The winners of the 2015 Melbourne Fringe Festival have been announced at an Awards Ceremony at the Fringe Club at the North Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday 3 October 2015.
Ten awards across the Fringe categories of Performance, Comedy, Music, Live art, Dance, Circus, Cabaret, Visual Arts and Kids were presented to performers as well as the People’s Choice Award decided by voluntary votes from the public.
Fifteen sponsored awards were also presented in categories including Best Emerging Writer, Best Emerging Producer, Best Emerging Indigenous Artist and Best Experimental performance. The awards ceremony then turned into the final Fringe dance party, where winners and fellow artists celebrated the last two weeks of the Fringe Festival and dance the night away.
The 2015 Melbourne Fringe Category and Sponsored Winners are:
MELBOURNE FRINGE LIVING LEGEND AWARD
Mr Ian Pidd
2015 CATEGORY AWARDS
Best Cabaret
The Road to Shangri La, Mager & Smythe
Best Circus
No Punchline, Game Bird
Best Comedy
Ghost Machine, Laura Davis
Best Dance
This is What’s Happening, Slown, Smallened & Son
Best Kids
Reasons To Stay Inside, Katy Warner
Best Live Art
The Ministry, Kin Collaborative Inc
Best Music
Old Tech New Decks, Vanessa Nimmo and Matt Rankin
Best Performance
FAG/STAG, The Last Great Hunt
Best Venue
The Butterfly Club
Best Visual Arts
AS IF: 40 Years and Beyond, Australian Women’s Art Register
People’s Choice Award
wtf renaissance
TOURING AWARDS
Best Experimental Performance
Bodies Over Bitumen, Skye Gellmann, Naomi Francis, Alex Gellman and Kieran Law
Outstanding Comedy Show
Strong Female Character, Rowena Hutson
The SA Tour Ready Award
HART, She Said Theatre
The Tiki Tour Ready Award
HART, She Said Theatre
The WA Tour Ready Award
We May Have To Choose, Emma Hall
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
Best Emerging Circus Performer
Anne Truong, No Punchline
Best Emerging Indigenous Artist
Ian Michael, HART
Best Emerging Producer
Cameron Stewart, We May Have To Choose
Best Emerging Visual Artist or Curator
The Ownership Project, It Came From Over There
Best Emerging Writer
Telia Nevile, Poet vs. Pageant
Innovation in Culturally Diverse Practice
Shannan Lim and Vidya Rajan, Asian Ghost-ery Store
Original New Circus
Rockie Stone, Vincent Van Berkel and Callan Morgan, Perhaps there is Hope Yet…
The Discovery Award
Emma Hall, We May Have To Choose
The Evolution Award
Gold Satino, Suburbia
FRINGE FILM
Best Student Film
Plunge, Kate Lefoe
Best New Film
One Giant Leap, Carmen Holman
FRINGE FURNITURE
Sustainable Design Award – supported by Banyule City Council
Sarah Thomas & Luke Sharrock (Mitsein), Freshly Squeezed
Tait Award for Design Innovation – supported by Tait
Josh Carmody, Legless Bar Stool
Emerging Designer Award – supported by Craft
Megan Stewart, Fallingwood
Best Student Design – supported by the Australian Furniture Association
Richard Greenacre, Agave Credenza
The Craftsmanship Award – supported by Handsome & Co.
Richard Greenacre, Agave Credenza
Best Lighting Design – supported by Melbourne Fringe
Isabel Avendano Hazbun, Wound Down
For more information, visit: www.melbournefringe.com.au for details.
Image: Melbourne Fringe Winners (supplied)
