The New and Improved Hecklers
The Hecklers are back and it's time to nominate!
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Previously, the Hecklers have been more focused towards the theatre/dance side of things but recently HKELD has expanded its coverage to include visual art and music. This means the awards for the first time will also be expanding to allow for more people to be nominated and more variety in the ceremony. Diversity is good.
This doesn't mean we love the theatre people any less; it just means we've opened up several of the categories to multiples of mediums and removed some of our more niche awards to give the visual art and music people some love.
Last year we loved the vibe at Orange Peel and can't wait to bring the ceremony back to the venue for another amazing night of artistic expression and community spirit. This year's ceremony will be a bit more chill but with that same love for the arts.
Rules of Voting
*This is an award ceremony to celebrate artists who live and work in Hong Kong. Tours that have visited Hong Kong in the past year are not eligible.
*Festival nominations can bring in touring productions, but the tour office must be based in Hong Kong.
*Original works must have had their “world premiere” in Hong Kong during the past year. The artist must be based in Hong Kong to be eligible but it can be of any medium.
*The defined 2015-2016 season for the purposes of these awards is from July 1st, 2015 to June 30th, 2016. If you have any questions about what shows happened in the past year you can look back at the calendar or can look at the review page.
*Our voting process is open. The 5 nominees in each category with the largest number of votes will appear on the final ballot. The nominee from the final ballot with the highest number of votes will be the winner of the award.
*You can see the winners of last year’s awards at this link.
*We took our reader's advice from last year's ceremony and have made the nomination/voting process easier for you. You may access open nominations by clicking this link. You may only vote once from your IP address. International votes will be limited to 10% of the voting pool. We've built a web link/voting system that can easily embedded into our site for nominations.*
*However, should people abuse the new system with bots, we might have to return to the old way of voting. (Which would suck because it was very inefficient for us...)
*There are no language restrictions on the categories for this year.
Important Dates to Remember
Nominations will start on July 15th and go until August 10th. You can access your nomination ballot through this link. You can nominate up to 5 persons/shows in each category.
Final Ballot is announced on August 15th!
Invitations to the Hecklers are sent out on August 16th. There is limited seating. To receive an invitation, please subscribe to the HKELD newsletter.
*The awards ceremony will take place at Orange Peel on September 19th at 7:30pm. Mark your calendars!
*Ballots are blind. We cannot see who is casting each vote.
LINK TO NOMINATE: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Hecklers2016
The Categories
Name of the Award
Description of the Award
How to write down your nomination on the open ballot. You can nominate 5 persons/shows in each category. Please put a comma between each different nominee.
Best Show (Non-Musical)
Best play without music or dance. Can be classical or modern. Work in any language may be nominated.
Name of Production, Producing Company
Best Show (Musical)
Best musical or opera. Work in any language may be nominated.
Name of Production, Producing Company
Best Dance Show
Best Dance Show. Any style of dance may be nominated.
Name of Production, Producing Company.
Best Actor
Best Actor in a Leading Role; can be in a play, musical, dance show or opera.
Name of Actor, Role, Production Name
Best Actress
Best Actress in a Leading Role; can be in a play, musical, dance show or opera.
Name of Actress, Role, Production Name
Best Ensemble
Best ensemble of actors/technicians for a production.
Name of Production, Producing Company
Best Alternative Art Event
Best art event that doesn't fit in any of the other categories... But still is awesome.
Name of Event
Best Director
Best Director. Can be in a play or a musical.
Name of Director, Production Name
Best Supporting Actor
Best Actor in a Supporting Role; can be in a play, musical, dance show or opera.
Name of Actor, Role, Production Name
Best Supporting Actress
Best Actress in a Supporting Role; can be in a play, musical, dance show or opera.
Name of Actress, Role, Production Name
Best Art Gallery
Best locally owned art gallery.
Name of Gallery
Best Original Work
Best New Work of the season. (Art, Music, Dance, Spoken Word or Theatre) Any language or style of work can be nominated.
Name of Work, Name of Artist
Best Festival
Best Local Art Festival
Name of Festival
Best Visual Artist
Best local visual artists. Any medium welcome. Theatre Designers may be nominated in this category.
Name of Artist.
Best DJ
Best local DJ
Name of DJ
Best Local Band
Best local band. Solo acts may be nominated.
Name of Artist.
LINK TO NOMINATE: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Hecklers2016
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