Nominations for Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

John Bett as the Governor, The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre Brian Ferguson as Daniel, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre Kevin Lennon as John Merrick, The Elephant Man, Dundee Rep Jimmy Yuill, Testament Of Cresseid, Edinburgh International Festival

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

Suzanne Donaldson as LJ, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre Suzie Ferguson, Sick, Theatre Modo Cara Kelly as Maureen Folan, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Royal Lyceum Sian Thomas as Stevie, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Traverse Theatre

BEST ENSEMBLE:

A Christmas Carol, Dundee Rep The Darktown Cakewalk: Celebrated from the House of FAME, Sorcha Dallas, The Work Room, Tramway, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre Huxley's Lab, Grid Iron/Lung Ha's

BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE:

Cinderella, Citizens Theatre Mr Write, National Theatre of Scotland Pobby and Dingan, Catherine Wheels The Songbird, Giant

BEST NEW PLAY

Alan Bissett, Turbo Folk, A Play, a Pie and a Pint Kieran Hurley, Hitch (Full Version), The Arches Dennis Kelly, Orphans, Traverse Theatre and Birmingham Repertory Theatre in association with Paines Plough Ursula Rani Sarma, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre

BEST PRODUCTION

A Christmas Carol, Dundee Rep The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?, Traverse Theatre The Government Inspector, Communicado/Tron Theatre

BEST DIRECTOR

Ken Alexander, Whisky Galore, Pitlochry Festival Theatre Dominic Hill, The Dark Things, Traverse Theatre Dominic Hill, The Goat, Traverse Theatre Jemima Levick, Elephant Man, Dundee Rep