Stage Awards for Acting Excellence

The "Stage" Awards for Acting Excellence were established in 1995 to recognise outstanding theatre performances by individuals and companies on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Organised by theatrical newspaper "The Stage", the initial award categories of "Best Actor" and "Best Actress" were joined by an ensemble award in 1998. In 2006, an award for "Best Solo Show" was given for the first time.cite web|url= http://www.thestage.co.uk/edinburgh/features/feature.php/13304/prize-war-stage-awards |title= Prize War |accessdate=2006-08-03 |author=Katie Phillips |publisher=The Stage]

Award winners are chosen by a panel consisting of the newspaper's principal Fringe reviewers, and are typically announced in a ceremony on the last Sunday of the festival.

Award winners

Best actor

2007 – Garry Cooper for "Long Time Dead"

2006 – Paul Sparkes for "Finer Noble Gases"

2005 – Phil Nichol for "Edward Albee's The Zoo Story"

2004 – James Urbaniak for "Thom Pain (based on nothing)"

2003 – Richard Dormer for "Hurricane"

2002 – David Calvitto for "Horse Country"

2001 – Guy Masterson for "Fern Hill and Other Dylan Thomas"

2000 – Greig Coetzee for "White Men with Weapons"

1999 – Tony Cownie for "A Madman Sings to the Moon"

1998 – Chris Pickles for "Love! Valour! Compassion!"

1997 – John Stahl for "Anna Weiss"

1996 – Edward Halstead for "Bartleby"

1995 – Mark Pinkosh for "Road Movie"

Best actress

2007 – Eugenia Caruso and Janet Bamford for "Truckstop"

2006 – Caroline O'Connor for "Over The Rainbow"

2005 – Saskia Schuck for "Cage"

2004 – Pauline Goldsmith for "Not I by Samuel Beckett"

2003 – Cait Davis for "Those Eyes, That Mouth"

2002 – Sandy McDade for "Iron"

2001 – Nichola McAuliffe for "Bed Among the Lentils"

2000 – Paola Dionisotti for "Further Than the Furthest Thing"

1999 – Jacqueline Linke for "Often I Find That I Am Naked"

1998 – Siobhan Redmond for "Perfect Days" and Alison Baker for "The Glace Bay Miner's Museum" (joint winners)

1997 – Eileen Walsh for "Disco Pig"

1996 – Beth Fitzgerald for "The House of Correction"

1995 – Lynn Ferguson for "Heart and Sole"

Best ensemble

2007 – The Shalimar for "LA FEMME EST MORTE Or Why I Should Not F%!# My Son"

2006 – National Theatre of Scotland/Traverse for "Black Watch"

2005 – The Corn Exchange, Ireland for "Dublin by Lamplight"

2004 – Grid Iron Theatre Company for "Fierce: An Urban Myth"

2003 – 78th Street Theatre Lab and Paper Hat Productions for "Boy Steals Train"

2002 – Bomb-itty International, "The Bomb-itty of Errors"

2001 – Theatre O for "3 Dark Tales"

2000 – Grid Iron Theatre Company for "Decky Does a Bronco"

1999 – Kaos Theatre UK for "The Kaos Importance of Being Earnest"

1998 – Theatre 28 for "Love! Valour! Compassion!"

Best Solo show

2007 – Madi Distefano for "Popsicle’s Departure 1989"

2006 – Daniel Kitson for "C-90"

External links

* [http://www.thestage.co.uk/edinburgh/awards/ "The Stage" 2007 awards coverage]

References