The worst thing about reading these lists is seeing all the shows I'd wish I'd seen, like Eugene Onegin and Patyegarang, but it's wonderful to see so many shows (I saw more than I reviewed) and artists that I love getting the trophies.
The Green Rooms are decided by volunteer panels who see as many shows as they can during the year, meet regularly and passionately fight it out just as regularly.
I've been on the GRIT (Green Room Independent Theatre) panel for the last two years and have seen the obsessive knowledge and absolute love of theatre that all panel members have.
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| Ash Flanders, Special Victim |
Cabaret
Production
Eurosmash: Die Roten Punkte
Artiste
Geraldine Quinn: All Out Of Pride and MDMA: Modern Day Maiden Aunt
Writing
Ash Flanders: Special Victim
Musical Direction
Jane Patterson: Ginger & Tonic’s Desperate & Dateless
Original Songs
Andrew Strano and Loclan Mackenzie-Spencer: Nailed It!
Outstanding Contribution to Cabaret
Ali McGregor: Ali McGregor’s Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night
Contemporary and Experimental Performance
Outstanding Work by an Emerging Artist
Fluvial: Matthias Schack-Arnott, Next Wave, Speak Percussion
Outstanding Contemporary Circus
A Simple Space: Gravity and Other Myths, Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy
Curatorial Contribution to Contemporary Performance
Going Nowhere: Arts House
Outstanding Contemporary and Experimental Performance
Reach Out Touch Faith: Sarah Rodigari in collaboration with Joshua Sofaer,
Going Nowhere, Arts House
Geoffrey Milne Memorial Award
Margaret Cameron
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| Complexity of Belonging. Photo by Jeff Busby |
Dance
Shirley McKechnie Award for Choreography
Shaun Parker: Am I (Shaun Parker & Company)
Concept and Realisation
Lilian Steiner: Noise Quartet Meditation (Lilian Steiner)
and
James Batchelor: Island (James Batchelor)
Ensemble
Cast of Patyegarang: Bangarra Dance Theatre
Female Dancer
Lauren Langlois: Complexity of Belonging (Melbourne Theatre Company, Chunky Move)
Male Dancer
Waangenga Blanco: Patyegarang (Bangarra Dance Theatre)
Music, Sound Design and Performance
Alisdair Macindoe: Princess (Benjamin Hancock, Chunky Move)
Visual Design
Jack Hancock (Costume) and Bosco Shaw (Lighting): Princess (Benjamin Benjamin Hancock, Chunky Move Move)
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| My Lovers' Bones. Photo by Deryk McAlpin |
Independent Theatre
Production
The Trouble With Harry: MKA, Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy, Melbourne Festival
Costume Design
Chloe Greaves: Body of work
Director
Alyson Campbell: The Trouble With Harry (MKA, Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy, Melbourne Festival)
Ensemble
Cast of I Heart John McEnroe: Clare Watson, Uninvited Guests, Theatre Works
Female Performer
Maria Mercedes: Master Class (Left Bauer Productions, fortyfivedownstairs)
Male Performer
Angus Cerini: Resplendence (Angus Cerini/Doubltap, Neon Festival of Independent Theatre)
Lighting Design
Lisa Mibus: My Lovers’ Bones (Brown Cab Productions, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne Festival)
Sound Design and Composition
Jesse Cox, Luke Mynott and Joff Bush: Wael Zuaiter: Unknown (Theatre Works, Next Wave)
Writing
Marcel Dorney: Prehistoric (Elbow Room, Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy, Melbourne Fringe)
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| The King & I. Photo by Oliver Toth |
Music Theatre
Actor In A Leading Role
Hayden Tee: Les Misérables (Cameron Mackintosh)
and
Tom Parsons: Once (Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G Wilson, Orin Wolf, John Frost, New York Theatre Workshop, Melbourne Theatre Company)
Actress In A Leading Role
Madeleine Jones: Once (Barbara Broccoli, John N Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G Wilson, Orin Wolf, John Frost, New York Theatre Workshop, Melbourne Theatre Company)
Actor In A Supporting Role
Adrian Li Donni: Pacific Overtures (Watch This, Auspicious Projects, Theatre Works)
Actress In A Supporting Role
Yong Ying Woo: The King And I (John Frost, Opera Australia)
Ensemble
The cast of Once (Barbara Broccoli, John N Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G Wilson, Orin Wolf, John Frost, New York Theatre Workshop, Melbourne Theatre Company)
Direction
John Tiffany: Once (Barbara Broccoli, John N Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G Wilson, Orin Wolf, John Frost, New York Theatre Workshop, Melbourne Theatre Company)
Betty Pounder Award for Choreography
Jerome Robbins and Susan Kikuchi: The King And I (John Frost, Opera Australia)
Musical Direction
Martin Lowe and Kellie Dickerson: Once (Barbara Broccoli, John N Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G Wilson, Orin Wolf, John Frost, New York Theatre Workshop, Melbourne Theatre Company
Sound Design
Clive Goodwin: Once (Barbara Broccoli, John N Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G Wilson, Orin Wolf, John Frost, New York Theatre Workshop, Melbourne Theatre Company)
Costume and Set Design
Roger Kirk (Costume) and Brian Thomson (Set): The King And I (John Frost, Opera Australia)
Lighting Design
Natasha Katz: Once (Barbara Broccoli, John N Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G Wilson, Orin Wolf, John Frost, New York Theatre Workshop, Melbourne Theatre Company)
Production
Once (Barbara Broccoli, John N Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G Wilson, Orin Wolf, John Frost, New York Theatre Workshop, Melbourne Theatre Company)
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| The Riders. Photo by Jeff Busby |
Direction
Kasper Holten: Eugene Onegin (Opera Australia)
Production
Eugene Onegin: Opera Australia
Conductor
Guillaume Tourniaire: Eugene Onegin (Opera Australia)
Female Lead
Nicole Car: Tatyana in Eugene Onegin (Opera Australia)
Female In A Supporting Role
Dominica Matthews: Madame Larina in Eugene Onegin (Opera Australia)
Male Lead
Barry Ryan: Scully in The Riders ((Victorian Opera, Malthouse Theatre)
Male In A Supporting Role
Daniel Sumegi: Sparafucile in Rigoletto (Opera Australia)
Design
Mia Stensgaard (Set), Katrina Lindsay (Costume), Wolfgang Goebbel (Lighting): Eugene Onegin (Opera Australia)
New Australian Opera
The Riders (Victorian Opera, Malthouse Theatre)
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| Night on Bald Mountain. Photo by Pia Johnson |
Theatre Companies
Writing/Adaptation for the Australian Stage
Roslyn Oades and Collaborators: Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Festival)
Female Actor
Melita Jurisic: Miriam Sword in Night On Bald Mountain (Malthouse Theatre)
Male Actor
Andre de Vanny: Ray in Glory Dazed (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)
Ensemble
The Cast of Henry V (Bell Shakespeare)
Lighting Design
Paul Jackson: Body of work
Audio Visual Design and Animation
Matthew Gingold (Audio Visual Design) and Matt Greenwood (Animation):
Calpurnia Descending (Sisters Grimm, Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company)
Set and Costume Design
Dale Ferguson: Night On Bald Mountain (Malthouse Theatre)
Sound Design and Composition
Pete Goodwin (The Sweats): Yellow Moon (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Direction
Kirsten Von Bibra: Grounded (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)
Production
Henry V: (Bell Shakespeare)
Special Awards
Outstanding Contribution to Choreographic Development
Next Move: Chunky Move
Technical Achievement Award
Maruska Blyszczak
Lifetime Achievement Award
Nance Grant
