Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards SA: All the winners

The winners were chosen from productions that performed at professional theatre venues in and around the Mother City. Theatre practitioners were recognised for their acting, directing, staging and technical abilities. The winners received R15 000 ($1 000) each and a silver medallion.

Daniel Mpilo Richards, who stars as Bernardo in West Side Story, won the Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical or Music Theatre Show Award while Bethany Dickson, who stars as Miss Honey in Matilda the Musical, triumphed in the Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Musical or Music Theatre Show category.

The Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical or Music Theatre Show was won by Ryan de Villiers who plays Miss Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical. Carmen Pretorius, who plays Maria Rainer in The Sound of Music, came tops in the Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Musical or Music Theatre Show category. The Best Sound Design, Original Music Composition or Original Score Award went to Womb of Fire's Lukhanyiso Skosana.

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical or Music Theatre Show

• Daniel Mpilo Richards in West Side Story as Bernardo
• Cameron Seear in Matilda the Musical as Bruce
• Conroy Scott in Calling Us Home as Ivan
• Desmond Dube in King Kong as Pop
• Msizi Njapha in Tsotsi the Musical as Boston

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Musical or Music Theatre Show

• Bethany Dickson in Matilda the Musical as Miss Honey
• Claire Taylor in Matilda the Musical as Mrs Wormwood
• Kgomotso Matsunyane in Tsotsi the Musical as Miriam
• Nompumelelo Mayiyane in Matilda the Musical as Mrs Phelps
• Thembisile Ntaka in Tsotsi the Musical as Adedola

Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Musical or Music Theatre Show

• Ryan de Villiers in Matilda the Musical as Miss Trunchbull
• Elton Landrew in Langarm as Eddie
• Kevin Hack in West Side Story as Tony
• Musanete Sakupwanya in Calling Us Home as Nelson
• Mxolisi 'Zuluboy' Majozi in Tsotsi the Musical as Tsotsi

Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Musical or Music Theatre Show

• Carmen Pretorius in The Sound of Music as Maria Rainer
• Kim Louis in Langarm as Dinah
• Kitty Harris in Matilda the Musical as Matilda
• Lynelle Kenned in Calling Us Home as Grace
• Rushney Ferguson in Langarm as Angelina

Best Sound Design, Original Music Composition or Original Score

• Lukhanyiso Skosana for Womb of Fire for Original Music Performance
• Gertjie Besselen for Bal-oog en Brommel: Moord in Ixiastraat for Original Music
• James Webb for The Demon Bride for Soundscape
• Marcel Bezuidenhout for Tsotsi The Musical for Sound Design
• Simon Baker for Matilda the Musical for Sound Design

Best Theatre Production for Children and Young People

• Vlooi en die Musiekfabriek/Kipper and the Music Factory (Marinda Engelbrecht & Margit Meyer-Rödenbeck)
• Alice in Wonderland (Canal Walk)

Best Puppetry Design

• Janni Younge & Craig Lee for the Baby in Tsotsi the Musical

Best Lighting Design

• Gareth Hewitt Williams for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
• Craig Leo & Sara Matchett for Womb of Fire
• Faheem Bardien for Ruth First: 117 Days
• Hugh Vanstone for Matilda the Musical
• Kobus Rossouw for Kinnes

Best Set Design

• Rob Howell for Matilda the Musical
• Chris Pienaar for Oleanna
• Jemma Kahn & Kanya Viljoen for Swerfgoed
• Michael Mitchell & Neil Coppen for Tsotsi The Musical
• Saul Radomsky for The Road to Mecca

Best Costume Design

• Andrea van der Kuil & Sue Steele for Curse of the Starving Class
• Birrie le Roux for Endgame
• Marcel Meyer for Sweet Bird of Youth
• Noluthando Lobese Moropa for Tsotsi The Musical
• Rob Howell for Matilda the Musical

Best Production

• Endgame (Baxter Theatre & Derek Lubner)
• Curse of the Starving Class (Baxter Theatre Centre & SU Woordfees)
• Kudu (Baxter Theatre Centre & Magnet Theatre)
• Matilda the Musical (Pieter Toerien Productions & GWB Entertainment)
• Womb of Fire (The Mothertongue Project)

Award for Most Promising Student

• Nancy Sekhokoane (AFDA)
• Carlo Daniels (Magnet Theatre)
• Cassandra-Tendai Mapanda (The Centre for Theatre, Drama and Preformance Studies, UCT)
• Du Toit Albertze (US)
• Lerato Makuwa (AFDA)

Best New South African Script

• Lwanda Sindaphi for Kudu
• Bauke Snyman for Swerfgoed
• Chase Rhys for Kinnes
• Louis Viljoen for Dangled
• Rehane Abrahams for Womb of Fire

Best New Director

• Lwanda Sindaphi
• Gideon Lombard
• Lesedi Job
• Qondiswa James
• Tinarie van Wyk Loots

Best Performance by an Ensemble

• The cast of Kudu
• The cast of Bal-oog en Brommel: Moord in Ixiastraat
• The cast of Gertrude Stein and A Companion
• The cast of Kinnes
• The cast of Sainthood

Best Performance in a Revue, Cabaret or One-person Show

• Rehane Abrahams in Womb of Fire in Various Roles
• Daniel Mpilo Richards in Land Acts in Various Roles
• Dorothy Ann Gould in The Year of Magical Thinking as Joan Didion
• James Cairns in The Devil and Billy Markham in Various Roles
• Rob van Vuuren in Dangled as Poprishchin

Best Performance in an Opera – Male

• Bongani Kubheka in Don Pasquale as Don Pasquale
• Aubrey Lodewyk in Mandela Trilogy as Mandela 3
• Lukhanyo Moyake in Mandela Trilogy as Justice
• Lunga Hallam in Don Pasquale as Ernesto
• Makudupanyane Senaoana in Maria Stuarda as Robert Leicester

Best Performance in an Opera – Female

• Janelle Visagie in La Voix Humaine as Elle
• Brittany Smith in Der Fledermaus as Adele
• Brittany Smith in Don Pasquale as Norina
• Violina Anguelov in Maria Stuarda as Elisabetta
• Vuvu Mpofu in Maria Stuarda as Maria Stuarda

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Play

• Richard September in Swerfgoed in Various Roles
• Antony Coleman in Curse of the Starving Class as Taylor
• Rob van Vuuren in Curse of the Starving Class as Ellis/Slater
• Roberto Pombo in Curse of the Starving Class as Wesley Tate
• Soli Philander in Endgame as Nagg

Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Play

• Nicole Holm in Swerfgoed as Aegistha
• Ann Juries in The Taming of the Shrew as Grumio
• Antoinette Kellermann in Endgame as Nell
• Emily Child in The Road to Mecca as Elsa Barlow
• Lesoko Seabe in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time as Siobhan

Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Play

• Anna-Mart van der Merwe in Swerfgoed as Esta
• Fiona Ramsay in Sweet Bird of Youth as Princess Kosmonopolis
• Nicole Fortuin in Oleanna as Carol
• Qondiswa James in A Faint Patch of Light as The Lover
• Sandra Prinsloo in The Road to Mecca as Miss Helen

Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Play

• Andrew Buckland in Endgame as Hamm
• Alan Committie in Oleanna as John
• Kai Luke Brümmer in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time as Christopher Boone
• Neil McCarthy in Curse of the Starving Class as Weston Tate
• Rob van Vuuren in Endgame as Clov

Best Director

• Sylvaine Strike for Endgame
• Greg Karvellas for Oleanna
• Sara Matchett for Womb of Fire
• Sylvaine Strike for Curse of the Starving Class
• Tinarie van Wyk Loots for Swerfgoed