After a big year for Sydney Fringe Festival with 65,000 audience members and an estimated $300,000 generated in box office revenue, the awards for excellence for 2011 have been announced.

Sydney Fringe will be back in 2012, running from September 7-30.

Fringe awards for excellence 2011

The informal celebration of the best of the fest on Wednesday 2 November was the perfect conclusion to an exciting year and a successful Fringe. See below for a full list of winners;

Divya Palat
Writer/director/performer/producer
For her production A PERSONAL WAR, STORIES OF THE MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS
At The Greek Theatre

James Edgar Francis & Maxine Kauter
Musical arrangers/performers
For their production BEAUTY AND THE BEAST – AN EVENING OF DISNEY SONGS
At Notes

Ali Kennedy Scott
Writer/performer
For her solo performance THE DAY THE SKY TURNED BLACK
At Newtown Theatre

Naomi Livingstone & Edward Grey
Performers
For their performances in the musical JOHN AND JEN
At Sidetrack Theatre

FringeArt at Carriageworks: Immerse
A collective award for all the artists involved in this curated exhibition and for the curator, Lew Palatis.

Gavin Roach
Writer/performer
For his solo performance CONFESSIONS OF A GRINDR ADDICT
At New Theatre

Danielle Maas & Jessica Wallace
Writers/performers/designers/producers
For their devised production COUNTRY MATTERS
At New Theatre

Susan Williamson & Simone O'Brien
Writers, Performers, Knitters
For creating SPINNING A YARN
At PACT

Chris Turner
Performer
For his performance as Jack in THE WILL
At The Tap Gallery

James Buckingham & Liam Bradbery
Devisers/performers
For their performances in ROMEO AND JULIET IN TEN WITH TWO

Keira Daley
Writer/performer
For her cabaret production LADY NERD
At the Sound Lounge, Seymour Centre

Daniel Hunter
Director/Co-producer
For his direction of PRODUCT by MARK RAVENHILL
At The Reginald, Seymour Centre

Tommy Bradson
Writer/performer
For his performance in PIRATE RHAPSODY, MERMAID REQUIEM
At The Reginald, Seymour Centre

Austinmer Dance Theatre
For their production TOO SOON TO TELL
At Newtown Theatre

Helen O’Leary
Writer/performer
For her solo performance MY PARIS
At Old 505 Theatre

Michael Workman
Writer/performer
For his stand-up show MERCY
At The Factory Theatre

MOP Gallery
for their Helen Gory Gallery at MOP exhibition

Tessa Zettel & Karl Khoe
for their work "Land-escapes"
Part of the John Fries Memorial Prize at Blackfriars off Broadway

SPIRIT OF THE FRINGE AWARD
CHRIS LEGO for his Festival of Free Spaces

PETER LEHMANN PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
THE DAY THE SKY TURNED BLACK
At Newtown Theatre

DATES FOR 2012

Our new improved registration process for artists and events opens for business in March. Submit your totally brilliant show or event idea and receive instant access to our registered venues list and super useful information on 'how to do the Fringe'.

Register online at www.sydneyfringe.com from March 1st

Note: Get your act together before March 31 for a 20% discount on the standard registration fee!

ELSEWHERE...

Pursued by a Bear presents
GOD’S EAR
By Jenny Schwartz

When tragedy strikes Mel and Ted, words fail them – literally. Routine conversations become a springboard for a whip-smart indictment of cliché, while everyday interactions turn thrillingly surreal, as the couple find ways to bear the unbearable – aided by GI Joe, the Tooth Fairy, and a woman who is allergic to anything organic.
Premiering off-Broadway in 2007 to great acclaim, God’s Ear is a unique and brilliant theatrical vision from a young American playwright hailed as a rising star by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee. Moving, hilarious and ultimately hopeful, God’s Ear is a love song to the way language can tear us apart as well as bring us back together.

“A triumph!” New York Times
“A provocative, adventuresome, beautifully written play” Edward Albee

10 Nov - 3 Dec
Previews: Thu 10 & Fri 11 Nov
Times: Wed – Sat 8pm; Tue 6:30pm

BOOK NOW | 02 9351 7940 | SEYMOURCENTRE.COM
Reginald Theatre, Seymour Centre
Cnr City Rd& Cleveland St, Chippendale

RADIO GA-GA...

Call for Expressions of Interest to make Radio Plays and Audio Dramas.
Skid Row Radio is calling for expressions of interest from community members and artists interested in developing their skills to create radio plays.
Do you have interest in seeing your work performed by actors on a stage and then recorded for broadcast on a radio station? Can you reflect your own experiences into a creative way for audio? Do you live or work in one of the following council areas, City of Sydney, Marrickville, Leichardt and Mascot?
The course will run one night a week for over six weeks. The most relevant scripts will be made into plays and then broadcast and podcast on 2RSR
Through this program we will
- Develop your skills in writing.
- Facilitate networking with people in the industry.
- Help you get the creative support required.
If you are interested please email info@skidrow.org.au
We are inclusive of all communities, all ethnicities, gender and sexualities and we hope that you will all feel welcome to show an expression of interest to participate in this exciting program.

CALLING ALL YOUNG THESPS!
FREE Course Information Session & Acting Workshop
Actors College of Theatre & Televison was proud to be involved in The Sydney Fringe 2011. Did you get inspired to get involved on stage or behind the scenes? Come along to a Course Information Session & Acting Workshop to find out about 2012 full-time acting, music theatre & technical courses and ACTT short courses.
http://actt.edu.au/course/dropact