2008 nominees

The nominees for the Stage Awards for Acting Excellence 2008 are:

Best Actor

• Ciaran McIntyre for Deep Cut (Traverse) [review]
• Simon Merrells for On the Waterfront (Pleasance Courtyard)
• Jud Charlton for ABFCAP: The Life and Times of Ian Dury (Zoo) [review]
• Will Lyman for The Patriot Act (Gilded Balloon Teviot) [review]
• Jot Davies for Lough/Rain (Underbelly) [review]

Best Actress

• Rhian Morgan for Deep Cut (Traverse) [review]
• Rhian Blythe for Deep Cut (Traverse) [review]
• Helen Embleton for Motherland (Underbelly)
• Kate Donmall for Lough/Rain (Underbelly) [review]
• Geraldine Alexander for Fall (Traverse) [review]

Best Ensemble

• Kudos for Face in the Crowd (Underbelly) [review]
• You Need Me for How It Ended (C Cubed) [review]
• Big Wow for Dark Grumblings (Underbelly) [review]
• The Paper Birds for In a Thousand Pieces (Gilded Balloon Teviot) [review]
• Traverse Theatre Company and Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company for Pornography (Traverse) [review]
• Live Theatre for Motherland (Underbelly)
• East Productions and Nottingham Playhouse for On the Waterfront (Pleasance Courtyard)

Best Solo Performer

• Peter McDonald for Nocturne (Traverse) [review]
• Matthew Zajac for The Tailor of Inverness (Assembly @ George Street) [review]
• Karen Dunbar for A Drunk Woman Looks at the Thistle (Assembly) [review]
• Cameron Stewart for My Grandfather’s Great War (Underbelly’s Baby Belly) [review]
• Jim Jarrett for Vincent (Assembly @ George Street) [review]
• Stefan Golaszewski for Stefan Golaszewski Speaks About a Girl He Once Loved (Pleasance Courtyard) [review]