Total Theatre Awards 2018 winners announced
© Dan Wooller for WhatsOnStage
This year's Total Theatre Award winners have been announced.
A total of seven awards were given out 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. Of the seven awards, five were given to shows at Summerhall.
The special award, last year awarded to Lyn Gardner, was given to Le Gateau Chocolat, who presented his show Duckie at this year's fringe.
The winners in full:
Significant Contribution Award
WINNER: Le Gateau Chocolat
Shows by an emerging artist/company
WINNER: Cock, Cock… Who's There?
Samira Elagoz in association with From Start to Finnish (Finland)
Summerhall
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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
WINNER: 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
WINNER: 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
WINNER: Pussy Riot: Riot Days
One Inch Badge (England/Russia)
Summerhall
WINNER: 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
WINNER: Another One
Vooruit, Arenbergschouwburg, Big in Belgium, Richard Jordan Productions, TRP, Summerhall (Belgium)
Summerhall
WINNER: 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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