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It's with great sadness we report the passing away of an extremely talented member of our Technical Team, Michael Elphick. Michael passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of Wednesday 27 January. His funeral will take place at Southern Cemetery on Wednesday 10th February at 2.40pm. At 4.00pm, a gathering will take place at the Whitworth Art Gallery on Oxford Road in Manchester. Studio Salford has organised a minibus to take anyone interested in attending from the King's Arms, to the cemetery and on to the Whitworth Art Gallery. There are limited spaces on the bus and it does involve a fee of £5 for a small hire charge and petrol. If interested, please book via Steve Hillman on Facebook. Please be at the King's Arms for 1.30pm prompt.

In-house company Breathe Out Theatre's latest production Under My Skin has been selected for the first Write Now Festival of New Writing in Liverpool (26 Mar - 3 April 2010), following its recent success in Manchester.

And In House Company Mediamedea’s Beautiful House, by Cathy Crabb, is now going on to even greater things after being selected to take part in the Library Theatre's Re:Play Festival at the beginning of last year. Beautiful House has now been commissioned by the Library Theatre itself, to be staged in Spring this year, 22nd April - 8th May 2010. And Mediamedea have even more news to share with us - Moving Pictures, which premiered in our first year here in 2004, goes "Out & About" to the Lowry, Fri 2nd - Sun 4th July.

LOTTA BOTTLE AWARDS 2009

AKA: Best In Film & Theatre At 'Studio (That’s right – the BIFTAS!)

Our annual award ceremony & Christmas bash was held on Friday 18th December 2009, when the following nominees and winners were announced. Thanks to all who helped to arrange everything! All main production awards voted by regular audience members of Studio Salford. Embryo awards decided by the Embryo Coordinators based on their written audience feedback. Outstanding Achievement Award decided by voting members of Studio Salford's Board. Here are the final nominations, with the winners in orange.

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - 2009

DARK SMILE PRODUCTIONS (Audio Theatre Production Company)

Previous Winners: SALFORD CITY RADIO (2008), SALFORD FILM FESTIVAL (2007), THE SALFORD STAR (2006), GILES HOWARTH FOR "A YEAR IN THEATRE" - annual compendium of theatre events in Greater Manchester (2005), 24:7 THEATRE FESTIVAL (2004).

BEST POSTER

New Up North Theatre Company for EIGHT (by Ella Hickson)
Tam Hinton for THE TRUTH IS I CAN’T STOP TELLING LIES (by Tam Hinton, Swine Theatre)
Broken Echo Theatre Company for RAVING BEAUTIES (by Dave Simpson)
Anna Levin for MY LIFE’S WORK (by James Allen for Trickster Theatre)
Terry Naylor for WAITING FOR GODOT (by Samuel Beckett for Cul-de-sac Theatre)

BEST SET

Debt Productions, DEAD AT THE CAFE STYX (by Debt Productions)
Trickster Theatre, MY LIFE’S WORK (by James Allen)
Broken Echo Theatre Company, RAVING BEAUTIES (by Dave Simpson)
Cul-de-sac Theatre, WAITING FOR GODOT (by Samuel Beckett)
Mediamedea, THE SEASON OF GOOD CHEER (by Mike Heath)

BEST TECHNICAL DESIGN

Debt Productions, DEAD AT THE CAFE STYX (by Debt Productions)
Trickster Theatre, MY LIFE’S WORK (by James Allen)
Cul-de-sac Theatre, WAITING FOR GODOT (by Samuel Beckett)
Swine Theatre, THE TRUTH IS I CAN’T STOP TELLING LIES (By Tam Hinton)
Mediamedea, PLUS ONE...? (by Mike Heath)

BEST WRITER

Tam Hinton, THE TRUTH IS I CAN’T STOP TELLING LIES (for Swine Theatre)
Rob Johnston, NOW BREATHE OUT (for Breathe Out Theatre)
James Allen, MY LIFE'S WORK (for Trickster Theatre)
Samuel Beckett, WAITING FOR GODOT (for Cul-de-sac Theatre)

BEST FEMALE ACTOR

Jeni Howarth-Williams, PLUS ONE...? (by Mike Heath for Mediamedea)
Denice Hope, THE SEASON OF GOOD CHEER (by Mike Heath for Mediamedea)
Annemarie Bayley, NOW BREATHE OUT (by Rob Johnston for Breathe Out Theatre)
Jo Haydock, RAVING BEAUTIES, (by Dave Simpson for Broken Echo Theatre Company)

BEST MALE ACTOR

James Allen, MY LIFE'S WORK (by James Allen for Trickster Theatre)
Phil Dennison, WAITING FOR GODOT (by Samuel Beckett for Cul-de-sac Theatre)
Clyve Bonelle, WAITING FOR GODOT (by Samuel Beckett for Cul-de-sac Theatre)
Tam Hinton, THE TRUTH IS I CAN'T STOP TELLING LIES (by Tam Hinton for Swine Theatre)
Ian Curley, RAVING BEAUTIES (by Dave Simpson for Broken Echo Theatre Company)

BEST DIRECTOR

Trevor MacFarlane, EIGHT (by Ella Hickson for New Up North Theatre Company)
Chris Neil, MY LIFE'S WORK (by James Allen for Trickster Theatre)
Eric Northey & Julia Nelson, WAITING FOR GODOT (by Samuel Beckett for Cul-de-sac Theatre)
Mike Heath, THE SEASON OF GOOD CHEER (by Mike Heath for Mediamedea)

BEST PRODUCTION

THE TRUTH IS I CAN'T STOP TELLING LIES (by Tam Hinton for Swine Theatre)
MY LIFE'S WORK (by James Allen for Trickster Theatre)
WAITING FOR GODOT, (by Samuel Beckett for Cul-de-sac Theatre)
THE SEASON OF GOOD CHEER, (by Mike Heath for Mediamedea)

Our special little Embryo awards...

BEST POET

GERRY POTTER
EMMA DECENT
TONY WALSH
HELEN BURKE

BEST MUSIC

HOLLY MARLAND
SARA DOWLING
JOHN MACKIE
SOPHIA LOCKWOOD & MICHAEL CRETU

BEST COMEDY

KELLY ROBERTS
TIGHT WOMEN FROM THE MUFFIA
BUSHPIG
GED MURDER THE PUNK POET

BEST FILM

LIVE BEFORE YOU DIE - C/O KINO
FOR A FEW MARBLES MORE - C/O KINO
CAKE OR POO? - C/O KINO
TEST - Michelle Hughes

BEST DRAMA SKETCH

CALL ME - SARAH ADAMS
A DRUNK’S CHIPS - GARY BINKS / CARAVANETTE
HEADSPACE – ROB JOHNSTON / BREATHE OUT THEATRE
DEREK’S BIRTHDAY - GARY BINKS / CARAVANETTE

BEST BAND

DELI BABIES
DR BUTLER'S HATSTAND MEDICINE BAND
SAMSON & DELILAH (EMBRYO 52)
BUSHPIG (EMBRYO 56)

BEST SOMETHING DIFFERENT

DAN FRANK
MATTHEW MCGLONE
THE EXORCIST BY PAUL BLACKBURN & NAT CLARE
KRAZY HORSE

If you need to collect your award, please email info [at] studiosalford [dot] com (What does this email address mean?).