The winners of the 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival have been announced at an Awards Ceremony at the Fringe Club at the North Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday 1 October 2016.
Awarded across three categories – genre, professional development and touring – the 2016 awards recognise the quality and diversity of work that made up the 2016 Festival. With over 460 events in 170 venues across town, the 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival was the largest in the Festival’s history. Over 130 independent industry peers judged over 230 eligible events.
“If Melbourne Fringe is about discovery and adventure then there’s no better way to sum that up than with this list of extraordinary award winners,” said Simon Abrahams, Melbourne Fringe Creative Director and CEO. “Every one of them embodies the spirit of the Fringe – they are all innovative and exciting and make us see things from a new perspective.”
The 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival Award Winners are:
Melbourne Fringe Living Legend Award:
Rinske Ginsberg
Best Cabaret:
Vanishing Act
Best Circus:
Sediment
Best Comedy:
Sammy J – Hero Complex
Best Dance:
Emptying the Bucket
Best Kids:
The Adventures of Broer & Zus
Best Live Art:
The internet is where innocence goes to die and you can come too
Best Music:
Adam Page – Chairman of the Beard
Best Performance: (2 winners)
Blind Spot and Dion
Best Venue:
Hare Hole – Hares & Hyenas
Best Visual Arts:
Fifty Shades of Blak
People’s Choice Award:
A Prudent Man
Best Words & Ideas:
Between Two Lines
WA Tour Ready Award: (supported by FRINGE WORLD)
A Prudent Man
SA Tour Ready Award: (supported by Adelaide Fringe)
Onstage Dating
QLD Tour Ready Award: (supported by Brisbane Powerhouse)
ISLAMOFARCIST
NSW Tour Ready Award: (supported by Sydney Fringe)
Tina Del Twist – GOLD CLASS
New Zealand Tour Ready Award: (supported by New Zealand Fringe)
The internet is where innocence goes to die and you can come too
Ballarat Cabaret Award: (supported by Her Majesty’s Ballarat)
Shaken
Best Emerging Visual Artist or Curator: (supported by West Space)
Hannah Presley – I Never Painted My Dreams; I Painted My Reality
Best Emerging Circus Performer: (supported by ACAPTA)
Anna Murray – The Element of Consequence
Best Emerging Producer: (supported by Auspicious Arts)
Deafferent Theatre Jessica Moody and Ilana Gelbart
Best Emerging Writer: (supported by Emerging Writers Festival)
Christian Taylor – How Can You Sleep At Night?
Best Emerging Indigenous Artist: (supported by The Wilin Centre)
Rechelle Gayler
Temperance Hall Award: (supported by Phillip Adams BalletLAB)
HardQueer DeathPony (You’ve Had Worse Things in Your Mouth)
Outstanding Access Award: (supported by Arts Access Victoria)
Mama Alto Productions
New Original Circus: (supported by Circus Oz)
Jess Love – Notorious Strumpet & Dangerous Girl
Market Ready Award: (supported by Regional Arts Victoria)
Natasha Phillips and Renae Shadler RESTORE
Liveworks Experimental Arts Award: (supported by Performance Space)
Gold Satino
Innovation in Culturally Diverse Practice: (supported by Multicultural Arts Victoria)
Salty
The Discovery Award: (supported by Melbourne Festival)
Andre Tonight!
Arts House Evolution Award:
Alice Dixon, Caroline Meaden and William McBride
For more information, visit: www.melbournefringe.com.au for details.
Image: 2016 Melbourne Fringe Awards Winners (supplied)