7th Standard Bank Ovation Awards


The 7th Standard Bank Ovation Awards ceremony took place on July 10, 2016, to recognize productions on the National Lottery Fringe at South Africa's National Arts Festival that demonstrate artistic innovation and excellence, which celebrate the exploration of new performance styles, and which have the courage to open new conversations through the arts. The ceremony was held at the 1820 Settlers National Monument.

Eligibility

Standard Bank Ovation Awards are only awarded to new productions on the National Lottery Fringe. 232 productions were eligible for the 2016 Standard Bank Ovation Awards.

Awards Panel

The panel for the 2016 Standard Bank Ovation Awards included: Tracey Saunders, Lynette Marais, Adrienne Sichel, Ernestine White, Lliane Loots, Samson Diamond, Gregory Maqoma, Gregory Homann and Atiyyah Khan. The World Fringe Alliance Representatives were Anneke Jansen and Julian Caddy. Additional members on the jury included Mokoala Ndebele, Rudi Sadler, Heleen Coetzee, Johann van der Merwe, Steyn du Toit and Fiona Gordon.

Non-competitive awards

Standard Bank Standing Ovation Awards were presented to the French Institute of South Africa and the Embassy of France, for two decades of supporting visionary collaborations and exchanges between South African and French artists; Gary Gordon, honouring his longstanding creative energy in South Africa's cultural life and his enormously significant contributions to the vitality of the National Arts Festival's Main, Fringe and Arena programmes; and Ismail Mohamed, for his nine-year commitment as Artistic Director of the National Arts Festival.
The 2016 Adelaide Tambo Award for Human Rights was presented to Drama for Life, for their integrated use of the arts as a tool for social transformation and healing.

Winners

Winners of Standard Bank Ovation Awards are announced daily on the National Arts Festival website and in The Cue, a local newspaper printed during the National Arts Festival. On the final day of the National Arts Festival, a ceremony is held during which the level of the awards is revealed, as are the names of the judging panel. In the sortable table below, the disciplines are those given by the artists themselves in the printed version of the National Arts Festival programme.
Production NameDisciplineProduction CompanyType of AwardDate Announced
SillageTheatreRust Co-OperativeGold2 July
DangledTheatreExploSIV ProductionsSilver6 July
Die Glas Ennie DraadTheatreArtscapeSilver9 July
The GraveyardTheatreRust Co-OperativeSilver4 July
Ityala LamaweleCabaret/Musical TheatreArtscapeSilver7 July
Sacre for OnePhysical TheatreAlan ParkerSilver5 July
Chapter 2 Section 9TheatreSibikwa Arts CentreOvation8 July
CockTheatreMatt NewmanOvation3 July
Henrietta with LoveTheatreArtscapeOvation2 July
PalehoTheatreLebo LeisaOvation2 July
Tease!TheatreBloom & StoneOvation9 July
You Suck: and Other Inescapable TruthsTheatreKlara van WykOvation9 July
Out of BoundsComedyHungry MindsOvation8 July
Thenx Presents Aza-nya is Five-toComedyExploSIV ProductionsOvation9 July
EbolaPhysical TheatreTheatre for AfricaOvation4 July
Falling of the HornPhysical TheatreUyabona KeOvation3 July
BurnDanceLiquid FusionOvation9 July
Fabric of the UniverseDanceLexi MeierOvation9 July
...feathers...DanceMoving Into Dance MophatongOvation9 July
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enufPoetryUJ Arts & Culture/FADAOvation9 July
Dani & the LionCabaret/Musical TheatreDaneel van der WaltOvation10 July
The ConcertClassical/RecitalsNeo MotsatseOvation10 July
Msaki and the Golden CircleContemporary MusicOne Shushu Day ArtistryOvation5 July
NombasaContemporary MusicNombasaOvation5 July
Bird/FishVisual ArtKristin Hua NG-YangOvation1 July
10 Days in a ShebeenTheatreUmsindo Theatre ProjectsMerit10 July
Milked VoiceTheatreSlindile MthembuMerit10 July
Rat RaceFamily FareWell Worn Theatre CoMerit10 July
IsaroFamily FareOutreach Foundation/Hillbrow TheatreMerit10 July
Abangawona DanceSibonelo Dance ProjectMerit10 July
The Dark AgesComedySibonelo Dance ProjectEncore10 July