This is the fifth year that the "Rubys" have been held, and award entries were so strong that the judges decided to present individual prizes for best new work and best event. In addition, this is the inaugural year of the Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award.
Shortlist of Nominees are:
BEST WORK
- Australian Dance Theatre’s Be Your Self
- Slingsby’s Man Covets Bird
- Windmill Theatre’s The Wizard of Oz
BEST EVENT 2010
- Adelaide Cabaret Festival
- Tutti Ensemble Choir at WOMADelaide
- Soundstream: Adelaide New Music Festival 2009
INNOVATION
- Seedling Art Space
- Patch Theatre Company’s
- Me and My Shadow
- The Mystery of Flying Kicks
SUSTAINED CONTRIBUTION BY AN INDIVIDUAL
- Garry Stewart
- Mary Moore
- Major Sumner
SUSTAINED CONTRIBUTION BY AN ORGANISATION/GROUP
- Cirkidz Incorporated
- Adelaide Chamber Singers
- Restless Dance Theatre
LEADERSHIP IN ARTS ENTERPRISE 2010
- Format Festival
- The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize
- Double Vision Visual Artists Exchange
COMMUNITY IMPACT UNDER $100,000
- Southern Youth Theatre Ensemble’s Party House: On Tour
- Out of the Glass Case: The APY Lands Road Show
- Queer Gifted and Blak3
COMMUNITY IMPACT OVER $100,000
- Windmill Theatre and Mimili Anangu Schools Partnership
- City of Mount Gambier Library Community Centre
GEOFF CROWHURTS MEMORIAL AWARD
- Bob Daly and Kalyna Micenko
- Margaret Fischer
- Angela Sharp
There are no nominees for the coveted Premier's lifetime achievement award - which will be announced, along with all 2010 winners, on Thursday 2 September 2010.
In 2009, two of South Australia's leading youth theatre companies were presented with Ruby awards, South Australia arts at cultural awards.
Patch Theatre Company was delighted to be the recipient of the 2009 Ruby Award for Sustained contribution and Leadership in arts enterprise went to Slingsby for their 2009 world tour of The tragical life of Cheesboy.
Article submitted by Arts SA 11/8/2010