12 October 2011
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Theatre
Writers' Guild members are invited to attend the Empty Space...Peter Brook Awards 2011
The Empty Space ... Peter Brook Awards 2011 will be held on Tuesday 1st November 2011 from 11am-2pm at the National Theatre Studio, 83-101 The Cut, offWaterloo Road, London SE1. Founded by Blanche Marvin MBE in 1989 and held at the National Theatre Studio, the awards were created to raise the profile of studio theatres. The Empty Space…Peter Brook Awards are presented annually by Blanche Marvin’s London TheatReviews with the V&A Theatre Dept and National Theatre Studio.
Dan Crawford Innovation Award 2011
This award, named in honour of Dan Crawford who founded the King’s Head Pub Theatre, is given for a body of work to an innovative theatre.
Mark Marvin Rent Subsidy Award 2011
The Mark Marvin Rent Subsidy Award is given to both a company and a theatre in order to improve the standard of work at a venue that could not afford the company otherwise. The nominees are: Outward Bound at the Finborough Theatre, Bunnies at the Bike Shed Theatre and OperaUpClose at the King's Head Theatre.
Peter Brook/Equity Ensemble Award 2011
Ensemble companies have replaced the repertory theatres as a training ground for actors, directors, designers etc. This award is designed to raise the profile of these ensemble companies. The nominees are: Grimeborn Opera Season at the Arcola Theatre, Okai Collier Company at the Union Theatre, Trestle in association with Blindeye and Faction Theatre Company at the New Diorama Theatre.
Empty Space…Peter Brook Award 2011
The Empty Space…Peter Brook Award is awarded for the body of work and in recognition of the pioneering concepts/innovations, in the spirit of Peter Brook, achieved by venues that perform in smaller theatre spaces and receive little or no public funding. The categories to the studio venues also include regional theatres and innovative theatre companies without walls but in inventive spaces. The nominees are: Jermyn Street, The Bush, The Arcola, Southwark Playhouse, The Landor and the Print Room.
Peter Brook/Mobius Special Achievement Award 2011
This new award is being given to a theatre and/or person for a lifetime achievement of work in the theatre.
Judges for the Empty Space…Peter Brook Award, Dan Crawford Innovative Award and Peter Brook/Mobius Special Achievement Award are: Lyn Gardner (The Guardian), Fiona Mountford (Evening Standard), Dominic Cavendish (The Telegraph), Mark Shenton (Sunday Express) and Blanche Marvin (London TheatReviews).
Judges for the Mark Marvin Rent Subsidy Award and the Peter Brook/Equity Ensemble Award are: Thelma Holt (West End Producer), Peter Wilson (West End Producer), Purni Morell (Head of National Theatre Studio) and Blanche Marvin (London TheatReviews). The administrator for both of these awards is SOLT.
Guild members may attend free of charge. Please RSVP to Vanessa Eyles, V&A Theatre Dept, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2RL. Tel: 0207 942 2723 Email: v.eyles@vam.ac.uk.
