Results of the 13th Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards 2013

Full List of Winners 2013

The 13th Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards was held on 1st July 2013 at the W Singapore hotel at Sentosa Cove, which is the official venue partner for this year’s awards.

This is the full results list for this year’s event.

Warmest congrats to all the winners!

Production of the Year
Company (Dream World Productions)
La Cage aux Folles (W!ld Rice)
Lear Dreaming (TheatreWorks)
Pretty Things (Patricia Toh/The Substation)
Roots (The Finger Players) – Winner

Best Director
Kuo Jian Hong for “Lao Jiu: The Musical” (The Theatre Practice) – Winner
Liu Xiaoyi for “11: Kuo Pao Kun Devised” (The Theatre Practice)
Ong Keng Sen for “Lear Dreaming” (TheatreWorks)
Samantha Scott-Blackhall for “Freud’s Last Session” (Blank Space Theatre)
Patricia Toh for “Pretty Things” (Patricia Toh/The Substation)

Best Script
“Goh Lay Kuan & Kuo Pao Kun” by Ong Keng Sen (TheatreWorks)
“National Broadway Company” by Ong Keng Sen (The Esplanade)
“Rant & Rave” by Chong Tze Chien (The Esplanade)
“Roots” by Oliver Chong (The Finger Players) – Winner

Best Actor
Nelson Chia in “A Language of Their Own” (Robin Loon and Casey Lim) – Joint Winner
Oliver Chong in “Roots” (The Finger Players)
Matt Grey in “Freud’s Last Session” (Blank Space Theatre) – Joint Winner
Ivan Heng in “La Cage aux Folles” (W!ld Rice)
Lim Kay Tong in “Goh Lay Kuan & Kuo Pao Kun” (TheatreWorks)
Adrian Pang in “Swimming With Sharks” (Pangdemonium! Productions)

Best Actress
Liow Shi Suen in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (Nine Years Theatre)
Jo Kukathas in “Occupation” (Checkpoint Theatre) – Winner
Karen Tan in “Goh Lay Kuan & Kuo Pao Kun” (TheatreWorks)

Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Jenkins in “Twelfth Night” (Singapore Repertory Theatre)
Jeffrey Low in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (Nine Years Theatre) – Winner
Adrian Pang in “Twelfth Night” (Singapore Repertory Theatre)
Erwin Shah Ismail in “Romeo & Juliet” (W!ld Rice)
Sebastian Tan in “Hansel & Gretel” (W!ld Rice)

Best Supporting Actress
Sharda Harrison in “Crossings” (The Necessary Stage and Trafik)
Petrina Kow in “Company” (Dream World Productions)
Neo Swee Lin in “Romeo & Juliet” (W!ld Rice)
Seong Hui Xuan in “Company” (Dream World Productions) – Winner
Rebecca Spykerman in “Spring Awakening” (Pangdemonium! Productions)

Best Ensemble
11: Kuo Pao Kun Devised (The Theatre Practice)
Lao Jiu: The Musical (The Theatre Practice) – Winner
National Broadway Company (The Esplanade)
October (The Necessary Stage)
Pretty Things (Patricia Toh/The Substation)

Best Set Design
Ian Bailie for “Swimming With Sharks” (Pangdemonium! Productions)
Eucien Chia for “Company” (Dream World Productions) – Winner
Eucien Chia for “Spring Awakening” (Pangdemonium! Productions)
Wong Chee Wai for “Freud’s Last Session” (Blank Space Theatre)

Best Sound Design
Darren Ng for “The Book of Living and Dying” (The Finger Players and Teatri Sbagliati)
Darren Ng for “Freud’s Last Session” (Blank Space Theatre) – Winner
Jeffrey Yue, Dharma, Ray Aziz, George Chua and Rizman Putra for “The Song of the Brokenhearted Tiger” (3 Tigers)

Best Lighting Design
Andy Lim for “Pretty Things” (Patricia Toh/The Substation)
Andy Lim for “The Song of the Brokenhearted Tiger” (3 Tigers) – Winner
Lim Woan Wen for “The Book of Living and Dying” (The Finger Players and Teatri Sbagliati)
Dorothy Png for “Lao Jiu: The Musical” (The Theatre Practice)
Dorothy Png for “A Language of Their Own” (Robin Loon and Casey Lim)

Best Costume Design
Daniel Boey for “Company” (Dream World Productions) – Winner
Frederick Lee for “La Cage aux Folles” (W!ld Rice)
Koh Wan Ching for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” (Nine Years Theatre)

Readers’ Choice Award for Production of the Year
“Company” by Dream World Productions
“La Cage aux Folles” by W!ld Rice – Winner
“Lao Jiu: The Musical 《老九》” by The Theatre Practice
“National Broadway Company” by The Esplanade
“Roots” by The Finger Players
“Spring Awakening” by Pangdemonium! Productions