The Wee Review has won Best Online Publication at the inaugural Theatre and Technology Awards, presented at London’s Bush Theatre on Sunday 22 October. The awards celebrate the digital and creative technology revolution in theatre, recognising outstanding achievements and innovation using technology.
Categories included honours for innovative sound, lighting, marketing, podcasting and more, with the Barbican, the National Theatre and the Globe among the finalists. The Wee Review flew the flag for Scotland.
The ceremony was hosted by actor and presenter Paul Lavers with individual awards presented by industry figures from each category. Following a round of public nominations and voting, the Online Publication category was judged and hosted by the founder and editor of arts website Afridiziak, Sophia A. Jackson, who also made fellow site The Peg Review the “highly commended” runners-up in the online category.
The full list of winners were:
Creative Innovation in Sound
Winner: Adam El Hagar, Simon Maeder, Daniel Foxsmith, Tope Mikun for Licensed to Ill (Southwark Playhouse)
Highly commended: Philip Matejtschuk for Brimstone and Treacle (The Hope Theatre)
Creative Innovation in Lighting
Winner: Eliza Alexandropolou for Relic (Barbican)
Highly commended: Mark Howland for Dirty Great Love Story (Arts Theatre)
Creative Innovation in Video Projection
Winner: Andrzej Goulding for Room (Stratford East Theatre Royal)
Highly commended: Luke Halls for Ugly Lies the Bone (National Theatre)
Best Marketing Campaign
Winner: Boom Ents & RAW PR for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (The Vaults)
Highly commended: Chloe Nelkin PR & Snuffbox Theatre for Blush (Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Soho Theatre)
Best Online Publication
Winner: The Wee Review
Highly commended: Peg Review
Best Podcast
Winner: Sunday Show Tunes
Highly commended: Shakespeare’s Globe – Adopt An Actor Podcast
Best Production Photography
Winner: Helen Murray
Highly commended: Roy Tan
Best Online/Live Streaming Platform
Winner: Digital Theatre
Highly commended: National Theatre Live
Best Trailer
Winner: Impact Video & The Old Vic for Woyzeck (The Old Vic)
Highly commended: Tiata Fahodzi & Tea Films for Good Dog
Best Poster Design
Winner: The National Theatre Graphic Design Studio for The Motherf**ker with the Hat (National Theatre)
Highly commended: Mike Smith & Motionhouse Dance Company for Scattered
Outstanding Production
Winner: Tom Dale Dance Company & MOKO Dance for Digitopia (Sadler’s Wells)
Highly commended: Andrew Schneider for YOUARENOWHERE (LIFT Festival – Shoreditch Town Hall)