Yorkshire based Pilot Theatre nominated for two awards at prestigious UK Theatre Awards
Pilot Theatre are delighted to announce that their critically acclaimed production, with Derby Theatre, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Mercury Theatre Colchester and York Theatre Royal, of Malorie Blackman’s award winning novel Noughts & Crosses has been nominated in the Best Show for Children and Young People category at the prestigious UK Theatre Awards 2019.
The other nominated productions in the category are Billionaire Boy the Musical (Nuffield Southampton Theatres in association with Belgrade Theatre, Coventry) and Tale Trail to the Wind in the Willows (New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme). In 2008 the company won in the same category for their production of Looking for JJ.
The York based theatre company have also been nominated in the category of Excellence in Touring alongside Northern Ballet and the National Theatre of Scotland.
The UK Theatre awards, the biggest of their kind outside London, are the only nationwide Awards to honour outstanding achievement in regional theatre throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Amanda Smith, Executive Producer and Joint Chief Executive of Pilot Theatre said:
“We are delighted to be nominated twice at the UK Theatre Awards. Half of the audience for Noughts & Crosses were young people, so it is great to see the production and the tour celebrated in this way.”
Noughts & Crosses was the first co-production between Pilot Theatre, Derby Theatre, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Mercury Theatre, Colchester and York Theatre Royal who last year formed a new partnership to develop theatre for younger audiences. From 2019-2022 the consortium will commission and co-produce an original mid-scale production each year. Each production will play in all the consortium venues as well as touring nationally. Schools workshops and outreach projects, along with free digital learning resources, will be available alongside each of the productions. In Feb the consortium will premiere at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, Emteaz Hussain’s new adaptation of Alex Wheatle’s award winning novel Crongton Knights
The UK Theatre Awards 2019 winners will be announced on October 27 at London’s Guildhall.