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MEN Theatre Awards 2010: Nominations

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It is time to reveal the nominations for the prestigious M.E.N. Theatre Awards 2010.

Our judges have seen dozens of performances from across our region and have drawn up a shortlist which reflects the strength and depth of theatrical excellence on stage in our area last year.

The winners will be announced in February.

PRODUCTION
Arcadia at The Library
Glengarry Glen Ross at The Library
A Raisin In The Sun at The Royal Exchange
A Streetcar Named Desire at Bolton Octagon

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Richard Dormer in Glengarry Glen Ross at The Library
Ray Fearon in A Raisin In The Sun at The Royal Exchange
Jonathan McGuinness in 1984 at The Royal Exchange
Simon Robson in Pygmalion at The Royal Exchange

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Starletta Du Pois in A Raisin In The Sun at The Royal Exchange
Clare Foster in A Streetcar Named Desire at Bolton Octagon
Cush Jumbo in Pygmalion at The Royal Exchange
Margot Leicester in Ghosts at Bolton Octagon

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ian Bartholomew in Pygmalion at The Royal Exchange
Huw Higginson in A Streetcar Named Desire at Bolton Octagon
Oscar Pearce in Ghosts at Bolton Octagon
James Wallace in Arcadia at The Library

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Sally Carman in Beautiful House at The Library
Nellie Harker in Blithe Spirit at The Royal Exchange
Jenny Jules in A Raisin In The Sun at The Royal Exchange
Catherine Kinsella in The Memory Of Water at Oldham Coliseum

VISITING PRODUCTION
The Author at The Royal Exchange Studio
Days Of Significance at The Lowry
ENRON at The Lowry
The Pitmen Painters at The Lowry

ACTOR IN A VISITING PRODUCTION
Michael Ball in Hairspray at the Opera House
Christopher Connel  in The Pitmen Painters at The Lowry
Bob Golding in Morecambe at Bury Met, The Library and The Lowry
John Owen-Jones in Les Miserables at The Palace and The Lowry

ACTRESS IN A VISITING PRODUCTION
Katherine Dow Blyton in Corrie! at The Lowry
Charlotte Emmerson in Serenading Louie at The Lowry
Connie Fisher in The Sound Of Music at The Palace
Louise Plowright in White Christmas at The Lowry

STUDIO PRODUCTION
The Enemies Within at Bolton Octagon Studio
Salt at The Royal Exchange Studio
Love, Love, Love at The Royal Exchange Studio
The Fragility of X at Contact

PERFORMANCE IN A STUDIO PRODUCTION
Beth Cordingley in Salt at The Royal Exchange Studio
Alex Moran in Tales From The Black Jack at The Lowry Studio
Dyfed Thomas in The Enemies Within at Bolton Octagon Studio

FRINGE PRODUCTION
The Bluest Blue at 24:7 theatre festival
The Fading Hum at 24:7 theatre festival
Hatch at 24:7 theatre festival
Islanders at 24:7 theatre festival

PERFORMANCE IN A FRINGE PRODUCTION
Mark Frampton in Islanders at 24:7
Joe Ransome in Going To Extremes at JB Shorts

NEW PLAY
Blackberry Trout Face at Contact
Fireflies at The Lowry
Salt at The Royal Exchange Studio
Slave - A Question Of Freedom at The Lowry

NEWCOMER
Bhavna Limbachia in Rafta Rafta at Bolton Octagon
Lashana Lynch in Slave at The Lowry
Kirsty Osmon in I Ought To Be In Pictures at The Library
Beth Park in Arcadia at The Lowry

DANCE
Bahok from Akram Khan Company at The Lowry
Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella at The Lowry
Matthew Bourne’s Dorian Gray at The Lowry
Romeo and Juliet from Birmingham Royal Ballet at The Lowry

DESIGN
1984 at The Royal Exchange
Arcadia at The Library Theatre
Dr Faustus at The Royal Exchange
Salt at The Royal Exchange Studio

FAMILY SHOW
Cirkus Cirkor at The Lowry
David Copperfield at Bolton Octagon
Grimm Tales at The Library Theatre
Sleeping Beauty at Oldham Coliseum

MUSICAL
Hairspray at the Opera House
Les Miserables at the Palace and The Lowry
The Sound Of Music at the Palace
Spamalot at the Opera House

OPERA
The Adventures Of Mr Broucek from Opera North at The Lowry
La Belle Helene at the Royal Northern College of Music
La Cenerentola at Clonter Opera, Congleton
The Turn of the Screw from Opera North at The Lowry

SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT
Cirque De Soleil in Varekai at the Trafford Centre
Corrie! at The Lowry
Morecambe at The Lowry and The Library
Traces at The Lowry

The M.E.N. Theatre Awards covers productions which showed from the middle of October, 2009, to the end of November, 2010. A special Manchester Evening News supplement to be published in the middle of February will announce the winners.