SYDNEY FRINGE AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE 2011

Congratulations to the recipients of our 2011 Sydney Fringe Awards for Excellence.

Our informal celebration of the best of the fest on Wednesday 2 November at Sidetrack Theatre, was the perfect conclusion to an exciting year and a succesful Fringe.

The full list of winners:

Divya Palat
Writer/director/performer/producer
For her production A PERSONAL WAR, STORIES OF THE MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS                                                            At The Greek Theatre

James Edgar Francis & Maxine Kauter
Musical arrangers/performers
For their production BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – AN EVENING OF DISNEY SONGS
At Notes

Ali Kennedy Scott
Writer/performer
For her solo performance THE DAY THE SKY TURNED BLACK
At Newtown Theatre

Naomi Livingstone & Edward Grey
Performers
For their performances in the musical JOHN AND JEN
At Sidetrack Theatre

FringeArt at Carriageworks: Immerse
A collective award for all the artists involved in this curated exhibition at Bay 19, Carriageworks                                      - Curator, Lew Palatis and Susannah Williams, Simon Wall, Patrick Cremin, Ari Zainal, Susan Bui, Andrew Ensor, Elodie Silberstein, Deborah Wilkinson, Adrian O’Connell, Lucien Alperstein, Beth Dillon, Gabrielle Dillon, Dirty Hands Printmaking Collective (Gokcen Altinok, Gulsen Altinok, Mike Watt and Jessica Hodgkinson) and Archrival.

Gavin Roach
Writer/performer
For his solo performance CONFESSIONS OF A GRINDR ADDICT
At New Theatre

Danielle Maas & Jessica Wallace
Writers/performers/designers/producers
For their devised production COUNTRY MATTERS
At New Theatre

Susan Williamson & Simone O'Brien
Writers, Performers, Knitters
For creating SPINNING A YARN
At PACT

Chris Turner
Performer
For his performance as Jack in THE WILL
At The Tap Gallery

James Buckingham & Liam Bradbery
Devisers/performers
For their performances in ROMEO AND JULIET IN TEN WITH TWO

Keira Daley
Writer/performer
For her cabaret production LADY NERD
At the Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre

Daniel Hunter
Director/Co-producer
For his direction of PRODUCT by MARK RAVENHILL
At The Reginald, Seymour Centre

Tommy Bradson
Writer/performer
For his performance in PIRATE RHAPSODY, MERMAID REQUIEM
At The Reginald, Seymour Centre

Austinmer Dance Theatre
For their production TOO SOON TO TELL
At Newtown Theatre

Helen O’Leary
Writer/performer
For her solo performance MY PARIS
At Old 505 Theatre

Michael Workman
Writer/performer
For his stand-up show MERCY
At The Factory Theatre

MOP Gallery
for their HELEN GORY GALERIE AT MOP exhibition

Tessa Zettel & Karl Khoe
for their work "LAND-ESCAPES"
Part of the John Fries Memorial Prize at Blackfriars off Broadway

SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE AWARD
CHRIS LEGO for his Festival of Free Spaces

PETER LEHMANN PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
THE DAY THE SKY TURNED BLACK
At Newtown Theatre

My thanks go to all our award winners, and to all those artists who made this year's Fringe such an amazing and memorable festival.

 Richard Hull                                                                                                                                                                                            Festival Director