Productions presented and hosted by the Fugard Theatre have garnered an incredible 26 Fleur du Cap nominations.
The historic production of South African musical King Kong swept twelve nominations while the local premiere of the hit West End comedy Shakespeare in Love is nominated in four categories.
The Fugard’s acclaimed production of Funny Girl received three nominations for Ashleigh Harvey as Fanny Brice (Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Musical), for Kate Normington as Mrs Brice (Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Musical) and for Birrie le Roux for Costume Design.
The Fugard Theatre’s Writer in Residence Louis Viljoen has been nominated for The Eulgoists for Best New South African script. The play excitingly marked his first presentation in the position.
“Congratulations to all the producers, artists, directors, writers, designers, theatre makers and performers that received nominations for the 53rd Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards,” says Daniel Galloway, Executive Director of the Fugard Theatre. “We are proud to have received a wide range of nominations and remain committed to presenting South African theatre of world-class quality on our stages.”
“We also congratulate our partners with whom we have hosted productions at our venue – Naskrif Produksies, the creators of Hemelruim and Moedertaal, and Theatrerocket for Die reuk van appels.”
The list of nominations for Fugard productions is:
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Darren Araujo in Shakespeare in Love as Henslowe, Ensemble
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Robyn Scott in Shakespeare in Love as Elizabeth I, Ensemble
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR MUSIC THEATRE SHOW
Andile Gumbi in King Kong as King Kong
Sne Dladla in King Kong as Pop
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR MUSIC THEATRE SHOW
Ashleigh Harvey in Funny Girl as Fanny Brice
Edith Plaatjies in King Kong as Joyce
Nondumiso Tembe in King Kong as Joyce
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL OR MUSIC THEATRE SHOW
Sanda Shandu in King Kong as Lucky
Tshamano Sebe in King Kong as Jack
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL OR MUSIC THEATRE SHOW
Josslynn Hlenti in King Kong as Petal
Kate Normington in Funny Girl as Mrs Brice
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE
The Cast of Shakespeare in Love
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Tim Mitchell for King Kong
Wolf Britz for Shakespeare in Love
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Birrie le Roux for King Kong
Birrie le Roux for Funny Girl
BEST SOUND DESIGN, ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSITION OR ORIGINAL SCORE
Charl-Johan Lingenfelder for Original Music Composition (additional) for King Kong
BEST NEW SOUTH AFRICAN SCRIPT
The Eulogists by Louis Viljoen
BEST DIRECTOR
Jonathan Munby for King Kong
BEST PRODUCTION
King Kong – The Fugard Theatre (Eric Abraham)
Nominations for productions hosted by the Fugard Theatre are:
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEAD ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Tinarie van Wyk Loots in Hemelruim as Mariaan (Naskrif Produksies)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A REVUE, CABARET OR ONE-PERSON SHOW
Gideon Lombard in Die reuk van appels as Marnus (Theatrerocket)
Sandra Prinsloo in Moedertaal as Nellie (Naskrif Produksies)
BEST NEW DIRECTOR
Nico Scheepers (Naskrif Produksies)
BEST DIRECTOR
Lara Bye for Die Reuk van Appels (Theatrerocket)
BEST PRODUCTION
Die Reuk van Appels – Theatrerocket (Johan van der Merwe and Rudi Sadler)
King Kong is currently on at the Fugard Theatre until 4 March 2018 Tuesday to Saturdays at 20:00 with a matinee at 15:00 on Saturdays and on Sundays at 16:00.
Tickets cost from R130 to R280. Bookings can be made at Webtickets and through the Fugard Theatre Box office on 021 461 4554.
