Shortlist for the CATS Awards 2024

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The 2024 CATS winners will be announced at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow on Sunday 16 June. Special guest to be announced soon.

Here are the nominees of the Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2024.

Outstanding Performance

Two Winners

Darren Brownlie

Meet Me at The Knob
A Play, a Pie and a Pint

Image © Tommy Ga Ken Wan

Nicole Cooper

The Fool in Lear’s Fool
Bard in the Botanics

Image © Tommy Ga Ken Wan

Blythe Duff

Mrs Jarrett in Escaped Alone
Tron Theatre

Image © Mihaela Bodlovic

Paul McCole

Dion in The Sheriff of Kalamaki
A Play, A Pie and A Pint

Image © Tommy Ga Ken Wan

Gary McNair

Various in Dear Billy
National Theatre of Scotland

Image © Sally Jubb

Gill Robertson

Various in Lightning Ridge
Catherine Wheels

Image © Brian Hartley

Alan Steele

Falstaff in Henry IV Parts I & II
Bard in the Botanics

Image © Tommy Ga Ken Wan

Kirsty Stuart

Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire
Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Image © Frazer Band

Best Ensemble

Escaped Alone

Tron Theatre

Image © Mihaela Bodlovic

Same Team: A Street Soccer Story

Traverse Theatre

Image © Tommy Ga Ken Wan

Sunset Song

Dundee Rep & Royal Lyceum Edinburgh

Image © Mihaela Bodlovic

The Girls of Slender Means

Royal Lyceum Edinburgh

Image © Mihaela Bodlovic

Best Director

Bryony Shanahan

Elizabeth Newman

Joanna Bowman

Joe Douglas

Best Design

Emma Bailey and Mark Henderson

Katy Rae Wilson and Michaella Fee

Katy Rae Wilson (Set Design) Michaella Fee (Lighting Design)
Ginger - Tortoise In A Nutshell in association with Platform and Lyth Arts Centre.

Image © Mihaela Bodlovic

Alisa Kalyanova, Simon Wilkinson, Ellie Thompson and Mark Melville

Alisa Kalyanova (Set and Costume); Simon Wilkinson (Lighting); Ellie Thompson Video & Projection Design; Mark Melville (Sound Design)
Love the Sinner - Vanishing Point and Imogen Stirling

Image © Andy Ross

Arran Howie and Simon Wilkinson

Arran Howie (Designer), Simon Wilkinson (Lighting & Video Designer)
Ragnarok - Tortoise in a Nutshell co-production with Figurteatret i Nordland and in association with MacRobert Arts Centre

Image © Mihaela Bodlovic

CRITICS' AWARDS FOR THEATRE IN SCOTLAND

Shortlist for the CATS Awards 2024

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