2018 Shortlist

Best Male Performance

  • Joseph Arkley (Richard III), Richard III, Perth Theatre
  • George Costigan (James Tyrone), Long Day’s Journey into Night, Citizens Theatre and HOME Manchester
  • Robert Jack (Berenger), Rhinoceros, Edinburgh International Festival and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in association with DOT Theatre, Istanbul
  • Ramesh Meyyappan, Off-Kilter, Ramesh Meyyappan Productions, Tron Theatre, Glasgow and TheatreWorks Singapore. Produced by Raw Material Arts

Best Female Performance

Sponsored by STV

  • Charlene Boyd (Lady Macbeth), The Macbeths, Citizens Theatre
  • Apphia Campbell (Ambrosia and Assata Shakur), WOKE, Play the Spotlight Productions
  • Jessica Hardwick (Young Woman), Knives in Hens, Perth Theatre
  • Sara Stewart (Martha), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Rapture Theatre

Best Ensemble

Sponsored by Equity

  • August: Osage County, Dundee Rep Ensemble
  • The Belle’s Stratagem, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
  • Cockpit, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
  • Rhinoceros, Edinburgh International Festival and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in association with DOT Theatre, Istanbul

Best Director

  • Murat Daltaban, Rhinoceros, Edinburgh International Festival and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in association with DOT Theatre, Istanbul
  • Angie Dight, Nursery Crymes, Mischief La-Bas and MSL Projects in association with In Situ, UZ Arts and Radiator Arts
  • Lu Kemp, Knives in Hens, Perth Theatre
  • Wils Wilson, Cockpit, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh

Best Design

Sponsored by the Scottish Drama Training Network

  • Jamie Harrison (co-designer), Rebecca Hamilton (co-designer and lead model maker), Simon Wilkinson (lighting designer), Flight, Vox Motus in association with Beacon Arts Centre, commissioned by Edinburgh International Festival
  • Tom Piper (designer) and Ben Ormerod (lighting designer), Long Day’s Journey into Night, Citizens Theatre and HOME Manchester
  • Tom Piper (designer) and Chris Davey (lighting designer), Rhinoceros, Edinburgh International Festival and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in association with DOT Theatre, Istanbul
  • Jamie Vartan (designer) and Simon Wilkinson (lighting designer), Knives in Hens, Perth Theatre

Best Music and Sound

  • Oğuz Kaplangı (composer, sound designer), Rhinoceros, Edinburgh International Festival and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in association with DOT Theatre, Istanbul
  • Michael John McCarthy (composer and sound designer), Glory on Earth, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
  • Florencia Garcia Chafuen, Laini Christmas, Jen Cunningham, Breezy Elthalion, Aaron Jeffrey, Philip Alexander McDonald, Sarah McFadyen, Richard Merchant, Judith Milligan, Alex Rigg, Anders Rigg, Oliver Rigg, Joey Sanderson, Lewis Sherlock, Jane Simpson, Cammy Sinclair, Anna Tagg, Pete Tagg and Guy Veale, Sea Hames, Oceanallover in association with Feral
  • Gareth Williams (composer) and Claire McKenzie (musical director), The 306: Day, National Theatre of Scotland, Perth Theatre and Stellar Quines, in association with Red Note Ensemble and co-commissioned with 14–18 NOW

Best Technical Presentation

Sponsored by BECTU

  • Cinderella, Citizens Theatre
  • Flight, Vox Motus in association with Beacon Arts Centre, commissioned by Edinburgh International Festival
  • Nursery Crymes, Mischief La-Bas and MSL Projects in association with In Situ, UZ Arts and Radiator Arts
  • Rhinoceros, Edinburgh International Festival and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in association with DOT Theatre, Istanbul

Best Production for Children and Young People

Sponsored by Young Scot

  • Cinderella, Citizens Theatre
  • Eaten, Mamoru Iriguchi
  • Night Light, Andy Manley and Teater Refleksion, co-produced with Imaginate and Red Bridge Arts
  • Space Ape, Andy Cannon and Red Bridge Arts

Best New Play

  • Peter Arnott, The Monarch of the Glen (adapted from the novel by Compton Mackenzie), Pitlochry Festival Theatre
  • Alan Bissett, (More) Moira Monologues, Alan Bissett and Sacha Kyle
  • Angie Dight, Mischief La-Bas and·Bill Breckenridge, Nursery Crymes, Mischief La-Bas and MSL Projects in association with In Situ, UZ Arts and Radiator Arts
  • Zinnie Harris, Meet Me at Dawn, Traverse Theatre Company and Edinburgh International Festival

Best Production

  • Cockpit, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh
  • Flight, Vox Motus in association with Beacon Arts Centre, commissioned by Edinburgh International Festival
  • Knives in Hens, Perth Theatre
  • Rhinoceros, Edinburgh International Festival and Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in association with DOT Theatre, Istanbul

The CATS judging panel for 2018 was made up of: Mary Brennan (The Herald), Irene Brown (edinburghguide.com), Mark Brown (The Sunday Herald and the Daily Telegraph), Paul F Cockburn (BroadwayBaby), Neil Cooper (The Herald), Michael Cox (Across the Arts), Thom Dibdin (The Stage and AllEdinburghTheatre.com), Mark Fisher (The Guardian), Joyce McMillan (The Scotsman), David Pollock (The Independent), Allan Radcliffe (The Times) and Joy Watters (Across the Arts).