Scorched best play at Toronto's Dora awards
Last Updated: Monday, June 25, 2007 | 11:10 PM ET
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Scorched was named outstanding play and We Will Rock You outstanding musical at the 28th annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
Scorched, produced by Tarragon Theatre and the National Arts Centre, was a two-time Dora winner at the awards ceremony Monday night in Toronto.
We Will Rock You won the Dora for best musical at the award ceremony Monday in Toronto.
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In addition to best play, it earned outstanding direction honours for Richard Rose.
A translation from a play by Quebec's renowned Wajdi Mouawad, Scorched is about a twin boy and girl struggling to understand their mother's past and the creative and destructive forces at work in the world.
We Will Rock You is the Mirvish production based on a hit London musical featuring the music of Queen.
The outstanding new musical was i think i can, by Florence Gibson and Shawn Byfield. Generous, by Michael Healey, was named outstanding new play.
The Canadian Opera Company's production of Richard Strauss's Elektra won three Dora awards, including outstanding opera production and outstanding set design.
| Dora Mavor Moore Awards: selected winners | |
|---|---|
| Best new play | Generous by Michael Healey |
| Best new musical | i think i can by Florence Gibson and Shawn Byfield |
| Best play | Scorched |
| Best musical | We Will Rock You |
| Best direction of a play | Richard Rose, Scorched |
| Best musical direction | Allen MacInnis, Seussical |
| Best male lead in play | Daniel MacIvor, Here Lies Henry |
| Best female lead in a play | Seana McKenna, Orpheus Descending |
| Best male musical performance | Adam Brazier, The Rocky Horror Show |
| Best female musical performance | Corinne Koslo, Seussical |
| Best featured performance | Jane Spidell, Leaving Home |
| Independent theatre best production | The Four Horsemen Project |
| Best dance production | Timecode Break |
| Best choreography | Christopher House, Timecode Break |
| Best children's production | Comet in Moominland |
| Best performance for children | Christine Brubaker, The Babysitter |
| Best opera production | Elektra |
| Best opera performance | Susan Bullock, Elektra |
British sensation Susan Bullock, in the title role, took the honours for outstanding opera performance.
The Four Horseman Project, a dance and multimedia tribute to the work of four Canadian poets — Rafael Barreto-Rivera, Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffery, and bpNichol — won four Doras in the independent theatre division.
It won outstanding new play, outstanding production, best lighting design and best direction for creators Kate Alton and Ross Manson. It was produced by Volcano in association with Crooked Figure Dances, Factory Theatre and Global Mechanic.
In the dance division, Timecode Break won three Doras, including best production and outstanding sound design and best new choreography for Christopher House.
A former Broadway musical adapted for children, Seussical, from the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre For Young People, won two Doras — outstanding direction for Allen MacInnis and outstanding performance in a musical for Corinna Koslo.
Best lead actor in the general theatre division was Daniel MacIvor in Here Lies Henry and best actress was Seana McKenna in Orpheus Descending.
In the independent theatre division, Ryan Kelly won best actor honours for Will the Real JT LeRoy Please Stand Up? Sarah Dodd was named best actress for Marion Bridge.
Outstanding young people's production was Comet in Moominland by the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre.
The annual celebration of Toronto theatre excellence also honoured actor, writer and artistic director Layne Coleman with the Silver Ticket Award, given to an individual with an outstanding career who has nurtured Canadian theatre.
Coleman's passion has been finding and developing new Canadian plays, including The Drawer Boy, Cold Comfort and da kink in my hair. He has been artistic director of Theatre Passe Muraille for 10 years, leaving just a month ago.
Lindsay Anne Black won the 2007 Pauline McGibbon Award, given annually for excellence by a production craftsman. Black worked on The Sheep and the Whale and The Babysitter in the past theatre season and has been head scenic artist at Tarragon since 2005.
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