Auckland Fringe Festival - Ahurei Mōwaho O Tāmaki Makaurau Announces 2021 Award Winners
First and foremost Auckland Fringe Festival - Ahurei Mōwaho o Tāmaki would like to acknowledge the incredible tenacity and drive that ALL of their artists have shown throughout this tumultuous never-ending festival. Without them, the festival doesn’t get to be what it is. After multiple lockdowns during the festival they did what fringes do best, they made it work by extending the festival dates to support all artists that were hit by COVID restrictions, so they could continue to be supported at a later date.
The extended festival came to a triumphant close last night with the Auckland Fringe Awards, celebrating all of the incredibly resilient and hardworking artists that took on the challenge of putting on a show during a pandemic.
The judges had a hard task ahead of them, with an impressive programme that included plenty of theatre, comedy, music, dance, and a whole heap of personal and heartfelt stories.
The winners of the 2021 Auckland Fringe Awards are…
Best
Newcomer
– Individual –
Fa’asu Afoa-Purcell
– Collective –
Te Whare Kapua
Best Sound design – Te Whare Kapua
Best Costume – This Ain’t Auckland
Best Production Design – Standard Acts
Best Performance
(Individual)
Dance – Katrina
Bastian
Ensemble – Over My Dead
Body: UNINVITED
Music – Maggie
Cocco
Theatre – Amanda
Tito
Best (Overall)
Comedy
– Ghost Machine
Contemporary
Performance / Live Art – Standard
Acts
Dance – Let them Eat
Cake/Soliloquy in Sweat
Music –
Voyagers
Performance Poetry –
Super Duper Boom Boom Fun Night
Slam
Theatre –
Waiting
Visual Arts –
R+R (Rest &
Restoration)
Directed – Bryony
Skillington
Intergenerational Award
– Outta the Mouth of
Babes
Auckland Fringe Hero –
Anders Falstie-Jensen
Spirit of the
Fringe
– Daniel
Fernandez
– Sean
Dugdale-Martin
Community Engagement Award – An Extraordinary Meeting
Mana Enhancing – Kim Gruebner
PAANZ
Auckland Fringe Award
– Pitching –
Waiting
– Attending (x4) –
Songs From My Suitcase
–
Squeaky Wheel
– The
Big O.E
–
Coded
Unf**k The World Award – Cook Thinks Again
Organised Chaos – Let Them Eat Cake
Best off Broadway Venue – Garnet Station, Tiny Theatre
Outstanding Community Engagement – Whau the People
Sharu Loves Hats – Evening! With Jimmy Applause
Auckland Live ‘Free Your Mind’ Award – Voyagers
Auckland Arts Festival - Super Duper Boom Boom Fun Night Slam
Basement Theatre Disruptor Award – Soliloquy in Sweat, Katrina Bastian
Taurima Vibes Atawhai Award – Sunrise
Whangarei Fringe Northern Opportunity Award – Squeaky Wheel
Honorable
Mentions
– La Guitarra
– Music
– Ravi the
Poet – Best Newcomer
Individual
– Adam May –
Best Newcomer Individual
–
Victoria Abbot –
Director