Afdis Awards Nominations 2013

And the nominees are.....

Well done to all the people and productions nominated for Reps Afdis Awards for 2013, representing the judges’ decisions on nominees after a busy year and after receiving nominations from various committees.

The awards themselves will be handed out at a gala show and ceremony in the theatre, scheduled for 7pm on Saturday March 22. All members and friends are encouraged to attend and support the nominees as the winners are announced from among their number.

Reps would like to thank African Distillers for once again sponsoring the awards event and for helping the society recognise and encourage excellence through this awards competition.

Best actor in a leading role (The John Keeling Award)

• Stephane Thomas (Cinderella)
• Larry Greeff (The Woman in Black)
• Thulani Nzonzo (Dead Man Talking)
• Mike Southall (The Woman In Black)
• Ryan Lawrence (Don’t Dress For Dinner)
• Marc Thomas (The Sound of Music)

Best actress in a leading role (The George Barnes Award)

• Fiona Garrity (Death of a Salesman)
• Kyla Render (Don’t Dress For Dinner)
• Clare Hingeston (Colder Than Here)
• Christina Jenkins (The Sound of Music)
• Katelyn Mostert (Cinderella)
• Kyla Render (Colder Than Here)

Best supporting actor (The Alan Parkinson Award)

• Kevin Hanssen (Death of a Salesman)
• Martin Bolt (The Sound of Music)
• Mike Blackburn (Colder Than Here)

Best supporting actress (The Allan Shaw Award)

• Thea Cutler (Colder Than Here)
• Sue Bolt (Cinderella)
• Thea Cutler (Don’t Dress For Dinner)
• Kyla Render (Colder Than Here)

Best minor performance (The Prentice Trophy)

• Stephanie Chindori-Chininga (Teen Angel)
• Betty Hobbs (The Sound of Music)
• Chris Charnley (Don’t Dress For Dinner)
• Stephane Thomas (The Sound of Music)
• Marc Thomas (A Little Bit Country)
• Rob Osborne (Death of a Salesman)

Best junior performance (The Reps Award for under-16s)

• The seven children (The Sound of Music)
• Gabriella Koudounaris (The Sound of Music)
• Angeline Mnaba (The Sound of Music)
• Minnie Mguni (Big Courtroom Drama)

Best comedy performance (The Alastair and Wendy Booth Award)

• Kyla Render (Don’t Dress For Dinner)
• Christina Hall (Don’t Dress For Dinner)
• Mike Blackburn (Festival of Viennese Operetta)
• Marc Thomas and Larry Greeff (Cinderella)
• Stephane Thomas (Cinderella)
• Nevison Kusokora and Thulani Nzonzo (Dead Man Talking)

Most outstanding music performance (Dave Robert Memorial Trophy)

• Liza Abulencia (A Little Bit Country)
• Christina Jenkins (The Sound of Music)
• the seven children (The Sound of Music)
• Molly Dzangare (Festival of Viennese Operetta)

Best Technical (The Sue Greener Award)

• Hesbe Chivers (costume design for Cinderella)
• KJ Greeff (sound operation for The Woman In Black)
• Hesbe Chivers (costume design for The Sound of Music)
• Peter Blackburn (décor for Don’t Dress For Dinner)
• Tracy Garrard (sound design and operation for The Sound of Music)

Best first performance at Reps (The Hugh Dornhurst Trophy)

• Molly Dzangare (Festival of Viennese Operetta)
• Angeline Mnanba (The Sound of Music)
• Shannen Mak (Cinderella)
• Savanna Bester (The Sound of Music)
• Donovan Jairos (Festival of Viennese Operetta)

Best contribution to dance and movement (The Reps Trophy)

• June Cloete, Michelle Nativel and Timikha Fisher (choreography for A Little Bit Country)
• Clare Hingeston (Choreography for The Sound of Music)
• Christina Jenkins (dance in The Sound of Music)
• Stephane Thomas (dance in A Little Bit Country)

Also considered for awards are the directors, stage managers and props people of each production during the year, with an award in each of these categories.

Each production in the year is also considered for the Oude Meester Trophy for the Best Production, with the productions of 2013 being:

• Don’t Dress For Dinner
• Harare’s Got Talent 5
• A Little Bit Country
• A Spark In The Dark (made up of Teen Angel and Big Courtroom Drama)
• Everything Goes
• Colder Than Here
• A Night At The Opera
• The Sound of Music
• Death of a Salesman
• Festival of Viennese Operetta
• The Woman In Black
• Dead Man Talking
• Cinderella

Stan Higgins

Chairman