AWARDS
The Baxter Theatre Centre has won many awards for its productions. In the list below, bold type indicates the Baxter's own productions, while the others are productions by other managements which were presented at the Baxter.
Fleur du Cap (1978– )
Naledi (2003– )
Absa KKNK Kanna Awards (2007– )
SA Comedy Awards (2007– )
Aardklop (2007– )
AA Life Vita (1983–90)
IGI Life Vita (1991–2)
FNB Vita (Cape) (1993–2002)
FLEUR DU CAP
2012
Best Director – Yael Farber (Mies Julie)
Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Play – Quanita Adams (Boesman and Lena)
Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Play – Elton Landrew (Boesman and Lena)
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Play – Thoko Ntshinga (Mies Julie)
Best Sound Design, Original Music Composition or Original Score – Daniel Pencer and Matthew Pencer (Mies Julie)
Best Lighting Design – Paul Abrams (Mies Julie)
2011
Best New South African Play – Lara Foot (Solomon and Marion)
Best Lighting Design – Mannie Manim (Solomon and Marion)
2010
Best Director – Malcolm Purkey (The Girl in the Yellow Dress)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Bongile Mantsai (Woyzeck)
Best Design – Leopold Senekal (Woyzeck)
2009
Best Actor in a Leading Role – Jeremy Crutchley (I Am My Own Wife)
Best Director – Janice Honeyman (I Am My Own Wife)
Best Performance in a One-person Show – Jeremy Crutchley (I Am My Own Wife)
Best Costume Design – Illka Louw (The Tempest)
Best Set Design – Illka Louw (The Tempest)
Best Lighting Design – Rob Murray (Pictures of You)
Best Prop and/or Puppet Design – Janni Younge (Pictures of You – masks)
Lifetime Achievement – Maxine Arvan (Baxter archives)
2008
Best Actress – Mwenya Kabwe (Yellowman)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Quanita Adams (Cissie)
Best Director – Jaco Bouwer (Smag)
Best Performance in a One-person Show – Shaleen Surtie-Richards (Shirley Valentyn)
Best Lighting Design – Jaco Bouwer, Albert Snyman and Rudolph van Jaarsveld (Smag)
Best Prop Design – Nicholas and Luke Ellenbogen (Raiders – Rasputin's Rectangle)
2007
Best Actress – Chuma Sopotela (Karoo Moose)
Best Director – Lara Foot Newton (Karoo Moose)
Best Performance in a One-Hander – Peter Hayes (The Tricky Part)
Best New Indigenous Production – Lara Foot Newton (Karoo Moose)
Best Performance in a Musical – Terry Fortune (The Kramer Petersen Songbook)
Best Prop Design – Henning Lüdeke and Koos Marais (Karoo Moose)
2006
Best Actor – Nicholas Pauling (Amadeus)
Best Actress – Susan Danford (Betrayal)
Best Performance in a One-Hander – Matthew Ribnick (Hoot)
Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for Best New Director – Geraldine Naidoo (Hoot)
Best Set Design – Patrick Curtis (Betrayal)
2005
Best Actor – Sean Taylor (Exits and Entrances)
Best Supporting Actor – Marius Weyers (Twaalfde Nag)
Best Supporting Actress – Erica Wessels (Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train)
Best One-Hander – Antony Sher (Primo)
Best Director – Heinrich Reisenhofer (Groundswell)
Best New Indigenous Play – Ian Bruce (Groundswell)
Best Performance in a Revue or Cabaret – Ben Voss (Black Mamba)
Best Set Design – David Kramer (Ghoema)
Best Costume Design or Props – Jesse Kramer (Ghoema)
Best Lighting Design – Gert du Preez and David Kramer (Ghoema)
2004
Best Actor – Marius Weyers (Oom Wanja / Uncle Vanya)
Best Actress – Antoinette Kellermann (Breathing In)
Best Supporting Actor – James Borthwick (Oom Wanja / Uncle Vanya)
Best Supporting Actress – Jenny Stead (Breathing In)
Best Director – Janice Honeyman (Oom Wanja / Uncle Vanya)
Best New Indigenous Script – Reza de Wet (Breathing In)
Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for New Directors – Sylvaine Strike (Baobabs Don't Grow Here)
Best Performance in a Revue – Pieter-Dirk Uys (The End is Naai)
Best Technical Contribution – Patrick Curtis (Oom Wanja / Uncle Vanya)
2003
Best Actor – Mncedisi Shabangu (Tshepang)
Best Actress – Quanita Adams (At Her Feet, Valley Song)
Best Performance in a Revue or Cabaret – Marc Lottering (Say Cheese)
Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for Young Directors – Nadia Davids (At Her Feet)
2002
Best Actor – John Kani (Nothing But The Truth)
Best Actress – Terry Norton (The Great Outdoors)
Best Director – Janice Honeyman (Vatmaar and Nothing But The Truth)
Best New Indigenous Script – John Kani (Nothing But The Truth)
Best Contribution to a Musical/Revue – David Kramer and Taliep Petersen (District Six)
Best Performance in a Musical or Revue – Quanita Adams, Amrain Ismail-Essop, Jacqui Pickering, Roshina Ratnam and Warona Seane (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf)
Best Technical Contribution – Brian Collins (Vatmaar)
2001
Best Actor – Bill Flynn (Death of a Salesman)
Best Actress – Claire Berlein (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)
Best Supporting Actor – Langley Kirkwood (Death of a Salesman)
Best Supporting Actress – Paddy Canavan (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)
Best Director – Bobby Heaney (Death of a Salesman)
Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for Young Directors – Brett Bailey (Big Dada)
Best New Indigenous Script – Rajesh Gopie (Out of Bounds)
2000
Best Actress – Diane Wilson (Glass Roots)
Best Supporting Actress – Gail Reagon (Glass Roots)
Best Director – Roy Sargeant (Glass Roots)
Best New Indigenous Script – Fiona Coyne (Glass Roots)
Best Performance in a Musical or Revue – Marc Lottering (Various Revues)
1999
Best Actor – Tshamano Sebe ('Master Harold' ... and the Boys)
Best Supporting Actress – Celeste Matthews (Suip!)
Best Contribution to a Musical – David Kramer and Taliep Petersen (Kat and the Kings)
Rosalie van der Gucht Prize for Young Directors – Heinrich Reisenhofer (Suip!)
Best New Indigenous Script – Heinrich Reisenhofer and Oscar Petersen (Suip!)
1998
Best Actress – Diane Wilson (Grace and Glorie)
Best Supporting Actress – Terry Norton (The Elephant Man)
Best Director – Jacqui Singer (Grace and Glorie)
Best Contribution to Stage Design – Brian Collins (The Elephant Man, Dancing at Lughnasa)
1997
Best Supporting Actress – Antoinette Kellerman (Madame de Sade)
Best Contribution to a Musical or Revue – Anthea Thompson (The Shakespeare Revue)
1996
Best Actor – Greig Coetzee (White Men with Weapons)
Best New Indigenous Script – Greig Coetzee (White Men with Weapons)
1995
Best Actress – Terry Norton (A Doll's House and Beautiful Thing)
Best Director – Fred Abrahamse (Beautiful Thing)
1994
Best Actor – André Jacobs (Oleanna)
1993
Best Actor – John Carson (Shadowlands)
1992
Best Actress – Fiona Ramsay (Decadence)
1991
Best Actor – Brian Murray (Shadowlands)
Best Actress – Brenda Wood (Driving Miss Daisy)
1990
Best Director – Chris Weare (East)
1989
Best New Indigenous Script – Andrew Buckland (The Ugly Noonoo)
1988
Best Supporting Actor – Christopher Weare (Kvetch)
1987
Best Actress – Sandra Duncan (Anastasia File)
Best Supporting Actor – Bill Flynn (Doubles)
Best Director – Fred Abrahamse (District Six – The Musical)
1986
Best Actress – Dorothy-Ann Gould (Stevie)
Best Supporting Actor – David Alcock (Greek)
Best Supporting Actress – Jennifer Steyn (Blue Remembered Hills)
1985
Best Actor – David Clatworthy (Greek)
Best Supporting Actress – Mary Dreyer (Greek)
Best Director – Mavis Taylor (Greek)
1984
Best Actor – Michael Atkinson (The Importance of Being Oscar)
Best Actress – Sandra Duncan (Virginia)
Best Supporting Actress – Valerie Dunlop (Same Old Moon)
1983
Best Actor – Rex Garner (Mass Appeal)
Best Actress – Dorothy-Ann Gould (Talley's Folley)
Best Supporting Actor – Kenneth Baker (Noises Off)
Best Director – Rex Garner (Noises Off)
1982
Best Actor – Michael Richard (Children of a Lesser God)
Best Supporting Actor – Arthur Hall (Quartermaine's Terms)
Best Supporting Actress – Liz Staughton (Quartermaine's Terms)
1981
Best Actor – Pieter-Dirk Uys (Adapt or Dye)
Best Actress – Fiona Ramsay (Summit Conference)
Best Supporting Actor – Ralph Lawson (Amadeus)
Best Director – Henry Goodman (Agamemnon)
1980
Best Supporting Actor – Pieter-Dirk Uys (Waiting for Godot)
Best Supporting Actress – Maggie Holland (Rose)
Best Director – Mavis Taylor (Marat/Sade)
1979
Best Supporting Actor – Eckard Rabe (The Norman Conquests)
Best Supporting Actress – Sandra Duncan (The Norman Conquests)
1978
Best Actor – Keith Grenville (Home, The Price)
Best Supporting Actor – Don Maguire (The Price)
Best Supporting Actress – Zoë Randall (A Delicate Balance)
Best Director – Ken Leach (The Cherry Orchard, The Fantastical History of a Useless Man)
NALEDI
2008
Best New South African Play Produced – Karoo Moose
Best Production of Straight Play – Karoo Moose
Best Director of a Play or Musical – Lara Foot Newton (Karoo Moose)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role (Play) – Dorothy Ann Gould (Hello and Goodbye)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role (Play) – Mdu Kweyama (Karoo Moose)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Zoleka Helesi (Karoo Moose)
Best Original Choreography (Musical or Revue) – Mdu Kweyama (Karoo Moose)
Best Production Cutting Edge/Ensemble – Karoo Moose
Best Performance by a Newcomer/Breakthrough (Female) – Chuma Sopotela (Karoo Moose)
2007
Best New South African Play Produced – Shirley, Goodness and Mercy
Best Production of Straight Play – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role – Sean Taylor (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role/Cameo: Play or Musical – Bronwyn van Graan (Shirley, Goodness and Mercy)
Best Performance by a Newcomer/Breakthrough (Male) – Christo Davids (Shirley, Goodness and Mercy)
2005
Best New South African Play Produced – Exits and Entrances
Best Production of a Play – Exits and Entrances
Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role – Sean Taylor (Exits and Entrances)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Jason Ralph (Exits and Entrances)
2003
Lifetime Award – Mannie Manim
ABSA KKNK KANNA AWARDS
2010
Best Upcoming Professional Artist – Moenier Adams (Afrikaaps)
2007
Best Production – Begeerte
SA COMEDY AWARDS
2007
Best Comedy Play – Shirley, Goodness and Mercy
AARDKLOP
2007
Best New Play – Karoo Moose
Best Actor – The whole cast of Karoo Moose
AA LIFE VITA
1989–90
NATIONAL
Actor of the Year – John Kani (My Children! My Africa!)
Supporting Actress of the Year – Val Donald-Bell (Curl Up and Dye)
CAPE
Best Supporting Actor – Stephen Jennings (The Glass Menagerie)
Best Supporting Actress – Michelle Scott (The Glass Menagerie)
Best Direction – Fred Abrahamse (The Glass Menagerie)
Best Lighting Design – Brian Collins (The Glass Menagerie)
1988–89
NATIONAL
Best Production of a Play or Musical – The Ugly Noonoo
Best Performance by an Actor in an English Play – Andrew Buckland (The Ugly Noonoo)
CAPE
Best Production of a Play or Musical – The Ugly Noonoo
1987–88
Cape Vita Award – A Midsummer Night's Dream
1986–87
Most Outstanding Performance by an Actress in an English Play – Dorothy-Ann Gould (Tom and Viv)
Most Outstanding Performance by an Actress in an Afrikaans Play – Shaleen Surtie-Richards (Hallo en Koebaai)
Best Original Design: Set – Andrew Botha (Wild Honey)
Best Original Design: Costumes – Brian Collins (Greek)
Cape Vita Award – Gulls
1985–86
Cape Vita Award – Wild Honey
1984–85
Best Original Set Design and Costumes – (Little Shop of Horrors}
Cape Vita Award – Greek
1983–84
Best Production of a Play – Saturday Night at the Palace
Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor in an English Play – Richard Haines (Clarence Darrow)
Most Outstanding Performance by an Actress in an English Play – Elize Cawood (Schreiner – A One-Woman Play)
Excellence in Direction – Bobby Heaney (Saturday Night at the Palace)
IGI LIFE VITA
1991–92
NATIONAL
Supporting Actor of the Year – John Carson (Shadowlands)
CAPE
Best Production – Shadowlands
FNB VITA (Cape)
2001–2002
Best Production – The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Lionel Newton (Waiting for Godot)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Robert Whitehead (Waiting for Godot)
Best Director – Janice Honeyman (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)
Best Script of a New South African Play – Brett Bailey (Big Dada)
Best Set Design – Brian Collins (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)
Best Costume Design – Brett Bailey (Big Dada)
Best Performance in a Comedy by a Male – Marc Lottering (Big Stakes and Slap Chips)
2000–2001
Best Production – Death of a Salesman
Best Musical Theatre Production – Kat and the Kings
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Bill Flynn (Death of a Salesman)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Gail Reagon (Glass Roots)
Best Performance in a Comedy by a Male – Marc Lottering (From the Cape Flats with Love)
Best Performance in a Comedy by a Female – Diane Wilson (Glass Roots)
Best Performance in Musical Theatre by a Male – Jody Abrahams, Loukmaan Adams, Junaid Booysen, Terry Hector and Alistair Izobell (Kat and the Kings)
Best Performance in Musical Theatre by a Female – Erica Charles (Kat and the Kings)
Best Performance by a New Actress – Jenny Stead (Glass Roots)
Best Script of a New South African Play – Fiona Coyne (Glass Roots)
Best Set Design – Saul Radomsky (Kat and the Kings)
1999–2000
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Mary Daniels (Suip!)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Ralph Lawson (Equus)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Terry Norton (Equus)
Most Promising Performance by a New Actor or Actress – Nicol Sheraton (Suip!)
Best Original Script of a New South African Play – Heinrich Reisenhofer and Oscar Petersen (Suip!)
Best Lighting Design – Brian Collins (Suip!)
1998–99
The Play of the Year – The Elephant Man
Best Director – Roy Sargeant (The Elephant Man)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Nick Boraine (Popcorn)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Amanda Lane (Popcorn)
Best Performance in a Comedy Role – Ralph Lawson (Alarms and Excursions)
Best Set Design – Stan Knight (Popcorn)
1997–98
Best Production – Grace and Glorie
Best Director – Jacqui Singer (Grace and Glorie)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Diane Wilson (Grace and Glorie)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Andrew Buckland (Feedback)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Lara Bye (Dancing at Lughnasa)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Lionel Newton (Feedback)
Most Outstanding Performance in Musical Theatre – Anthea Thompson (The Shakespeare Revue)
Best Set Design – Brian Collins (Grace and Glorie, Kindertransport, Dancing at Lughnasa)
Best Original Script of a New South African Play – Greig Coetzee (The Blue Period of Milton van der Spuy)
1996–97
Best Production – White Men with Weapons
Best Director – Garth Anderson (White Men with Weapons)
Best Original Script – Greig Coetzee (White Men with Weapons)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Greig Coetzee (White Men with Weapons)
Best Lighting Design – Skip Wright (White Men with Weapons)
1995–96
Best Director – Fred Abrahamse (Beautiful Thing)
Best Supporting Actor – Brian Webber (Beautiful Thing)
Best Set Design – Brian Collins (Beautiful Thing)
Best Costume Design – Anne Sharfman (Beautiful Thing)
Moyra Fine Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatrical Life – John Slemon
1994–95
Most Promising Performance by a New Actor/Actress – Bianca Amato (Under Milk Wood)
1993–94
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Lucinda Hooley (Oleanna)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – Andre Jacobs (Oleanna)