Best of Fringe Fest to be honoured
The Sydney Fringe has announced the nominees of its 2010 Fringe Awards.
The Sydney Fringe has announced the nominees of its 2010 Fringe Awards.
A jury selected from industry professionals joined 100,000 other attendees in seeing the 260+ events that made up the Sydney Fringe, and the nominees have been selected from the finest works they saw at this year’s event.
The winners of these awards, as well as the Sydney Festival Award for Outstanding Independent Artist, will be announced October 27.
The nominees are:
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD MOST THRILLING THEATRICAL EVENT AWARD:
Burlesque Assassin
The Hideous Demise of Detective Slate
Lunamorph
Retinal Damage
SandS through the hourglass: Trapture
SYDNEY AIRPORT EXCELLENCE IN NEW THEATRE
Erth’s puppetry piece, based on Nick Cave’s “Murder Ballads”
Fat Boy Dancing
The Hideous Demise of Detective Slate
Off The Shelf’s Boiler Room series (programmed by Augusta Supple)
Zetland
Appleloft
DRUM MEDIA SHOW-STOPPING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE AWARD
The Alchemical Cabaret – Jason Hodgman
Bitter/Sweet – Lena Cruz
Candy Royalle: Love Spectacular – Candy Royalle
Pearls before Swine – Blake Erikson
Retinal Damage – Skye Gellmann
SYDNEY BARTENDERS ON-THE-HOUSE AWARD FOR BEST FREE EVENT
The Awkwardness of Belonging
Black Friday
Fighting Fire
Pop up Festival Tour of the City
Projector Bike
TIME OUT SYDNEY BEST MUSICAL MOMENT AWARD
Changing Lanes
Lane Hinchcliff
Pugsley Buzzard
Sonic Canvas
Tubular Bells for Two
CANADIAN CLUB ROFL COMEDY AWARD:
The Hideous Demise of Detective Slate
Rip Whitening’s Synchro Destiny Experience
Sam Simmons Failed
Sexy Tales of Paleontology
Zoe & Penny’s Very Short Attention Span
PURPLE GOAT DESIGN VISUAL & DIGITAL ARTS VISIONARY AWARD:
The Awkwardness of Belonging
Lunamorph
Magic Wallpaper Project: Hideous Beauties Collection
Newtown in the 30’s
Scars, Tattoos and Skateboards: The Rise of the Phoenix
PETER LEHMANN WINES FEAT OF PHYSICAL ASTONISHMENT (CIRCUS/BURLESQUE/PHYSICAL THEATRE) AWARD
The Famous Maurice Flea Circus
Clammy Glamour from the Curio Cabinet
Retinal Damage
AVANT CARD BODIES IN SPACE DANCE AWARD
Collapse
Intertwine
Three Steps Towards
SYDNEY BUSES GREEN PERFORMANCE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABILITY
Landing
Magic Mic: “Rubbish!”
The Red Rattler
BYTECRAFT EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN PRODUCTION AND DESIGN AWARD
Clammy Glamour from the Curio Cabinet
Sands through the hourglass: Trapture
Three Steps Towards
GROLSCH BEST OF FEST PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Bitter/Sweet
Bygone Error
Freddy and Eden present Beautiful Things
Rip Whitening’s Synchro Destiny Experience
Walk Me!
The Sydney Fringe is a two week, multi-discipline cultural event set within the theatres, galleries, clubs and public spaces of Sydney’s Inner West.
The largest alternative arts event in NSW, The Sydney Fringe is a peek underneath at the urban and the unconventional, with activity ranging from edgy, alternative theatre to major concerts and visual arts openings; from free one-off events to all night parties, and performances of all scales.
The Sydney Fringe has been founded by the Newtown Entertainment Precinct Association (NEPA), an alliance of Inner West arts and cultural venues, and it is proudly supported by the City of Sydney and Marrickville Council in association with Century Venues, Peter Lehmann Wines, Canadian Club, Grolsch, Purple Goat Design, The Sydney Morning Herald, Bytecraft and Sydney Airport, as well as the Alternative Media Group, artshub Australia, AussieTheatre.com, Avantcard, Drum Media Magazine, FBi Radio, Figureight, Marameo Designs, Newtown Business Precinct Association, Spotpress, Sydney Star Observer, Sydney Transport Authority and Time Out Sydney