The drama, A Tempest, the Father Ho Lung production, Yes, and Aston Cooke's comedy revue Jamaica 2 Rhatid: Pupalick, lead the nominations for the 2008 International Theatr Institute (ITI) Jamaica Centre's Actor Boy Awards.
In the nominations, announced on Tuesday evening at the headquarters of Jmaaica Trade & Invest(JTI), A Tempest and Pupalick each scored 11 nods(including double nominations in several categories), while Yes earned 9 nominations. All three are also up for Best Production, a field which also includes Basil Dawkins' Which Way IS Out? and the University Players' Art.
The Best New Jamaican Play award will be contested by Pupa Lick, Yes, Secrets (by Karl Hart) and Which Way Is Out. Hilary Nicholson, Dorothy Cunningham, Sakina Dear and nadean Rawlins (with 2 nominations) are up for Best Lead Actress, while the Leaqd Actor honour will be between Rooney Chambers, Jena paul Menou, Christopher McFarlane, Paul Skeen and Orville Hall.
The awards will be presented on March 31 at the Courtleigh Auditorium (former Island life Cinema). Keri Ki- Ki' Lewis - who emceed the nomination announcement and Chris' Johnny' Daley will preside.
next post: Guest speaker Peter Couch bats for dedicated entertainment venues.
Some 22 productions qaulified for review with a new judging system requring that each play be be marked in a number of categories with the top five scorers going on to get the nomination.
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