2012 Melbourne Fringe Festival Awards Announced
15th October 2012 - Fringe News
2012 Melbourne Fringe Festival Award Recipients
The Melbourne Fringe Festival Awards were announced to a capacity crowd in the Fringe Club on the last Saturday of the 2012 Festival. The awards celebrated and acknowledged the diversity, professionalism and exceptional quality of work exhibited in 2012.
Professional Development Awards
Touring Awards
The Tiki Tour Ready Award, supported by Auckland Fringe – presented by Michael Keating
WINNER: Emily Taylor, Cannonball
Innovation in Theatre, supported by Brisbane Powerhouse – presented by Sarah Neal
WINNER: Show Me Yours, I’ll Show You Mine
Outstanding Comedy Show, supported by Brisbane Powerhouse – presented by Sarah Neal
WINNER: Truth
Innovation in Dance or Cabaret, supported by the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts - presented by Lewis Jones
WINNER: Shian Law, Body Obscure Object
The Tour Ready Award, Supported by Adelaide Fringe – presented by Greg Clarke
WINNER: How to draw cartoobs and other typos
Best Experimental Performance, Supported by PACT Centre for Emerging Artists – presented by Julie Vulcan
WINNER: Hello My Name Is
Local Awards
The Discovery Award, supported by Melbourne Festival - presented by Josephine Ridge
WINNER: Zoey Dawson, The Unspoken Word is Joe
Outstanding Indigenous Artist, supported by the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts - presented by Eugenia Flynn
WINNER: Sandy Greenwood, Othello: Death Poll
Best Emerging Writer, Supported by Writers’ Victoria, in association with the Melbourne Theatre Company – presented by Roderick Poole
WINNER: Sofia Chapman, The Four Accordionists of the Apocalypse
Innovation in Culturally Diverse Practice, supported by Kultour - presented by Stephanie Kabanyana
WINNER: DasSHOKU Shake!
Best Emerging Producer, supported by Auspicious Arts – presented by John Paul Fischbach
WINNER: Brian Robertson, The Unstoppable, Unsung Story of Shaky M
Original New Circus, supported by Circus Oz – presented by Antonella Casella
WINNER: Mitch Jones, One Night Stand
Best Emerging Circus Performer, supported by ACAPTA - presented by Anni Davey
WINNER: Hannah Cryle, Pants Down Circus
Category Awards
Best Cabaret
WINNER: Just a Little Something I’ve Been Working On
Best Circus
WINNER: Pants Down Circus
Best Comedy
WINNER: Choose Your Own Portenza!
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Slutmonster and Friends
Best Dance
WINNER: Opal Vapour
Best Live Art
WINNER: Sex Poetry Booth
Best Music
WINNER: Automation
Best Performance
WINNER: Show Me Yours, I’ll Show You Mine
Best Venue
WINNER: Trades Hall
Best Visual Arts
WINNER: So Fukin Native
Best Fringe Kids
WINNER: Dr Brown Brown Brown Brown Brown and his Singing Tiger
People’s Choice Award
WINNER: Aunty Donna and the Fax Machine Shop