So the nominations are in for the 11th Annual DarkChat Awards, which will be announced at our annual awards ceremony, this year being held  in Poole on September 23rd.

Top of the pile are "How To Win Against History" and "Meow Meow's Little Mermaid" with 7 nominations each.  As ever you will be able to follow events unfold on our live Twitter feed when we will be answering important questions such as, can Briony Redman and Colin Hoult retain the awards they won last year?  Will Soweto Gospel Choir win the Best Show award category they won in 2007?  Most importantly will DarkChatter Carl have got enough White Wine to keep presenter David lubricated?  (Ed - maybe, possibly, definitely not!)

The full list of nominees in each category can be found below, feel free to let us know your thoughts, and who might be your own winners.

The reviews for all of the shows we saw can be found by checking out our 2017 Reviews page or clicking here.

Best Comedy - Jessica Fostekew: Silence of the Nans

Anna Mann – Versus The Facists

Briony Redman – Theory of Positivity

The Naz Show

A Monk’s Tale

Geins Family Giftshop – Volume 3

Shappi Korshandi – Mistress & Misfit

Rob Auton – The Hair Show

Best Music - Soweto Gospel Choir

Arisol: Samulnori

Otto & Astrid – Eurosmash

A Monk’s Tale

Robert White – InstruMENTAL

Douze

Patti Plinko – Dreadful Little Girl

Michelle Shocked – Truth vs Reality

How To Win Against History

Ensemble Kla_Vier

Best Entertainment/Musical - How to Win Against History

Douze

Meow’s Meow’s Little Mermaid

Guru Dudu’s Silent Disco

Best Performance in Entertainment/Musical - Seiriol Davies – How To Win Against History

Anthony Keighher – Douze

Meow Meow – Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid

Guru Dudu in Guru Dudu’s Silent Disco

Best Play - Nassim

Pentetrator

Bottleneck

Handlebards - As You Like It

Labels

Best Performance in a Play

Joint: Chris Duffy – Penetrator and David Greig – Nassim

Joe Sellman – Leava - Labels

Dominic Thompson – Bottleneck

Jessica Hern – Handlebards – As You Like It

Best Supporting Performance - Eleanor Dillon- Reams – Handlebards – As You Like It

Hannah Fisher – Douze

Matthew Blake – How To Win Against History

Anna Newcombe – A Monk’s Tale

Chris Ryan – Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid  

Best Director - Alex Swift – How To Win Against History

Nel Crouch - As You Like It

Julia Midgtgard - Penetrator

Omar Elerian – Nassim

Michael Kantor – Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid

Best Song - I Wanna Go To Tokyo – Otto & Astrid - Eurosmash

Bohemian Rhapsody – Guru Duru’s Silent Disco

Numbers – Douze

I Feel Good – Soweto Gospel Choir

Beethoven’s 5th Symphony – Ensemble Kla_vier

Wonderful Life – Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid

London - Benjamin Clementine

95 Problems – But The Pope Ain’t One – A Monk’s Tale

Don’t You Mess Around With My Little Sister - Michelle Shocked

Please Everybody (The Touring Song) - How To Win Against History

Lady Maud   - Patti Plinko – Dreadful Little Girl

Best Comedy Performance - Colin Hoult – Anna Mann Versus The Fascists

Naz Osmanoglu – The Naz Show

Briony Redman – Theory of Positivity

Shappi Korshandi – Mistress And Misfit

Jessica Fostekew  - Silence Of The Nans

Rob Auton – The Hair Show

Cameron Potts - Monk’s Tale

Kath Hughes - Gein’s Family Giftshop – Vol 3

Best Performance in a Family Show - John Robertson – Dark Room For Kids

Jason Davison -  New Maths Magic

Eden Ballantyne – There May Be Pirates

Hasan Dixon – How To Be A Kid

Sydnee Kokubun – 1000 Cranes

Jonny Awsum - Jonny Awsum – Honey, I Promised The Kids

Best Venue - National Museum Of Scotland

Hispaniola

Sweet Grassmarket

St Giles Cathedral

Royal Botanical Gardens Of Edinburgh

Special Award - Kalpnas – 28 years of wonderful food

Adam Rowley – Gein’s Family Giftshop Vol 3

James Carey – A Monk’s Tale

The Press Office

Scottish National Gallery Restaurant

The Handlebards

Worklight Theatre – Labels  

Blue Easel Gallery – Cramond

The Siren Effect Orchestra – Meow Meow’s Little Mermaid

Strangest Show - Guru Duru’s Silent Disco

Lewis Schaffer – Unopened Letters From My Mother

Robert White – InstruMENTAL

Best Moment - Dave and Anne getting middle names

The Naz Show – Jeff Gold Blum Blum

Colin Hoult – Anna Mann vs The Fascists –You Know What A Fascist Looks Like ?

Everyone together for Kalpnas food

Meeting Lewis Schaffer at the Press Office

Unravelling Astrid – Otto & Astrid – Eurosmash

Non-moving Dog – Gein’s Family Giftshop Vol 3

Weird Prizes – John Robertson Dark Room for Kids

Seeing Nassim Soleimanpour in Nassim

Sleeping In Lula Del Ray

Watching tourists transfixed by Kla Vier Ensemble

Queuing up to see Naz with Naz

“It’s Like A Utopia Onboard” – Jessica Fostekew – Silence Of The Nans”!

Interaction with audience – Handlebards – As You Like It

Crowd Surfing – Meow Meow

Walking Across the causeway to Cramond Island

“Do you know why you get picked on a lot, Dave? It’s because you are really handsome”.

Rushing to see Shappi Korshandi after gin made time go wrong

‘walking downstairs’ Arr We There Yet?

Singing Bohemian Rhapsody with Guru Dudu’s gang

 Best Free Show

Joint Winners: New Maths Magic & Ensemble Kla Vier

Arisol Samuinori

Lewis Schaffer – Unopened Letters From My Mother

There May Be Pirates/ There May Be Dragons

Becky Brunning – Beaming

Andrew Roper’s Superhero

Best Family Show - Jonny Awsum – Honey I Promised The Kid

How To Be A Kid

1000 Cranes

Soweto Gospel Choir

Lula Del Ray

Mark Thompsan’s Special Science Show

Guru Dudu’s Silent Disco

Ruby Redfort

Best Show - Jessica Fostekew: Silence of the Nans

Lewis Schaffer- Unopened Letters From My Mother

How To Be A Kid

Colin Hoult – Anna Mann – Versus The Fascists

Patti Plinko

1000 Cranes

Soweto Gospel Choir

Nassim

How To Win Against History

Frankie Vah

Ensemble Kla_Vier

Labels

Museum After Hours

Wi-Fi Wars