IDGTF 2017 came to a close last night with our Gala Awards Night in front of a packed audience in the Teachers’ Club, Parnell Square.
We pay tribute to all of our winners and nominees below. IDGTF is a curated Festival, with only a minority of submissions actually accepted. So we would like to thank the tremendous contributions of all of our artists and participating companies.
Here is the list of winners in full:
Oscar Wilde Award for Best New Writing
Oscar Wilde Award for Best New Writing1. Leah Moore, Wasting Paper
2. Erin Sheilds, Maev Beaty and Andrea Donaldson, Montparnasse
3. Darren Harding, Fronting
4. Jim Dalglish, Lines In The Sand
5. Margo Mac Donald, Elephant Girls
Winner: Leah Moore, Wasting Paper
Patrick Murray Award for outstanding contribution to Irish LGBT Theatre
Winners: Joachim Henkel and Nicola Steinberg
(for their exceptional support of the Festival and our artists, as audience members and long-standing friends of the Festival)
Sean Meehan Award for celebrating identity in Theatre
Sean Meehan Award for celebrating identity in Theatre1. Nicole O Connor for bisexuality awareness
2. Darren Hardie Fronting for HIV awareness
3. How We GLOW LGBTQ Youth awareness
4. Gypsy Queen Traveller awareness
5. Joto! Racial/Immigration awareness
Winner: How We GLOW
(for LGBTQ Youth awareness)
Doric Wilson Intercultural Dialogue Award
Doric Wilson Intercultural Dialogue Award1. Spool for its exploration of Masculinity
2. Patrick Cash Queers for its exploration of transphobia
3. How We GLOW for it intergenerational dialogue
4. Gypsy Queen for its exploration of homophobia in sport
5. Darren Hardie for its exploration of contemporary HIV diagnosis
Winner: Darren Hardie for Fronting
(for its exploration of contemporary HIV diagnosis)
Hilton Edwards Award for Best Aspect of Production
Hilton Edwards Award for Best Aspect of Production1. Robbie Byrne/Liza Michel Momentum Acting Studio for continuity and casting
2. Gypsy Queen Set Design
3. Otto Farrant/Finn Cooke concept and creativity Spool
4. Jackie Reeves Lines In The Sand graphics
5. Jay Whitehead direction Montparnasse
Winner: Otto Farrant/Finn Cooke, Spool
(for concept and creativity)
Eva Gore Booth Award for outstanding Female Performance
Eva Gore Booth Award for outstanding Female Performance1. Kathy Zaborsky, Montparnasse
2. Maria Blaney, Calamity Jane Sends A Message to her Daughter
3. Laura Thompson, The Morning After, Momentum
4. Margo Mac Donald, Elephant Girls
5. Milly Harding PJ Queers
Winner: Kathy Zaborsky, Montparnasse
Micheal Mac Liammoir Award for outstanding Male Performance
Micheal Mac Liammoir Award for outstanding Male Performance1. Dan Reeves Ireland, Tyler in Bleach
2. Ryan Thomas Clayton, Dane in Gypsy Queen
3. Stanton Plummer Clayton, Sapphire Queers
4. Nick Bucchianeiri, Boy Lines in Sand
5. Tony Travostino, Man Lines In Sand
Winner: Nick Bucchianeiri/ Tony Travostino, Boy/Man Lines in Sand
