News: Nominations for Frankie Awards (Fringe)

(photo credit: Cindy Lopez)

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Here are the nominations: 

Beyond the Mountain – Beyond the Mountain Award 

• POP! Productions - Kissed by a Butterfly
• Kirsten Rasmussen Productions - Tough!
• Capricornucopia - The Little Prince As Told By Machiavelli
• Contingency Plan Productions - Apocalypse Solo
• Right Now! - Jocasta's Noose
• Two Seul - The UPSHOT

CEAD – Promising francophone playwriter

• Le Rétroviseur, by Dominique Piché
• Comme d’eux, by Sabrina Connell-Caouette
• Un parfum de Montgolfière, by Alberto Lombardo

Centaur Theatre – Centaur Best Production - English Theatre Award 

• Théâtre à la Sauvage - Gaulier Made Me Cry
• Savage Kid - White River, White Tree: A Ghost Story
• Delcon Entertainment - God is a Scottish Drag Queen
• Rabbit in a Hat Productions - The Harvester
• POP! Productions - Kissed by a Butterfly
• Osara Soup - My Exploding Family
• Cameryn Moore/Little Black Book Productions - power | play: choose your own adventure
• Sex T-Rex - Sex T-Rex Presents Callaghan!
• Sam S Mullins - Tinfoil Dinosaur
• Kirsten Rasmussen Productions - Tough!

BRAWLERS (HONOURABLE MENTIONS)

• Kapinski Enterprises - Butt Kapinski, Private Eye
• Oimoi Productions - Hippolytos
• big word performance poetry - Jem Rolls: TEN STARTS AND AN END
• Processed Theatre - Nothing Never Happens in Norway
• Burnt Thicket Theatre - She Has a Name
• Leopard Ball Productions - Try a Variety Show

Chapters – Best English Script 

• Vicious Circles, by Ben Kalman
• Jewish Girls Don't Kayak, by Robyn Israel
• Dreaming in Autism, by Christine Rodriguez
• The Little Prince as told by Machiavelli, by Charles Roburn
• Kissed by a Butterfly, by Shiong-En Chan
• Gadfly: Sam Steiner Dodges the Draft, by Rebecca Steiner

Cirque du Soleil – Best Original Production

• Sarah Bronsard - 4kg
• Rabbit in a Hat Productions - The Harvester
• That's Enough Drama - Let’s Start a Country!
• Tidlidoum - Maluron Malurette
• Processed Theatre - Nothing Never Happens in Norway

Freestanding Room – The FREEBIE Award

• Théâtre de L'Ingénu - On a qu’un certain nombre de mots
• Théâtre à la Sauvage - Gaulier Made Me Cry
• Capricornucopia - The Little Prince as told by Machiavelli
• Les Viscères - Monsieur Victor

Just for Laughs – Best Comedy English 

• Peter 'n Chris - Peter 'n Chris and The Mystery of The Hungry Heart Motel
• Sam S Mullins - Tinfoil Dinosaur
• Kirsten Rasmussen Productions - Tough!
• That's Enough Drama - Let’s Start a Country!
• Weeping Spoon Productions - ZACK ADAMS: A Complete History of Zack Adams
• jonbennettcomedy.com - My Dad’s Deaths
• Sex T-Rex - Sex T-Rex Presents Callahan!
• Delcon Entertainment - God Is A Scottish Drag Queen
• Osara Soup - My Exploding Family
• Kris Hagen and Scott Rawson - Tugg N Chugger’s Midnight Barbecue

MainLine Theatre – Next Stage Award

• Théâtre Sans Fond/ Stadium Tour - Vicious Circles
• Processed Theatre - Nothing Never happens in Norway
• Contingency Plan Productions - Apocalypse Solo
• La Tigressa Productions - Dreaming in Autism
• Oimoi Productions - Hippolytos
• Capricornucopia - The Little Prince as told by Machiavelli
• Savage Kid - White River, White Tree: A Ghost Story

Rubiks – Best Poster Design 

• Crowning Monkey - Big Girls Don't Cry
• Privatelab Studio - La Cantatrice Chauve
• Tidlidoum - Maluron Malurette
• Phaedrus Farms - Serving Something
• (c)ollaborate78 - I'VE STOPPED HAVING THAT DREAM I'VE BEEN HAVING

Théâtre Denise-Pelletier – Fred-Barry Award for Best Scenography-Production Design

• Théâtre du Zèle - Off Course!
• La Tigressa Productions - Dreaming in Autism
• Le Papier Sec - Le Doigt
• Théâtre Sans Fond/ Stadium Tour - Vicious Circles
• T3 : Théâtre de Trois - XY

Zone HOMA – Best French Production

• Le Papier Sec - Le Doigt
• Les Viscères - Monsieur Victor
• Théâtre Misceo - MTL_APK
• Cro-Magnon Théâtre - Partition pour quatre mains
•  La Bouilloire - Le Rétroviseur
• T3 : Théâtre de Trois - XY

Bouge d’Ici – Most Promising Choreography, Choreographer 

• Josiane Fortin Danse - 7 pupilles de feu
• Sarah Bronsard - 4kg
• Profession Humaine - Mangeons Pierrot
• Christine Germain and Dancers - Le Projet Migration
• SORA - Sora
• Tuque et Capuche - Tuque et Capuche

* Special mention for an ineligible show: (CORRESPONDANCE) - Eeny Meeny Miny

FRINGE Mtl – Spirit of the FRINGE 

Greenland Productions – Greenlands Music Award 

Still plenty of time left to see all these shows and more! It's not too late, so pick up a FRINGE program, come by the FRINGE Park or check out our website: montrealfringe.ca

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