2013 Shortlist

Best Male Performance

  • Alan Cumming (all parts), Macbeth, National Theatre of Scotland
  • Gerard Murphy (Krapp), Krapp’s Last Tape, Citizens Theatre Company
  • Grant O’Rourke (Mike Daisey), The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, the Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh
  • Iain Robertson (Eddie), Takin’ Over the Asylum, a co-production between the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh and the Citizens Theatre Company, Glasgow

Best Female Performance

Sponsored by STV

  • Maureen Beattie (Narrator), The List, Stellar Quines
  • Eileen Walsh (Sandra), Quiz Show, Traverse Theatre Company, Edinburgh
  • Blythe Duff (Fay Black), Iron, Firebrand Theatre Company in association with Heart of Hawick
  • Amy Manson (Nora Vaughan), A Doll’s House, a co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland and the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh

Best Ensemble

Sponsored by Equity

  • The Guid Sisters, a co-production between the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh and the National Theatre of Scotland
  • The Seafarer, a co-production between Perth Theatre and the Lyric Theatre, Belfast
  • Takin’ Over the Asylum, a co-production between the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh and the Citizens Theatre Company, Glasgow
  • Time and the Conways, a co-production between the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh and Dundee Rep Ensemble

Best Director

  • Dominic Hill, Krapp’s Last Tape/Footfalls, Citizens Theatre Company, Glasgow
  • Stewart Laing, The Maids, Citizens Theatre Company, Glasgow
  • Rachel O’Riordan, The Seafarer, a co-production between Perth Theatre and the Lyric Theatre, Belfast
  • Hamish Pirie, Quiz Show, Traverse Theatre Company, Edinburgh

Best Design

Sponsored by the Scottish Drama Training Network

  • Kai Fischer (set), Entartet, Kai Fischer developed in association with Vanishing Point and the CCA, Glasgow
  • Ti Green (set) and Mark Doubleday (lighting), Time and the Conways, a co-production between the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh and Dundee Rep Ensemble
  • Gail Sneddon (concept and video), Rachana Jadhav (set), Karsten Tinapp (lighting), Kevin Pollard (costume) and Ménage à Trois, the National Theatre of Scotland in partnership with Claire Cunningham and Gail Sneddon
  • Charlotte Lane (set) and Sergey Jakovsky (lighting), Ulysses, Tron Theatre Company in association with Project Arts Centre, Dublin and the Everyman, Cork

Best Music and Sound

  • Hilary Brooks, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: The Musical, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
  • Hugh Nankivell and JJ Jamieson, Ignition, National Theatre of Scotland in association with Shetland Arts
  • John Sampson, A Taste of Honey, Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh
  • Greg Sinclair, Sonata for a Man and a Boy, Greg Sinclair and macrobert, Stirling

Best Technical Presentation

Sponsored by Northern Light

  • Wonderland, a co-production between Vanishing Point, Fondazione Campagnia Dei Festival – Napoli Teatro Festival Italia and Tramway, Glasgow in association with Eden Court Theatre, Inverness
  • Ménage à Trois, the National Theatre of Scotland in partnership with Claire Cunningham and Gail Sneddon
  • The Incredible Adventures of See Thru Sam, Random Accomplice, Glasgow
  • The Guid Sisters, a co-production between the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, Edinburgh and the National Theatre of Scotland

Best Production for Children and Young People

  • The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, National Theatre of Scotland
  • The Incredible Adventures of See Thru Sam, Random Accomplice, Glasgow
  • Sonata for a Man and a Boy, Greg Sinclair and macrobert,Stirling
  • The Ugly Duckling, created by Andy Manley, a co-production between the Arches, Glasgow and Catherine Wheels

Best New Play

Sponsored by W&P Longreach – Theatre Insurance Brokers

  • Rob Drummond, Quiz Show, Traverse Theatre Company, Edinburgh
  • Linda McLean, Sex & God, Magnetic North, produced in association with Platform, Glasgow
  • Douglas Maxwell, A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity, a co-production between A Play, a Pie and a Pint and the Traverse Theatre Company, Edinburgh
  • Morna Pearson, The Artist Man and the Mother Woman, Traverse Theatre Company, Edinburgh

Best Production

  • Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: The Musical, Pitlochry Festival Theatre
  • Krapp’s Last Tape/Footfalls, Citizens Theatre Company, Glasgow
  • The List, Stellar Quines
  • Quiz Show, Traverse Theatre Company, Edinburgh
  • The Seafarer, a co-production between Perth Theatre and the Lyric Theatre, Belfast

The CATS judging panel for 2013 was made up of: Mary Brennan (The Herald), Anna Burnside (The Independent), Irene Brown (Edinburgh Guide), Mark Brown (The Sunday Herald and the Daily Telegraph), Neil Cooper (The Herald), Michael Cox (acrossthearts.co.uk), Robert Dawson Scott (The Times), Thom Dibdin (The Stage and Annals of the Edinburgh Stage), Mark Fisher (The Guardian), Joyce McMillan (The Scotsman), Allan Radcliffe (The Times), Gareth K Vile (The List) and Joy Watters (acrossthearts.co.uk).