BEST PRODUCTION Richard III –A Druid Theatre production of Shakespeare’s play, in association with the Abbey TheatreBEST OPERA PRODUCTION Il Bravo – A Wexford Festival Opera production of Saverio Mercadante’s workCatríona McLaughlinBEST DIRECTOR Catríona McLaughlin for On Raftery’s Hill, an Abbey Theatre productionBEST ACTOR Cillian Murphy for his role as Dad in Grief is a Thing with Feathers, a Complicité and Wayward Production. Co-produced by The Barbican, Cork Opera House, Edinburgh International Festival, Oxford Playhouse, St Ann’s Warehouse and Warwick Arts Centre. In association with Landmark Productions and Galway International Arts FestivalBEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Owen Roe for his role as Claudius in Hamlet, a Gate Theatre productionSarah Morris in The Lost O’CaseyBEST ACTRESS Sarah Morris for her role as Nannie in The Lost O’Casey, an ANU/Abbey Theatre production with Ictu, Forsa and SiptuBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Rebecca O’Mara for her role as Dee in Furniture by Sonya Kelly, a Druid Theatre productionBEST SET Francis O’Connor for Richard the IIIBEST LIGHTING Kris Stone for How It Is, a Gare St Lazare Ireland productionBEST COSTUME Francis O’Connor and Doreen McKenna for Richard the IIIBEST SOUND Mel Mercier for How It IsBEST MOVEMENT Sue Mythen for The Lost O’CaseyBEST ENSEMBLE A Midsummer Night’s Dream – A Rough Magic Theatre / Kilkenny Arts Festival productionBEST NEW PLAY The Lost O’CaseyJUDGES’ SPECIAL AWARDS Monica Frawley is one of Ireland’s most innovative and original theatre set and costume designers. She has worked with all the major Irish companies over 30 years and has made memorable work for the plays of Tom Murphy, Marina Carr, Brian Friel and Frank McGuinness, among others. SPECIAL TRIBUTE AWARD Owen Roe, for a body of work which includes many memorable roles in theatre, particularly for Rough Magic and the Gate Theatre.

Source: The Irish Times March 31, 2019 20:15 UTC