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winners & NOMINEES
THEATRE AWARDS
BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Catastrophes, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts & Renée Newman & Ella Hetherington
Seven Sisters, WA Youth Theatre Company for Perth Festival
The Hypotheticals, The Last Great Hunt
WINNER | Things I Know To Be True, Black Swan State Theatre Company
Wonderbox, Sensorium Theatre for Perth Festival
BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
All the Fraudulent Horse Girls, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Lazy Yarns
Conception, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Lainey O'Sullivan
Democracy Repair Services, The Blue Room Theatre & Noemie Huttner-Koros
WINNER | Hell Is Other People, The Blue Room Theatre & Monkey Brain
WHITESNAKE3000, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Renegade Productions
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
WINNER | The Ensemble, All the Fraudulent Horse Girls, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Lazy Yarns
The Ensemble, Democracy Repair Services, The Blue Room Theatre & Noemie Huttner-Koros
The Ensemble, Hell Is Other People, The Blue Room Theatre & Monkey Brain
The Ensemble, The Snow, Barking Gecko Theatre
OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN SUPPORTING ROLES PRESENTED BY MEDIA SUPER
Hannah Davidson, All the Fraudulent Horse Girls, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Lazy Yarns
WINNER | Adam Sollis, The Effect by Lucy Prebble, Fremantle Theatre Company
WINNER | Stephanie Somerville, The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini, Black Swan State Theatre Company & The Blue Room Theatre
Caitlin Ashley Thompson, The Effect by Lucy Prebble, Fremantle Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN LEADING ROLES PRESENTED BY ARTIST MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA
WINNER | Humphrey Bower, Things I Know To Be True, Black Swan State Theatre Company
WINNER | Caroline Brazier, Things I Know To Be True, Black Swan State Theatre Company
Tim Green, Hell Is Other People, The Blue Room Theatre & Monkey Brain
Ella Hetherington, Catastrophes, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts & Renée Newman & Ella Hetherington
Hayley McElhinney, Dirty Birds, Black Swan State Theatre Company
Renée Newman, Catastrophes, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts & Renée Newman & Ella Hetherington
Lainey O'Sullivan, Conception, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Lainey O'Sullivan
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION
WINNER | Kate Champion, Things I Know To Be True, Black Swan State Theatre Company
Stuart Halusz, Taking Liberty, THEATRE 180
Yvan Karlsson, Hell Is Other People, The Blue Room Theatre & Monkey Brain
Eliza Smith, Everything Flickers, The Blue Room Theatre & stop drop + roll theatre company
DANCE AWARDS
BEST PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE
Burrbgaja Yalirra 2, Marrugeku for Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Equations of a Falling Body, Laura Boynes with Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival
WINNER | Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk], Marrugeku for Black Swan State Theatre Company
The Nutcracker, West Australian Ballet
Van Gogh, West Australian Ballet
OUTSTANDING DUET OR ENSEMBLE PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE
Czack (Ses) Bero & Stanley Nalo, Burrbgaja Yalirra 2, Marrugeku for Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
WINNER | Ludovico Di Ubaldo & Juan Carlos Osma, Van Gogh, West Australian Ballet
Luther Wilson & Rhianna Katz / Georgia Van Gils, KILLJOY, Parkin Projects for Co3 Contemporary Dance
WINNER | The Ensemble, Equations of a Falling Body, Laura Boynes with Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival
The Ensemble, Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk], Marrugeku for Black Swan State Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING PERFORMER PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE
WINNER | Ludovico Di Ubaldo, Van Gogh, West Australian Ballet
Ruben Flynn-Kann, Genesis 2023, West Australian Ballet
WINNER | Storm Helmore, ARCHITECT OF THE INVISIBLE, Co3 Contemporary Dance
Rhianna Katz / Georgia Van Gils, KILLJOY, Parkin Projects for Co3 Contemporary Dance
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE
Laura Boynes, Equations of a Falling Body, Laura Boynes with Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival
Raewyn Hill, ARCHITECT OF THE INVISIBLE, Co3 Contemporary Dance
Chihiro Nomura, Genesis 2023, West Australian Ballet
WINNER | Dalisa Pigram with the performers, Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk], Marrugeku for Black Swan State Theatre Company
Bhenji Ra, Melanie Lane, Czack (Ses) Bero, Stanley Nalo, Ghenoa Gela, Miranda Wheen, Emmanuel James Brown, Dalisa Pigram & Zunnur (Zee) Zhafirah, Burrbgaja Yalirra 2, Marrugeku for Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
MUSICAL & OPERA AWARDS
BEST PRODUCTION
A Chorus Line, Drew Anthony Creative
Into The Woods, West Australian Opera
WINNER | The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera
The Princess and the Showgirl, Freeze Frame Opera
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
The Ensemble, A Chorus Line, Drew Anthony Creative
WINNER | The Ensemble, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera
The Ensemble, The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera
OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN SUPPORTING ROLES
WINNER | Rachelle Durkin, La bohème, West Australian Opera
Perry Joyce, The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera
Lachlann Lawton, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera
WINNER | Prudence Sanders, Carmen, West Australian Opera
Nicole Youl, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera
OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN LEADING ROLES
Samantha Clarke, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera
WINNER | Morgan Cowling, A Chorus Line, Drew Anthony Creative
Harriet Marshall, The Princess and the Showgirl, Freeze Frame Opera
WINNER | Paul O'Neill, La bohème, West Australian Opera
Ashlyn Tymms, Carmen, West Australian Opera
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION, MOVEMENT DIRECTION OR CHOREOGRAPHY
Jessica Ashton, A Chorus Line, Drew Anthony Creative
WINNER | Adam Mitchell, The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera
Penny Shaw, The Princess and the Showgirl, Freeze Frame Opera
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION OR CONDUCTING
Laurissa Brooke, The Priestess of Morphine, The Blue Room Theatre & Tenth Muse Initiative
WINNER | Katie How, The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera
Christopher van Tuinen, La bohème, West Australian Opera
Jen Winley, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera
OVERALL AWARDS
OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY OR EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST
Catastrophes, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts & Renée Newman & Ella Hetherington
WINNER | Equations of a Falling Body, Laura Boynes with Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival
Everything Flickers, The Blue Room Theatre & stop drop + roll theatre company
Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk], Marrugeku for Black Swan State Theatre Company
The Priestess of Morphine, The Blue Room Theatre & Tenth Muse Initiative
WHITESNAKE3000, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Renegade Productions
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST
WINNER | Rachael Dease, Dirty Birds, Black Swan State Theatre Company
Tao Issaro, Beneath the Music, Encounter with Performing Lines WA
Tristen Parr & Felicity Groom, Equations of a Falling Body, Laura Boynes with Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival
OUTSTANDING COMPOSITION OR ARRANGING PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST
Rachael Dease, At the End of the Land, Too Close to the Sun
Iain Grandage, ARCHITECT OF THE INVISIBLE, Co3 Contemporary Dance
Tao Issaro, Beneath the Music, Encounter with Performing Lines WA
Tristen Parr & Felicity Groom, Equations of a Falling Body, Laura Boynes with Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival
WINNER | Tommaso Pollio, The Princess and the Showgirl, Freeze Frame Opera
Adrian Soares, The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST
Matthew Erren, Catch-22, The Blue Room Theatre & Amelia Sagrabb
Adelaide Harney, Conception, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Lainey O'Sullivan
Mark Haslam, ARCHITECT OF THE INVISIBLE, Co3 Contemporary Dance
WINNER | Mark Howett, Things I Know To Be True, Black Swan State Theatre Company
OUTSTANDING STAGE DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST
Abdul-Rahman Abdullah, Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk], Marrugeku for Black Swan State Theatre Company
William Gammel, Everything Flickers, The Blue Room Theatre & stop drop + roll theatre company
Mark Haslam, Catastrophes, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts & Renée Newman & Ella Hetherington
Yvan Karlsson, Hell Is Other People, The Blue Room Theatre & Monkey Brain
WINNER | Bruce McKinven, Dirty Birds, Black Swan State Theatre Company
Bruce McKinven, Equations of a Falling Body, Laura Boynes with Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST
Nicole Marrington, Beneath the Music, Encounter with Performing Lines WA
Jake Pitcher, Alex and Evie and the Forever Falling Rain, The Blue Room Theatre & every other theatre company and AWESOME Arts
Rhiannon Walker, The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera
WINNER | Michelle Ward, The Magical Weedy Seadragon, Breaksea for the AWESOME Festival
SPECIAL AWARDS
OUTSTANDING NEW WORK PRESENTED BY CULTURE COUNTS
WINNER | Burrbgaja Yalirra 2, Marrugeku for Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Equations of a Falling Body, Laura Boynes with Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival
“Sylvia” as part of Ballet to Broadway, West Australian Ballet
Van Gogh, West Australian Ballet
Penny Shaw & Tommaso Pollio, The Princess and the Showgirl
WINNER | Matt Reuben James Ward, Pia Harris, Jonathan Brain & children from the Great Southern, The Magical Weedy Seadragon
Lily Baitup, We'll Always Have Bali
Noemie Huttner-Koros, Democracy Repair Services
WINNER | Yvan Karlsson, Hell Is Other People
Mandy McElhinney & Hayley McElhinney, Dirty Birds
Renée Newman & Ella Hetherington, Catastrophes
Lainey O'Sullivan, Conception
OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA
Joshua Ballinger, Genesis 2023 & The Nutcracker, West Australian Ballet, West Australian Ballet
Evangeline Beal-Attwood, Genesis 2023, West Australian Ballet
Hope Keogh, Perth Moves, STRUT Dance for Perth Festival
WINNER | Jurgen Rahimi, Genesis 2023, West Australian Ballet
Amelia Sagrabb, Catch-22, The Blue Room Theatre & Amelia Sagrabb
Camille Alonso / Liam Fitzpatrick, The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera
Zak Bresland, A Chorus Line, Drew Anthony Creative
Ava Charleson, The Priestess of Morphine, The Blue Room Theatre & Tenth Muse Initiative
Matt Hourigan, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera
Asha Perry, The Last Five Years, Nellie Productions
WINNER | Sophia Wasley, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera
Sienna Cate, The Lighthouse Girl Saga, THEATRE 180
Nathan Di Giovanni, Hell Is Other People, The Blue Room Theatre & Monkey Brain
WINNER | Zoe Garciano, Democracy Repair Services, The Blue Room Theatre & Noemie Huttner-Koros
Zendra Giraudo, WHITESNAKE3000, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Renegade Productions
Oliver Hughes, Salted Pretzels, The Blue Room Theatre & APK Productions
Harrison Lorenz-Daniel, Bad Feminist, The Blue Room Theatre & Sailing With Styx
Lainey O'Sullivan, Conception, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Lainey O'Sullivan
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jenny Davis OAM
THE ARTIST RELIEF FUND’S STUDENT ENDOWMENTS
SUPPORTED BY MINDEROO FOUNDATION
Aboriginal Performance Reese Horne
Acting Monique Mitchell
Dance Georgina Simpson
Music Theatre Kimberly Macgown
Performing Arts Sanna Ansaldo
Production & Design Kristopher Long