Nominations announced for 48th Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

• Bongile Mantsai for Mies Julie as John
  
• Elton Landrew for Boesman & Lena as Boesman
  
• Gideon Lombard for The View as Young Man
  
• Jeremy Crutchley for Sacred Elephant as Everyman

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

• Anthea Thompson for Kingdom of Earth as Myrtle
  
• Bo Petersen for Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act as Frieda Joubert
  
• Hilda Cronjé for Mies Julie as Julie
  
• Quanita Adams for Boesman & Lena as Lena

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Adam Neill for Champ as Waldo
  
• David Dennis for A Midsummer Night's Dream as Nick Bottom/Pyramus
  
• Gideon Lombard for Special Thanks to Guests from Afar as Markus Weitig
  
• Mbulelo Grootboom for Just Business as Mabuso

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Ella Gabriel for The View as Various Characters
  
• Emily Child for King Lear (This Time it Hurts) as Regan
  
• Jennie Reznek for Autopsy as Madam Shu and Others
  
• Thoko Ntshinga for Mies Julie as Christine

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN MUSIC THEATRE AND/OR A MUSICAL

• Danny Butler for Kat and the Kings as Kat Diamond
  
• Dean Balie for Kat and the Kings as Young Kat Diamond
  
• Jonathan Roxmouth for Topsy Turvy as Various Characters
  
• Sasha Halhuber for Cabaret as Emcee

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN MUSIC THEATRE AND/OR A MUSICAL

• Aviva Pelham for Santa's Story as Various Characters
  
• Kate Normington for Menopause the Musical as Soap Star
  
• Samantha Peo for Cabaret as Sally Bowles
  
• Sivan Raphaely for From the Mouths of Babes as Herself

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN MUSIC THEATRE AND/OR A MUSICAL

• Carlo Daniels for Kat and the Kings as Ballie
  
• Grant Peres for Kat and the Kings as Bingo
  
• Peter Court for Cabaret as Herr Schultz
  
• Zakariyah Toerien for Kat and the Kings as Magoo

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN MUSIC THEATRE AND/OR A MUSICAL

• Amy Trout for Kat and the Kings as Lucy Dixon
  
• Charon Williams-Ros for Cabaret as Fräulein Schneider
  
• Kate Normington for Cabaret as Fräulein Kost
  
• Londiwe Dhlomo for Cabaret as Texas

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A CABARET/REVUE/ONE PERSON SHOW

• Daneel van der Walt for Big Girl as Big Girl
  
• James Cuningham for Sunday Morning as Mat
  
• Jeremy Crutchley for Sacred Elephant as Everyman
  
• Lynita Crofford for An Audience with Miss Hobhouse as Emily Hobhouse and Others

MOST PROMISING STUDENT AWARD

• Ella Gabriel (UCT)
  
• Roelof Storm (UCT)
  
• Chrisma Van Zyl (University Stellenbosch)
  
• Stefan Erasmus (UCT)

BEST DIRECTOR

• James Ngcobo forl Boesman & Lena
  
• Mandla Mbothwe for Did We Dance: The Sinking of the SS Mendi
  
• Matthew Wild for The Comedy of Errors
  
• Yael Farber for Mies Julie

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

• Faheem Bardien for A Midsummer Night's Dream
  
• Kobus Rossouw for The Comedy of Errors
  
• Patrick Curtis for Did We Dance: The Sinking of the SS Mendi
  
• Paul Abrams for Mies Julie

BEST SET DESIGN

• Fred Abrahamse for Kingdom of Earth
  
• Leopold Senekal for Did We Dance: The Sinking of the SS Mendi
  
• Patrick Curtis for Doodsnikke
  
• Patrick Curtis for Mies Julie

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Angela Nemov for The Comedy of Errors
  
• Illka Louw for Sacred Elephant
  
• Marcel Meyer for Kingdom of Earth
  
• Neil Stuart-Harris for Cabaret

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE and/or SOUND DESIGN

• Charl-Johan Lingenfelder (original score) for Kingdom of Earth
  
• Charl-Johan Lingenfelder for A Midsummer Night's Dream
  
• Daniel Pencer and Matthew Pencer (original music) for Mies Julie
  
• David Kramer and Taliep Petersen (original score) for Kat and the Kings

BEST NEW SA SCRIPT

• Bench by Brent Palmer
  
• Champ by Louis Viljoen
  
• Mies Julie by Yael Farber
  
• Sunday Morning by Nick Warren

ROSALIE VAN DER GUCHT PRIZE FOR NEW DIRECTORS

• Greg Karvallas for Champ
  
• Kim Kerfoot for Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act
  
• Michael Kirch for Bench
  
• Philip Rademeyer for The View

Theatre Excellence

The Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards is the premier event of its kind in South Africa. For more than four decades, the awards have been given to outstanding individuals for theatre excellence, specifically focusing on professional theatre productions staged in the Cape Town Metropole and surrounds, over the period of one calendar year. Each award carries a R15 000 cash prize as well as a silver medallion, making it one of the most coveted theatre awards in the industry.

Awards are given in 21 different categories and the judges for the 2012 productions were Africa Melane, Coreen Lloyd, Denise Bester, Dr Beverley Brommert, Dr Gabriel Bothma, Gillian Mitchell, Herman van der Westhuizen, Jill Makram, Len Ashton, Mariana Malan, Marina Griebenow, Peter Tromp, Rone Arendse and Wayne Muller. All voting processes are audited and are overseen by the legal firm Cluver Markotter Inc.

The following awards will be announced at the ceremony: the Award for Innovation in Theatre, the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the People's Choice Award. Those wishing to vote for the People's Choice Award should SMS FDC to 33783, click on the link, and select their favourite play of 2012. Each SMS costs R1.50 (none are free) and T's & C's apply. Those who vote stand a chance to win a gourmet dinner for four in the privacy of their home, prepared by a chef from DISH Food & Social and paired with Fleur du Cap wines. Please note this is the only way for the public to vote for the People's Choice Award. Voting closes on 9 March.

Tickets for the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards at Artscape are available from Computicket, cost R150 per person, and include canapés and Fleur du Cap wines. Follow the awards on Twitter (@FDCTheatreAward) and on Facebook.