Last night I made my way gingerly along a dusty, construction-damaged Granville Street, to the Commodore Ballroom where Vancouver's theatre community gathered to celebrate another year of amazing theatre. It is always interesting to see how the nominations and the final award winners stack up against what I thought during the year of play-going, and what details I can remember of the many productions. As well, the productions nominated are only a portion of the many shows staged here - Vancouver has a great theatre scene, and often I find that there are more things available to see than hours to see them in. Any way here is the list of finalists with links to those plays I managed to review during the year and featured pictures. Congratulations to all the nominees, and of course to the Jessie winners
Jessie Richardson Awards Large Theatre 2008-2009
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role
Jay Brazeau, The Drowsy Chaperone, Playhouse Theatre Company
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role
Jennifer Lines, The Tempest, Bard on the Beach
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Simon Bradbury, Titus Andronicus, Bard on the Beach
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Margo Kane, Where the Blood Mixes, Playhouse Theatre Company & The Savage Society
Significant Artistic Achievement
Alan Brodie, Patrick Clark, Jamie Nesbitt,
Exceptional Integration of Visual Design, Frost/Nixon, Playhouse Theatre Company
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