Wales Theatre Awards 2017 Shortlists Announced

The shortlisted nominations for the 2017 Wales Theatre Awards have been announced, taking in the best in opera, dance and theatre in Wales between December 1st, 2015 and December 31st, 2016.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony at Taliesin Arts Centre in Swansea on Saturday, February 25th, from 5.30pm. See the Wales Theatre Awards website for more information.

Here's who's shortlisted, or click here for the winners:

BEST OPERA PRODUCTION

• The Devil Inside (Music Theatre Wales)
• Figaro Gets a Divorce (Welsh National Opera)
• Kommilitonen! (Welsh National Youth Opera)
• La Voix Humaine (Welsh National Opera)

BEST OPERA SINGER MALE

• Andrew Bidlack (In Parenthesis)
• Gwyn Hughes Jones (Cavalleria rusticana & Pagliacci)
• Lester Lynch (The Merchant of Venice)
• Alan Oke (The Marriage of Figaro/ Figaro Gets a Divorce)

BEST OPERA SINGER FEMALE

• Marie Arnet (Figaro Gets a Divorce, Welsh National Opera)
• Claire Booth (La Voix Humaine, Welsh National Opera)
• Anna Devin (The Marriage of Figaro, Welsh National Opera)
• Chiara Vinci (Kommilitonen!, Welsh National Youth Opera)

BEST DANCE PRODUCTION

• Block (No Fit State & Motionhouse)
• Folk (National Dance Company Wales)
• Little Red Riding Hood (Ballet Cymru)
• A Savage Hart (Citrus Arts)

BEST DANCER/ CHOREOGRAPHER MALE

• Gwyn Emberton (Gwyn Emberton Dance)
• Josef Perou (National Dance Company Wales)
• Jem Treays (Run Ragged)
• Phil Williams (Cascade Dance Theatre)

BEST DANCER/ CHOREOGRAPHER FEMALE

• Caroline Finn (National Dance Company Wales)
• Jo Fong
• Elena Thomas (National Dance Company Wales)
• Ella Treays (Run Ragged)

BEST MALE ACTOR (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

• Neal McWilliams (A Sunny Disposition, The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Christian Patterson (St Nicholas, The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Delme Thomas (Saturday Night Forever, Aberystwyth Arts Centre)
• Llion Williams (Belonging/ Perthyn)

BEST FEMALE ACTOR (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

• Sophie Melville (Blackbird, The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Nicola Reynolds (Constellation Street, The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Alexandria Riley (The Mountaintop, The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Eiry Thomas (The Glass Menagerie, Theatr Pena)

BEST PRODUCTION (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

• Constellation Street (The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Insignificance (Theatr Clwyd, Mold)
• Meet Fred (Hijinx)
• Wonderman (National Theatre Wales)

BEST PLAYWRIGHT (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

• Matthew Bulgo (Constellation Street, The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Karin Diamond (Belonging, Re-Live Organisation)
• Alan Harris (Love, Lies and Taxidermy, Sherman Cymru, Cardiff & Theatr Clwyd, Mold)
• Nicola Reynolds (A Sunny Disposition, The Other Room, Cardiff)

BEST MALE ACTOR (WELSH LANGUAGE)

• Sion Emyr (Mrs Reynolds a'r Cena Bach, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Rhodri Evans (Rhith Gân, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru & Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Emyr Roberts (Allan o Diwn, Theatr Bara Caws)
• Llion Williams (Chwalfa, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru & Theatr Frân Wen)

BEST FEMALE ACTOR (WELSH LANGUAGE)

• Melangell Dolma (Nansi, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Siw Hughes (Mrs Reynolds a'r Cena Bach, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Betsan Llwyd (Nansi, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Manon Vaughan Wilkinson (Hoga Ni, Theatr Bara Caws)

BEST PRODUCTION (WELSH LANGUAGE)

• Chwalfa (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru & Theatr Frân Wen)
• Mrs Reynolds a'r Cena Bach (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Nansi (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Perthyn/ Belonging (Re-Live Organisation)

BEST PLAYWRIGHT (WELSH LANGUAGE)

• Bethan Marlow (Cysgu'n Brysur, Theatr Arad Goch)
• Wyn Mason (Rhith Gân, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru & Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Meic Povey (Hogia Ni, Theatr Bara Caws)
• Angharad Price (Nansi, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)

BEST DESIGN

• Janet Bird (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Theatr Clwyd, Mold)
• Amy Jane Cook (Constellation Street, The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Cai Dyfan (Chwalfa, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)
• Gabriella Slade (The Last Mermaid, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff)

BEST ENSEMBLE

• The Good Earth (Motherlode Theatre)
• Meet Fred (Hijinx)
• The Taming of the Shrew (Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama)
• Wonderman (Gagglebabble)

BEST CHILDREN’S & YOUNG PEOPLE

• The Borrowers (Sherman Cymru, Cardiff)
• Cysgu'n Brysur (Theatr Arad Goch)
• Dilyn Fi (Cwmni Fran Wen)
• The Insatiable, Inflatable Candylion (National Theatre Wales)

BEST DIRECTOR

• Rachel Boulton (The Good Earth, Motherlode Theatre)
• Peter Doran (Belonging/ Perthyn)
• Maxine Evans (The Revlon Girl, October Sixty Six)
• Arwel Gruffydd (Chwalfa, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru)

BEST SOUND

• James Kennedy (A Mighty Wind, National Dance Company Wales)
• Gruff Rhys (The Insatiable, Inflatable Candylion, National Theatre Wales)
• Andy Tamlyn Jones (Windsongs of the Blessed Bay, Theatr Cadair)
• Gareth Bonello (Rhith Gân, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru & Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru)

BEST LIGHTING

• Joe Fletcher (Swansea's Three Night Blitz, Swansea Grand & Joio)
• Colin Grenfell (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Theatr Clwyd, Mold)
• Katy Morison (Play/ Silence, The Other Room, Cardiff)
• Emyr Morris-Jones (Hogia Ni, Theatr Bara Caws)