Total Theatre is delighted to announce the winners of the Total Theatre Awards 2009.
Total Theatre Award for an Emerging Artist/Company
Lilly Through the Dark presented by The River People (UK)
Bedlam
Total Theatre Award for Devised Performance
Everything Must Go (Or the Voluntary Attempt to Overcome Unnecessary Obstacles) presented by Beady Eye - Kristin Fredricksson Augustine's (UK)
Total Theatre Award for Innovation/Interaction/Immersion
Adrian Howells: Foot-Washing for the Sole presented by The Arches at St Stephens (UK)
Total Theatre Award for Physical/Visual Theatre
Under Glass presented by Clod Ensemble and produced by Fuel
McEwan Hall (UK)
Total Theatre Award for Music and Theatre
My Name is Sue presented by Dafydd James and Ben Lewis (UK)
Pleasance Courtyard
Total Theatre Award for a Significant Contribution to Theatre Making
Improbable Theatre
This award is in recognition of the achievements of this internationally acclaimed company over many years and the way in which they have brought Total Theatre to many different audiences. Improbable's work spans diverse areas of live performance from Opera and Musical Theatre to outdoor performance and indoor theatre. Their use of open space and the introduction of Devoted and Disgruntled: What are we doing about theatre over the past four years has empowered artists and theatre makers to address challenges facing the sector. They have collectively shown a determined effort to reflect on and change the world of theatre making and the world in which theatre is made.
Special Commendations (work which could not be included due to short runs)
100 Wounded Tears presented by Dot 504 (Czech) (Zoo Southside)
This Is a Picture of a Person I Don't Know presented by Pere Faura (Dance Base)
The Red Room presented by David Hughes Dance Productions (Traverse Theatre)
Must: The Inside Story presented by Clod Ensemble and Peggy Shaw and produced by Fuel University of Edinburgh, Medical School (UK)
From Where I'm Standing presented by Junction 25, a young people's company resident at Tramway Forest Fringe
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