Shortlists by director

(up to 2019)

Whisky Galore directed by Ken Alexander, Pitlochry Festival Theatre

Ken Alexander: 1 nomination

  • 2009–10, Whisky Galore, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Nominated

Andy Arnold: 4 nominations

  • 2003–04, Waiting for Godot, The Arches, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2004–05, Beckett 2: The Basement Tapes, The Arches, Nominated
  • 2006–07, Spend a Penny, The Arches, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2018–19, Ballyturk, Tron Theatre, Nominated

Richard Baron: 2 nominations

  • 2004–05, Look Back in Anger, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Nominated
  • 2004–05, Look Back in Anger, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Best Production, Nominated

Cora Bissett: 2 nominations

  • 2010–11, Roadkill, Ankur Productions, Nominated
  • 2010–11, Roadkill, Ankur Productions, Best Production, Won

James Brining: 8 nominations

  • 2007–08, Sunshine on Leith, Dundee Rep Theatre, Nominated
  • 2007–08, Sunshine on Leith, Dundee Rep Theatre, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2008–09, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Dundee Rep Theatre, Nominated
  • 2008–09, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Dundee Rep Theatre, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2009–10, A Christmas Carol, Dundee Rep Theatre, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2010–11, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dundee Rep Theatre, Nominated
  • 2010–11, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Dundee Rep Theatre, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2011–12, Further than the Furthest Thing, Dundee Rep Theatre, Nominated
  • 2011–12, Further than the Furthest Thing, Dundee Rep Theatre, Best Production, Nominated

Paul Brotherston: 1 nomination

  • 2018–19, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of), Tron Theatre Company and Blood of the Young, Best Production, Nominated

Ian Brown: 1 nomination

  • 2018–19, Lost at Sea, Perth Theatre, Won

Ian Cameron: 3 nominations

  • 2015–16, Magic Sho, Shona Reppe, produced by Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Black Beauty, Red Bridge and Traverse Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2018–19, Stick By Me, Red Bridge Arts, Best Show for Children and Young People, Won

Andy Cannon: 8 nominations

  • 2003–04, Arthur, the Story of a King, Wee Stories Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2003–04, Arthur, the Story of a King, The Scottish Touring Consortium, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2007–08, The Emperor’s New Kilt, Wee Stories Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2007–08, The Emperor’s New Kilt, Wee Stories Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Black Beauty, Red Bridge and Traverse Theatre Company, Best Director, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Black Beauty, Red Bridge and Traverse Theatre Company, Best Children and Young People, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Black Beauty, Red Bridge and Traverse Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2017–18, Space Ape, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated

Tony Cownie: 3 nominations

  • 2004–05, Laurel and Hardy, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2014–15, The Venetian Twins, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Best Director, Nominated
  • 2014–15, The Venetian Twins, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Best Production, Nominated

Murat Daltaban: 2 nominations, inc 2 wins

  • 2017–18, Rhinoceros, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Won
  • 2017–18, Rhinoceros, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Best Production, Won

Angie Dight: 1 nomination

  • 2017–18, Nursery Crymes, Mischief La-Bas, Nominated
Death of a Salesman directed by Joe Douglas, Dundee Rep. Photograph: Jane Hobson.

Joe Douglas: 3 nominations

  • 2016–17: Death of a Salesman, Dundee Rep Ensemble, Best Director, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Doctor Stirlingshire’s Discovery, Best Children and Young People, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Death of a Salesman, Dundee Rep Ensemble, Best Production, Nominated

John Dove: 3 nominations

  • 2006–07, All My Sons, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Nominated
  • 2014–15, Faith Healer, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Best Director, Nominated
  • 2014–15, Faith Healer, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Best Production, Nominated

Martin Duncan: 1 nomination

  • 2006–07, Man of La Mancha, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Nominated

John Durnin: 1 nomination

  • 2012–13, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas: The Musical, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Nominated

Graham Eatough: 1 nomination

  • 2015–16, Lanark: A Life in Three Acts, Citizens Theatre and the Edinburgh International Festival in association with Graham Eatough and Sorcha Dallas, Best Production, Nominated

Candice Edmunds: 2 nominations

  • 2013–14, Dragon, Vox Motus, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated
  • 2017–18, Flight, Vox Motus, Best Production, Nominated

Vicky Featherstone: 1 nomination

  • 2015–16, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, National Theatre of Scotland and Live Theatre, Best Production, Nominated

Heather Fulton: 1 nomination

  • 2018–19, Nests, Frozen Charlotte and Stadium Rock, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated

Scott Gilmour: 1 nomination

  • 2015–16, Little Red and the Wolf, Dundee Rep Ensemble in association with Noisemaker, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated

David Greig: 1 nomination

  • 2008–09, Midsummer, Traverse Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated

Ian Grieve: 1 nomination

  • 2005–06, Tales from Hollywood, Perth Theatre, Nominated

Zinnie Harris: 2 nominations, inc 1 win

  • 2016–17: A Number, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Won
  • 2016–17: A Number, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Best Production, Nominated

Ben Harrison: 2 nominations

  • 2005–06, The Devil’s Larder, Grid Iron, Nominated
  • 2005–06, Roam, Grid Iron, Best Production, Won

Jamie Harrison: 2 nominations

  • 2013–14, Dragon, Vox Motus, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated
  • 2017–18, Flight, Vox Motus, Best Production, Nominated

Giles Havergal: 2 nominations

  • 2002–03, Scrooge, Citizens Theatre Company, Best Production, Won
  • 2002–03, Citizens Theatre Company, Special honour, Won

Lewis Hetherington: 1 nomination

  • 2013–14, The Secret Life of Suitcases, Ailie Cohen Puppet Maker, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated

Pol Heyvaert: 1 nomination

  • 2006–07, Aalst, National Theatre of Scotland, Best Production, Nominated
This Restless House directed by Dominic Hill

Dominic Hill: 17 nominations, inc 9 wins

  • 2003–04, Scenes From an Execution, Dundee Rep Theatre, Won
  • 2003–04, Scenes From an Execution, Dundee Rep Theatre, Best Production, Won
  • 2007–08, Peer Gynt, Dundee Rep Theatre, Won
  • 2007–08, Peer Gynt, Dundee Rep Theatre, Best Production, Won
  • 2009–10, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2009–10, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre Company, Best Production, Won
  • 2009–10, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Traverse Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2009–10, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Traverse Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2011-12, Betrayal, Citizens Theatre Company, Won
  • 2011-12, King Lear, Citizens Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2012–13, Krapp’s Last Tape/Footfalls, Citizens Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2012–13, Krapp’s Last Tape/Footfalls, Citizens Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2013–14, Crime and Punishment, Citizens Theatre Company, Best Production, Won
  • 2013–14, Crime and Punishment, Citizens Theatre Company, Best Director, Won
  • 2015–16, This Restless House, Citizens Theatre and National Theatre of Scotland, Won
  • 2015–16, This Restless House, Citizens Theatre and National Theatre of Scotland, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2017–18, Cinderella, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated

Mamoru Irigchi: 1 nomination

  • 2017–18, Eaten, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated

Christine Johnstone: 1 nomination

  • 2018–19, Baba Yaga, Imaginate and Windmill, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated

Iain Johnstone: 3 nominations

  • 2003–04, Arthur, the Story of a King, Wee Stories Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2003–04, Arthur, the Story of a King, Wee Stories Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2007–08, The Emperor’s New Kilt, Wee Stories Theatre Company, Nominated

Lu Kemp: 1 nomination

  • 2017–18, Knives in Hens, Perth Theatre, Nominated
  • 2017–18, Knives in Hens, Perth Theatre, Best Production, Nominated

Daniel Kramer: 2 nominations

  • 2007–08, Angels in America, Citizens Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2007–08, Angels in America, Citizens Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated

David Leddy: 2 nominations

  • 2008–09, Sub Rosa, Citizens Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2008–09, Sub Rosa, Citizens Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated

Stewart Laing: 7 nominations

  • 2011–12, The Salon Project, Traverse Theatre Company and Untitled Productions, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2012–13, The Maids, Citizens Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2013–14, Paul Bright’s Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Untitled Projects, Nominated
  • 2013–14, Paul Bright’s Confessions of a Justified Sinner, National Theatre of Scotland, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2014–15, Slope, Untitled Projects, Best Director, Nominated
  • 2014–15, Slope, Untitled Projects, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2018–19, The End of Eddy, Untitled Projects and the Unicorn, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated

Matthew Lenton: 3 nominations

  • 2008–09, Interiors, Vanishing Point, Won
  • 2008–09, Interiors, Vanishing Point, Best Production, Won
  • 2013–14, The Beautiful Cosmos of Ivor Cutler, Eden Court, Best Production, Nominated

Jemima Levick: 5 nominations

  • 2005–06, A Christmas Carol, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Nominated
  • 2008–09, Beauty and the Beast, Dundee Rep Theatre, Nominated
  • 2008–09, Beauty and the Beast, Dundee Rep Theatre, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2009–10, The Elephant Man, Dundee Rep Theatre, Won
  • 2015–16 Great Expectations, Horsecross Arts and Dundee Rep Ensemble, Nominated

Clare Lizzimore: 2 nominations

  • 2006–07, Tom Fool, Citizens Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2006–07, Tom Fool, Citizens Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated

Hettie McDonald: 2 nominations

  • 2003–04, Top Girls, Citizens Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2003–04, Top Girls, Citizens Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated

Graham McLaren: 2 nominations

  • 2011–12, A Christmas Carol, National Theatre of Scotland, Nominated
  • 2011–12, A Christmas Carol, National Theatre of Scotland, Best Production, Won

Andy Manley: 7 nominations

  • 2012–13, Best Show for Children and Young People, The Ugly Duckling, Nominated
  • 2013–14, Huff, National Galleries of Scotland, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2013–14, Huff, Shona Reppe and Andy Manley, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Black Beauty, Red Bridge and Traverse Theatre Company, Best Director, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Black Beauty, Red Bridge and Traverse Theatre Company, Best Children and Young People, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Black Beauty, Red Bridge and Traverse Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2018–19, Stick By Me, Red Bridge Arts, Best Show for Children and Young People, Won

Gerry Mulgrew: 1 nomination

  • 2009–10, The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated

Rosemary Myers: 1 nomination

  • 2018–19, Baba Yaga, Imaginate and Windmill, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated

Anthony Neilson: 2 nominations

  • 2004–05, The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Edinburgh International Festival, Won
  • 2004–05, The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Edinburgh International Festival, Best Production, Won

Gareth Nicholls: 1 nomination

  • 2018–19, Ulster American, Traverse Theatre Company, Best Production, Won

Orla O’Loughlin: 3 nominations

  • 2013–14, Ciara, Traverse Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2018–19, Mouthpiece, Traverse Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2018–19, What Girls Are Made Of, Traverse Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated

Rachel O’Riordan: 3 nomination

  • 2011–12, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me, Perth Theatre, Nominated
  • 2012–13, The Seafarer, Perth Theatre and the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Won
  • 2012–13, The Seafarer, Perth Theatre and the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Best Production, Nominated

Maria Oller: 1 nomination

  • 2016–17: Doctor Stirlingshire’s Discovery, Best Children and Young People, Nominated

Alison Peebles: 1 nomination

  • 2002–03, Shining Souls, V.Amp, Best Production, Won
Quiz Show directed by Hamish Pirie, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

Hamish Pirie: 2 nominations

  • 2012–13, Quiz Show, Traverse Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2012–13, Quiz Show, Traverse Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated

Shona Reppe: 5 nominations

  • 2013–14, Huff, Shona Reppe and Andy Manley, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated
  • 2013–14, Huff, National Galleries of Scotland, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Black Beauty, Red Bridge and Traverse Theatre Company, Best Director, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Black Beauty, Red Bridge and Traverse Theatre Company, Best Children and Young People, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Black Beauty, Red Bridge and Traverse Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2018–19, Baba Yaga, Imaginate and Windmill, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated

Emily Reutlinger: 1 nomination, inc 1 win

  • 2015–16, Uncanny Valley, Borderline Theatre in co-production with the Gaiety Theatre, commissioned by Edinburgh International Science Festival working in partnership with Imaginate, Best Show for Children and Young People, Won

Gill Robertson: 14 nominations

  • 2003–04, Best Show for Children and Young People, The Story of the Little Gentleman, Nominated
  • 2003–04, Best Show for Children and Young People, Snow Baby, Nominated
  • 2004–05, Best Show for Children and Young People, Cyrano, Nominated
  • 2006–07, Best Show for Children and Young People, The Lion of Kabul, Nominated
  • 2009–10, Best Show for Children and Young People, Pobby and Dingan, Nominated
  • 2010–11, Best Show for Children and Young People, Caged, Nominated
  • 2010–11, Best Show for Children and Young People, White, Won
  • 2011–12, Best Show for Children and Young People, Kes, Nominated
  • 2014–15, Best Show for Children and Young People, The Voice Thief, Won
  • 2015–16, Best Show for Children and Young People, Magic Sho, nominated
  • 2015–16, Magic Sho, Shona Reppe, produced by Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated
  • 2015–16, Lost at Sea, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, commissioned by Edinburgh International Science Festival working in partnership with Imaginate, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Mikey and Addie, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated

Muriel Romanes: 2 nominations

  • 2010–11, Age of Arousal, Stellar Quines, Won
  • 2010–11, Age of Arousal, Stellar Quines, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2012–13, The List, Stellar Quines, Best Production, Nominated

Bjarne Sandborg: 1 nomination

  • 2017–18, Night Light, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated

Robert Softley Gale: 3 nominations

  • 2015–16, Purposeless Movements, Birds of Paradise Theatre Company, Nominated
  • 2018–19, My Left Right Foot – The Musical, Birds of Paradise Theatre Company and the National Theatre of Scotland, Nominated
  • 2018–19, My Left Right Foot – The Musical, Birds of Paradise Theatre Company and the National Theatre of Scotland, Best Production, Nominated

Peter Stein: 1 nomination

  • 2005–06, Blackbird, Edinburgh International Festival, Best Production, Nominated

Gregory Thompson: 2 nominations

  • 2005–06, Molly Sweeney, Citizens Theatre Company, Won
  • 2005–06, Molly Sweeney, Citizens Theatre Company, Best Production, Nominated

Sandy Thomson: 2 nominations

  • 2004–05, Learning The Rules of Chinese Whispers, Poorboy, Nominated
  • 2004–05, Learning The Rules of Chinese Whispers, Poorboy, Best Production, Nominated

Mark Thomson: 6 nominations

  • 2003–04, Six Black Candles, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Nominated
  • 2005–06, Goethe’s Faust Parts One & Two, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2010–11, The Importance of Being Earnest, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Nominated
  • 2014–15, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Best Director, Won
  • 2014–15, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Best Production, Won
  • 2015–16, Waiting for Godot, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Nominated
  • 2015–16, Waiting for Godot, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Best Production, Nominated

John Tiffany: 3 nominations

  • 2006–07, Black Watch, National Theatre of Scotland, Won
  • 2006–07, Black Watch, National Theatre of Scotland, Best Production, Won
  • 2013–14, Let the Right One In, National Theatre of Scotland, Nominated
The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart directed by Wils Wilson for the National Theatre of Scotland. Photograph: Drew Farrell

Wils Wilson: 6 nominations

  • 2005–06, Home: Shetland, National Theatre of Scotland, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2010–11, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, National Theatre of Scotland, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Wind Resistance, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Nominated
  • 2016–17: Wind Resistance, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Best Production, Nominated
  • 2017–18, Cockpit, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Nominated
  • 2017–18, Cockpit, Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh, Best Production, Nominated

Bill Wright: 1 nomination

  • 2013–14, The Edibles, Grinagog, Best Show for Children and Young People, Nominated