Before we announce the winners of our 2024 Critics’ Pick Awards, we’re proud to present our annual Nominee Interview Series. Every year we sit down with as many of our nominees as possible to get some insight into their nominated work. This year, the series was split between written Q&As and audio interviews featured on our podcast feed.

 

Congratulations to all the nominees.

 

Qasim Khan

Artist of the Year

Hedda Gabler (Coal Mine Theatre), Hamlet (Canadian Stage), The Inheritance (Canadian Stage)

 

Nicholas Eddie

Artist of the Year

Timon of Athens (Dandelion Theatre/William Shakespeare & Friends Collective), Christmas Carol (Soup Can Theatre/Three Ships Collective)

 

Nick Green

Outstanding New Work/Production

Dinner with the Duchess (Here For Now/Crow’s Theatre)

 

Aaron Jan, Bessie Cheng & Gloria Mok (莫嘉詠)

Outstanding New Work/Supporting Performance/Production

Woking Phoenix (Silk Bath Collective/Theatre Passe Muraille)

 

Taylor Long

Outstanding Performance in a Musical 

Falsettos (Bowtie Productions)

 

Emma Bergin

Outstanding Performance in a Musical 

Jekyll & Hyde (Doctor Bird Productions)

 

Rachel Moore & Catherine Teichman

Outstanding New Work

Desperate Measures  (Desperate Measures Collective/Toronto Fringe Festival)

 

Steve Ross

Artist of the Year

La Cage aux Folles/Something Rotten (Stratford Festival), 12 Dinners (Here For Now)

 

Jon Blair, Danny Pagett, Chloé Sullivan, Alec Toller & Jillian Welsh

Outstanding Ensemble/Production

13 Plays About ADHD All At the Same Time (Circlesnake Productions)

 

Dayna Lea Hoffmann

Outstanding Performance/Production

Rat Academy (Batrabbit Productions/Toronto Fringe Festival)

 

Ian Kowalski & Meredith Shedden

Outstanding Production

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Bowtie Productions)

 

Alec Toller

Outstanding New Work/Production

13 Plays About ADHD All At the Same Time (Circlesnake Productions)