These are all of the nominations made by more than 30 reviewers across Wales. From these hundreds of nominations the judges selected the shortlists that have now been revealed and the winners will be announced at the Awards Show at Sherman Cymru on Saturday, January 30.
Best Dance Production
Blood on the Snow, Caroline Sabin
Cinderella, Ballet Cymru
Dawns Ysbrydion, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Homo Irrationalis, Karol Cysewski
I Loved You and I Loved You, Sweetshop Revolution
Invisible City, Chapter
Larvae, Aleksandra Jones Chapter
Misunderstandings, Wales Dance Platform
Ode to the Attempt/In no particular order…, Cardiff Dance Festival, Chapter
Stories from a Crowded Room, Earthfall
The Long Winter, Striking Attitudes
Throb: Performance, Throb
Triptych, Gwyn Emberton Dance
Walking Mad, National Dance Company Wales
Best Design and/or Costume
Anna-Marie Hainsworth, The 39 Steps, Black Rat
Camilla Clarke, Seagulls, Volcano
Camilla Clarke, Yuri, August o12
Carl Davies, Still Life, Mappa Mundi Theatre
Colin Richmond, Sweeney Todd, Welsh National Opera
Frâncis “Frânkie” Bradshaw, Grav, Torch Theatre Company
Gabriella Slade, Richard III, Omidaze
Hayley Grindle, Iphigenia in Splott, Sherman Cymru
Holly McCarthy, The Royal Bed, Theatr Pena
Jason Southgate, Peter Pan, Welsh National Opera
Johan Engels, Pelléas et Mélisande, Welsh National Opera
John Macfarlane, Hansel and Gretel, Welsh National Opera
Judith Croft, Cinderella, Theatr Clwyd
Julian Crouch and Kevin Pollard, The Magic Flute, Welsh National Opera
Julie Landau, Beneath the Streets: Lost & Found, Hijinx & Punchdrunk Enrichment
Kenny Miller, A Doll’s House, Sherman Cymru
Kevin Pollard, The Magic Flute, Welsh National Opera
Leslie Travers, I Puritani, Welsh National Opera
Marc Rees, {150}, National Theatre Wales / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru /S4C
Marie-Jeanne Lecca, Pelléas et Mélisande, Welsh National Opera
Mark Bailey, All My Sons, Theatr Clwyd
Mark Bailey, Hamlet, Theatr Clwyd
Mark Bailey, The Herbal Bed, Theatr Clwyd
Richard Kent and Andrzej Goulding, Man to Man, Wales Millennium Centre
Ruth Hall and Max Jones, Blasted, The Other Room
Ruth Hall and Max Jones, Little Shop of Horrors, Theatr Clwyd
Ruth Hall and Max Jones, Y Fenyw Ddaeth o’r Mor, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Sean Crowley, Brief Encounter, Torch Theatre Company
Shaun McKenna, Dead Simple, Joshua Andrews and Peter James
Simon Banham, Dawns Ysbrydion, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Best Director
Aled Pedrick, Y Tŵr, Invertigo Theatre Company
Angharad Lee, SXTO, Cwmni Arad Goch
Angharad Lee, To Kill A Machine, Scriptography Productions
Annilese Miskimmon, I Puritani, Welsh National Opera
Betsan Llwyd, 5 Cynig i Gymro, Theatr Bara Caws
Betsan Llwyd, Difa, Theatr Bara Caws
Betsan Llwyd, No Wê, Theatr Bara Caws
Caroline Sabin, Blood on the Snow
Catherine Paskell, Parallel Lines, Dirty Protest
Chris Morgan, Bara Bread, Theatr Gwalia
David Pountney, Pelléas et Mélisande, Welsh National Opera
Elise Davison, Real Human Being, Taking Flight Theatre
Elise Davison, The Winter’s Tale, Taking Flight Theatre
Emma Lucia, The Herbal Bed, Theatr Clwyd
Ffion Haf, Drych, Cwmni’r Frân Wen
Harry Fehr, Orlando, Welsh National Opera
Jessica Cohen and Jim Ennis, Stories from a Crowded Room, Earthfall
Kate Wasserberg, Blasted, The Other Room
Kate Wasserberg, The Dying of Today, The Other Room
Keith Warner, Peter Pan, Welsh National Opera
Marc Rees, {150}, National Theatre Wales / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru /S4C
Mared Swain, A Good Clean Heart, Dirty Protest/The Other Room
Mathilde Lopez, Yuri, August o12
Matthew Blake, Beneath the Streets: Lost & Found, Hijinx & Punchdrunk Enrichment
Max Stafford-Clark, Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage, National Theatre Wales
Mike Pearson and Mike Brookes, Iliad, National Theatre Wales
Paul Davies, Seagulls, Volcano
Peter Doran, Brief Encounter, Torch Theatre
Peter Doran, Grav, Torch Theatre Company
Peter Doran, Oh Hello, Torch Theatre Company
Phillip Zarilli, Playing the Maids, Llanarth Group
Rachel O’Riordan, A Doll’s House, Sherman Cymru
Rachel O’Riordan, Iphigenia in Splott, Sherman Cymru
Richard Jones, Hansel and Gretel, Welsh National Opera
Richard Tunley, The 39 Steps, Black Rat
Sarah Bickerton, Nansi, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Terry Hands, Hamlet, Theatr Clwyd
Tim Baker, Little Shop of Horrors, Theatr Clwyd
Yvonne Murphy, Richard III, Omidaze
Best Ensemble
Cappuccino Girls, Cappuccino Girls, Mal Pope
Cast, Bara Bread, Theatr Gwalia
Cast, Beneath the Streets: Lost & Found, Hijinx & Punchdrunk Enrichment
Cast, Cinderella, Ballet Cymru
Cast, Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage, National Theatre Wales
Cast, Dawns Ysbrydion, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Cast, Difa, Theatr Bara Caws
Cast, Graham Fitkin Band, Swansea Festival
Cast, Measure for Measure, Everyman Theatre
Cast, Pan Oedd y Byd yn Fach, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Cast, Parallel Lines, Dirty Protest
Cast, Playing the Maids, Llanarth Group
Cast, The 39 Steps, Black Rat
Cast, The Good Earth, Motherlode
Cast, The Harri-Parris: The Big Day, Mai Oh Mai Productions
Cast, The Winter’s Tale, Taking Flight Theatre
Cast, To Kill A Machine, Scriptography Productions
Gagglebabble, The Forsythe Sisters, Gagglebabble
The company, A Doll’s House, Sherman Cymru
The company, Blood on the Snow
The company, Hitch, Mary Bijou Social Club
The company, Legally Blonde, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
WNO Chorus, Chorus!, Welsh National Opera
WNO Chorus, Sweeney Todd, Welsh National Opera
WNO Chorus, The Magic Flute, Welsh National Opera
WNO Orchestra, Hansel and Gretel, Welsh National Opera
WNO Orchestra, I Puritani, Welsh National Opera
WNO Orchestra, Pelléas et Mélisande, Welsh National Opera
Best Female Actor (English)
Alice White, Grounded, Tent of Xerxes
Amanda Ryan, The Herbal Bed, Theatr Clwyd
Caryl Morgan, Hamlet, Theatr Clwyd
Carys Eleri, Yuri, August o12
Eddie Ladd , {150}, National Theatre Wales / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru /S4C
Eiry Thomas, The Royal Bed, Theatr Pena
Frâncesca Marie Claire, Blud, The Other Mother
Lauren Phillips, Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage, National Theatre Wales
Leila Crerar, A Doll’s House, Sherman Cymru
Louise Collins, Blasted, The Other Room
Mairi Phillips, Richard III, Omidaze
Mairi Phillips, Seagulls, Volcano
Margaret Ann Bain, Man to Man, Wales Millennium Centre
Melanie Walters, Iliad, National Theatre Wales
Michelle McTernan, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pontardawe Arts Centre
Olivia Elsden, Blud, The Other Mother
Rebecca Harries, Triptych, De Oscuro
Rhian Morgan, Mother Courage & Her Children, National Theatre Wales
Ri Richards, NSFW, Waking Exploits
Seren Vickers, Dark Vanilla Jungle, Company of Sirens
Sian Howard, All My Sons, Theatr Clwyd
Siw Hughes , Leviathan, Sherman Cymru
Sophie Melville, Iphigenia in Splott, Sherman Cymru
Valmai Jones, My People, Invertigo Theatre Company / Theatr Clwyd
Vanessa-Faye Stanley, Richard III, Omidaze
Best Female Actor (Welsh)
Bethan Dwyfor, Difa, Theatr Bara Caws
Carys Eleri, Yuri, August o12
Catherine Ayers, Y Tŵr, Invertigo Theatre Company
Catrin Mara, Difa, Theatr Bara Caws
Catrin Mara, No Wê, Theatr Bara Caws
Gwenno Ellis Hodgkins, Drych, Cwmni’r Frân Wen
Heledd Gwynn, Y Fenyw Ddaeth o’r Mor, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Melangell Dolma, Nansi, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Valmai Jones, Miramar, Triongl
Best Female Dance Artist (Performer and/or choreographer)
Angharad Price Jones, Dawns Ysbrydion, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Anna ap Robert, Dawns Ysbrydion, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Caroline Sabin, Blood on the Snow
Eddie Ladd, Dawns Ysbrydion, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Faith Prendergast, I Loved You and I Loved You, Sweetshop Revolution
Gemma Prangle, Dances I Made on My Bathroom Floor, Wales Dance Platform
Joanna Young, Don’t think about a purple daisy, Joanna Young
Lowri Jenkins, Invisible City, Chapter
Marega Palser, Ode to the Attempt/In no particular order…, Cardiff Dance Festival, Chapter
Best Female in an Opera Production
Ailish Tynan, Hansel and Gretel, Welsh National Opera
Ainhoa Arteta, Tosca, Welsh National Opera
Anna Grevelius, Hansel and Gretel, Welsh National Opera
Fflur Wyn, Orlando, Welsh National Opera
Hilary Summers, Peter Pan, Welsh National Opera
Janis Kelly, Sweeney Todd, Welsh National Opera
Jurgita Adomonyté, Pelléas et Mélisande, Welsh National Opera
Rebecca Evans, Orlando, Welsh National Opera
Rosa Feola, I Puritani, Welsh National Opera
Samantha Hay, The Magic Flute, Welsh National Opera
Sharon Morgan, Faust, City of Swansea Opera
Sophie Bevan, The Magic Flute, Welsh National Opera
Best Male Actor (English)
Christian Patterson, Blasted, The Other Room
Christian Patterson, The Dying of Today, The Other Room
Christopher Elson, Seagulls, Volcano
Delme Thomas, Saturday Night Forever, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Dorian Simpson, A Good Clean Heart, The Other Room
Douglas Gray, The Body of an American, Tent of Xerxes
Gareth Clarke, F.E.A.R., Experimentica15, Chapter
Gareth John Bale, Grav, Torch Theatre
Gareth John Bale, The 39 Steps, Black Rat
Garry Lake, Little Shop of Horrors, Theatr Clwyd
Gwydion Rhys, To Kill A Machine, Scriptography Productions
Hugh Thomas, My People, Invertigo Theatre Company / Theatr Clwyd
Huw Novelli, Dracula, Fluellen Theatre company
Ian Burfield, All My Sons, Theatr Clwyd
James Ifan, A Good Clean Heart, The Other Room
Jamie Rees, Oh Hello, Torch Theatre Company
Leander Deeny, The Dying of Today, The Other Room
Lee Haven-Jones, Hamlet, Theatr Clwyd
Llion Williams, The Herbal Bed, Theatr Clwyd
Philip Jones, Measure for Measure, Everyman Theatre
Rhys ap William, Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage, National Theatre Wales
Rhys Parry Jones, Triptych, De Oscuro
Robert Bowman, Diary of a Madman, Living Pictures
Simon Holland Roberts, All My Sons, Theatr Clwyd
Sion Alun Davies, My People, Invertigo Theatre Company / Theatr Clwyd
Tom Hurley, Blavatsky’s Tower, 3 Crate Productions
Best Male Actor (Welsh)
Bryn Fôn, Drych, Cwmni’r Frân Wen
Carwyn Jones, Nansi, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Ceri Murphy, Pan Oedd y Byd yn Fach, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Ceri Murphy, Yuri, August 012
Dyfan Roberts, Pum Cynnig i Gymro, Theatr Bara Caws
Rhodri Evan, Difa, Theatr Bara Caws
Sion Ifan, Pan Oedd y Byd yn Fach, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Steffan Donnelly, Y Tŵr, Invertigo Theatre Company
Best Male Dance Artist (Performer and/or choreographer)
Alex Marshall Parsons, Stories from a Crowded Room, Earthfall
Alexander Ekman, Tuplet, National Dance Company Wales
Daisuke Miura, Tir, Ballet Cymru
Daniel Whiley, I Loved You and I Loved You, Sweetshop Revolution
Gwyn Emberton, Triptych, De Oscuro
Johan Inger, Walking Mad, National Dance Company Wales
Karl Fargalund, I Loved You and I Loved You, Sweetshop Revolution
Simon Whitehead, Studies for Maynard, Simon Whitehead/Oriel Davies/Cardiff Dance Festival
Best Male in an Opera Production
Adrian Thompson, Hansel and Gretel, Welsh National Opera
Allan Clayton, The Magic Flute, Welsh National Opera
Barry Banks, I Puritani, Welsh National Opera
Christopher Purves, Pelléas et Mélisande, Welsh National Opera
David Arnsperger, Sweeney Todd, Welsh National Opera
George Ure, Sweeney Todd, Welsh National Opera
Iestyn Morris, Peter Pan, Welsh National Opera
Jacques Imbrailo, Pelléas et Mélisande, Welsh National Opera
Jacques Imbrailo, The Magic Flute, Welsh National Opera
Jamie Muscato, Sweeney Todd, Welsh National Opera
Lawrence Zazzo, Orlando, Welsh National Opera
Best Opera Production
Faust, City of Swansea Opera
Hansel and Gretel, Welsh National Opera
I Puritani, Welsh National Opera
Orlando, Welsh National Opera
Pelléas et Mélisande, Welsh National Opera
Peter Pan, Welsh National Opera
Sweeney Todd, Welsh National Opera
The Cunning Little Vixen, RWCMD
The Magic Flute, Welsh National Opera
Best Playwright (English)
Alun Saunders, A Good Clean Heart, The Other Room
Catrin Fflur Huws, To Kill A Machine, Scriptography Productions
Catrin Huws, To Kill A Machine, Scriptography Productions
Christopher Brett Bailey, This Is How we Die, Theatr Iolo
Frâncis Hardy, Dracula, Fluellen Theatre company
Frânk Vickery, Roots and Wings, Frânk Vickery
Gary Owen, Iphigenia in Splott, Sherman Cymru
Katherine Chandler, Parallel Lines, Dirty Protest
Kelly Jones, Blud, The Other Mother
Kelly Jones, The Drowned Girl, Kelly Jones
Mal Pope, Cappuccino Girls, Mal Pope
Matthew Bulgo, Real Human Being, Taking Flight Theatre
Ndidi Spencer, Routes, Life Venture Arts/WMC
Owen Thomas, Grav, Torch Theatre Company
Peter James, Dead Simple, Joshua Andrews and Peter James
Robin Soans, Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage, National Theatre Wales
Steffan Donnelly, My People, Invertigo Theatre Company / Theatr Clwyd
T J Davies, A Winter’s Gift, Rouge’z Theatre Company, Chapter
Best Playwright (Welsh)
Angharad Price, Nansi, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Barry Archie Jones, No Wê, Theatr Bara Caws
Dewi Wyn Williams, Difa, Theatr Bara Caws
Dyfan Roberts, Pum Cynnig i Gymro, Theatr Bara Caws
Llyr Titus, Drych, Cwmni’r Frân Wen
Menna Elfyn, Y Fenyw Ddaeth o’r Mor, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Sian Summers , Pan Oedd y Byd yn Fach, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Tim Baker, Mimosa, Theatr Clwyd
Best Production (English)
{150}, National Theatre Wales / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru /S4C
A Doll’s House, Sherman Cymru
A Good Clean Heart, Dirty Protest/The Other Room
Beneath the Streets: Lost & Found, Hijinx & Punchdrunk Enrichment
Blasted, The Other Room
Blood on the Snow, Caroline Sabin
Blud, The Other Mother
Brief Encounter, Torch Theatre
Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage, National Theatre Wales
Dracula, Fluellen Theatre company
Grav, Torch Theatre
Hamlet, Theatr Clwyd
Iliad, National Theatre Wales
Iphigenia in Splott, Sherman Cymru
Little Shop of Horrors, Theatr Clwyd
Man to Man, Wales Millennium Centre
Miramar, Triongl
Mother Courage & Her Children, National Theatre Wales
My People, Invertigo Theatre Company / Theatr Clwyd
Parallel Lines, Dirty Protest
playing “the Maids”, Llanarth Group
Richard III, Omidaze
Seagulls, Volcano
Stories from a Crowded Room, Earthfall
The Body of an American, Tent of Xerxes
The Dying of Today, The Other Room
The Forsythe Sisters, Gagglebabble
The Good Earth, Motherlode
The Harri-Parris: The Big Day, Mai Oh Mai Productions
The Herbal Bed, Theatr Clwyd
The Royal Bed, Theatr Pena
The Winter’s Tale, Taking Flight Theatre
To Kill A Machine, Scriptography Productions
Triptych, De Oscuro
Yuri, August 012
Best Production (Welsh)
{150}, National Theatre Wales / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru /S4C
Dawns Ysbrydion, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Difa, Theatr Bara Caws
Drych, Cwmni’r Frân Wen
Les Misèrables, Urdd Gobaith Cymru Youth Theatre
Les Miserables, Wales Millennium Centre
Nansi, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Neonsparx, Neontopia Theatre/The Other Room
Pan Oedd y Byd yn Fach, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Pum Cynnig i Gymro, Theatr Bara Caws
Y Fenyw Ddaeth o’r Môr, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Y Tŵr, Invertigo Theatre Company
Yuri, August o12
Best Show for Children and Young People (dance, opera or theatre)
Arabian Nights, Sherman Cymru
Hola, Cwmni Arad Goch
Land of the Dragon / Gwlad y Ddraig, Puppet Soup
Little Sure Shot, Theatr Iolo/WYP/Egg / Mac
Mimosa, Theatr Clwyd
Oes Rhaid i Mi Ddeffro?, Cwmni Arad Goch
Peter Pan, Welsh National Opera
Real Human Being, Taking Flight Theatre
Saer y Sêr, Cwmni’r Frân Wen
The Ugly Duckling, Sherman Cymru
Best Sound and/or Lighting (in dance, opera or theatre)
{150}, National Theatre Wales / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru /S4C
A Doll’s House, Sherman Cymru
Difa, Theatr Bara Caws
Grav, Torch Theatre
The 39 Steps, Black Rat
Adrian Curtin and Mick O’Shea, Playing the Maids, Llanarth Group
Ben Ormerod, The Herbal Bed, Theatr Clwyd
Branwen Munn, Yuri, August o12
Carlo Rizzi, I Puritani, Welsh National Opera
Ceri James, Beneath the Streets: Lost & Found, Hijinx & Punchdrunk Enrichment
Chris Illingworth, Cinderella, Ballet Cymru
Chris Young, Blud, The Other Mother
Chris Young, TI:ME, Cwmni Pluen
Dyfan Jones and Tom White, Blasted, The Other Room
Dyfan Jones, Peter Knight and Ceri James, Still Life, Mappa Mundi Theatre
Erin Maddocks and Zakk Hein, A Good Clean Heart, Dirty Protest/The Other Room
Felix Otaola, Stories from a Crowded Room, Earthfall
Greg Wohead, Ted Bundy Project, Chapter
Hannah McPake and Lucy Rivers, The Forsythe Sisters, Gagglebabble
Hartley T A Kemp, Land of Our Fathers, Wales Millennium Centre, Theatre503 and Tara Finney Productions
John Hardy, Iliad, National Theatre Wales
Kevin Treacy, A Doll’s House, Sherman Cymru
Lothar Koenings, Hansel and Gretel, Welsh National Opera
Lothar Koenings, Pelléas et Mélisande, Welsh National Opera
Lucie Bazzo, Dawns Ysbrydion, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Mark Jonathan, I Puritani, Welsh National Opera
Mark Jonathan, Pelléas et Mélisande, Welsh National Opera
Mick O’Shea, Playing the Maids, Llanarth Group
Mike Beer, {150}, National Theatre Wales / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru /S4C
Osian Gwynedd, Drych, Cwmni’r Frân Wen
Pete Higgin, Beneath the Streets: Lost & Found, Hijinx & Punchdrunk Enrichment
Rachel Mortimer and Sam Jones, Iphigenia in Splott, Sherman Cymru
Ran Braun, Peter Pan, Welsh National Opera
Terry Hands, Hamlet, Theatr Clwyd
The production team, Brief Encounter, Torch Theatre Company
Tic Ashfield, Richard III, Omidaze
Y Pencadlys, Dawns Ysbrydion, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
…and the shortlists:http://www.asiw.co.uk/news/wales-theatre-awards-2016-shortlists-announced