2004 Shortlist

On May 16, 2004 the shortlists for the ten categories of the 2003-04 CATS were announced.

Best Male Performance

  • Fraser Ayres as Nigel in The People Next Door by Henry Adams – Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh production.
  • John Bett as Urgentiono in Scenes From An Execution by Howard Barker – Dundee Rep Ensemble production.
  • Paul Jesson as Willie Loman in Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller – Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh production.
  • Dougal Lee as John Tanner in Man And Superman by G. B. Shaw – Pitlochry Festival Theatre production.

Best Female Performance

  • Selina Boyack as the Ice Climber in 8000 Metres by David Greig – Suspect Culture Theatre Company.
  • Cait Davis as The Woman in Those Eyes, That Mouth – Grid Iron Theatre Company.
  • Irene MacDougall as Rivera in Scenes From An Execution by Howard Barker – Dundee Rep production.
  • Sophie Ward as Jane Wetherby in Nothing – Citizens Theatre, Glasgow production.

Best Ensemble

  • Dundee Rep Ensemble cast for Scenes From An Execution.
  • Royal Lyceum Theatre cast for Six Black Candles.
  • The Citizens Theatre cast for Top Girls.
  • The Arches Theatre cast for Waiting for Godot.

Best Director

  • Andy Cannon and Iain Johnstone for Arthur, the Story of a King – Wee Stories Theatre Company & The Scottish Touring Consortium.
  • Dominic Hill for Scenes From An Execution – Dundee Rep Ensemble production.
  • Hettie McDonald for Top Girls – Citizens Theatre Glasgow production.
  • Mark Thomson for Six Black Candles – Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh production.

Best Design

  • Kenny Miller for Smoking with Lulu which he also directed – The Citizens Theatre Production.
  • Tom Piper for Twelfth Night – Dundee Rep Ensemble Production.
  • Ken Harrison (Set) and Mark Pritchard (Lights) for Double Indemnity – Pitlochry Festival Theatre Production.
  • Neil Warmington (Set) and Simon Bennison (Lights) for Scenes from an Execution – Dundee Rep Ensemble Production.

Best Music and Sound

  • Jon Beales for Flora the Red Menace – Dundee Rep Production.
  • Paddy Cuneen for Twelfth Night – Dundee Rep Production.
  • Anthea Haddow and Kenny MacLeod for Scenes from an Execution – Dundee Rep Production.
  • David Paul Jones for Those Eyes, That Mouth – Grid Iron Theatre Company.

Best Technical Presentation

  • Double Indemnity – Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
  • Monster – Visible Fictions Company.
  • Smoking With Lulu – Citizens Theatre Glasgow.
  • Those Eyes, That Mouth – Grid Iron Theatre Company.

Best Production for Children and Young People

  • Arthur, The Story of a King – Wee Stories Company & The Scottish Touring Consortium.
  • Monster – Visible Fictions Company.
  • The Story of the Little Gentleman – Catherine Wheels Company.
  • Snow Baby – Catherine Wheels Company/ Macrobert Centre.

Best New Play

  • David Greig for San Diego – Tron Theatre/ Edinburgh International Festival Production.
  • Andrea Hart for Nothing – Citizens Theatre Production.
  • Henry Adam for The People Next Door – Traverse Theatre Production.

Best Production

  • Arthur, the story of a king – Wee Stories & The Scottish Touring Consortium. Directed by Andy Cannon and Iain Johnstone.
  • Scenes from an Execution – Dundee Rep Ensemble Company. Directed by Dominic Hill.
  • Top Girls – The Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. Directed by Hettie McDonald.
  • Waiting For Godot – The Arches Theatre Company, Glasgow directed by Andy Arnold.

The awards panel consisted of: Mary Brennan (The Herald), Mark Brown (Sunday Herald), Neil Cooper (The Herald), Allan Chadwick (Metro), Steve Cramer (List), Robert Dawson Scott (The Times), Thom Dibdin (Edinburgh Evening News), Mark Fisher (The Guardian), Thelma Good (EdinburghGuide.com), Sarah Jones (The Independent), Joyce McMillan (Scotsman), Kenneth Speirs (Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday) and Joy Watters (The Courier).