Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland
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The '''Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland '''(CATS) were inaugurated in [[May 2003]], and are adjudicated by a panel of all the regular Scottish theatre critics.
The [[2008]] ceremony took place at Glasgow's Oran Mor [http://www.oran-mor.co.uk/page/About_ran_Mr_145.html] on June 15th during the [[West End Festival]]. [[Dundee Rep]] won four of the ten awards for [[Peer Gynt]] including Best Production.
In [[2007]] the [[National Theatre of Scotland]] (NTS) production of ''[[Black Watch (play)|Black Watch]]'', written by [[Gregory Burke]], about the history of the famous Scottish regiment and its notorious deployment at Camp Dogwood in Iraq, won four of the ten awards, including Best Production.
The awards for 2006-2007 were presented at [[Pitlochry Festival Theatre]] [http://www.pitlochry.org.uk/] on June 10th.
==Awards for 2007-2008==
*Best New Play: Carthage Must Be Destroyed [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2070088,00.html] by Alan Wilkins at the [[Traverse Theatre]];
*Best Show for Children and Young People: The Emperor's New Kilt [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2275230,00.html] presented by Wee Stories [http://www.weestoriestheatre.org/]/[[National Theatre of Scotland]];
*Best Actor (Male): Keith Fleming and Gerry Mulgrew as Peer Gynt in [[Peer Gynt]] presented by [[Dundee Rep]]/[[National Theatre of Scotland]];
*Best Actor (Female): Amy Manson as The Stepdaughter in [[Six Characters In Search Of An Author]] presented by the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]]/the [[Citizens Theatre]]/[[National Theatre of Scotland]];
*Best Director: Dominic Hill for [[Peer Gynt]] presented by [[Dundee Rep]]/[[National Theatre of Scotland]];
*Best Design: Naomi Wilkinson for [[Peer Gynt]] presented by [[Dundee Rep]]/[[National Theatre of Scotland]];
*Best Use of Music and Sound: Alasdair Macrae for Subway presented by Vanishing Point [http://www.vanishing-point.org/];
*Best Ensemble: The Wall [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2262494,00.html] presented by Borderline Theatre [http://www.borderlinetheatre.co.uk/];
*Best Technical Presentation: [[Angels In America]] presented by the [[Citizens' Theatre]]/ Headlong/ [[Lyric Hammersmith]];
*Best Production: [[Peer Gynt]] presented by [[Dundee Rep]]/[[National Theatre of Scotland]].
==Awards for 2006-2007==
*Best New Play: ''[[The Unconquered (play`)|The Unconquered]]'' by [[Torben Betts]], presented by [[Stellar Quines]] [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/theatre/drama/reviews/story/0,,2017574,00.html];
*Best Children's Show: ''[[Gobbo]]'' by [[David Greig]] and [[Wils Wilson]], presented by the [[NTS Ensemble]] [http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/14128/gobbo];
*Best Actor (Male): [[Sandy Grierson]] for the title role in ''[[Fergus Lamont]]'', presented by [[Communicado]] with [[Perth Repertory Theatre]] [http://www.communicadotheatre.co.uk/];
*Best Actor (Female): [[Meg Fraser]] for Martha in ''[[Tom Fool]]'' at the [[Glasgow Citizens Theatre]] [http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/16421/tom-fool];
*Best Director: [[John Tiffany]] for ''Black Watch'' presented by NTS;
*Best Design: [[Naomi Wilkinson]] (sets) and [[Bruno Poet]] (lights) for ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', at [[Dundee Rep]] [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1865064,00.html];
*Best Use of Music: [[Robert Pettigrew]] and the company for ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' at the [[Royal Lyceum]], Edinburgh [http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/16626/man-of-la-mancha];
*Best Ensemble: the cast of ''Black Watch'' for the NTS;
*Best Technical Presentation: ''Black Watch'' for the NTS;
*Best Production: ''Black Watch'' [http://www.thestage.co.uk/edinburgh/reviews/review.php/13581/black-watch].
==External links==
For details of previous awards, other nominees, critics etc, see CATS website [http://www.scottishtheatreawards.org]
[[Category:Scottish awards]]
[[Category:British awards]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2003]]
[[Category:Theatre awards]]
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