A big surprise

Capital Critics Circle announces nominees

Awards recognize top English-language theatre in Ottawa

The Ottawa Citizen

Published: Tuesday, October 09, 2007

The Capital Critics Circle today announced the nominees for the eighth annual English-language theatre awards for plays presented in Ottawa during the 2006-2007 season.

Best professional production: Third Wall Theatre's Betrayal by Harold Pinter. Great Canadian Theatre Company's A Number by Caryl Churchill. The National Arts Centre English Theatre's Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad, translated by Linda Gaboriau. NAC English Theatre's The Wrong Son by Allen Cole.

Best director (professional): Todd Duckworth, She Stoops to Conquer, Third Wall. Peter Hinton, Frida K, NAC English Theatre. John P. Kelley, A Night in November, 7:30 Productions. Natalie Joy Quesnel, Betrayal, Third Wall.

Third Wall Theatre's production of Betrayal is nominated for best professional production; best professional director (Natalie Joy Quesnel); and best professional actor (Alix Sideris, left).

Rod MacIvor, The Ottawa Citizen

Best actor (professional): Pierre Brault for his multiple roles in A Night in November, 7:30 Productions. Allegra Fulton as Frida Kahlo in Frida K, NAC English Theatre. Tom Rooney as T.E. Lawrence in The Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion, GCTC. Alix Sideris as Emma in Betrayal, Third Wall.