Here they are, the shortlists for the 2012 Adelaide Fringe Awards.
The Adelaide Fringe Awards celebrate and recognise outstanding contemporary arts practice. Award winners are determined by a panel of expert industry professionals and peers. Adelaide Fringe celebrates innovation, collaborations, unique audience experiences, artistic excellence and originality. Learn more about the Adelaide Fringe Awards here
Winners will be announced at the Adelaide Fringe Awards on Sunday 18 March 2012, follow us on Twitter for the live announcements or check back here on Monday 19 March for the full list of winners.
BANKSA TALKFRINGE AWARD
MindBlown – Matt Tarrant
Gravity Boots and Friends – 3 Of A Kind Productions
Sound & Fury’s ‘Doc Faustus’ – Sound & Fury
Amos Gill – UNFAMOS – Amos Gill
BANKSA BEST PRESENTATION FOR CHILDREN
Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown – The Kid’s Show – Slow Clap Productions
Jason Chong in Where’s the Remote? – Jason Chong
Kapow! – Asking for Trouble
The Terrible Infants – Holden Street Theatres & Les Enfant Terribles Theatre Company
BANKSA BEST PUPPETRY
Slapdash Galaxy – Bunk Puppets
The Buffoon’s Play – Tarabates Theatre & Puppet Palace
BANKSA BEST CIRCUS & PHYSICAL THEATRE
Kaput – Strut & Fret and Tom Flanagan
Knee Deep – Casus, in association with Lady Torpedo Productions
The Brothers Pitt – The Pitts Family Circus
This is what we do for a living – Tumble Circus
BANKSA BEST DANCE
Dance Interrogations – hipsync
Dark Park – Kelly Alexander
Ellipsis – Gareth Hart
Where Did It All Go Right? – Ponydance & Arts ProjectS Australia
BANKSA BEST MUSIC
Aluka – Aluka
Rapskallion – Rapskallion
Tom Thum – Strut & Fret and Tom Thum
BANKSA BEST CABARET
EastEnd Cabaret: The Revolution Will Be Sexual – EastEnd Cabaret
Hot – Damsel Sophie for CABfringe
La Soiree – La Soiree Australia
Miss Patsy DeCline in The Cowgirl’s Revenge – Squeezebox and Big Hair Productions
Short+Sweet Cabaret – CabFringe & Short+Sweet
BANKSA BEST VISUAL ART AND DESIGN
AES+F Allegoria Sacra – Art Gallery of South Australia
Art, Pattern and Complexity – RiAus
Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor – JamFactory
BANKSA BEST COMEDY
Abandoman – Gilded Balloon in association with CKP
Andrew O’Neill – Alternative – Julz Hay
Felicity Ward in The Hedgehog Dilemma – Laughing Stock Productions
Michael Workman – Mercy – Token Events
Sammy J & Randy in The Inheritance – Laughing Stock Productions
BANKSA BEST COMEDY – EMERGING
Abandoman – Gilded Balloon in association with CKP
‘Insert Sponsor Here’ Radio Variety Hour – Bert Maverick Presents…
Michael Workman – Mercy – Token Events
Truth – Slow Clap
BANKSA BEST THEATRE PERFORMER
Ensemble – The Terrible Infants
John Hinton – THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION OR THE SURVIVAL OF (R)EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES IN THE FACE OF SCIENTIFIC AND ECCLESIASTICAL OBJECTIONS: BEING A MUSICAL COMEDY ABOUT CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882)
Justin Butcher – Scaramouche Jones
Pauline Knowles – Wee Andy by Paddy Cunneen
BANKSA BEST THEATRE PRODUCTION
THE ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION OR THE SURVIVAL OF (R)EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES IN THE FACE OF SCIENTIFIC AND ECCLESIASTICAL OBJECTIONS: BEING A MUSICAL COMEDY ABOUT CHARLES DARWIN (1809-1882) – Holden Street Theatres, Tangram Theatre & John Hinton
Sons & Mothers – No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability
The Terrible Infants – Holden Street Theatre & Les Enfants Terrible Theatre Company
Wee Andy by Paddy Cunneen – Holden Street Theatres & Tumult in the Clouds
BANKSA BEST VENUE
Queen’s Theatre
Tuxedo Cat
The Soul Box
La Boheme
BANKSA PICK OF THE FRINGE
La Soiree – La Soiree Australia
Soap – The Show – Circle of Eleven
UNDERBELLY EDINBURGH AWARD
WINNER WILL BE POSTED MONDAY
ADELAIDE CRITICS CIRCLE BEST IN FRINGE AWARD
WINNER WILL BE POSTED MONDAY
JOHN CHATAWAY INNOVATION AWARD
Silent Dinner Parties – Honi Ryan
Truth – Slow Clap
Uta Uber Kool Ja – Technicolour Army
ERAN SVIGOS AWARD FOR BEST VISUAL ART
Jacky Spencer – iBlink
Penny Byrne – The Art of the Possible
Sam Songailo – Art, Pattern and Complexity
ADELAIDE FESTIVAL CENTRE inSPACE:development AWARD
microMACRO – Zephyr Quartet
Sepia – RiAus & Emily Steel
Sons & Mothers – No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability
Jason Chong in Where’s The Remote? – Jason Chong
TOUR READY AWARD – SUPPORTED BY MELBOURNE FRINGE
WINNER WILL BE POSTED MONDAY
THE PEACE TRUST AWARD
The Ballad of the Unbeatable Hearts – Guy Masterson’s Centre for International Theatre (C.I.T.)
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