes Theatre Co

Eamon Flack – Ivanov - Belvoir

Jay James Moody - Man of La Mancha - Squabbalogic

Iain Sinclair - Of Mice and Men - Sport for Jove

AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING MAINSTAGE MUSICAL

Anything Goes - Opera Australia/John Frost

Les Misérables -  Cameron Macintosh Aust.

Matilda - RSC

AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT MUSICAL

Blood Brothers - dir Andrew Pole - Enda Markey/ Hayes Theatre Co

Heathers - dir Trevor Ashley - Showqueen Prod/Working Mgt/ Hayes Theatre Co

Man of La Mancha- dir Jay James-Moody - Squabbalogic

Rent- dir Shaun Rennie - Highway Run Prod/ Hayes Theatre Co

ROBERT DAVIS MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Arms and the Man - Richard Cottrell - STC

Ivanov - Eamon Flack - Belvoir

The Bleeding Tree - Lee Lewis - Griffin

The Present - Andrew Upton - STC

JOHN WEST MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK

Beyond Desire - Book & lyrics Neil Rutherford; Music Kieran Drury - Neil Rutherford Prod/ Hayes Theatre Co

Blood Bank - Christopher Harley - Ensemble

Ivanov - ad. Eamon Flack from Chekhov - Belvoir

The Bleeding Tree - Angus Cerini - Griffin

TAFFY DAVIES MEMORIAL AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Cock - dir  Shane Bosher - Red Line Prod

Of Mice and Men - dir Iain Sinclair - Sport for Jove

The Credeaux Canvas - dir Ross McGregor - Lambert House/BH Prod

The Dapto Chaser - dir Glynn Nicholas - Apocalypse/Griffin Ind

MOST OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN (SPONSORED BY ROSE PETERSEN)

Masquerade by Kate Mulvany, dir Lee Lewis - Griffin/ STC of SA

Shellshock by Justin Fleming, dir Wayne Harrison - Riverside

Snugglepot & Cuddlepie ad. fr. May Gibbs by Eldridge /McGarry/ de Cesare,dir Susanna Dowling - CDP/Monkey Baa

The Unknown Soldier by Sandra Eldridge, dir Matt Edgerton - Monkey Baa

MOST OUTSTANDING CABARET PERFORMANCE

Mitchell Butel - Killing Time

Bobby Fox - Four Seasons in One Night

Rob Mills - Rob Mills Is Surprisingly Good

Phil Scott - Reviewing the Situation

MOST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A NEWCOMER

Gary Clementson - Caress/Ache - Griffin

Linden Furnell – Rent - Highway Run Prod/ Hayes Theatre Co

Kerrie Anne Greenland - Les Misérables - Cameron Macintosh Aust

Benjamin Hoetjes - Ladies In Lavender - Ensemble

Lauren McKenna – Heathers - Showqueen Prod/Working Mgt/ Hayes Theatre Co

Images (from top): Heathers (photographer: Kurt Sneddon); The Present (photographer: Lisa Tomasetti); Man of La Mancha (photographer: Michael Francis); Masquerade (photographer: Brett Boardnman).