Ian Charleson Awards
July 21, 2010
We might have missed it but the publicity around the winners of this year’s Ian Charleson Awards seemed particularly muted.
Even the Sunday Times, the sponsor of the awards, gave little promotion to the nominations or winners.
This year marks 20 years since actor Ian Charleson died on 6 January 1990 of AIDS-related causes, only eight weeks after playing Hamlet in Richard Eyre’s production at the National Theatre.
He was an extremely accomplished actor, appearing in film (Chariots of Fire), TV (Oxbridge Blues) and numerous stage roles, both plays and musicals, including Guys and Dolls and Fool For Love.
The awards were established to commemorate and celebrate his life, and The Sunday Times and the National Theatre collaborate annually to present awards for outstanding performances anywhere in the UK, by actors under the age of 30 in a classical role.
Maybe the private awards lunch held annually should be webcast by the National, so everyone can celebrate the UK’s most promising actors?
Links:
Read Alan Bates’ 1990 tribute to Ian Charleson
Ian Charleson Awards – Winners 2010
July 15, 2010
Awards announced: 11 June 2010
WINNER: Ruth Negga: Aricia in Phèdre (National)
SECOND PRIZE: Max Bennett: Claudio in Measure for Measure (Theatre Royal, Plymouth/ Thelma Holt) and Frank in Mrs Warren’s Profession (Theatre Royal, Bath)
THIRD PRIZE: Natalie Dew: Celia in As You Like It (Curve, Leicester)
SPECIAL COMMENDATIONS AS PREVIOUS WINNERS:
Mariah Gale: Celia in As You Like It (RSC, Courtyard, Stratford)
Rebecca Hall: Hermione in The Winter’s Tale (Bridge Project at the Old Vic)
Ian Charleson Awards – Nominations 2010
June 7, 2010
Nominations announced: 6 June 2010
Nominee Rebecca Hall
Max Bennett: Claudio in Measure for Measure (Theatre Royal, Plymouth/ Thelma Holt) and Frank in Mrs Warren’s Profession(Theatre Royal, Bath)
Natalie Dew: Celia in As You Like It (Curve, Leicester)
Hedydd Dylan: Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (Clwyd)
Mariah Gale: Celia in As You Like It (RSC, Courtyard, Stratford)
Rebecca Hall: Hermione in The Winter’s Tale (Bridge Project at the Old Vic)
Tracy Ifeachor: Rosalind in As You Like It (Curve)
Max Irons: Max Piccolomini in Wallenstein (Minerva, Chichester)
Tunji Kasim: Lucius/Romulus in Julius Caesar (RSC)
Vanessa Kirby: Regina in Ghosts (Octagon, Bolton)
Keira Knightley: Jennifer in The Misanthrope (Comedy)
Jack Laskey: Orlando in As You Like It (Shakespeare’s Globe)
Harry Lloyd: Oswald in Ghosts (Arcola)
John MacMillan: Malcolm in Macbeth (Royal Exchange, Manchester) and Rosencrantz in Hamlet (Donmar at Wyndham’s)
Ruth Negga: Aricia in Phèdre (National)
David Ononokpono: Orlando in As You Like It (Curve)
Henry Pettigrew: Marcellus/Second Gravedigger in Hamlet (Donmar at Wyndham’s)
Prasanna Puwanarajah: Messenger in Thyestes (Arcola)
George Rainsford: Bertram in All’s Well That Ends Well (National)
Sam Swainsbury: Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Salerio in The Merchant of Venice (Propeller)
Ellie Turner: Agnes in The School for Wives (Upstairs at the Gatehouse)
