Scroll to the results: Best Actor, Best Actress, Ensemble, Solo Performance.
Despite complaints of a drop in the number of US visitors to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, American performers recorded their best ever win at the prestigious Stage Awards for Acting Excellence.
Of the four prizes on offer, they won a total of two, despite the fact that only three US productions were included amongst the shortlist of 23 nominees.
Shalimar won Best Ensemble for their show La Femme Est Morte, at the Pleasance Dome, while Madi Distefano received Best Solo Performer for Popsicle’s Departure 1989 at the Assembly @ St George’s West.
British wins included Best Actor Award for Garry Cooper for Long Time Dead, hosted by the Traverse. Colleagues Eugenia Caruso and Janet Bamford tied for Best Actress and received a joint award for their performances in Truckstop at The Zoo.
The Stage Awards, now in their 13th year, aim to recognise outstanding theatre performances by individuals and companies on the Fringe. Nominees are selected from nearly 350 productions covered by the reviews team during the festival and the winners were chosen by the principal reviewers, Jeremy Austin, Gerald Berkowitz, Thom Dibdin, Duska Radosavljevic, Nick Awde and William McEvoy.
Watch a short video of the awards ceremony, coutersy of BroadwayBaby.com
Garry Cooper for Long Time Dead (Travsere).
Eugenia Caruso and Janet Bamford for Truckstop (The Zoo)
Shalimar for La Femme est Morte, or Why I Should Not F**k My Son (Pleasance Dome)
Madi Distefano for Popsicle’s Departure 1989 (Assembly @ St. George’s West)
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