Mackenzie Grant (The Next Step) and newcomer Mitchem Everett.ĪBC’ s Head of Drama, Entertainment and Indigenous Sally Riley says, “Featuring a brilliant cast led by the multi-talented Marta Dusseldorp and the off-kilter humour of Andrew Knight, riveting storylines and filmed against the stunningly beautiful backdrop of Tasmania’s west coast, ABC audiences will be captivated by Bay of Fires.” Action has and is being taken to redress imbalance in the theatre and audiences are reaping the rewards.Showcasing Tasmania’s rugged west coast, Bay of Fires, tells the story of Stella Heikkinen (Marta Dusseldorp), a single mother of two, who finds herself in a small, remote community. All the nominated shows for Best Mainstage Production were either led by a female director, written by a woman, or included female performances of outstanding quality. ![]() “Three of the four nominated directors of mainstream productions are women. There were many, many excellent theatre productions led by women in 2016. Alongside the widespread funding cuts, female writers, directors and actors demanded gender parity across all theatre programming, more female stories and more culturally diverse voices. On behalf of Sydney theatregoers we thank them all.”Įlissa Blake said, “This was a year of outcry. “The mainstream sector has also continued to produce much excellent work. There has been so much offered to us for free. They have done this by the appallingly simple method of foregoing a decent income for themselves. That sector continues to rival, and in some cases surpass, the work of the mainstream sector. This is in the face of dreadful funding cuts and, in the case of the independent sector, mostly no funding at all. John McCallum said, “The richness and quality of so much theatre this year has been an astonishing tribute to the resilience and generosity of our creative theatre artists. The group includes Elissa Blake (Fairfax), Jason Blake (Sydney Morning Herald), Dee Jefferson (Time Out) Deborah Jones and John McCallum (The Australian), Jo Litson (The Sunday Telelgraph/Limelight), Ben Neutze (Daily Review), Diana Simmonds (StageNoise), Polly Simons (Daily Telegraph), and AussieTheatre’s own Deputy Editor and freelance critic (chiefly for Time Out Sydney and the Guardian) Cassie Tongue. ![]() The Sydney Theatre Awards are presented by a group of leading theatre critics each year they aim to celebrate the strength, quality and diversity of theatre in Sydney. Nominated for the first time are new venues and companies Old 505 Theatre, Kings Cross Theatre, and the National Theatre of Parramatta. Belvoir smash The Drover’s Wife netted seven nominations. Luckiest Productions/Tinderbox Productions’ Little Shop of Horrors and atyp’s Spring Awakening have received 10 nominations each, followed by Sport for Jove’s Antigone and Red Line Productions’ The Whale with nine and eight nods respectively. The nominations for this year’s awards have just been announced, and it’s musicals that are leading the pack. The Sydney Theatre Awards will be bigger than ever – its gala ceremony on Monday 23 January 2017 will be moving into the Seymour Centre’s York Theatre due to growing popularity.
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