Prix Rideau Awards winners announced

Prix Rideau Awards has recently announced their award winners for 2010.

Forty-one English and 15 French productions were juried by two teams of local arts professionals.

A total of 21 awards were presented on April 10 during the awards at La Maison du citoyen Gatineau. The award winners for English-Language productions are as follows:

Outstanding Production
Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions

Outstanding Direction
Joël Beddows, Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions

Outstanding Performance, Female
Kristina Watt, Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre

Outstanding Performance, Male
Paul Rainville, Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company

Outstanding Lighting Design
Jock Munro, Vimy, Great Canadian Theatre Company / NAC English Theatre

Outstanding Set Design
Brian Perchaluk, Vimy, Great Canadian Theatre Company / NAC English Theatre

Outstanding Costume Design
Andrea Robertson, Macbeth, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival

Outstanding New Creation
Six: At Home, Zopyra Theatre

Outstanding Adaption
Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company

Outstanding Fringe Production
Six: At Home, Zopyra Theatre

Emerging Artist Award
Hilary Nichol, Stage Manager

Technical / Stage Management Award
Jane Canstone Osborn, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective