2009 nominees

The nominees for the 2009 Stage Awards for Acting Excellence are:

Best Actor

• Joe Armstrong for Orphans (Traverse)
• Simon Ginty for Precious Little Talent (Bedlam)
• Neil Grainger for Crush (Underbelly)
• Billy Mack for The Sound of My Voice (Assembly)
• Matthew Pidgeon for Midsummer (A Play With Songs) (Traverse)

Best Actress

• Cora Bissett for Midsummer (A Play With Songs) (Traverse)
• Claire Dargo for Crush (Underbelly)
• Anna Francolini for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Assembly)
• Emma Hiddleston for Precious Little Talent (Bedlam)
• Anita Reeves for Little Gem (Traverse)
• Gail Watson for Barflies (Traverse)

Best Ensemble

• Camden People’s Theatre for Icarus 2.0 (Pleasance Courtyard)
• DogOrange for Ward No 6 ©
• Grid Iron for Barflies (Traverse)
• Green Shoot Productions for Chronicles of Long Kesh (Assembly)
• Ontroerend Goed and Richard Jordan Productions Ltd for Internal (Traverse)
• Stellar Quines and Assembly for The Girls of Slender Means (Assembly)

Best Solo Performance

• Joe Bone for Bane (Pleasance)
• Laurie Brown for Up (The Vault)
• David Calvitto for The Event (Assembly)
• Lucy Ellinson for Land Without Words (Just the Tonic @The Caves)
• Nicola Haydn for Janis (Gilded Balloon)
• Caroline Horton for Almost 10 (Pleasance)
• George Mann for Odyssey (Pleasance)