The Gascon-Thomas Award is a Canadian theatre award created in 1990. It is awarded by the National Theatre School of Canada to two artists, one English-speaking and one French-speaking, and is named after two of the school's founders, Jean Gascon and Powys Thomas. The award was designed by Montreal artist Annie Michaud. [1]
Year | English | French |
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1990 | Joy Coghill | Gratien Gélinas |
1991 | Herbert Whittaker | Mercedes Palomino |
1992 | Martha Henry | Michelle Rossignol |
1993 | Neil Munro | Marcel Sabourin |
1994 | Mallory Gilbert | Jean-Claude Germain |
1995 | Mavor Moore | Louisette Dussault |
1996 | Diana Leblanc | Jean-Louis Millette |
1997 | R.H. Thomson | Paul Hébert |
1998 | John Murrell | Marie-Hélène Falcon |
1999 | Christopher Newton | Michel Tremblay |
2000 | Kenneth Welsh | Jean-Pierre Ronfard |
2001 | Ann-Marie MacDonald | Lorraine Pintal |
2002 | George F. Walker | André Brassard |
2003 | Tomson Highway | Robert Lepage |
2004 | Christopher Plummer | Jean-Louis Roux |
2005 | Jackie Maxwell | Janine Sutto |
2006 | Gordon Pinsent | Herménégilde Chiasson |
2007 | August Schellenberg | Brigitte Haentjens |
2008 | Sharon Pollock | Monique Mercure |
2009 | Sandra Oh | Paul Buissonneau |
2010 | Judith Thompson | Wajdi Mouawad |
2011 | Allan Hawco | Claude Poissant |
2012 | Peter Hinton | Dominic Champagne |
2013 | Colm Feore | Suzanne Lebeau |
2014 | David Latham | Michel Marc Bouchard |
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