Updated May 1 with pictures from the awards ceremony.

The awards for the tenth annual London One Act Festival were handed out on Sunday, April 26 at the Black Shire Pub. Adjudicator Caitlin Murphy, who reviewed the plays over the last three days of the festival, named the following winners:

Outstanding actor

Matthew McKenzie, Outer Space

Outstanding actress

Lyndsay Simmons, On the Menu

Outstanding supporting actor

Chris Bancroft, Beyond Belief

Outstanding supporting actress

Helena Bartholomew, Sisters

Outstanding Director

Rachael Needles, The Chaos Womb

Outstanding original script

Petryna Venuta, Beyond Belief

Outstanding production

On the Menu

Murphy also presented two special adjudicator’s awards. The first went to Jocelyne Rioux for her outstanding dual performances in Just for You and 7–10 Split; Robyn Rundle Drake received the second for her outstanding first-time direction of 7–10 Split.

Dan Ebbs’ Outer Space won the People’s Choice award, also known as “The Loafie”. Finally, On the Menu‘s playwright, co-director and costume designer Lyndsay Simmons, who was also named outstanding actress, was awarded a scholarship to Theatre Ontario‘s summer program.

Congratulations to all of the winners and participants, and thanks to Caitlin Murphy, the festival volunteers, and organizers Maridon Duncanson, Lesleigh Turner, Janice Johnston, Sookie Mei, Anne Cuthbert, Claire Martin and Deb Chandler, for their hard work.