Canadian Opera Company, Young People’s Theatre, Canadian Stage win big at the Doras
The Dora Mavor Moore Awards ceremony is the Toronto theatre community’s big night out to celebrate its own. This year the ceremony was hosted by award-winning Stratford Festival and Broadway alum Bruce Dow, who kept the pace swift and the tone irreverent, interjecting just enough humour and music to keep the proceedings interesting without causing the show to drag.
The big winners of the night included The Canadian Opera Company with 8 wins including 5 for their production of Siegfried. Young People’s Theatre and Canadian Stage each brought home 4 trophies for various productions in their seasons. Tarragon Theatre secured 3 awards for its season’s shows as did Mirvish Productions for their production of Kinky Boots.
Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! Here’s a full list of all the winners, with links to our reviews for easy reference:
GENERAL THEATRE DIVISION
Outstanding Production
Botticelli in the Fire & Sunday in Sodom, A Canadian Stage Production in collaboration with the Department of Theatre in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design at York University
Outstanding New Play
Kat Sandler, Mustard
Outstanding Direction
Ravi Jain, Salt-Water Moon
Outstanding Performance – Male
Anand Rajaram, Mustard
Outstanding Performance – Female
Rebecca Northan, Blind Date
Outstanding Performance – Ensemble
The Ensemble of The Great War, VideoCabaret
Outstanding Scenic Design
Judith Bowden, Chimerica
Outstanding Costume Design
Astrid Janson, Melanie McNeill; The Great War
Outstanding Lighting Design
Jennifer Lennon, Bombay Black
Outstanding Sound Design/Composition
Debashis Sinha, We Are Proud to Present…
INDEPENDENT THEATRE DIVISION
Outstanding Production
The Winter’s Tale, Groundling Theatre Company
Outstanding New Play
Cliff Cardinal, Huff
Outstanding Direction
Wein Mengesha, Butcher
Outstanding Performance – Male
Cliff Cardinal, Huff
Outstanding Performance – Female
d’bi. young anitafrika, She Mami Wata & The Pussy Witchhunt
Outstanding Performance – Ensemble
The Ensemble of La Chasse Galerie, Red One Theatre Collective
Outstanding Scenic Design
Patrick Lavender, CRAWLSPACE
Outstanding Costume Design
Anna Treusch, Tails from the City
Outstanding Lighting Design
Patrick Lavender, It Comes In Waves
Outstanding Sound Design/Composition
James Smith, La Chasse Galerie
MUSICAL THEATRE DIVISION
Outstanding Production
Kinky Boots, Daryl Roth & Hal Luftig by arrangement with David Mirvish
Outstanding Performance – Male
Alan Mingo Jr., Kinky Boots
Outstanding Performance – Female
Lisa Horner, Grey Gardens
Outstanding Performance – Ensemble
The Ensemble of The Wizard of Oz Young People’s Theatre
OPERA DIVISION
Outstanding Production
Siegfried Canadian Opera Company
Outstanding Performance – Male
Quinn Kelsey, La Traviata
Outstanding Performance – Female
Ekaterina Silurian La Traviata
Outstanding Performance – Ensemble
The Ensemble of AtG’s Messiah Against the Grain
MUSICAL THEATRE / OPERA DIVISION
Outstanding New Musical or Opera
Marjorie Chan (Librettist) & John Harris (Composer), M’dea Undone
Outstanding Direction
François Girard Siegfried
Outstanding Scenic Design
Michael Levine Siegfried
Outstanding Costume Design
Cait O’Connor, La Traviata
Outstanding Lighting Design
David Finn Siegfried
Outstanding Choreography
Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots
Outstanding Musical Direction
Johannes Debus Siegfried
THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES DIVISION
Outstanding Production
Goodnight Moon, Young People’s Theatre presents Seattle Children’s Theatre
Outstanding New Play
Maja Ardal, Audrey Dwyer, Julia Tribe, Mary Francis Moore One Thing Leads to Another
Outstanding Direction
Sébastien Bertrand Les Zinspirés puissance Quatre
Outstanding Performance – Individual
Mishra Thébaud, Scarberia
Outstanding Performance – Ensemble
The Ensemble of One Thing Leads to Another Young People’s Theatre
DANCE DIVISION
Outstanding Production
Betroffenheit, A Kidd Pivot, Electric Company Theatre Production, presented by Canadian Stage
Outstanding Choreography
Zhenya Cerneacov, Mairéad Filgate, Brodie Stevenson
Various Concert (dance: made in canada / fait au canada – Morrison Series)
Outstanding Performance – Male
Fabien Piché
Waiting for a Sleepless Night (dance: made in canada/ fait au canada – Robinson Series)
Outstanding Performance – Female
Jillian Peever The Mystery of Mr. Leftovers
Outstanding Performance – Ensemble
The Ensemble of DanceWorks DW212: Woven DanceWorks/Tribal Crackling Wind
Outstanding Sound Design/Composition
John Kameel Farah and Fides Krucker Phase Space
Outstanding Lighting Design
Marc Parent Phase Space
TOURING
Outstanding Touring Production (open to General Theatre & Musical Theatre/ Opera)
Cold Blood created by Michèle Anne De Mey and Jaco Van Dormael presented by Canadian Stage
Photo of Bruce Dow by Wayne Leung