In Pictures: The 2017 M1-The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards

Notable names in Singapore theatre turned up dressed to impress as their favourite musical theatre characters at the 2017 M1-The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards, held at the Esplanade Recital Studio. The annual awards, established by the Straits Times Life in 2001, highlight the best of Singapore theatre.

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Apr 10, 2017, 04:50 PM

The judges of the Life Theatre Awards Best Production for the Young: (From left) Jeffrey Tan as the Cowardly Lion, Venessa Lee as the Wicked Witch of the West, R. Chandran as Tin Man and Peggy Ferroa as Scarecrow. ST PHOTO: OLIVIA HO

The judges of the Life Theatre Awards Best Production for the Young in costume as characters from The Wizard Of Oz. ST PHOTO: NABILAH SAID

Siti Khalijah Zainal (left) as little orphan Annie and Millicent Wong from SRT's Hanuman as Sibella from A Gentlemen's Guide To Love And Murder. ST PHOTOS: OLIVIA HO/AKSHITA NANDA

Actors Mitchell Lagos (left) as Buzz from The Wild Party and Crenshaw Yeo, who will appear in La Cage by Wild Rice, as a sailor from old time musical On the Town. ST PHOTOS: OLIVIA HO/NABILAH SAID

Actor Dwayne Lau as Emma Stone from La La Land and Nathalie Durot-Ribette, artistic director of Sing Theatre, as Mary Poppins. ST PHOTOS: OLIVIA HO

Actor Dwayne Lau and Minister Grace Fu giving their best La La Land pose before the start of the awards ceremony. ST PHOTO: MELISSA SIM

Host Pam Oei at the ceremony, dressed as La La, the seafood. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu delivers the keynote speech at the the M1-The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards 2017. ST PHOTO: NABILAH SAID

Host Pam Oei greets actors Dwayne Lau and Siti Khalijah Zainal in the audience. ST PHOTO: MELISSA SIM

Siti Khalijah and Sani Hussin accepts the award on behalf of Best Costume winners Max Tan and Yuan Zhiying from MAX.TAN for Manifesto by The Necessary Stage and Drama Box. ST PHOTO: NABILAH SAID

Siti Khalijah, Sani Hussin and Bani Haykal accept on behalf of Best Multimedia Design winner Loo Zihan, for Manifesto by The Necessary Stage and Drama Box. ST PHOTO: NABILAH SAID

Sharon Tan from Cake accepts the award on behalf of Philip Tan, who won the award for Best Sound Design for his work on Electra. ST PHOTO: NABILAH SAID

The cast of Red Sky by Nine Years Theatre receive their award for Best Ensemble. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Cheryl Tan performs My Only Chance from the upcoming Forbidden City revival. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Wong Chee Wai wins Best Set Design for Lord Of The Flies by Sight Lines Productions and Blank Space Theatre. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Andrew Marko wins Best Actor for his role as a boy with autism in Pangdemonium's Falling. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Adrian Tan accepts the Best Actress award on behalf of his stage wife Tan Kheng Hua, for her role as the mother of an autistic boy in Pangdemonium's Falling. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Edith Podesta receives the award for Best Original Script for B*tch: The Origin Of The Female Species. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Tracie Pang wins Best Director for her work in Pangdemonium's Falling. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Dwayne Lau, dressed as Emma Stone's character Mia in La La Land, wins best dressed. The prize sponsored by M Social was a dinner voucher for 2 persons worth $200, to be used at the hotel's Beast & Butterflies restaurant.

ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Paper Monkey Theatre's artistic director Benjamin Ho receives the Best Production for the Young award for The Magic Lantern. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Andrew Marko, Adrian Pang and Tracie Pang accept the readers' choice award for Best Production of the Year for Falling by Pangdemonium. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

Edith Podesta's B*tch: The Origin Of The Female Species won Production of the Year. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

The winners of the 2017 M1-The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards pose for a group photo. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

The winners of the 2017 M1-The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards pose for a group photo with Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu. ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

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