Total Theatre Awards 2018 shortlist announced
© Lidia Crisafulli
The Total Theatre Award nominees for 2018 have been announced.
A total of seven awards will be awarded across five categories, with the final winners announced at a ceremony on 23 August.
Twenty-nine peer assessors from nine countries assessed 461 eligible shows over the course of the first 11 days of the Fringe. The shortlisted shows will now move to a judging panel where shows are seen by leading arts industry figures from seven countries including critics, academics, artists and programmers.
The nominees in full:
Shows by an emerging artist/company
Cock, Cock… Who's There?
Samira Elagoz in association with From Start to Finnish (Finland)
Summerhall
dressed.
ThisEgg in collaboration with Made My Wardrobe (England)
Underbelly
Katie & Pip
Tin Can People (England)
Summerhall
Can't Stop Can't Stop
Sam Does Theatre (England)
C Venues
Total Theatre and Jacksons Lane Award for Circus
Casting Off
Sharon Burgess Productions and A Good Catch (Australia)
Assembly
My Land
Recirquel Company (Hungary)
Assembly
Casus: You and I
Casus Circus (Australia)
Assembly
Sediment
Company 2 (Australia)
Assembly
Total Theatre and The Place Award for Dance
Brocade
Roberta Jean (Scotland)
dancebase
Gibbon
Gandini Juggling (England)
Assembly
Void
V / DA and MHz, in association with Feral (Scotland)
Summerhall
The Spinners
Limosani Projekts and Al Seed Productions (Australia & Scotland)
dancebase
Taiwan Season: Varhung – Heart to Heart
Tjimur Dance Theatre (Taiwan)
dancebase
Innovation, Experimentation and Playing with Form
Pussy Riot: Riot Days
One Inch Badge (England/Russia)
Summerhall
Natalie Palamides: NATE
Soho Theatre (United States)
Pleasance
Underground Railroad Game
Soho Theatre presents the Ars Nova production (United States)
Traverse Theatre
Drive-By Shooting
Dumbworld (Northern Ireland)
Summerhall
The Flop
A Hijinx production in association with Spymonkey (Wales)
Summerhall
Physical / Visual Theatre
Another One
Vooruit, Arenbergschouwburg, Big in Belgium, Richard Jordan Productions, TRP, Summerhall (Belgium)
Summerhall
Backup
Chaliwaté Company and Focus Company (Belgium)
Summerhall
The Artist
Circo Aereo and Thom Monckton (Finland)
Assembly
Century Song
Volcano (Canada), Richard Jordan Productions in association with CanadaHub (Canada)
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