The ACTRA Awards in Toronto
As
part of ACTRA’s
60th Anniversary celebrations in 2003, ACTRA decided to re-introduce
the coveted ACTRA Award at celebrations across
the country.
ACTRA
Toronto was up first with the ACTRA Awards in Toronto, held in February,
2003 at the Royal
Ontario Museum. Actors like a party,
and this one was a lot of fun, managing to combine intimate and classy
with let-loose fun. Our Awards Committee was still in the process of
having a new statuette designed for these new revamped awards, so the
three winners weren’t able to take home any hardware. But that
didn’t take away from the celebration.
We
knew that the 2004 awards would have an even larger audience, and
with
the ROM under renovation,
the committee set about finding an appropriate
venue. With restoration complete, the art-deco theatre on the seventh
floor of the historical Eaton’s building was a perfect option,
and the Awards Committee booked The Carlu for The ACTRA Awards in Toronto
2004.
The new ACTRA Award statuette made her debut in bronze at the 2004
awards, again held in February. Sculptor Adrienne Alison incorporated
an allusion to the ancient Greek theatre with the delicate clothing
of the draped figure. Adrienne captured an actor making her entrance
in the small, lyrical award. ACTRA National ran a contest to name the
new statuette, and we were pleased to have such an enthusiastic response
from members.
Click
here for -- We do have stars: the ACTRA Awards
article from ACTRA’s 60th Anniversary edition of InterACTRA
(2003)