A Dora Awards Photo Album

Thom Allison! The Host!

It Was The Party of The Year and CharPo-Toronto was there

(photos by Beat Rice with an assist from Dave Ross)

The party starts outside with dancers and a band!

No one out-dresses our Senior Reviewer Beat Rice our Associate Editor Dave Ross.

The crowd arrives. Who IS that guy in the hat...

Some ladies just know how to dress up!

Juror Siobhan Richardson (l) and Ida Jagaric

CharPo's divine Jasmine Chen with date David Yee from the

production Golden Dragon (nominated for outstanding production, general theatre)

The crowd at cocktails.

(Hey! Guy in a hat! Our camera likes you!)

Bethany Kovarik from Seussical the Musical, there to support

her friends

The lovely Claire Calnan (with CharPo's lovely Beat Rice, r), nominated for Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role/Ensemble (ind theatre div) for A Fool's Life

David DeGrow, nominated for outstanding lighting design (Ind Theatre Div) for The Double

George Masswohl, nominated for Outstanding Performance

by a male (Musical Theatre Div) for Seussical the Musical

Gideon Arthurs (l), Linda Barnett, Ian Hawkins, Erin Shields. He is about to have his last season at the Toronto

Fringe before moving on to manage Tarragon!

Whoa! They're off to something special!

Nicole Underhay and Ashlie Corcoran. Ms Underhay was nominated for

outstanding performance by a female in a principal role (gen div) for 

The Small Room at the Top of The Stairs. We called Ms Underhay's performance "seamless".

 Ms. Corcoran for outstanding direction

for The Ugly One (her production went on to win best work in the

gen theatre div)

Sharron Matthews, married to the above-pictured Mr. Masswohl - 

she was also in Seussical herself and is on Canada Sings

Heather Ervin (r) with Jenn Sartor, Associate Producer Theatre Passe Muraille. Ms Ervin does marketing and publicity

for the Toronto Fringe

The dashing Victor Dolhai (with Beat). Mr Dolhia is now on stage in Much Ado

at Stratford

Let's not forget the Doras are also about dance!

The appropriately named Linnea Swan (with Beat). Ms Swann

was nominated for outstanding performance in Four Mad Humours.

Now on to the show!

Opening Number

The beloved Arlene Duncan accepts for outstanding performance

by a female in a musical for the beloved Caroline, Or Change.

We called Ms Duncan's performance "earth-shattering"

Pamela Mala Sinha accepts for outstanding new play

for Crash. Of Ms Sinha's performance we wrote, "...Crash is a play that doesn’t need too many fancy things, because it is Pamela Sinha’s storytelling that holds the show together."

The team from War Horse accepts for best choreography. We called the show, "Stunning, emotional and amazing."

Choreographer Christopher House accepts the 

Silver Ticket Award for outstanding contribution

Thom Allison closes things up...in style!

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See also our coverage of the nominations press conference