South Bank Show Awards 2010

THE SOUTH BANK SHOW AWARDS 2010

FULL WINNERS LIST

Comedy – presented by Billy Connolly

The Thick Of It – BBC2  - Armando Iannucci’s dark political comedy set in the corridors of the British government.

·        Home Time – BBC2

·        The Inbetweeners – E4

Dance – presented by Royal Ballet principle Tamara Rojo

E=mc² – David Bintley – Birmingham Royal Ballet - David Bintley’s new ballet for the Birmingham Royal Ballet, named after Einstein’s theory of relativity, with force fields of dancers.

·        Diversity – Dance Troupe

·        Limen – Wayne McGregor – Royal Opera House

TV Drama – presented by Rob Brydon

Red Riding – C4 - Adapted from David Peace’s cult noir novels, an ambitious, dark and thrilling trilogy of interlinking films set in Yorkshire in the 1970s and 80s.

·        Being Human – BBC3

·        Collision – ITV1

Pop – presented by Jarvis Cocker

Florence + the Machine - Lungs (not in attendance – acceptance speech through VT) - Her soaring, epic vocals, quirky melodies and self-contained musical world, found in her debut and platinum selling album Lungs.

·        Frankmusik – Complete Me

·        The xx - xx

Visual Arts – presented by Grayson Perry

Anish Kapoor – RA - Anish Kapoor‘s joyful mid career retrospective exhibition, including his shooting cannon, which by the end of the exhibition had fired over 20 tons of molten wax.

·        Richard Long – Tate Britain

·        Roger Hiorns – Seizure

Film – presented by Rachel Weisz

Fish Tank - Academy-award winning writer/director Andrea Arnold’s second film, Fish Tank – set in Essex, is the story of Mia, a volatile 15 year old.

·        An Education

·        The Damned United

Literature – presented by PD James

The Quickening Maze – Adam Foulds – A sympathetic and poetic exploration of John Clare’s madness.

·        Forest Gate – Peter Akinti

·        The Little Stranger – Sarah Waters

Opera - presented by Rolando Villazon

Peter Grimes – ENO - David Alden’s coruscating production of Peter Grimes.

·        Into the Little Hill / Down by the Greenwood Side – Linbury Studio – ROH2 / The Opera Group / London Sinfonietta

·        The Fairy Queen – Glyndebourne

Theatre – presented by Dominic West

A Streetcar Named Desire – Donmar Warehouse - The Donmar’s revival starring Rachel Weisz.

·        Jerusalem – Jez Butterworth – Royal Court Theatre

·        The Habit of Art – Alan Bennett – National Theatre

Arts Council England’s Diversity Award – presented by Jo Whiley

·        Julie McNamara – Playwright and performing artist.

·        Jenny Sealey – Graeae Theatre Company

·        Clean Break – Theatre, Education, new Writing

Classical Music -  presented by trumpeter Alison Balsom

Nielsen; Inextinguishable – A cycle of concerts performed by The Hallé Orchestra and The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra - Two leading British orchestras, The Hallé Orchestra and The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, join forces for a cycle of symphonies by arguably Denmark’s greatest composer, Carl Nielsen.

·        City of Dreams: Vienna 1900-1935 –  Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

·        Easter Reflections – The Sixteen

The Times Breakthrough Award – presented by Sir Ian McKellen

·        David Blandy – for Visual Art

·        Alina Ibragimova – for Classical Music

·        Emma Fryer – for Comedy

·        Melissa Hamilton – for Dance

·        Carey Mulligan – for Film

·        Peter Akinti – for Literature

·        Daniel Kramer – for Opera

·        The xx – for Pop

·        Lucy Prebble – for Theatre

·        Suranne Jones – for TV Drama

Outstanding Achievement Award in association with The Dorchester – presented by Sir David Attenborough

·        Melvyn Bragg