Photo Coverage: 2012 Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominations Announced

Nominations were announced yesterday for the 33^rd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards at a news conference at the Elgin/Wintergarden Theatre.  The Awards celebrate the best in Toronto theatre, and will be handed out June 25^th, 2012, at The St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. 

Leading the pack this year is Acting Up Stage Company, who’s production of Caroline or Change has ten nominations (and a nomination for Ride the Cyclone brings Acting Up Stage to a total of eleven nods).  Nightwood Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille were right behind with six nominations each for their productions of The Penelopiad and Crash.   Three companies are celebrating four nominations, including Tarragon Theatre’s The Golden Dragon, Obsidian Theatre/Shaw Festival’s Topdog/Underdog and Mirvish Production’s War Horse.

There are three special awards being given out this year, as well as the thirty five juried awards.  The special honourees are Ruth Howard (The George Luscombe Award for Mentorship), Leslie Lester (The Leonard McHardy and John Harvey Award) and Richard Rose (The Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award). 

For more details on The 33^rd Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards or to purchase tickets please visit their website at http://www.tapa.ca/doras/

All photos by Racheal McCaig Photography

Kelly Cameron's love affair with the theatre began when she was just five years old, on an outing to see the Original Canadian Cast of Les Miserables at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. She instantly fell in love, and since then has been lucky enough to be involved in various theatre activities and productions, including a regional production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and a local production of Where the Sidewalk Ends. She has also received training from various teachers throughout Southwestern Ontario in both piano and voice, and competed in vocal competitions for which she received a few awards. Her writing career started almost by accident, when she had the opportunity to become a ghostwriter for up and coming businesses. She continues to do this, writing the content for all sorts of companies who are starting websites and looking to find their voice. Her passion and love for theatre led to her becoming involved with BroadwayWorld where she is thrilled to be writing for the Toronto contingent of the rapidly growing website. When she isn't at the theatre, you can generally find her firmly planted in front of her trusty Blackberry - tweeting, Facebooking or partaking in other such social media activities to ensure that those who want to know are kept apprised of everything that Toronto theatre has to offer. Other interests include movies, art, music, shopping, fashion and martial arts with the occasional foray into the world of finance. Follow Kelly on Twitter at @broadwaybabyto Creep her on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/people/Kelly-Cameron/500187141

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