Founded in 2006 to celebrate, encourage and promote French and English locally produced
professional theatre work and its artists, the Prix Rideau Awards is proud to announce the
winners for the year 2010.
During the 2010 calendar year, 41 English productions and 15 French productions were juried by
two teams of local arts professionals. Nominations were submitted by secret ballot and tallied by
independent accountants. A total of 21 awards were presented Sunday, April 10th, during the Prix
Rideau Awards Gala, at La Maison du citoyen in Gatineau.
The winners for English-language productions are:
Outstanding Production
Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions
Outstanding Direction
Joël Beddows, Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions
Outstanding Performance, Female
Kristina Watt, Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre
Outstanding Performance, Male
Paul Rainville, Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Outstanding Lighting Design
Jock Munro, Vimy, Great Canadian Theatre Company / NAC English Theatre
Outstanding Set Design
Brian Perchaluk, Vimy, Great Canadian Theatre Company / NAC English Theatre
Outstanding Costume Design
Andrea Robertson, Macbeth, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival
Outstanding New Creation
Six: At Home, Zopyra Theatre
Outstanding Adaptation
Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Outstanding Fringe Production
Six: At Home, Zopyra Theatre
Emerging Artist Award
Hilary Nichol, Stage Manager
Technical / Stage Management Award
Jane Vanstone Osborn, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective
The winners for French-language productions are:
Production de l'année
Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Mise en scène de l'année
Jean Stéphane Roy, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de
Toronto
Interprétation féminine de l'année
Sasha Dominique, La Cousine Germaine, Théâtre de
l’ÎleInterprétation masculine de l'année
Pierre Simpson, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Conception de l'année - éclairages
Guillaume Houët, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium
Conception de l'année - décors
Ivo Valentik, Afghanistan, Théâtre la Catapulte
Conception de l'année - costumes
Nina Okens, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Nouvelle création de l'année
Gino, le dernier morceau d'amour, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines
Prix artiste en émergence
Mehdi Hamdad, interprétation
professional theatre work and its artists, the Prix Rideau Awards is proud to announce the
winners for the year 2010.
During the 2010 calendar year, 41 English productions and 15 French productions were juried by
two teams of local arts professionals. Nominations were submitted by secret ballot and tallied by
independent accountants. A total of 21 awards were presented Sunday, April 10th, during the Prix
Rideau Awards Gala, at La Maison du citoyen in Gatineau.
The winners for English-language productions are:
Outstanding Production
Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions
Outstanding Direction
Joël Beddows, Swimming in the Shallows, Arts Court Productions
Outstanding Performance, Female
Kristina Watt, Blackbird, Third Wall Theatre
Outstanding Performance, Male
Paul Rainville, Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Outstanding Lighting Design
Jock Munro, Vimy, Great Canadian Theatre Company / NAC English Theatre
Outstanding Set Design
Brian Perchaluk, Vimy, Great Canadian Theatre Company / NAC English Theatre
Outstanding Costume Design
Andrea Robertson, Macbeth, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival
Outstanding New Creation
Six: At Home, Zopyra Theatre
Outstanding Adaptation
Heroes, Great Canadian Theatre Company
Outstanding Fringe Production
Six: At Home, Zopyra Theatre
Emerging Artist Award
Hilary Nichol, Stage Manager
Technical / Stage Management Award
Jane Vanstone Osborn, Turn of the Screw, Screwdriver Collective
The winners for French-language productions are:
Production de l'année
Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Mise en scène de l'année
Jean Stéphane Roy, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de
Toronto
Interprétation féminine de l'année
Sasha Dominique, La Cousine Germaine, Théâtre de
l’ÎleInterprétation masculine de l'année
Pierre Simpson, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Conception de l'année - éclairages
Guillaume Houët, Écume, Théâtre du Trillium
Conception de l'année - décors
Ivo Valentik, Afghanistan, Théâtre la Catapulte
Conception de l'année - costumes
Nina Okens, Les Médecins de Molière, Théâtre la Catapulte / Théâtre français de Toronto
Nouvelle création de l'année
Gino, le dernier morceau d'amour, Théâtre Dérives Urbaines
Prix artiste en émergence
Mehdi Hamdad, interprétation
