We would like to congratulate the winners if the 2004 TPSA Awards. Well
done to all those who were nominated.
The short list of nominees are as follows:
| FAVOURITE
AV RENTAL COMPANY |
| Sponsored by Spectrum Visual
Networks |
- Mark Klein
Productions
- Mersey
Sound
- AV Unlimited
- AV Systems
- AV Worx
- Gearhouse
South Africa
|
THE
WINNER:
AV Systems
|
| FAVOURITE
SOUND RENTAL COMPANY |
| Sponsored by TADCO |
- Sound Stylist
- Matrix
Sound
- Mersey Sound
- The Sound Corporation
- Gearhouse south Africa
- Gearhouse
South Africa
|
THE
WINNER:
Sound Stylist
|
| FAVOURITE
VIDEO EQUIPMENT RENTAL COMPANY |
| Sponsored by Questek |
- Upstage
- AV Systems
- Puma Video
- AV Unlimited
- AV Worx
- Gearhouse
South Africa
|
THE
WINNER:
Gearhouse South Africa
|
| FAVOURITE
LIGHTING RENTAL COMPANY |
| Sponsored by TLDC |
- Production Projects
- Presentech
- TADCO
- Mersey Sound
- Upstage
- Gearhouse
South Africa
- MJ Lighting
|
THE
WINNER:
MJ Lighting
|
| FAVOURITE
MARQUEE RENTAL COMPANY |
| Sponsored by Starburst
Pyrotechnics |
- Gearhouse Tensile 1
- Chattels
- Circa Events
- Oasys
- MPR Hiring
- Prime Events
|
THE
WINNER:
Chattels
|
| FAVOURITE
SET CONSTRUCTION COMPANY |
| Sponsored by Production
Projects |
- Stageworks
- Set Squared
- Just Sets
- Gearhouse South Africa
- Art of Light
|
THE
WINNER:
Stageworks
|
| FAVOURITE
STAGING COMPANY |
| Sponsored by Production
Projects |
- Stage Magic
- Omage Sets
- Mersey Sound
- Just Sets
- Stage Works
- Gearhouse South Africa
|
THE
WINNER:
Gearhouse South Africa
|
| FAVOURITE
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR |
| Sponsored by Surgesound |
- Jonathan Green
- Trevor Peters
- Marius Marais
- Revil Baselga
- Kentse Mpahlwa
- Johan Griesel
|
THE
WINNER:
Johan Griesel
|
| UP
AND COMING SOUND ENGINEER
OF THE YEAR |
| Sponsored by Surgesound |
- Gerson Kolbe
- Jaco de Wit
- Charl Smit
- Luke Schultz
- Jimmy Solomon
- Jaco Saaiman
|
THE
WINNER:
Jaco de Wit
|
| LIGHTING
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR |
| Sponsored by Spectrum
Visual Networks |
- John Reiley
- Nic Michaletos
- Franco van der Merwe
- John Roughly
- Hugh Turner
- Tim Dunn
|
THE
WINNER:
Tim Dunn
|
| UP
AND COMING LIGHTING DESIGNER
OF THE YEAR |
| Sponsored by Collyer
Lessick & Associates |
- Jason Fritz
- Joshua Cutts
- Simon Mashobani
- Franco van der Merwe
- Tumisane Sebogo
|
THE
WINNER:
Jason Fritz
|
|
PRODUCTION MANAGER OF THE
YEAR |
| Sponsored by Fluid
Media |
- Melanie Keartland
- Debbie Sharp Major
- Sarah Hooper
- Graham Cunningham
- Paul Newman
- Andrew J Shelly
|
THE
WINNER:
Paul Newman
|
|
FAVOURITE TECHNICAL VENUE |
| Sponsored by Events
& Installations |
- ICC Durban
- Theatre Maximus
- Vodadome
- Sandton Convention Centre
- Carnival City
- Theatre on Track
|
THE
WINNER:
Sandton Convention Centre
|
|
SPECIAL EFFECT COMPANY OF
THE YEAR |
| Sponsored by Screen
Africa |
- Laser Presentations
- Giant Light
- Advanced Laser Technology
- Pyro Spectacular
- Starburst Pyrotechnics
- FX Unlimited
|
THE
WINNER:
Starburst Pyrotechnics
|
|
PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR |
| Sponsored by AV
Specialist |
- Phillippe Roche
- Mark Ransom
|
THE
WINNER:
Mark Ransom
|
|
LIFETIME ARCHIEVER AWARD |
| Sponsored by TPSA |
- Mark de Klerk
- Kevin Maybury
- Desti Loeijs
- John Shaughnessy
- Mark Ransom
- Kevin Maybury
|
THE
WINNER:
Kevin Maybury
Posthumous award to Barry Newman
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