Theatre Guild Guyana Awards
2012
BEST PLAY
Full Length Plays
New Beginnings
by Timolyn Barclay
Nominates:
Timolyn Barclay,
Colleen Humphrey,
Dason McKenzie,
A Diff'rent Kinda Thing
by Kwesi Edmonson
Makantali by Harold Bascom
Malcolm De Freitas, Gerard Gilkes, Natayha Whaul, Nirmala Narine
Synopsis
This play won the 1996 Guyana Prize for Literature. It tells the moving, multilayered story of Makantali, a legendary porkknocker (a gold-seeker) who is stuck in a hellish spiritual place with Lillian, his nagging wife; Ezme, the bush prostitute he loved to his ruination; and a chorus of other wretched spirits. From this painful purgatory, Makantali has to find a way to communicate through a single dream with a living, modern-day gold-seeker, and guide him, positively, past the very mistakes that he, Makantali, made. Will the spirit of Makantali succeed in order to be taken, at last, to a peaceful place in his death; or will he fail and become a wretched demon roaming the earth?
BEST DIRECTOR
Malcolm DeFreitas (Makantali)
Timothy Barclay (New Beginnings)
winner
BEST ACTOR
Gerard Gilkes (Makantali)
Dason McKenzie (New Beginnings)
winner
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
winner
Randolph Critchlow (Makantali)
Leon Cummings (Makantali)
Kwesi Edmonson (Makantali)
BEST ACTORESS
Natayha Whaul (Makantali)
winner
Colleen Humphrey (New Beginnings)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTORESS
Nirmala Narine (Makantali)
Shellon Madray (Makantali)
Timolyn Barclay (New Beginnings)
Colleen Humphrey (Makantali)
Nirmala Narine (New Beginnings)
winner
BEST SET
Makantali
winner
BEST COSTUME
Makantali
winner
BEST PLAY
ONE ACT Plays
Synopsis
Sonia Yarde, Mark Kazim, Nelon Benjamin, Johann David, Nirmala Narine, Shana Fraser
Swingers on the Playground
by Timolyn Barclay
Nominates:
The Storms
Shadows
Ms. Edwards
BEST ACTOR
winner
Tivia Collins (Shadows)
BEST DIRECTOR
Kijana Lewis (Shadows)
winner
Timolyn Barclay (The Storms)
Sonia Yarde (Swingers on the Playground)
Mark Kazim (Swingers on the Playground)
Mark Luke-Edwards (The Storms)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Lynyus Adams (Shadows)
winner
Marlon Velloza (The Storms)
Nelon Benjamin (Swingers on the Playground)
Johann David (Swingers on the Playground)
BEST ACTORESS
Leslyn Lashley (Ms Edwards)
Patrica Marks (Pious)
Tashandra Inniss (Shadows)
Sonia Yarde (Swingers on the Playground)
winner
BEST SUPPORTING ACTORESS
Lisa Punch (Shadows)
Kanini Fyffe (Ms. Edwards)
Diana Chapman (Dance Philosophy)
Nirmala Narine (Swingers on the Playground)
Shameza Husain (The Storms)
Shana Fraser (Swingers on the Playground)
winner
BEST SET
BEST COSTUME
Swingers on the Playground
winner
Ms. Edwards
The Storms
Shadows
BEST PLAY
2013
Full Length Plays
Nominates:
The Vagina Monologues
Sizwe Banzi is Dead
Virtue by
Nirmala Narine, Mark Kazim, Nikosi Layne, Sean Thompson, Lloyda Garrett
Synopsis
BEST PRODUCTION
Sizwe Banzi is Dead by
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Vagina Monologues
Virtue
BEST DIRECTOR
winner
Ron Robinson (Sizwe Banzi is Dead)
Malcolm Defreitas (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Collette Jones-Chin (The Vagina Monologues)
Sonia Yarde (Virtue)
BEST ACTOR
Ron Robinson (Sizwe Banzi is Dead)
winner
Sean Thompson (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Sean Thompson (Virtue)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark Luke Edwards (A Midsummer's Night Dream)
Keon Haywood (A midsummer Night's Dream)
Henry Rodney (Sizwe Banzi is Dead)
Mark Kazim (Virtue)
Nikosi Layne (Virtue)
winner
BEST ACTORESS
Nirmala Narine (Virtue)
Sabrina Kazim (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Lloyd Garrett (Virtue)
Sonia Yarde (Vagina Monologues)
winner
BEST SUPPORTING ACTORESS
Sonia Yarde (A Midsummer's Night Dream)
winner
BEST COSTUME
The Vagina Monologues
Virtue
Sizwe Banzi is Dead
winner
BEST LIGHTING
Sizwe Banzi is Dead
The Vagina Monologues
Virtue
winner
BEST NEWCOMER
Esprene Ciddell (A Midsummer's Night Dream)
Clinton Duncan (A Midsummer's Night Dream)
Nikose Layne (Virtue)
winner
BEST PLAY
ONE ACT Plays
Nominates:
Between the Covers
Working Girls
Saving Grace
Synopsis
Christina by Mosa Telford
Mosa Telford, Kojo McPherson, Kawsi Edmondson, Leslym Fraser
BEST DIRECTOR
winner
Tivia Collions (Cockadoo)
Kojo McPherson (Christina)
Randolph Critchlow (Between the Covers)
BEST ACTOR
Mark Luke Edwards (Between the Covers)
Kawasi Edmondson (Christina)
Kijana Lewis (Cockadoo)
winner
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
winner
Sean Thompson (Between the Covers)
Chris Gopaul (Cockadoo)
Nelan Banjamin (Between the covers)
BEST ACTORESS
Leslyn Fraser (Cockadoo)
Lisa Punch (Christina)
Candacy Baveghems (Working girls)
winner
BEST SUPPORTING ACTORESS
Lisa Punch (Between the Covers)
Nurriyuh Gerrard (Saving Grace)
Keona Mckay (Saving Grace)
Sonia Yarde (Between the Covers)
Colleen Humphrey (Working Girls)
winner
BEST PRODUCTION
Cockadoo
Between the Covers
Saving Grace
winner
BEST SET
Saving Grace
Between the Covers
Cockadoo
winner
BEST COSTUME
Working Girls
Between the Covers
Saving Grace
winner
BEST LIGHTING
Christina
Between the Covers
Saving Grace
winner
2015
BEST PRODUCTION IN THE PAST 2 YRS
BEST NEWCOMER
Raquyyah Boyer (Saving Grace)
winner
Jamal Dalgetty (Saving Grace)
Steffi Ann Moore (Between the Covers)
This award is given to any company of members or a single member of the Theatre Guild who produced a drama show for the Theatre Guild within the last 3 years of highest technical standards and excellence.
BEST CHILDREN'S
PRODUCTIONS
STAGE AT THE
THEATRE GUILD
This award is given to any company, person or organization other than a Theatre Guild company who produced a children’s show within the last 3 years of highest technical standards and excellence.
Allied Arts - the National Secondary Schools Drama Festival
The American School - Peter Pan & Lion King
Purple Hearts Productions - 3 consecutive years of children's productions
Pantomime by Dereck Walcott
Sauda by Mosa Telford
This award is given to any single member of the Theatre Guild who directed a drama show for the Theatre Guild within the last 3 years of highest technical standards and excellence.
BEST DIRECTOR IN THE PAST 2 YRS
BEST
NON-GUILD MUSICAL PRODUCTION STAGE @ THE THEATRE GUILD
This award is given to any company, person or organization other than a Theatre Guild company who produced musical show within the last 3 years of highest technical standards and excellence.
Clemsville Orchestra - 3 years Christmas Concert
CARICOM Secretariat - 3 years Caricom Staff Concert
US Embassy - 3 years of touring Jazz Band
Embassy of Argentina - Guitar Duo
Rotary Club of Stabroek - 3 year International Jazz
Malcolm Defreitas (A Midsummer's Night Dream)
Nikosi Layne
BEST PRODUCER IN THE PAST 2 YRS
This award is given to any single member of the Theatre Guild who produce a drama show for the Theatre Guild within the last 3 years of highest technical standards and excellence.
Tashandra Inniss
This award is given to any single member of the Theatre Guild who designed costumes, lighting, sound and sets for a Theatre Guild show within the last 3 years of highest technical standards and excellence.
BEST DESIGNER IN THE PAST 2 YRS
Neilson Nurse (Set, Costumes, Installations, Interiors and Properties)
Clinton Duncan (Costumes)
BEST PERFORMER (FEMALE) IN THE PAST 2 YRS
BEST PERFORMER (MALE) IN THE PAST 2 YRS
This award is given to any single member of the theatre Guild who performed in more than 2 shows for the Theatre Guild within the last 3 years of highest technical standards and excellence, versatility.
Kimberly Fernandez
Sonia Yarde
This award is given to any single member of the theatre Guild who performed in more than 2 shows for the Theatre Guild within the last 3 years of highest technical standards and excellence, including versatility.