Awards

Best In Fest

Winner:

• False Idol

Nominees:

• Whore’s Eye View

• La Primera Tourné

Recognised:

• Medea

• Dan Bain: Anxiety Knife

• Wash away the Stains

Best Solo Performer

Winner:

• Andy Manning (False Idol)

Nominees:

• Kaytlin Bailey (Whore’s Eye View)

• Nikki Karki (Forget Me Not)

• Robert Hardy (Mind Reader)

Best Ensemble

Winner:

• Medea

Nominees:

• La Primera Tourné

• The Three Charms

• (Not) Cancelled

Best Actor

Winner:

• Molly Clarke (Medea)

Nominees:

• Nikki Karkie (Forget Me Not)

• Keith Marshall (The Trial)

• Naomi Strain (The Trial)

Best Director

Winner:

• Anton Bentley (Medea)

Nominees:

• Alex Borovenskiy (Love At Times)

• Anton Bentley (The Trial)

Best Script

Winner:

• Andy Manning (False Idol)

Nominees:

• Kaytlin Bailey (Whore’s Eye View)

• Emma Callaghan (Wash Away The Stains)

• Nina Zakhozhenko and Theresa Rebeck (Love at Times)

• Dan Bain (Dan Bain: Anxiety Knife)

Best Comic

Winner:

• Dan Bain (Dan Bain: Anxiety Knife)

Nominees:

• Callum Wagstaff (The Most Haunted Comedian in New Zealand)

• Simon Kay (Sad Boi, Funny Guy)

• Ben Tito Caldwell (Snowc*ck)

Best Design

Winner:

• The Three Charms

Nominees:

• La Primera Tourné

• Whore’s Eye View

• I Am

Development Award

Winner:

• False Idol

Nominees:

• Medea

• Forget Me Not

• The Three Charms

Audience Favourite

• The Trial

Spirit of the Fringe

• Debra Allen

Best In Fest

Winner

• The Sensemaker

Nominees

• BiMillennial Woman

• Metamorphosis

• MisTaken Identity

Outstanding Performer

Winner

• Elsa Couvreur – The Sensemaker

Nominees

• Mike O’Malley – Metamorphosis

• Laura Piccinin – LesbiHonest

• Annie Ruth – The Book Addict

• Michaela Sheehan – Metamorphosis

• Steve Wilbury – Straight Outta Surgery/ Ahoy Me Farties

Best Solo Performer

Winner

• Elsa Couvreur

Nominees

• Aimée Borlase – BiMillennial Woman

• Nikkie Karki – Not JUST a Mother

• Annie Ruth – The Book Addict

Best Ensemble

Winner

• Metamorphosis/ Woyzeck

Nominees

• Jack and the Beanstalk

• Music To Die For

Best Direction

Winner

• Elsa Couvreur – The Sensemaker

Nominees

• Anton Bentley – Metamorphosis/ Woyzeck

• Robin Payne – The Book Addict

• Donna Chapman – Not JUST a Mother

Best Script

Winner

• Annie Ruth – The Book Addict

Nominees

• Nikkie Karki – Not JUST a Mother

• Steve Wilbury – Straight Outta Surgery

• Elsa Couvreur – The Sensemaker

Best Design (including lighting, sound and costume design)

Winner

• Elsa Couvreur – The Sensemaker

Nominees

• Aimée Borlase – BiMillennial Woman

• Akiko Miyamoto – Jack and The Beanstalk

• Ro Cambridge – The Departure Lounge

Best Comic

Winner

• Katie Boyle – Pat Goldsack Eats Sass

Nominees

• Charmian Hughes – She!

• Alan McElroy – MisTaken Identity

• Taylor Ruddle – Mul-TAY-Verse

• Alexander Sparrow – 50-Minute Slay & Walk Away

Best Local

Winner

• Metamorphosis – Piece of Work Productions

Nominees

• Jack and the Beanstalk – Akiko Miyamoto and Glenn Cousins

• Not JUST a Mother – Nikkie Karki

• Straight Outta Surgery – Steve Wilbury

• Woyzeck – Piece of Work Productions

Development Award

Winner

• Metamorphosis – Piece of Work Productions

Nominees

• BiMillennial Woman

• Not JUST A Mother – Nikki Karkie

• Pat Goldsack Eats Sass

Audience Award

Winner

• The Departure Lounge

Spirit of The Fringe

Winner

• Anton Bentley and Piece of Work Productions

Best of Fest

Winner:

• Back To Square One? – The Rebel Alliance

Nominated:

• Only One Choice – Down With Monday
• RAW! ASMR – Amy Atkins
• Rhythm Is My Business – Bayley Graham

Outstanding Performer:

Winner:

• Bayley Graham – Rhythm Is My Business

Nominated:

• Amy Atkins: RAW! ASMR
• Anders Faltsie-Jensen – Back To Square One?
• Charles N Charge – The PreConditioned Hori

Best Solo Performance:

Winner:

• Amy Atkins: RAW! ASMR

Nominated:

• Eve Wingerath – Eve Ruined Everything
• Kim Potter – The Power to Change Your Mind
• Anders Faltsie-Jensen – Back to Square One?
• Nilgün Yalay – The Gypsy Storyteller

Best Ensemble: Winner:

• Rhythm in My Business

Nominated

• Community Noticeboard
• Flight – Birdlife
• Like A Moth – Maggie Cocco’s Science for Sociopaths

Best Script:

Winner:

• Kim Potter – The Power to Change Your Mind

Nominated:

• Anders Faltsie-Jensen – Back To Square One?
• Jim Risner – Only One Choice

Best Comic (full show)

Winner

• Eve Wingerath

Nominated:

• Advait Kirtikar The Awkward Indian Guy Act
• James Murray – Hawkman
• Kim Potter – The Power to Change Your Mind

Development Award:

Winner:

• RAW! ASMR – Amy Atkins

Nominated

• Flight – Birdlife
• Only One Choice – Jim Risner

Audience Award

Winner

• Rhythm Is My Business – Bayley Graham

Runners Up:

• A Little Closer to the Edge – Mary Glaisyer
• Late Night Cabaret – Produced by Jasmine Teese

Spirit of the Fringe

• Karolina Gorton, for stepping into Like A Moth.

As this was a ‘best of’ festival no awards were given.

Outstanding Performer/s

• Winner: Derek Doddington – Elusive
• Nominated: Roger Lusby & Rebecca Myers – A Pair of Poets, Ren Lunicke – SHE + THEY, Rebecca Myers – St. Brigid’s Eve

Most Promising Emerging Talent

• Winner: Monica Pausina & Kate Shaw
• Nominated: Youth Ensemble – City Life of Cats, Vaughan Birss – St. Brigid’s Eve, Monica Pausina – Attenborough’s Question, Monica Pausina & Kate Shaw – St. Brigid’s Eve

Best Ensemble

• Winner: The Cell
• Nominated: City Life of Cats, Trio Jackson, SHE + THEY, The Magic in Me

Best Script

• Winner: A Pair of Poets: Roger Lusby & Rebecca Myers
• Nominated: The Cell, Elusive, Waste Not Want Not: Bethany’s Guide to the Thrift Life

Best Design

• Winner: Kaguya-Hime: The Princess of the Moon
• Nominated: What’s The Purpose of This, The Boy with Wings, Waste Not Want Not: Bethany’s Guide to the Thrift Life, Venetian Obscura

Bay Landscapes Most Original Concept

• Winner: What’s the Purpose of This Project
• Nominated: The Cell by Wintergreen Creative, Venetian Obscura, Level Heads: A Flat Earth Podcast

Best Kids’ Show

• Winner: The Magic in Me
• Nominated: Fireflight!, Kaguya-Hime: The Princess of the Moon, The Boy with Wings

Best Solo Show

• Winner: The Cool Mum by Jo Ghastly
• Nominated: BLUE Experience, Waste Not Want Not: Bethany’s Guide to the Thrift Life

Best Comedy

• Winner: Nostalgia by Dan Allan, Laura Irish and Jonathan Moffat
• Nominated: Ironing Man, The Cool Mum by Jo Ghastly

Nelson Fringe Highly Commended

• A Pair of Poets
• Nostalgia
• Elusive
• BLUE Experience
• SHE + THEY

Audience Favourite

• Winner: The Cool Mum by Jo Ghastly
• First Runner-Up: BLUE Experience
• Second Runner-Up: The Boy with Wings

Nelson Fringe Festival did not run in 2019

Best Of Fringe

• Winner: The Man Who Was Thursday (three bridges)
• Nominated: Deep South Caesar, Fire In The Meth Lab

Outstanding Performer/s

• Winner: Jon Bennett – Pretending Things are a Cock, My Dad’s Death, Fire in the Meth Lab
• Nominated: Aimee Smith – Deep South Caesar, Peter Coates – The Man Who Was Thursday, Rhian Wood-Hill – Rhian-Vested, Alexander Sparrow – Enigma, Kim Georgine – Inside

Most Promising Emerging Talent

• Winner: Stuart Corkery – Home Invasion
• Nominated: Aaron Jelley – DABDA, Strangers, Elijah Scowcroft – Home Alone Abridged, Expression, Nathan Hedley – Is Suicide An Option

Best Ensemble

• Winner: Deep South Caesar
• Nominated: Friend Request, Don’t Push The Button, Off Book, Strangers, Ballista

Best Direction

• Winner: The Man Who Was Thursday – Giles Burton
• Nominated: Deep South Caesar, Don’t Push the Button

Best Script

• Winner: Fire in the Meth Lab
• Nominated: Apocalyptic Us, Deep South Caesar, Don’t Push The Button, Rhian-Vested

Best Design

• Winner: Ballista
• Nominated: Deep South Caesar, Double Georgie Pie – A Ballet, Home Alone Abridged, The War Prayer Concert, Hands

Most Original Concept

• Winner: Double Georgie Pie – A Ballet
• Nominated: Apocalyptic Us Drop The Mask,Off Book, The Bubble Show, 2Dope2Teen

Best Solo Show

• Winner: The Man Who Was Thursday
• Nominated: Fire in the Meth Lab,Pat Goldsack’s Swingers Club, Rhian-Vested, Enigma, What’s My Definition

Best Improv

• Winner: 2Dope 2Teen
• Nominated: Drop the Mask, Friend Request, Off Book, Strangers, The Last Couple on Earth

Best Comedy

• Winner: Rhian-Vested
• Nominated: Off Book, Pat Goldsack’s Swingers Club, Pretending Things are a Cock, Toxic Mas, Living La Vida Joker

Edgiest Show

• Winner: DABDA
• Nominated: Deep South Caesar, Double Georgie Pie, Sir Cedric and Friends, Enigma

Spirit of the Fringe

• Elijah Scowcroft

Audience Favourite

• The Bubble Show

Best of Fringe

• Waiting, Sos & Sha Creative (Shadon Meredith and Amelia Reid-Meredith)

Best Actor

• Shadon Meredith – Waiting

Best Actress

• Kim Georgine – The Visitor

Most Promising Emerging Talent

• Isaac Thomas

Best Direction

• Amelia Reid-Meredith – Waiting

Best Script

• Isaac Thomas – Two-Piece Suite

Best Design

• Waiting

Best Solo Show

• Waiting

Best Improv

• The Rabbit Hole – Rik Brown (with Isaac Thomas on music)

Best Youth Show

• When, directed by Gabbie Emerson

Best Local Show

• Take a Seat, directed by Damara Sylvester

Best Out of Towner

• Her (Georgina Sivier and Justin “Rusty” White)

Edgiest Show, sponsored by The Edge

• This is Steve (Cameron McCleod)

Spirit of the Fringe

• Isaac Thomas

Audience Favourite

• Mr Beckenbauer’s Unfortunate Encounter with Enlightenment

Best of Fringe

• An Evening with Gary Starlight, by Jeff Clark

Best Actress

• Ingrid Saker – Where the Wild Woman Is,

Best Actor

• Charles Anderson – Hot Chocolate and the Trail’s End

Best Direction

• Jimmy Sutcliffe – Receiver

Best Design

• Japanese Love Tales

Best Script

• Hadley Taylor – Swimming with Whales in Tonga, by Skeleton Crew
• Runner up: Laura Irish – Hot Chocolate and the Trail’s End, by Laura Irish Raven

Edgiest Show

• Where the Wild Woman Is

Best Solo Show

• Attention Seeker, by Gerard Harris
• Runner up: Blown Away, by Michael Armstrong

Audience Favourite

• Bananaruma, by Dawn Marron, Wag the Dog Productions

Fringe Director’s Special Commendation Coming of Age: Double Feature

• The Story of How I Became Me…, by Georgina Sivier
• Scumbag, by AJ Murtagh

Best of Fringe

• MadLove, by Gareth Edwards

Best Actress

• Sarah Tuck

Best Actor

• Nick Kemplen

Best Direction

• Bridget Sanders

Best Design

• Carnivale of Delights

Edgiest Show

• The Things We Do

Best Solo Show

• MadLove, by Gareth Edwards

Audience Favourite

• Same Same Different