2010 Shortlist

Best Male Performance

Sponsored by Guy Robertson Partnership

  • John Bett as the Governor, The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre
  • Brian Ferguson as Daniel, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre
  • Kevin Lennon as John Merrick, The Elephant Man, Dundee Rep
  • Jimmy Yuill, Testament Of Cresseid, Edinburgh International Festival

Best Female Performance

Sponsored by STV

  • Suzanne Donaldson as LJ, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre
  • Suzie Ferguson, Sick, Theatre Modo
  • Cara Kelly as Maureen Folan, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Royal Lyceum
  • Sian Thomas as Stevie, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Traverse Theatre

Best Ensemble

  • A Christmas Carol, Dundee Rep
  • The Darktown Cakewalk: Celebrated From the House of FAME, Sorcha Dallas for Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art in association with the Work Room
  • The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre
  • Huxley’s Lab, Grid Iron/Lung Ha’s

Best Director

  • Ken Alexander, Whisky Galore, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
  • Dominic Hill, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre
  • Dominic Hill, The Goat, Traverse Theatre
  • Jemima Levick, Elephant Man, Dundee Rep

Best Design

  • Kai Fischer (set and lighting) and Finn Ross (projection and video design), The Beggar’s Opera, Royal Lyceum, Vanishing Point and Belgrade Theatre, Coventry in association with Tramway
  • Alex Lowde (set) and Colin Grenfell (lighting), The Elephant Man, Dundee Rep
  • Jason Southgate (set) and Graham Sutherland (lighting), Cinderella, Citizens Theatre
  • Neil Warmington (set) and Lizzie Powell (lighting), The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre

Best Music and Sound

  • Jon Beales, Shona McKee McNeil, Ian Hammond Brown and the company, Whisky Galore, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
  • David Paul Jones, The Songbird, Giant
  • Alasdair Macrae, The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre
  • Stuart McCallum, The Darktown Cakewalk: Celebrated From The House of FAME, Sorcha Dallas for Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art in association with the Work Room

Best Technical Presentation

Sponsored by Northern Light

  • Bright Black, Vox Motus (in association with Platform and supported by Cumbernauld Theatre and Fife Arts Trust)
  • A Christmas Carol, Dundee Rep
  • Jane Eyre, Perth Theatre
  • Mr Write, National Theatre of Scotland

Best Production for Children and Young People

  • Cinderella, Citizens Theatre
  • Mr Write, National Theatre of Scotland
  • Pobby and Dingan, Catherine Wheels
  • The Songbird, Giant

Best New Play

Sponsored by W&P Longreach – Theatre Insurance Brokers:

  • Alan Bissett, Turbo Folk, A Play, a Pie and a Pint
  • Kieran Hurley, Hitch, in association with The Arches
  • Dennis Kelly, Orphans, Traverse Theatre and Birmingham Repertory Theatre in association with Paines Plough
  • Ursula Rani Sarma, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre

Best Production

  • A Christmas Carol, Dundee Rep
  • The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre
  • The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Traverse Theatre
  • The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre