FIRST SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED FOR BRIGHTON FRINGE AWards

The shortlists have been announced for several of this year's Brighton Fringe Awards.

The Awards celebrate the wealth of talent and impressively diverse programme of events across this year’s Fringe, and offer development opportunities for Award winners. The Awards ceremony takes place on Sunday 2 June, where the winners of these and the rest of the Awards will be announced.

The nominee shortlists announced so far are:

LAINE PUB CO. BEST NEWCOMER AWARD
• Bog Off! - The Tracy Beaker Drag Cabaret - Bonk And Pasty
• Katherine and Pierre - TalkSmall
• Only Bones v1.9 - Kallo Collective
• He/He/He - Indy Nile
• FOUL - Til Tomorrow Theatre Company

LAUREN VARNFIELD AWARD FOR THEATRE
• A Year And A Day - Raising Cain Productions
• El Viaje - Barking Hearts Theatre
• J'ai Un Bleu - WomanEwer
• Macready! Dickens' Theatrical Friend - Stratford Productions

GEMINI DESIGN FOR PRINT AWARD
• Going Coastal with Donald McGinty - CSzUK
• Aaron Twitchen: Himbo
• Cameron Sinclair Harris: Planets!
• Sluts With Consoles: Tour 2024 - Dogmouth Theatre
• Madonna On The Rocks - Marie Hamilton

BRIGHTON GIRLS FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT AWARD
• Arrr We There Yet? - Head First Acrobats
• Basketballman Can Fly - Basketballman
• Flying Bubble Show - Maxwell the Bubbleologist
• Circus Sized Game Show - Morgan James
• The Crockodogopig - trickyart

WOODFIRE CAMPING'S BEST OF BRIGHTON COMEDY AWARD
• Kathy Maniura: Objectified
• Alex Franklin: Gurl Code
• Andrew Doherty: Gay Witch Sex Cult
• Sam Dugmore: MANBO

SOUTH EAST DANCE AWARD FOR THE MOST SURPRISING DANCE PERFORMANCE
• You Aren't Doing It Wrong (If No One Knows What You're Doing) - Stillpoint
• Zoologia: Oltrenotte dance-theatre company
• Only Bones v1.9 - Kallo Collective
• FEAST: A Triple Bill
• Disrupted Rhythms - Exploding Appendix
• Sacred Bath - Alice Motta

BRIGHTON FRINGE EXHIBITIONS AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH ARTIST OPEN HOUSES
• Mid Street Lab
• Pavlov and the Kingdom of Dogs - University of Brighton
• Everything in Their Eyes: 40 Years of Disaster in Bhopal - The Bhopal Medical Appeal

SUPAJAM EDUCATION OUTSTANDING NEURODIVERSE PERFORMANCE
• Autastic - Simon Harriyott
• Stimmicanto - Paggy Gacheva
• Salien - Sallyann Fellowes
• Character Flaw - Philippa Dawson
• Neurochatter - Sarah Jane Harvey

FARNHAM MALTINGS EMERGING ARTIST/COMPANY AWARD
• How to Catch a Book Witch - Coppice Theatre
• The Tower - Wild Elk Productions
• Idle Women - Busy Lizzies