The Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) were inaugurated in May 2003, and are adjudicated by a panel of all the regular Scottish theatre critics.

The 2008 ceremony took place at Glasgow's Oran Mor on June 15th during the West End Festival. Dundee Rep won four of the ten awards for Peer Gynt including Best Production.

In 2007 the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) production of Black Watch, written by Gregory Burke, about the history of the famous Scottish regiment and its notorious deployment at Camp Dogwood in Iraq, won four of the ten awards, including Best Production.

The awards for 2006-2007 were presented at Pitlochry Festival Theatre on June 10th.

Awards for 2007-2008

• Best New Play: Carthage Must Be Destroyed by Alan Wilkins at the Traverse Theatre;
• Best Show for Children and Young People: The Emperor's New Kilt presented by Wee Stories /National Theatre of Scotland;
• Best Actor (Male): Keith Fleming and Gerry Mulgrew as Peer Gynt in Peer Gynt presented by Dundee Rep/National Theatre of Scotland;
• Best Actor (Female): Amy Manson as The Stepdaughter in Six Characters In Search Of An Author presented by the Royal Lyceum Theatre/the Citizens Theatre/National Theatre of Scotland;
• Best Director: Dominic Hill for Peer Gynt presented by Dundee Rep/National Theatre of Scotland;
• Best Design: Naomi Wilkinson for Peer Gynt presented by Dundee Rep/National Theatre of Scotland;
• Best Use of Music and Sound: Alasdair Macrae for Subway presented by Vanishing Point ;
• Best Ensemble: The Wall presented by Borderline Theatre ;
• Best Technical Presentation: Angels In America presented by the Citizens' Theatre/ Headlong/ Lyric Hammersmith;
• Best Production: Peer Gynt presented by Dundee Rep/National Theatre of Scotland.

Awards for 2006-2007

• Best New Play: The Unconquered by Torben Betts, presented by Stellar Quines ;
• Best Children's Show: Gobbo by David Greig and Wils Wilson, presented by the NTS Ensemble ;
• Best Actor (Male): Sandy Grierson for the title role in Fergus Lamont, presented by Communicado with Perth Repertory Theatre ;
• Best Actor (Female): Meg Fraser for Martha in Tom Fool at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre ;
• Best Director: John Tiffany for Black Watch presented by NTS;
• Best Design: Naomi Wilkinson (sets) and Bruno Poet (lights) for A Midsummer Night's Dream, at Dundee Rep ;
• Best Use of Music: Robert Pettigrew and the company for Man of La Mancha at the Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh ;
• Best Ensemble: the cast of Black Watch for the NTS;
• Best Technical Presentation: Black Watch for the NTS;
• Best Production: Black Watch

External links

For details of previous awards, other nominees, critics etc, see CATS website