The Fugard Theatre and its production teams and cast were regular nominees during the annual theatre awards seasons in Cape Town and Johannesburg at the two national theatre awards events – The Fleur Du Cap and Naledi Theatre Awards. Between 2011 and 2022, The Fugard was nominated 178 times and was awarded over 50 awards for its productions and those for which it acted as a receiving house.
Below is a complete list of awards that The Fugard and its production teams and casts received.
Winners from the 2020 Fleur du Cap Theatre awards.
The Bird Watchers, 2011.
2012
47th Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards
Best Sound Design And/Or Original Score James Webb for The Bird Watchers
Best Set And/Or Props Design Saul Radomsky for set design in The Bird Watchers
*Best Performance By A Lead Actress In A Play Wilna Snyman for Klaasvakie as Albertine
*Best Performance By A Supporting Actress In A Play Nicole Holm for Klaasvakie as Verpleegster
2013
48th Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards
Best Performance By An Actor In Music Theatre And/Or A Musical Dean Balie for Kat and the Kings as Young Kat Diamond
*Best New South African Script Champ by Louis Viljoen
Rosalie Van Der Gucht Prize For NewDirectors Kim Kerfoot for Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act
Kat and the Kings, 2012.
The Rocky Horror Show, 2013.
Die Laaste Karretjiegraf, 2013.
2014
49th Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards
Best Performance By A Lead Actor In A Musical Or Music Theatre Show Brendan van Rhyn for The Rocky Horror Show as Frank-N-Furter
Best Performance By A Supporting Actor In A Musical Or Music Theatre Show Andrew Laubscher for The Rocky Horror Show as Riff Raff
Best Performance By A Supporting Actress In A Musical Or Music Theatre Show Daneel van der Walt for The Rocky Horror Show as Magenta
Best Sound Design, Original Music Composition Or Original Score James Webb for Die Laaste Karretjiegraf (Sound Scape)
*Best Performance By A Lead Actor In A Play Graham Hopkins for Vigil as Kemp
*Best Performance By A Supporting Actress In A Play Vanessa Cooke for Vigil as Grace
Naledi Theatre Awards
Best Original Choreography Loukmaan Adams and Jody Abrahams for Kat and the Kings
2015
50th Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards
*Best Performance By A Lead Actor In A Play Albert Pretorius for Playland as Gideon le Roux
*Best Performance By A Lead Actress In A Play Emily Child for The Pervert Laura as Laura
*Best New South African Script The Kingmakers by Louis Viljoen
*Rosalie Van Der Gucht Prize For New Directors Louis Viljoen for The Kingmakers and The Pervert Laura
The Pervert Laura, 2014.
Orpheus in Africa, 2015.
A Human Being Died That Night, 2014.
2016
51st Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards
Best Performance By A Lead Actor In A Musical Or Music Theatre Show Aubrey Poo for Orpheus in Africa as Orpheus McAdoo
Best Performance By A Lead Actress In A Musical Or Music Theatre Show Lynelle Kenned for West Side Story as Maria
Best Performance By A Supporting Actor In A Musical Or Music Theatre Show Sne Dladla for Orpheus in Africa as Egbert Washburn/Trooper/Student Leader/Bap
Best Performance By A Supporting Actress In A Musical Or Music Theatre Show Jill Levenberg for Orpheus in Africa as Lucy Moten
Best Costume Design Birrie le Roux for Orpheus in Africa
Naledi Theatre Awards
Best Theatre Lighting Design Daniel Galloway for The Rocky Horror Show
Best Musical Director Charl Johan Lingenfelder for The Rocky Horror Show
Best Theatre Sound Design Akhi Khan for The Rocky Horror Show
Best Production: Cutting Edge A Human Being Died That Night
Best Performance In A Musical: Male Brendan van Rhyn for The Rocky Horror Show
Best New South African Script The Shadow of the Hummingbird by Athol Fugard
2017
52nd Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards
Best Set Design Saul Radomsky for Clybourne Park
Best Soundscape, Original Music Composition Or Original Score David Kramer for District Six – Kanala (Original Music Composition and Original Score)
Best New South African Script Mongiwekhaya for I See You
Clybourne Park, 2016.
King Kong, 2017.
West Side Story, 2017.
Shakespeare in Love, 2017.
2018
53rd Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards
Best Performance By A Supporting Actor In A Musical Or Music Theatre Show Sanda Shandu in King Kong as Lucky
Best Performance By A Lead Actor In A Musical Or Music Theatre Show Edith Plaatjies in King Kong as Joyce
Best Sound Design, Original Music Composition Or Original Score Charl-Johan Lingenfelder for Original Music Composition (additional) for King Kong
Best Performance By A Supporting Actress In A Play Robyn Scott in Shakespeare in Love as Elizabeth I, Ensemble
*Best New Director Nico Scheepers (Naskrif Produksies) for Hemeleruim
*Best Performance In A Revue, Cabaret Or One-Person Show Gideon Lombard in Die Reuk van Appels as Marnus
Naledi Theatre Awards
Best Production of a Musical King Kong
Best Director Of A Musical/Revue Jonathan Munby and Mdu Kweyama for King Kong
Best Lead Performance In A Musical Or Review/ Female Lynelle Kenned as Maria in West Side Story
Best Supporting/Featured Performance In A Musical/Revue: Male Sanda Shandu as Lucky in King Kong
Best Supporting/Featured Performance In A Musical/Revue: Female Ntambo Rapatla as Miriam in King Kong
Best Theatre Set Design Conor Murphy for West Side Story (based on original designs by Johan Engel)
Best Lighting Design Joshua Cutts for West Side Story
Best Original Choreography For A Play, Musical/Revue Louisa Talbot for West Side Story
Best Original Score / Arrangement / Musical Adaptation Todd Matshikiza & Charl-Johan Lingenfelder (Additional music & arrangement) for King Kong
Best Musical Director Charl-Johan Lingenfelder for West Side Story
2020
55th Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards
Best performance by a supporting actor in a musical or music theatre show: Tshepo Ncokoane in Kinky Boots as Angel
Best performance by a supporting actress in a musical or music theatre show: Namisa Mdlalose in Kinky Boots as Lauren
Best performance by a lead actor in a musical or music theatre show: Earl Gregory in Kinky Boots as Lola
Best set design: Paul Wills for Kinky Boots
Best costume design Birrie le Roux for Kinky Boots
Best production Eric Abraham and The Fugard Theatre for Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots, 2019.
“Master Harold” … and the Boys, 2020.
2022
57th Annual Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards
Best Performance By A Supporting Actor In a Play, Musical Or Music Theatre Production Siya Mayola in “Master Harold”… and the Boys as Willie
Best Performance By A Lead Actor In a Play, Musical Or Music Theatre Production Desmond Dube in “Master Harold”… and the Boys as Sam