THE 2014 METAs

Left:The hosts for the Gala were Holly Gauthier-Frankel and Marcel Jeannin Center: Elsa Bolam, the Founding Artistic Director of Geordie Productions,  receives a lifetime achievement and service to the theatre award Right: Leni Parker recives Best Lead Actress award for her role in Top Girls.
Photos © Lena Ghio, 2014

Monday October 20 2014, I attended the second annual METAs Award Ceremony to honor excellence in Montreal English Theatre. I am sharing a few of the photographs I took to remember this experience. The evening began with a cocktail for the nominees and their friends. There was swag, good cheer and a lot of commotion as people got involved in fun conversations. I nonetheless caught a few on the fly!

The 2013/2014 winners are:

Outstanding Lead Performance – Actor 

-Eric Peterson – Seeds (Porte Parole/Centaur Theatre) 

Outstanding Lead Performance – Actress

-Leni Parker – Top Girls (Segal Centre) 

Outstanding Supporting Performance – Actor 

-Daniel Brochu – Othello (Segal Centre/Scapegoat Carnivale)  

Outstanding Supporting Performance – Actress 

-Julie Tamiko Manning – Othello (Segal Centre/Scapegoat Carnivale) 

Outstanding Emerging Artist 

-Aiza Ntibarikure – Actress – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Segal Centre/Copa de Oro Productions) 

Outstanding Costume Design 

-Mylène Chabrol – Top Girls (Segal Centre)

Outstanding New Text (Original or Adaptation) 

-Greg MacArthur – Horror Story (Youtheatre)

Outstanding Original Composition 

-Baba Alex – Bhopal (Teesri Duniya) 

Outstanding Sound Design 

-Peter Cerone – If We Were Birds (Imago Theatre) 

Outstanding Ensemble 

-The Iliad  & The Odyssey (Geordie Productions) 

Outstanding Direction                                                   

-Micheline Chevrier – Top Girls (Segal Centre) 

Outstanding Set Design 

-Max-otto Fauteux – Top Girls (Segal Centre) 

Outstanding Lighting Design 

-Martin Sirois – Top Girls (Segal Centre) 

Outstansing Community Production

-The Yeomen of the Guard - Lakeshore Light Opera

Outstanding Independent Production 

-The Aeneid – Talisman Theatre 

Outstanding Professional Production 

-If We Were Birds – Imago Theatre 

Left: All the actors and actresses contributed to the success of the evening. Here actresses Samantha Megarry and Miriam Cummings were giving the swag to all the nominees. Center: Actor Michel Perron and Blogger Marie-Andrée Parent. Right: Costume Designer for this years production of The Graduate (Segal) Susana Vera.
Photos © Lena Ghio, 2014

-LENA GHIO