The Golden Seashells: Nominees

And the nominees are…


The inaugural Golden Seashells awards, awarding the best Mermaids productions over the past academic year, have just announced their nominations. Judged by a panel of staff and students, every production done under the Mermaids banner was eligible for nomination and the prizes. Come along to the Scores Hotel on Friday at 7pm to find out who the finest thespians in St Andrews. The ceremony will be followed by a Mermaids social with a Just So cabaret, canapes and, of course, the usual wine.

BEST ACTOR
Sebastian Carrington-Howell – Mercury Fur
Baxter Gaston – Enron
Frazer Hadfield – Mercury Fur
Tommy Rowe – Mercury Fur
Tom Vanson – Othello

BEST ACTRESS
Kufasse Boane – A Rattle of Keys
Cate Kelly – Wolf Whistle
Shonagh Smith – Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
Beth Robertson- That Face

BEST DIRECTOR
Joe Cunningham – Enron
Jocelyn Cox – Mercury Fur
Benji Bailey- Othello

BEST NEW WRITING
‘And She Cried Mercy’ by Rory MacKenzie
‘Common People’ by Alice Shearon
‘Wolf Whistle’ by Joanna Alpern

BEST NEWCOMER
Emily Elderfield
Shonagh Smith
Al Gillespie

BEST PUBLICITY
Ivanov
Don Quixote
Mercury Fur

BEST SET DESIGN
Mercury Fur
Queen of Seventh Avenue

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
More Light
Don Quixote
Mary Queen of Scots
Queen of Seventh Avenue

BEST TECH DESIGN
Fraser Craig – ‘Enron’ and ‘Moby Dick Rehearsed’
Tom Morrell- ‘Mercury Fur’ and ‘Othello’

BEST PRODUCTION
Enron
Mercury Fur
Othello
Contractions