Southwark Playhouse’s hit production of The Rink leads the finalists in the musical theatre categories of the 2019 Offies Awards.
The critically-acclaimed production’s six finalists across the eight genre-specific categories are included in the 89 finalists across the 28 awards categories.
Selected from 400 shows at over 80 Off West End venues by the Offies panel of assessors the winners will be revealed during the Offies 2019 Awards ceremony in the newly refurbished Grand Hall at the Battersea Arts Centre on Sunday 3 February 2019.
This year’s other musical theatre-related finalists also include Gabriella Slade who is nominated in the costume design category for Six as the Arts Theatre; Andrew Ellis for the lighting design for Eugenius! at The Other Palace; Daniel Denton for the video design for Misty at the Bush Theatre; and Arinzé Kene, also nominated in the Performance Piece category for Misty.
Discussing the awards, Geoffrey Brown, director of Off West End, said “2018 was another amazing year for Off West End theatre in London, and the Offies recognise the extraordinary talent and creativity of performers, designers, directors, producers and many others at these theatres across London – who are usually working with limited budgets and within many other constraints – and still producing all this wonderful work.”
Set up to celebrate the best of each year’s Off-West End productions, performances and creatives, the ninth annual Off-West End Theatre Awards 2019 take in venues and performances across the capital.
In addition to the awards decided by the panel, the Offies also offer a People’s Vote, where the public can vote for their favourite venue across nine categories. Voting is open until 13 January 2019.
The list of finalists in the Musical Theatre categories are:
Male performance in a supporting role in a musical
Gary Trainor in Rothschild & Sons at the Park Theatre
Leon Scott in Midnight at the Union Theatre
Stewart Clarke in The Rink at the Southwark Playhouse
Female performance in a supporting role in a musical
Genevieve McCarthy in Mythic at the Charing Cross Theatre
Mairi Barclay in Pippin at the Southwark Playhouse
Tessa Kadler in Pippin at the Southwark Playhouse
Male performance in a musical
Jonathan Carlton in Pippin at the Southwark Playhouse
Mark Inscoe in Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the Queens Theatre Hornchurch
Rob Houchen in Eugenius! at the Other Palace
Female performance in a musical
Caroline O’Connor in The Rink at the Southwark Playhouse
Gemma Sutton in The Rink at the Southwark Playhouse
Natasha Barnes in Wasted at the Southwark Playhouse
New Musical
Grindr the Opera at the Above the Stag
Six at the Arts Theatre
Wasted at the Southwark Playhouse
Choreography
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille for Six at the Arts Theatre
Fabian Aloise for The Rink at the Southwark Playhouse
William Whelton for Pippin at the Southwark Playhouse
Musical Director
Adam Gerber & Tom Self for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Queens Theatre Hornchurch
Joe Bunker for The Rink at the Southwark Playhouse
Zach Flis for Pippin at the Southwark Playhouse
Musical Production
Once at the Queens Theatre Hornchurch
Pippin at the Southwark Playhouse
The Rink at the Southwark Playhouse
Angela Thomas
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