Full Nominees for the 15th Life! Theatre Awards 2015

Full List of Nominees 2015

The 15th Life! Theatre Awards ceremony (known this year as the “M1-The Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards”) will be held at the Esplanade Recital Studio on 20th April, and will be hosted by Pam Oei.

The full list of nominees for the 15th Life! Theatre Awards is as follows:

Production of the Year
“Art” by Nine Years Theatre; commissioned by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
“Monkey Goes West” by Wild Rice
“The Rise & Fall Of Little Voice” by Pangdemonium

Best Director
Edith Podesta for “Dark Room x8” (Edith Podesta; presented by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay)
Nelson Chia for “Art” (Nine Years Theatre)
Sebastian Tan for “Monkey Goes West” (Wild Rice)
Tracie Pang for “Fat Pig” (Pangdemonium)

Best Original Script
“Dark Room x8” by Edith Podesta (Edith Podesta; presented by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay)
“Fluid” by Liu Xiaoyi (The Theatre Practice)
“Poor Thing” by Haresh Sharma (The Necessary Stage)
“#UnicornMoment” by Oon Shu An (Checkpoint Theatre; in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay)

Best Actor
Adrian Pang in “Frozen” (Pangdemonium)
Oliver Chong in “Art” (Nine Years Theatre; commissioned by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay)
Peter Sau in “Art” (Nine Years Theatre; commissioned by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay)
Sugie Phua in “Monkey Goes West” (Wild Rice)

Best Actress
Frances Lee in “Fat Pig” (Pangdemonium)
Lydia Look in “The Way We Go” (Checkpoint Theatre)
Mina Kaye in “The Rise & Fall Of Little Voice” (Pangdemonium)

Best Ensemble
“Dark Room x8” (Edith Podesta; presented by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay)
“Poor Thing” (The Necessary Stage)
“Senang” (Drama Box)

Best Supporting Actor
Erwin Shah Ismail in “The Ant & The Grasshopper” (I Theatre)
Remesh Panicker in “The Merchant Of Venice” (Singapore Repertory Theatre)
Zachary Ibrahim in “Fat Pig” (Pangdemonium)

Best Supporting Actress
Elizabeth Lazan in “Fat Pig” (Pangdemonium)
Jo Kukathas in “The House Of Bernarda Alba” (Wild Rice)
Siti Khalijah Zainal in “Monkey Goes West” (Wild Rice)

Best Set Design
Eucien Chia for “The Rise & Fall Of Little Voice” (Pangdemonium)
Ho Tzu Nyen, Andy Lim and Jed Lim for “Ten Thousand Tigers” (Ho Tzu Nyen; co-commissioned by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Asian Culture Complex – Asian Arts Theatre Korea, Carriageworks Australia and Wiener Festwochen Austria)
Wong Chee Wai for “The House Of Bernarda Alba” (Wild Rice)

Best Sound Design or Original Score
Bani Haykal for “Gitanjali” (The Necessary Stage)
Darren Ng for “Art” (Nine Years Theatre; commissioned by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay)
Elaine Chan and Bang Wenfu for “Monkey Goes West” (Wild Rice)
Jeffrey Yue, Yasuhiro Morinaga and Bani Haykal for “Ten Thousand Tigers” (Ho Tzu Nyen et al)

Best Lighting Design
Andy Lim for “Ten Thousand Tigers” (Ho Tzu Nyen et al)
James Tan for “Red” (Blank Space Theatre; in collaboration with Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay)
Lim Yu-Beng for “The House Of Bernarda Alba” (Wild Rice)

Best Costume Design
Ivan Heng for “The House Of Bernarda Alba” (Wild Rice)
Tube Gallery by Phisit & Saxit for “Monkey Goes West” (Wild Rice)
Yang Derong for “Hotpants” (produced by Annie Pek)