Nelson Fringe Festival Awards 2018
Outstanding Performer/s
Winner: Jon Bennett - Pretending Things are a Cock, My Dad’s Death, Fire in the Meth Lab
Aimee Smith - Deep South Caesar
Peter Coates - The Man Who Was Thursday
Rhian Wood-Hill - Rhian-Vested
Alexander Sparrow - Enigma
Kim Georgine - Inside
Most Promising Emerging Talent
Winner: Stuart Corkery - Home Invasion
Aaron Jelley - DABDA, Strangers
Elijah Scowcroft - Home Alone Abridged
Expression
Nathan Hedley - Is Suicide An Option
Best Ensemble
Winner: Deep South Caesar
Friend Request
Don’t Push The Button
Off Book
Strangers
Ballista
Best Direction
Winner: The Man Who Was Thursday
Deep South Caesar
Don't Push the Button
Best Script
Winner: Fire in the Meth Lab
Apocalyptic Us
Deep South Caesar
Don't Push The Button
Rhian-Vested
Best Design
Winner: Ballista
Deep South Caesar
Double Georgie Pie - A Ballet
Home Alone Abridged
The War Prayer Concert
Hands
Most Original Concept
Winner: Double Georgie Pie - A Ballet
Apocalyptic Us
Drop The Mask
Off Book
The Bubble Show
2Dope2Teen
Best Solo Show
Winner: The Man Who Was Thursday
Fire in the Meth Lab
Pat Goldsack's Swingers Club
Rhian-Vested
Enigma
What's My Definition
Best Improv
Winner: 2Dope 2Teen
Drop the Mask
Friend Request
Off Book
Strangers
The Last Couple on Earth
Best Comedy
Winner: Rhian-Vested
Off Book
Pat Goldsack's Swingers Club
Pretending Things are a Cock
Toxic Mas
Living La Vida Joker
Edgiest Show
Winner: DABDA
Deep South Caesar
Double Georgie Pie
Sir Cedric and Friends
Enigma
Spirit of the Fringe
Elijah Scowcroft
Audience Favourite
The Bubble Show
Best Of Fringe
Winner: The Man Who Was Thursday
Deep South Caesar
Fire In The Meth Lab
Jon Bennet ‘You’ve Made It’ Award:
Elijah Scowcroft and Trish Sullivan
Director’s Commendation: Cameron McLeod
(with a highly commended nod to Roger Sanders and his pre-show phone announcements)