Four More M.E.N Theatre Awards for
The Lowry

The Lowry totally dominated the Dance category with 3 out of the 4 nominations, who were all international companies. The world-renowned Dance Theatre of Harlem won BEST DANCE with their out-standing Triple Bill, sponsored by Manchester Airport. They came up against stiff competition from other Dance at The Lowry - Nederlands Dans Theater 2 and Mark Morris in addition to English National Ballet's Double Concerto by Christopher Hampson at The Opera House.

Best Visiting Actor

was awarded to Timothy West for his magnificent performance in ETT's King Lear at The Lowry in October. Another nominee for his performance at The Lowry was Mark Webber in The Distance From Here (Almeida Theatre). They were up against Patrick Malahide in Hinterland and Matthew Rhys in The Associate, both performances at Bolton Octagon.

The Lowry also won BEST VISITING ACTRESS with Diana Quick's spectacular performance in ETT's Ghosts. Three out of five of her fellow nominees were also nominated for their performances at The Lowry, Mel B, Nina Wadia and Ingeborga Dapkunaite for The Vagina Monologues, Catrin Rhys in To Kill A Mockingbird and Yolanda Vasquez in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The other nominees were Tina Malone in Mum's the Word at The opera House and Alison Pargeter in Damsels in Distress at Bolton Octagon.

The Lowry has won BEST VISITING PRODUCTION every year since The Lowry opened (2000, 2001 & 2002). This year it was with Clwyd Theatr Cymru's production of To Kill A Mockingbird and once again came up against three other productions at The Lowry. These were The Distance From Here (Almeida Theatre Company), Stones in his Pockets and ETT's King Lear. They were competing against The Associate (National Theatre) and Damsels in Distress (Stephen Joseph Theatre) both at Bolton Octagon.

The Lowry's Theatre programme received an outstanding number of nominations (15) for the highly acclaimed MEN Theatre Awards, one more than the incredible 14 nominations they received last year.

Robert Robson, The Lowry's Theatres Director comments: "We were thrilled to have received such a great number of nominations, our largest number yet. It's also fantastic to walk away with 4 awards, one more than last year. We're extremely proud that our enormous commitment to presenting high quality and high profile theatre in Salford has been acknowledged in this way."

For more information on The Lowry's performing and visual arts programme, please call the Box Office on 0161 876 2000 or log-on to our website www.thelowry.com .

The Lowry's MEN Theatre Award Nominations & Wins 2002

Best Dance

• Dance Theatre of Harlem (Winner)
• Mark Morris
• Nederlands Dans Theater 2

Best Visiting Production

• The Distance From Here (Almeida Theatre Company)
• Stones in his Pockets
• To Kill a Mockingbird (Clwyd Theatr Cymru) (Winner)
• King Lear (English Touring Theatre)

Best Actress in a Visiting Production

• Diana Quick in ETT's Ghosts (Winner)
• Catrin Rhys in To Kill a Mocking Bird (Clwyd Theatr)
• Yolanda Vasquez in A Midsummer Night's Dream (RSC)
• Mel B, Nina Wadia & Ingeborga Dapkunaite in Vagina Monologues

• Timothy West in King Lear (ETT) (Winner)
• Mark Webber in The Distance from Here (Almeida Theatre Company)

• Opera North Der Rosenkavalier

Best Comedy

• Brian Appleton - Let's Talk about Sound