OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRE
Sponsored by CHAUVET Professional
SIMON WILKINSON
for ‘Ragnarok’,
Tortoise in a Nutshell, Traverse, Edinburgh & tour
Photo: David Benedict, Simon Wilkinson and Sam Bowden of Chauvet Professional
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRE
Sponsored by TSL
ALI HUNTER
for ‘Red Pitch’,
@sohoplace
Photo: Matt Dunn of TSL, Ali Hunter and David Benedict
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSICALS
Sponsored by GLP
EMMA CHAPMAN
for ‘The Third Man’, Menier Chocolate Factory
Photo: Paul Fielder of GLP, Emma Chapman and David Benedict
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN OPERA
Sponsored by ETC
ROBBIE BUTLER
for ‘Death in Venice’, Welsh National Opera and tour
Photo: Matt Cowles of ETC, Robbie Butler and David Benedict
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN INNOVATION
Sponsored by FIX8Group
TUPAC MARTIR
for ‘Find Your Eyes’, Manchester Academy, Manchester International Festival
Photo: James Baker of Fix8Group, Tupac Martir and David Benedict
OUTSTANDING YEAR IN DANCE
Sponsored by ELATION
TOM VISSER
for ‘La Ruta’, ‘Assembly Hall’ and ‘Carmen’, all at Sadlers Wells; ‘From England With Love’, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Photo: Graham Hill of Elation, Tom Visser and David Benedict
OUTSTANDING YEAR IN THEATRE
Sponsored by VARI-LITE
JON CLARK
for ‘Dear England’, Olivier, National Theatre and West End; ‘The Motive and the Cue’, Lyttelton, National Theatre and West End; ‘The Effect’, Lyttelton, National Theatre; ‘Stranger Things – The First Shadow’, West End
Photo: Grant Bales-Smith of Vari-Lite, Jon Clark and David Benedict
OUTSTANDING NEW DESIGNER
Sponsored by SLX
SKYLAR TURNBULL HURD
for ‘These Demons’, Theatre 503
Photo: Ruari Cormack and Katy Lowe of SLX, Skylar Turnbull Hurd and David Benedict
Credit photos: David Stewart for TPA
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
PAULE CONSTABLE
for ‘Guys and Dolls’, The Bridge
LEE CURRAN
for ‘Romeo and Juliet’, The Almeida; King Lear, The Almeida
JON DRISCOLL
for ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs’, English National Opera
OLIVER FENWICK
for ‘Dear Octopus’, Lyttelton, National Theatre
GUY HOARE
for ‘Frankenstein’, Frome Memorial Theatre and tour
AIDEEN MALONE
for ‘Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning’, National Theatre of Scotland and UK tour
JAI MORJARIA
for ‘Macbeth’, UK and International tour; ‘The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man’, Nottingham Playhouse
CHRISTOPHER NAIRNE
for ‘Blackout Songs’, Hampstead Theatre
LIZZIE POWELL
for ‘The Grand Old Opera House Hotel’, Traverse, and ‘The Snow Queen’, Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh
ADAM SILVERMAN
for ‘Wozzeck’ at the Royal Opera; Machinal, Ustinov Studio, Bath and The Old Vic
The theatre section of The Profile Awards is judged by eight of the UK’s leading theatre, dance and opera critics. Every single new production we see is automatically eligible for consideration. At our lengthy judging session we drew up a long list of thirty pieces of outstanding lighting design from the literally hundreds of productions we saw in person across the year. That list was then whittled down to a shortlist of eighteen. From there, we chose to salute the work of eight of the most exciting teams in the industry whose names were revealed on the night.
Theatre Awards Chair, David Benedict
