2024 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2024 Awards were held on Monday 12 August 2024 in the Heath Ledger Theatre at the State Theatre Centre of WA.

Hosts: Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa & Alexandria Steffensen

THE WEST'S WRAP UP OF THE AWARDS

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

WINNER | Things I Know To Be True, Black Swan State Theatre Company

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

Wonderbox, Sensorium Theatre for Perth Festival

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

WINNER | Hell Is Other People, The Blue Room Theatre & Monkey Brain

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

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

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

Hannah Davidson, All the Fraudulent Horse Girls, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Lazy Yarns

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

WINNER | Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk], Marrugeku for Black Swan State Theatre Company

Burrbgaja Yalirra 2, Marrugeku for Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

Equations of a Falling Body, Laura Boynes with Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

The Nutcracker, West Australian Ballet

Van Gogh, West Australian Ballet

OUTSTANDING DUET OR ENSEMBLE PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE

WINNER | Ludovico Di Ubaldo & Juan Carlos Osma, Van Gogh, West Australian Ballet

WINNER | The Ensemble, Equations of a Falling Body, Laura Boynes with Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

Czack (Ses) Bero & Stanley Nalo, Burrbgaja Yalirra 2, Marrugeku for Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts

Luther Wilson & Rhianna Katz / Georgia Van Gils, KILLJOY, Parkin Projects for Co3 Contemporary Dance

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

WINNER | Storm Helmore, ARCHITECT OF THE INVISIBLE, Co3 Contemporary Dance

Ruben Flynn-Kann, Genesis 2023, West Australian Ballet

Rhianna Katz / Georgia Van Gils, KILLJOY, Parkin Projects for Co3 Contemporary Dance

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE

WINNER | Dalisa Pigram with the performers, Jurrungu Ngan-ga [Straight Talk], Marrugeku for Black Swan State Theatre Company

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

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

WINNER | The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera

A Chorus Line, Drew Anthony Creative

Into The Woods, West Australian Opera

The Princess and the Showgirl, Freeze Frame Opera

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE

WINNER | The Ensemble, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera

The Ensemble, A Chorus Line, Drew Anthony Creative

The Ensemble, The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN SUPPORTING ROLES

WINNER | Rachelle Durkin, La bohème, West Australian Opera

WINNER | Prudence Sanders, Carmen, West Australian Opera

Perry Joyce, The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera

Lachlann Lawton, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera

Nicole Youl, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN LEADING ROLES

WINNER | Morgan Cowling, A Chorus Line, Drew Anthony Creative

WINNER | Paul O'Neill, La bohème, West Australian Opera

Samantha Clarke, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera

Harriet Marshall, The Princess and the Showgirl, Freeze Frame Opera

Ashlyn Tymms, Carmen, West Australian Opera

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION, MOVEMENT DIRECTION OR CHOREOGRAPHY

WINNER | Adam Mitchell, The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera

Jessica Ashton, A Chorus Line, Drew Anthony Creative

Penny Shaw, The Princess and the Showgirl, Freeze Frame Opera

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION OR CONDUCTING

WINNER | Katie How, The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera

Laurissa Brooke, The Priestess of Morphine, The Blue Room Theatre & Tenth Muse Initiative

Christopher van Tuinen, La bohème, West Australian Opera

Jen Winley, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera

OVERAL AWARDS

OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY OR EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Equations of a Falling Body, Laura Boynes with Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

Catastrophes, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts & Renée Newman & Ella Hetherington

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

WINNER | Tommaso Pollio, The Princess and the Showgirl, Freeze Frame Opera

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

Adrian Soares, The Little Prince, Freeze Frame Opera

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Mark Howett, Things I Know To Be True, Black Swan State Theatre Company

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

OUTSTANDING STAGE DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Bruce McKinven, Dirty Birds, Black Swan State Theatre Company

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

Bruce McKinven, Equations of a Falling Body, Laura Boynes with Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Michelle Ward, The Magical Weedy Seadragon, Breaksea for the AWESOME Festival

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

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

WINNER | Matt Reuben James Ward, Pia Harris, Jonathan Brain & children from the Great Southern, The Magical Weedy Seadragon

Penny Shaw & Tommaso Pollio, The Princess and the Showgirl

WINNER | Yvan Karlsson, Hell Is Other People

Lily Baitup, We'll Always Have Bali

Noemie Huttner-Koros, Democracy Repair Services

Mandy McElhinney & Hayley McElhinney, Dirty Birds

Renée Newman & Ella Hetherington, Catastrophes

Lainey O'Sullivan, Conception

OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Zoe Garciano, Democracy Repair Services, The Blue Room Theatre & Noemie Huttner-Koros

Sienna Cate, The Lighthouse Girl Saga, THEATRE 180

Nathan Di Giovanni, Hell Is Other People, The Blue Room Theatre & Monkey Brain

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

WINNER | Jurgen Rahimi, Genesis 2023, West Australian Ballet

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

Amelia Sagrabb, Catch-22, The Blue Room Theatre & Amelia Sagrabb

WINNER | Sophia Wasley, Into The Woods, West Australian Opera

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

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

2023 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2023 Awards were held on Monday 30 October 2023 in the Heath Ledger Theatre Foyer of the State Theatre Centre of WA.

Hosts: Claudia Alessi & St John Cowcher

THE WEST'S WRAP UP OF THE AWARDS

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE

WINNER | The Smallest Stage, Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre for Perth Festival

Barracking for the Umpire, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall, THEATRE 180

Cicada, Barking Gecko Theatre

City of Gold, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA & Sydney Theatre Company for Perth Festival

Mary Stuart, Performing Lines WA in association with Fremantle Theatre Company for Perth Festival

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE

WINNER | Takatāpui, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Daley Rangi

Mama Stitch - Mandurah, Whiskey & Boots

Mosquito, Sunburnt Productions Co & Hayman Theatre Company

Salome δ, The Blue Room Theatre & Briannah Davis

SIT! (Or I'll Make You Sit), The Blue Room Theatre & Morgan Owen

The Complete Show of Water Skiing, The Blue Room Theatre & Samantha Hortin

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE

WINNER | The Ensemble, The Complete Show of Water Skiing, The Blue Room Theatre & Samantha Hortin

The Ensemble, Barracking for the Umpire, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

The Ensemble, City of Gold, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA & Sydney Theatre Company for Perth Festival

The Ensemble, SIT! (Or I'll Make You Sit), The Blue Room Theatre & Morgan Owen

OUTSTANDING NEW WORK PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Andrea Gibbs, Barracking for the Umpire

Arielle Gray, Luke Kerridge & Tim Watts, Cicada

Daley Rangi, Takatāpui

Kim Crotty, The Smallest Stage

Medina Dizdarevic with Zendra Giraudo, Crystal Nguyen & Lucy Wong, The Complete Show of Water Skiing

OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Tinashe Mangwana, Blue/Orange by Joe Penhall, THEATRE 180

Abbey Morgan, Oil, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Crystal Nguyen, The Complete Show of Water Skiing, The Blue Room Theatre & Samantha Hortin

Lucy Wong, The Complete Show of Water Skiing, The Blue Room Theatre & Samantha Hortin

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN SUPPORTING ROLES PRESENTED BY MEDIA SUPER

WINNER | Alicia Osyka, SIT! (Or I'll Make You Sit), The Blue Room Theatre & Morgan Owen

WINNER | Joel Jackson, Barracking for the Umpire, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Grace Chow, The Great Un-Wondering of Wilbur Whittaker, Barking Gecko Theatre

Isaac Diamond, Pull the Pin, The Blue Room Theatre & Just Friends Theatre Company

Kazimir Sas, Last Train to Freo, Fremantle Theatre Company

Mathew Cooper, City of Gold, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA & Sydney Theatre Company for Perth Festival

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN LEADING ROLES PRESENTED BY ARTIST MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA & MOORE CREATIVE ARTISTS

WINNER | Georgia King, Mama Stitch - Mandurah, Whiskey & Boots

WINNER | Meyne Wyatt, City of Gold, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA & Sydney Theatre Company for Perth Festival

Ben Mortley, The Smallest Stage, Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre for Perth Festival

Daley Rangi, Takatāpui, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Daley Rangi

Hayley McElhinney, Oil, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Ian Wilkes, Barracking for the Umpire, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Kate Walsh, Mary Stuart, Performing Lines WA in association with Fremantle Theatre Company for Perth Festival

Michael Abercromby, Last Train to Freo, Fremantle Theatre Company

Pippa Grandison, Barracking for the Umpire, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Steve Le Marquand, Barracking for the Umpire, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

WINNER | Melissa Cantwell, Mary Stuart, Performing Lines WA in association with Fremantle Theatre Company for Perth Festival

Clare Watson, Barracking for the Umpire, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Luke Kerridge, Cicada, Barking Gecko Theatre

Matt Edgerton, The Smallest Stage, Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre for Perth Festival

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

WINNER | Izzy McDonald, SIT! (Or I'll Make You Sit), The Blue Room Theatre & Morgan Owen

Laura Liu, The Complete Show of Water Skiing, The Blue Room Theatre & Samantha Hortin

Sian Murphy, Pull the Pin, The Blue Room Theatre & Just Friends Theatre Company

DANCE AWARDS

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY HARLEQUIN FLOORS

WINNER | GLORIA, Co3 Contemporary Dance

And The Earth Will Swallow Them Whole, Rachel Arianne Ogle for Perth Festival

Goldberg Variations, West Australian Ballet

Platinum: Ballet at the Quarry, West Australian Ballet

STATE, West Australian Ballet

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

WINNER | Petrushka (Game, Set, Match), Scott Elstermann

WALK, The Blue Room Theatre & Bobby Russell

OUTSTANDING DUET OR ENSEMBLE PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE

WINNER | The Ensemble, Goldberg Variations, West Australian Ballet

David Mack & Tyrone Robinson, Petrushka (Game, Set, Match), Scott Elstermann

The Ensemble, Swan Lake, West Australian Ballet

The Ensemble, GLORIA, Co3 Contemporary Dance

OUTSTANDING NEW WORK PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Petrushka (Game, Set, Match), Scott Elstermann

And The Earth Will Swallow Them Whole, Rachel Arianne Ogle for Perth Festival

OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Bethany Reece, And The Earth Will Swallow Them Whole, Rachel Arianne Ogle for Perth Festival

Brent Carson, ALICE (in wonderland), West Australian Ballet

Luther Wilson, 'Killjoy' as part of GROUNDWORKS, STRUT Dance

Ruben Flynn-Kann, Swan Lake, West Australian Ballet

OUTSTANDING PERFORMER PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | David Mack, Petrushka (Game, Set, Match), Scott Elstermann

WINNER | Dayana Hardy Acuña, Swan Lake, West Australian Ballet

WINNER | Julio Blanes, Goldberg Variations, West Australian Ballet

WINNER | Tyrone Earl Lraé Robinson, Petrushka (Game, Set, Match), Scott Elstermann

Claudia Alessi, GLORIA, Co3 Contemporary Dance

Juan Carlos Osma, Goldberg Variations, West Australian Ballet

Oscar Valdes, Goldberg Variations, West Australian Ballet

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY

WINNER | Scott Elstermann, Petrushka (Game, Set, Match), Scott Elstermann

Rachel Arianne Ogle, And The Earth Will Swallow Them Whole, Rachel Arianne Ogle for Perth Festival

MUSICAL & OPERA AWARDS

BEST PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE

WINNER | La Traviata, West Australian Opera, Opera Queensland & State Opera South Australia

WINNER | The Addams Family, Zealous Productions

CHICAGO - A Musical Vaudeville, Drew Anthony Creative

Our Little Inventor, West Australian Opera in association with AWESOME Festival, West Australian Young Voices and Western Australian Youth Orchestra

Panawathi Girl, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company for Perth Festival

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE

WINNER | The Ensemble, Panawathi Girl, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company for Perth Festival

The Ensemble, CHICAGO - A Musical Vaudeville, Drew Anthony Creative

The Ensemble, Our Little Inventor, West Australian Opera in association with AWESOME Festival, West Australian Young Voices and Western Australian Youth Orchestra

OUTSTANDING NEW WORK PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | David Milroy, Panawathi Girl

Emma Jayakumar & Sher Rill Ng, Our Little Inventor

OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Samantha Clarke, La Traviata, West Australian Opera, Opera Queensland & State Opera South Australia

Georgia Unsworth, The Addams Family, Zealous Productions

Lila McGuire, Panawathi Girl, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company for Perth Festival

Manuao TeAotonga, Panawathi Girl, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company for Perth Festival

Wimiya Woodley, Panawathi Girl, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company for Perth Festival

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN SUPPORTING ROLES PRESENTED BY MEDIA SUPER

WINNER | Rachel Monamy, The Addams Family, Zealous Productions

WINNER | Rachelle Durkin, Our Little Inventor, West Australian Opera in association with AWESOME Festival, West Australian Young Voices and Western Australian Youth Orchestra

Brendan Hanson, CHICAGO - A Musical Vaudeville, Drew Anthony Creative

Brett Peart, Our Little Inventor, West Australian Opera in association with AWESOME Festival, West Australian Young Voices and Western Australian Youth Orchestra

Vincent Hooper, CHICAGO - A Musical Vaudeville, Drew Anthony Creative

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN LEADING ROLES PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Brendan Hanson, The Addams Family, Zealous Productions

WINNER | Paul O'Neill, Tosca, West Australian Opera

Dixie Johnstone, The Addams Family, Zealous Productions

Elethea Sartorelli, CHICAGO - A Musical Vaudeville, Drew Anthony Creative

Georgia Unsworth, The Addams Family, Zealous Productions

Grace Chow, Our Little Inventor, West Australian Opera in association with AWESOME Festival, West Australian Young Voices and Western Australian Youth Orchestra

Samantha Clarke, La Traviata, West Australian Opera, Opera Queensland & State Opera South Australia

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION, MOVEMENT DIRECTION OR CHOREOGRAPHY

WINNER | Michael McCall, The Addams Family, Zealous Productions

Allen Blachford, The Addams Family, Zealous Productions

Drew Anthony, CHICAGO - A Musical Vaudeville, Drew Anthony Creative

Eva Grace Mullaley, Panawathi Girl, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company for Perth Festival

Matt Reuben James Ward, Our Little Inventor, West Australian Opera in association with AWESOME Festival, West Australian Young Voices and Western Australian Youth Orchestra

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION OR CONDUCTING

WINNER | Joe Louis Robinson & Joshua James Webb, CHICAGO - A Musical Vaudeville, Drew Anthony Creative

Kate McNamara, Our Little Inventor, West Australian Opera in association with AWESOME Festival, West Australian Young Voices and Western Australian Youth Orchestra

Wayne Freer, Panawathi Girl, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company for Perth Festival

OVERALL AWARDS

OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY OR EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Telephone, The Last Great Hunt

Mama Stitch - Mandurah, Whiskey & Boots

Salome δ, The Blue Room Theatre & Briannah Davis

Takatāpui, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Daley Rangi

The Smallest Stage, Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre for Perth Festival

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN

WINNER | Tim Collins, Cicada, Barking Gecko Theatre

Anesu Matondo, Takatāpui, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Daley Rangi

Feels, 'Killjoy' as part of GROUNDWORKS, STRUT Dance

Peter McAvan, WALK, The Blue Room Theatre & Bobby Russell

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITION OR ARRANGING

WINNER | Emma Jayakumar, Our Little Inventor, West Australian Opera in association with AWESOME Festival, West Australian Young Voices and Western Australian Youth Orchestra

David Milroy, Panawathi Girl, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company for Perth Festival

Rachael Dease, Mary Stuart, Performing Lines WA in association with Fremantle Theatre Company for Perth Festival

Tom O'Halloran, The Glass Menagerie, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

WINNER | Lucy Birkinshaw, The Glass Menagerie, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Adelaide Harney, You're So Brave, The Blue Room Theatre & Georgi Ivers

Chloe Ogilvie, Cicada, Barking Gecko Theatre

Kristie Smith, Our Little Inventor, West Australian Opera in association with AWESOME Festival, West Australian Young Voices and Western Australian Youth Orchestra

Mark Haslam, GLORIA, Co3 Contemporary Dance

OUTSTANDING STAGE DESIGN

WINNER | Bruce McKinven & Amalia Lambert, Mary Stuart, Performing Lines WA in association with Fremantle Theatre Company for Perth Festival

Bruce McKinven, And The Earth Will Swallow Them Whole, Rachel Arianne Ogle for Perth Festival

Matt McVeigh, Our Little Inventor, West Australian Opera in association with AWESOME Festival, West Australian Young Voices and Western Australian Youth Orchestra

Owen Davis, Trust Me, It’s the End of Our World After All, The Blue Room Theatre & Beyond the Yard Theatre

Tyler Hill, Cicada, Barking Gecko Theatre

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

WINNER | Bruce McKinven & Amalia Lambert, Mary Stuart, Performing Lines WA in association with Fremantle Theatre Company for Perth Festival

Maeli Cherel, Dick Pics in the Garden of Eden, The Last Great Hunt

Matt McVeigh, Our Little Inventor, West Australian Opera in association with AWESOME Festival, West Australian Young Voices and Western Australian Youth Orchestra

Opie Robinson, WALK, The Blue Room Theatre & Bobby Russell

Zoë Atkinson, Oil, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

David King

Sue Peacock

THE ARTIST RELIEF FUND’S STUDENT ENDOWMENTS SUPPORTED BY MINDEROO FOUNDATION

Aboriginal Performance Cadence McNamara

Acting Riley Warner

Dance Ruby Brazzalotto

Music Theatre Jake Binns

Performing Arts Marie-Eve Cigna

Production & Design Verity Wyllie

2022 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2022 Awards were held on Monday 8 August 2022 in the Heath Ledger Theatre Foyer of the State Theatre Centre of WA.

Hosts: St John Cowcher & Karla Hart

THE WEST'S WRAP UP OF THE AWARDS

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | Beanstalk, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Black Brass, Performing Lines WA

Every Brilliant Thing, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Unheimlich, Performing Lines WA

Whistleblower, The Last Great Hunt for Perth Festival

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini, The Blue Room Theatre & Ian Michael

Savage Grace, Steamworks Arts

Ugly Virgins, The Blue Room Theatre & Lindstedt & Davies

Watch and Act, The Blue Room Theatre & Katie McAllister

What of It, FRINGE WORLD & Lazy Yarns

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE

WINNER | The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini, The Blue Room Theatre & Ian Michael

BESIDE, WA Youth Theatre Company for Perth Festival

The Tempest, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

What of It, FRINGE WORLD & Lazy Yarns

Whistleblower, The Last Great Hunt for Perth Festival

OUTSTANDING NEW WORK PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | Amberly Cull, Nick Pages-Oliver, Melanie Robinson & Carmel Dean, The One Who Planted Trees

Tarryn Gill & Katt Osborne, Unheimlich

Arielle Gray, Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd & Tim Watts, Whistleblower

Sam Longley, Beanstalk

Will O'Mahony, Minneapolis

OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Tobias Muhafidin, Minneapolis, Performing Lines WA

Ashton Brady, Whale Fall, The Kabuki Drop for Perth Festival

Katie McAllister, Watch and Act, The Blue Room Theatre & Katie McAllister

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN SUPPORTING ROLES PRESENTED BY MEDIA SUPER

WINNER | Tobias Muhafidin, Minneapolis, Performing Lines WA

WINNER | Ben Mortley, YORK, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Jono Battista, Love Letters to the Revolution, The Blue Room Theatre & Sian Murphy

Manjula Radha Krishnan, Children of the Sea, Performing Lines WA and Encounter Theatre for Perth Festival

Ben Mortley, The Cherry Orchard, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Tegan Mulvany, Dating Black, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Alison van Reeken, YORK, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN LEADING ROLES PRESENTED BY MOORE CREATIVE ARTISTS & ARTIST MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA

WINNER | Luke Hewitt, Every Brilliant Thing, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

WINNER | Alison van Reeken, Nocturna by Ian Sinclair, The Kabuki Drop

Humphrey Bower, The Tempest, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Isaac Diamond, HOUSE, Barking Gecko Theatre for Perth Festival

Andrea Gibbs, Animal Farm, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Arielle Gray, Bite The Hand, The Last Great Hunt

Sam Longley, Beanstalk, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Sarah Nelson, Unheimlich, Performing Lines WA

Mararo Wangai, Black Brass, Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Arielle Gray, Tim Watts and Wyatt Nixon-Lloyd, Whistleblower, The Last Great Hunt for Perth Festival

Melissa Cantwell, Whale Fall, The Kabuki Drop for Perth Festival

Matt Edgerton, The Tempest, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Philip Mitchell, The One Who Planted Trees, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Katt Osborne, Unheimlich, Performing Lines WA

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Ian Michael, The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini, The Blue Room Theatre & Ian Michael

Susie Conte, MoR, The Blue Room Theatre & Third Culture Kids

Leah Mercer, Queer as Flux, The Blue Room Theatre & The Nest Ensemble

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY AN INTERSTATE ARTIST

WINNER | Stace Callaghan, Queer as Flux, The Blue Room Theatre & The Nest Ensemble

DANCE AWARDS

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY HARLEQUIN FLOORS

WINNER | Archives of Humanity, Co3 Contemporary Dance for Perth Festival

Coppélia, West Australian Ballet

Slow Burn, Together, Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

STATE, West Australian Ballet

Structural Dependency, Brooke Leeder & Dancers for Perth Festival

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

WINNER | JULIA, Steamworks Arts with Feisty Dame Productions

Cry Baby, Parkin Projects

OUTSTANDING DUET OR ENSEMBLE PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE

WINNER | The Ensemble, Archives of Humanity, Co3 Contemporary Dance for Perth Festival

The Ensemble, Cry Baby, Parkin Projects

Dayana Hardy Acuna & Oscar Valdes, Giselle, West Australian Ballet

The Ensemble, Slow Burn, Together, Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

Ella-Rose Trew & Francesca Fenton, Slow Burn, Together, Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

The Ensemble, Structural Dependency, Brooke Leeder & Dancers for Perth Festival

OUTSTANDING NEW WORK PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | Slow Burn, Together, Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

Archives of Humanity, Co3 Contemporary Dance for Perth Festival

Cry Baby, Parkin Projects

JULIA, Steamworks Arts with Feisty Dame Productions

"Slow Haunt" as part of STATE, West Australian Ballet

OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Francesca Fenton, Slow Burn, Together, Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

Ziggy Debrincat, "Slow Haunt" as part of STATE, West Australian Ballet

Alex Kay, Archives of Humanity, Co3 Contemporary Dance for Perth Festival

Jessica Pettitt, Archives of Humanity, Co3 Contemporary Dance for Perth Festival

OUTSTANDING PERFORMER PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Natalie Allen, JULIA, Steamworks Arts with Feisty Dame Productions

WINNER | Juan Carlos Osma, The Sleeping Beauty, West Australian Ballet

WINNER | Carina Roberts, Coppélia, West Australian Ballet

WINNER | Ella-Rose Trew, Slow Burn, Together, Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Brooke Leeder, Structural Dependency, Brooke Leeder & Dancers for Perth Festival

Emma Fishwick, Slow Burn, Together, Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

Raewyn Hill, Archives of Humanity, Co3 Contemporary Dance for Perth Festival

Kimberley Parkin, Cry Baby, Parkin Projects

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY AN INTERSTATE ARTIST

WINNER | Melanie Lane, "Slow Haunt" as part of STATE, West Australian Ballet

MUSICAL & OPERA AWARDS

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | Angels & Devils, Freeze Frame Opera

The Barber of Seville, West Australian Opera & Opera Queensland

Cinderella, Zealous Productions

The Summer of Our Lives, The Blue Room Theatre & Western Sky Projects

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE PRESENTED BY SANDY ANGHIE

WINNER | The Summer of Our Lives, The Blue Room Theatre & Western Sky Projects

The Barber of Seville, West Australian Opera & Opera Queensland

OUTSTANDING NEW WORK PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | Tyler Jacob Jones & Robert Woods, The Summer of Our Lives

Gina Williams & Guy Ghouse, Koolbardi wer Wardong

OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Amber Scates, Cinderella, Zealous Productions

Ruth Burke, Angels & Devils, Freeze Frame Opera

Tory Kendrick, The Summer of Our Lives, The Blue Room Theatre & Western Sky Projects

Elliot Peacock, The Summer of Our Lives, The Blue Room Theatre & Western Sky Projects

Emily Semple, The Summer of Our Lives, The Blue Room Theatre & Western Sky Projects

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN SUPPORTING ROLES

WINNER | Nick Maclaine, The Summer of Our Lives, The Blue Room Theatre & Western Sky Projects

WINNER | Elethea Sartorelli, Cinderella, Zealous Productions

Ruth Burke, Angels & Devils, Freeze Frame Opera

Erin Hutchinson, The Summer of Our Lives, The Blue Room Theatre & Western Sky Projects

Penny Shaw, Cinderella, Zealous Productions

Nicole Youl, The Marriage of Figaro, West Australian Opera & Queensland Opera

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN LEADING ROLES PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Harriet Marshall, Angels & Devils, Freeze Frame Opera

WINNER | Paul O'Neill, Cav & Pag, West Australian Opera

James Clayton, The Barber of Seville, West Australian Opera & Opera Queensland

Brigitte Heuser, The Barber of Seville, West Australian Opera & Opera Queensland

Emma Matthews, Cav & Pag, West Australian Opera

Gina Williams, Koolbardi wer Wardong, West Australian Opera

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION, MOVEMENT DIRECTION OR CHOREOGRAPHY PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Rachel McDonald, Angels & Devils, Freeze Frame Opera

Katt Osborne, The Summer of Our Lives, The Blue Room Theatre & Western Sky Projects

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION OR CONDUCTING PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Joe Louis Robinson, The Summer of Our Lives, The Blue Room Theatre & Western Sky Projects

Chris van Tuinen, The Marriage of Figaro, West Australian Opera & Opera Queensland

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY AN INTERSTATE ARTIST

WINNER | Warwick Fyfe, The Barber of Seville, West Australian Opera & Opera Queensland

DESIGN AWARDS

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Rachael Dease, The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini, The Blue Room Theatre & Ian Michael

Joe Paradise Lui & Annika Moses, JULIA, Steamworks Arts with Feisty Dame Productions

Brett Smith, Unheimlich, Performing Lines WA

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITION OR ARRANGING PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Louis Frere-Harvey, Structural Dependency, Brooke Leeder & Dancers for Perth Festival

Joe Louis Robinson, The Summer of Our Lives, The Blue Room Theatre & Western Sky Projects

Melanie Robinson & Carmel Dean, The One Who Planted Trees, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Robert Woods, The Summer of Our Lives, The Blue Room Theatre & Western Sky Projects

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Joe Paradise Lui, Unheimlich, Performing Lines WA

Chris Donnelly, Slow Burn, Together, Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

Nemo Gandossini-Poirier, Structural Dependency, Brooke Leeder & Dancers for Perth Festival

Mark Haslam, Archives of Humanity, Co3 Contemporary Dance for Perth Festival

Peter Young, The Summer of Our Lives, The Blue Room Theatre & Western Sky Projects

OUTSTANDING STAGE DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Raewyn Hill, Bruce McKinven & Naoko Yoshimoto, Archives of Humanity, Co3 Contemporary Dance for Perth Festival

Zoë Atkinson, YORK, Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA

Taryn Gill & Laura Heffernan, Unheimlich, Performing Lines WA

Leon Hendroff & Clare Testoni, The One Who Planted Trees, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Tyler Hill, The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini, The Blue Room Theatre & Ian Michael

Georgi Ivers, Beginning at the End (of Capitalism), The Blue Room Theatre & Phoebe Sullivan

Bruce McKinven, Slow Burn, Together, Performing Lines WA for Perth Festival

Bryan Woltjen, Beanstalk, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Matt McVeigh, Koolbardi wer Wardong, West Australian Opera

Raewyn Hill, Bec Simpkins & Nora Stelter, Archives of Humanity, Co3 Contemporary Dance for Perth Festival

Tyler Hill, The Bleeding Tree by Angus Cerini, The Blue Room Theatre & Ian Michael

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Chrissie Parrott AO

THE ARTIST RELIEF FUND’S STUDENT ENDOWMENTS SUPPORTED BY MINDEROO FOUNDATION

Aboriginal Performance Lucy Arnall

Acting Ruby Henaway

Dance Tegan Carter

Performing Arts Mia Guglielmi

Music Theatre Harrison Lorenz-Daniel

Production & Design Elouise Greenwell

2021 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2021 Awards were held on Monday 14 June 2021 in the Heath Ledger Theatre Foyer of the State Theatre Centre of WA. This was the first year the Awards recognised opera productions, and the first year the Awards recognised musicals as belonging to their own distinct category.

Hosts: Caitlin Beresford-Ord & Bruce Denny

THE WEST'S WRAP UP OF THE AWARDS

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare

A Fortunate Life, Theatre 180

The Other Place, Fremantle Theatre Company

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | The Golem: or, Next Year In Jerusalem, The Blue Room Theatre & Humphrey Bower & Tim Green

The Lion Never Sleeps, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Noemie Huttner-Koros

Love, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Eat Life Productions

Ragnarøkkr, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Variegated Productions

BEST NEW WORK PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | Hecate, Kylie Bracknell [Kaarljilba Kaardn]

BITE ME, Sian Murphy with Courtney Cavallaro, Caitlin McFeat and Tallulah Starkie

The Golem: or, Next Year In Jerusalem, Humphrey Bower and Tim Green, with Hazem Shamma

The Lion Never Sleeps, Noemie Huttner-Koros with Evelyn Snook, Aisyah Aaqil Sumito, Ruby Doneo and Josten Myburgh

Lipstuck, Daley Rangi

BEST NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Cezera Critti-Schnaars, Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare

Courtney Cavallaro, BITE ME, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Sian Murphy

Kade Power, Sink, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Gavin Roach in association with Beyond the Yard

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE) PRESENTED BY MEDIA SUPER

WINNER | Kyle J Morrison, Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare

Brad Albert, Sink, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Gavin Roach in association with Beyond the Yard

Tristan McInnes, STAR POWER, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Hannah Davidson & Collaborators

Ian Wilkes, Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE) PRESENTED BY MEDIA SUPER

WINNER | Cezera Critti-Schnaars, Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare

Katie Keady, Love, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Eat Life Productions

Mikayla Merks, Cloudstreet, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Malthouse Theatre

BEST ACTOR (MALE) PRESENTED BY ARTIST MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA

WINNER | Dalip Sondhi, The Other Place, Fremantle Theatre Company

Humphrey Bower & Tim Green, The Golem: or, Next Year In Jerusalem, The Blue Room Theatre & Humphrey Bower & Tim Green

St John Cowcher, Ragnarøkkr, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Variegated Productions

Maitland Schnaars, Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE) PRESENTED BY MOORE CREATIVE ARTISTS

WINNER | Della Rae Morrison, Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare

Michelle Hall, The Dirty Mother, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Michelle Hall

Rhiannon Petersen, The Jellyman, The Blue Room Theatre & Rhiannon Petersen

Kate Walsh, The Other Place, Fremantle Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Kylie Bracknell [Kaarljilba Kaardn], Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare

Chris Edmund, The Other Place, Fremantle Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Alexa Taylor, Love, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Eat Life Productions

Noemie Huttner-Koros, The Lion Never Sleeps

Sam Nerida, The Jellyman, The Blue Room Theatre & Rhiannon Petersen

DANCE AWARDS

BEST PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY HARLEQUIN FLOORS

WINNER | Hofesh in the Yard, STRUT Dance in association with Hofesh Shechter Company

The Nutcracker, West Australian Ballet

SITU-8, STRUT Dance, Tura New Music and the State Theatre Centre of WA

BEST NEW WORK PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | "Architecture of Hope" as part of Ballet at the Quarry: Light and Shadow, West Australian Ballet in association with Perth Festival

High Expectations, Samantha Crameri-Miller

BEST NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Samantha Crameri-Miller, High Expectations, Samantha Crameri-Miller

Keigo Muto, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie, West Australian Ballet in association with AWESOME Festival

Kimberley Parkin, fish feet, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Jess & Joss

Macon Riley, fish feet, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Jess & Joss

BEST PERFORMER (MALE) PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Mitch Harvey, Hofesh in the Yard, STRUT Dance in association with Hofesh Shechter Company

Julio Blanes, The Nutcracker, West Australian Ballet

Oliver Edwardson, In Light and Shadow as part of Ballet at the Quarry: Light and Shadow, West Australian Ballet in association with Perth Festival

Scott Galbraith, Hofesh in the Yard, STRUT Dance in association with Hofesh Shechter Company

Robert Tinning, Hofesh in the Yard, STRUT Dance in association with Hofesh Shechter Company

BEST PERFORMER (FEMALE) PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Candice Adea, The Nutcracker, West Australian Ballet

Dayana Hardy Acuña, Architecture of Hope as part of Ballet at the Quarry: Light and Shadow, West Australian Ballet in association with Perth Festival

Candice Adea, In Light and Shadow as part of Ballet at the Quarry: Light and Shadow, West Australian Ballet in association with Perth Festival

Polly Hilton, Architecture of Hope as part of Ballet at the Quarry: Light and Shadow, West Australian Ballet in association with Perth Festival

Mel Tan, High Expectations, Samantha Crameri-Miller

MUSICAL & OPERA AWARDS

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | Così fan tutte, West Australian Opera

Bran Nue Dae, West Australian Opera in association with Perth Festival

Oklahoma!, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Axel Duffy, Oklahoma!, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Lilli De Nardi, Kiss: A New Musical, Western Sky Projects

Teresa Moore, Bran Nue Dae, West Australian Opera in association with Perth Festival

BEST PERFORMER IN AN OPERA OR MUSICAL (MALE) PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Axel Duffy, Oklahoma!, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Ernie Dingo, Bran Nue Dae, West Australian Opera in association with Perth Festival

BEST PERFORMER IN AN OPERA OR MUSICAL (FEMALE) PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Teresa Moore, Bran Nue Dae, West Australian Opera in association with Perth Festival

Laila Bano Rind, Oklahoma!, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Ngaire Pigram, Bran Nue Dae, West Australian Opera in association with Perth Festival

Danielle Sibosado, Bran Nue Dae, West Australian Opera in association with Perth Festival

BEST DIRECTOR, MUSICAL DIRECTOR OR MOVEMENT DIRECTOR OF AN OPERA OR MUSICAL PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Tara Gower, Bran Nue Dae, West Australian Opera in association with Perth Festival

Andrew Ross, Bran Nue Dae, West Australian Opera in association with Perth Festival

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST SOUND DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Joe Paradise Lui, The Golem: or, Next Year In Jerusalem, The Blue Room Theatre & Humphrey Bower & Tim Green

Dr Clint Bracknell, Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare and Perth Festival

Josten Myburgh, The Lion Never Sleeps, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Noemie Huttner-Koros

BEST COMPOSITION OR ARRANGING PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Dr Clint Bracknell, Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare and Perth Festival

St John Cowcher, Joe Paradise Lui & Gracie Smith, Ragnarøkkr, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Variegated Productions

Emma Jayakumar, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie, West Australian Ballet in association with AWESOME Festival

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Mark Howett, Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare and Perth Festival

Chris Donnelly, Ragnarøkkr, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Variegated Productions

Joe Paradise Lui, The Golem: or, Next Year In Jerusalem, The Blue Room Theatre & Humphrey Bower & Tim Green

BEST STAGE DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Green Man Media, A Fortunate Life, Theatre 180

Zoe Atkinson, Hecate, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare and Perth Festival

Lawrie Cullen-Tait, The Other Place, Fremantle Theatre Company

Rhiannon Petersen, The Jellyman, The Blue Room Theatre & Rhiannon Petersen

BEST COSTUME DESIGN PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Amalia Lambert, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie, West Australian Ballet in association with AWESOME Festival

Fiona MacDonald, BITE ME, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Sian Murphy

Bianca Roose, Sink, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Gavin Roach in association with Beyond the Yard

CITY OF PERTH AWARDS

OUTSTANDING DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT DURING COVID-19

Shortlisted

WINNER | KickstART Virtual, Propel Youth Arts WA

Because of You...Denmark, Annette Carmichael Projects

The Bird Makers Project, Co3 Contemporary Dance

Isolate > Create > Connect, Barking Gecko Theatre

THE TELEPHONE, West Australian Opera

Unsung Heroes, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Winter Nights, The Blue Room Theatre

Longlisted

Adamczak Cowcher Digital Concert Series, Weeping Spoon Productions

At Home With Puppets, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Bad Baby Jean, The Last Great Hunt

Bare-Hand Puppetry Online Workshop, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Feminism has no Borders, Steamworks Arts

Genesis Online, West Australian Ballet

The Loungeroom Project, WA Youth Theatre Company

Perth At Home Theatre, Perth At Home Theatre Inc.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Lynette Narkle & Andrew Ross

THE ARTIST RELIEF FUND’S STUDENT ENDOWMENTS SUPPORTED BY MINDEROO FOUNDATION

Aboriginal Performance Taj Jamieson

Acting Remy Danoy

Dance Sarah Kinch

Performing Arts Alexandra Veleva

Music Theatre Jackson Britza

Production & Design Skye Heales

2020 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2020 Awards were held on Saturday 2 May 2020. They were held online due to COVID-19.

Hosts: Libby Klysz, Yilin Kong, Nick Maclaine, Zainab Syed & Ryan Taaffe

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY HARLEQUIN FLOORS

WINNER | On Our Beach, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Fully Sikh, Barking Gecko Theatre & Black Swan State Theatre Company

Lé Nør [the rain], The Last Great Hunt

Medea, A Black Swan State Theatre Company collaboration with WA Youth Theatre Company

The Torrents, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | See You Next Tuesday, The Blue Room Theatre & Static Drive Co.

Dad, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Emily Stokoe

Feminah, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Charlotte Otton

I Feel Fine, The Blue Room Theatre & public service announcement

The Wolves, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

BEST NEW WORK PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | Sam Nerida, See You Next Tuesday

Gita Bezard, Adriane Daff, Matthew Edgerton, Jeffrey Jay Fowler, Arielle Gray, Chris Isaacs, Jo Morris, Clare Testoni & Tim Watts, Lé Nør [the rain]

Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, Fully Sikh

Charlotte Otton, Feminah

Isaac Powell, Jarryd Prain & Marshall Stay, Dad

BEST NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa, Fully Sikh, Barking Gecko Theatre & Black Swan State Theatre Company

Helene Cielak, Miss Westralia, The Blue Room Theatre & Blonde Moment Theatre

Marlanie Haerewa, My Robot, Barking Gecko Theatre

Richard Maganga, Water, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Charlotte Otton, Feminah, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Charlotte Otton

Elise Wilson, GRACE, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & public service announcement

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | St John Cowcher, Playthings, The Blue Room Theatre & Second Chance Theatre

Timothy Green, The Apparatus, The Blue Room Theatre & Humphrey Bower

Geoff Kelso, The Torrents, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Sam Longley, Tony Galati: The Musical, Aarnav Productions

Adam Marks, FRONT, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & SLATE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Amberly Cull, Tony Galati: The Musical, Aarnav Productions

Emily Rose Brennan, The Torrents, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Yilin Kong, A Ghost In My Suitcase, Barking Gecko Theatre

Morgan Owen, Cotton Wool Kid, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & The Cutting Room Floor

Alexandria Steffensen, Medea, A Black Swan Collaboration with WA Youth Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Humphrey Bower, The Apparatus, The Blue Room Theatre & Humphrey Bower

Daniel Buckle, Playthings, The Blue Room Theatre & Second Chance Theatre

Ian Michael, Our Town, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Ben Mortley, Cotton Wool Kid, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & The Cutting Room Floor

Nick Pages-Oliver, The Three Deaths of Ebony Black, Amberly Cull

Nick Stevenson, Whisper White, The Strawboat Collective

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE) PRESENTED BY MOORE CREATIVE ARTISTS

WINNER | Charlotte Otton, Feminah, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Charlotte Otton

Rebecca Bradley, On Our Beach, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Kylie Bywaters, Floor Thirteen, The Blue Room Theatre & Marshall Stay

Amberly Cull, The Three Deaths of Ebony Black, Amberly Cull

Mikayla Merks, FRONT, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & SLATE

Shari Sebbens, Our Town, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

WINNER | Matt Edgerton, Fully Sikh, Barking Gecko Theatre & Black Swan State Theatre Company

Philip Mitchell, On Our Beach, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Kyle J Morrison, Ice Land: A Hip h'Opera, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Clare Watson, The Torrents, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Tim Watts & Matt Edgerton, Lé Nør [the rain], The Last Great Hunt

BEST DIRECTOR OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

WINNER | Emily McLean, The Wolves, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

Michael Abercromby, FRONT, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & SLATE

Scott McArdle, Playthings, The Blue Room Theatre & Second Chance Theatre

Phoebe Sullivan, GRACE, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & public service announcement

Alexa Taylor, See You Next Tuesday, The Blue Room Theatre & Static Drive Co.

DANCE AWARDS

BEST PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | Alice (in wonderland), West Australian Ballet

BANG! BANG!, The Blue Room Theatre & Scott Elstermann & Shona Erskine

La Bayadère, West Australian Ballet

Wonder Woman, Laura Boynes

BEST NEW WORK PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | Scott Elstermann, Act 2, Scenes 1-4 as part of BANG! BANG!

Maxine Doyle & STRUT Dance in association with TURA New Music, Sunset

Scott Ewen, Wasps At War as part of And Then Some

Adelina Larsson, Julie-Anne Long & Laura Boynes, Wonder Woman

BEST NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Lilly King, Radar, Fremantle Biennale & Brooke Leeder and Dancers & BANG! BANG!, The Blue Room Theatre & Scott Elstermann & Shona Erskine

Viola Iida, Sunset, by Maxine Doyle presented by STRUT Dance in association with TURA New Music

Giorgia Schijf, Via Lactaea, Cosmopolitan

BEST PERFORMER (MALE)

WINNER | Scott Elstermann, BANG! BANG!, The Blue Room Theatre & Scott Elstermann & Shona Erskine

Scott Ewen, And Then Some, STRUT Dance, The State Theatre Centre of WA & The Blue Room Theatre

Tyrone Robinson, precipice, State Theatre Centre of WA & Rachel Arianne Ogle

Ian Wilkes, The Line, Co3 Australia

BEST PERFORMER (FEMALE)

WINNER | Chihiro Nomura, Alice (in wonderland), West Australian Ballet

Laura Boynes, Wonder Woman, Laura Boynes

Yilin Kong, 歸屬 Gui Shu (Belong), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts & Performing Lines WA

Niharika Senapati, precipice, State Theatre Centre of WA & Rachel Arianne Ogle

BEST DIRECTOR OR CHOREOGRAPHER

WINNER | Rachel Arianne Ogle, precipice, State Theatre Centre of WA & Rachel Arianne Ogle

Scott Elstermann, Act 2, Scenes 1-4 as part of BANG! BANG!, The Blue Room Theatre & Scott Elstermann & Shona Erskine

Scott Ewen, Wasps At War as part of And Then Some, STRUT Dance, State Theatre Centre of WA & The Blue Room Theatre

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST SOUND DESIGN

WINNER | Joe Lui, BANG! BANG!, The Blue Room Theatre & Scott Elstermann & Shona Erskine

Ben Collins, Lé Nør [the rain], The Last Great Hunt

Rachael Dease, Sunset, by Maxine Doyle presented by STRUT Dance in association with TURA New Music

Joe Lui, Death Throes, The Blue Room Theatre & Gillies, Croft and Lui

Marshall Stay, Floor Thirteen, The Blue Room Theatre & Marshall Stay

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

WINNER | Chris Donnelly, 歸屬 Gui Shu (Belong), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts & Performing Lines WA

Mark Howett, The Line, Co3 Australia

Lucy Birkinshaw, Medea, A Black Swan Collaboration with WA Youth Theatre Company

Chris Donnelly, BANG! BANG!, The Blue Room Theatre & Scott Elstermann & Shona Erskine

Joe Lui, The Apparatus, The Blue Room Theatre & Humphrey Bower

Joe Lui, Death Throes, The Blue Room Theatre & Gillies, Croft and Lui

BEST STAGE DESIGN

WINNER | Tyler Hill & Ashley de Prazer, 歸屬 Gui Shu (Belong), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts & Performing Lines WA

Raewyn Hill & Mark Howett, The Line, Co3 Australia

Marshall Stay, Floor Thirteen, The Blue Room Theatre & Marshall Stay

Cecile Williams, On Our Beach, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Bryan Woltjen & Tyler Hill, Medea, A Black Swan Collaboration with WA Youth Theatre Company

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

WINNER | Caitri Jones, Lé Nør [the rain], The Last Great Hunt

Kelly Fregon, Miss Westralia, The Blue Room Theatre & Blonde Moment Theatre

Nicole Marrington, Love You, Stranger as part of BANG! BANG!, The Blue Room Theatre & Scott Elstermann & Shona Erskine

Bruce McKinven, Wonder Woman, Laura Boynes

Matthew McVeigh & Sara Chirichilli, Ice Land: A Hip h'Opera, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

BEST COMPOSITION OR ARRANGING

WINNER | Pavan Kumar Hari, Fully Sikh, Barking Gecko Theatre & Black Swan State Theatre Company

Lee Buddle, On Our Beach, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Rachael Dease, Sunset, by Maxine Doyle presented by STRUT Dance in association with TURA New Music

Downsyde, Layla, Moana Mayatrix, Zac James & Trooth, Ice Land: A Hip h'Opera, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Eden Mulholland, The Line, Co3 Australia

Dane Yates, Wasps at War as part of And Then Some, STRUT Dance, The State Theatre Centre of WA & The Blue Room Theatre

THE ARTIST RELIEF FUND’S STUDENT ENDOWMENTS SUPPORTED BY MINDEROO FOUNDATION

Aboriginal Performance Lila McGuire

Acting Angelica Lockyer

Dance Indiana Mulherin

Music Theatre Sam Moloney

Performing Arts Jacob Sgouros

2019 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2019 Awards were held on Monday 28 April 2019 in the Heath Ledger Theatre Foyer of the State Theatre Centre of WA. This was the first year the Awards recognised dance productions.

Hosts: Andrew Baker & Siobhan Dow-Hall

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY HAWAIIAN

WINNER | You Know We Belong Together, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Hir, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Stay With Us, The Last Great Hunt

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Xenides, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

WINNER | Frankie's, The Blue Room Theatre & Variegated Productions

godeatgod, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Squid Vicious

The Inconsequential Lives of Little Fish, The Blue Room Theatre & Frieda, Sam & Friends

Let me finish., The Blue Room Theatre & Charlotte Otton

Unveiling: Gay Sex for Endtimes, The Blue Room Theatre & Renegade Productions

BEST NEW WORK

WINNER | Julia Hales, Finn O’Branagáin & Clare Watson, You Know We Belong Together

Samantha Chester & Humphrey Bower, HIRO: The Man Who Sailed His House

Barbara Hostalek, Banned

Libby Klysz, Frankie's

Terrence Smith, 52 Hertz

BEST NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Mackenzie Dunn, Assassins & Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Cassidy Dunn, The Talk, The Last Great Hunt

Julia Hales, You Know We Belong Together, Black Swan State Theatre Company)

Frieda Lee, The Inconsequential Lives of Little Fish, The Blue Room Theatre & Frieda, Sam & Friends

Angela Mahlatjie, Let me finish., The Blue Room Theatre & Charlotte Otton

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Will O'Mahony, Assassins, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Geoff Kelso, Assassins, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Russell Leonard, Slap and Tickle, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & The Kabuki Drop & WAYJO

Igor Sas, Hir, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Mararo Wangai, Improvement Club, The Last Great Hunt

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Morgan Owen, Court My Crotch, The Blue Room Theatre & FUGUE

Caitlin Beresford-Ord, Assassins, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Mackenzie Dunn, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Vivienne Garrett, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Jo Morris, Josephine!, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Second Chance Theatre

BEST ACTOR IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION (MALE) PRESENTED BY ARTIST MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA

WINNER | Kelton Pell, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Jacob Allan, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Gary Cooper, Skylab, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Sam Longley, Tom Vickers and the Extraordinary Adventure of his Missing Sock, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre & WA Museum

Will O'Mahony, Hir, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION (FEMALE) PRESENTED BY MOORE CREATIVE ARTISTS

WINNER | Amy Mathews, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Julia Hales, You Know We Belong Together, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Monica Main, The Swash-Line Secret!, WA Shipwrecks Museum

Toni Scanlan, Hir, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Alison van Reeken, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION (MALE) PRESENTED BY MEDIA SUPER

WINNER | St John Cowcher, Frankie's, The Blue Room Theatre & Variegated Productions

Humphrey Bower, HIRO: The Man Who Sailed His House, The Blue Room Theatre & Samantha Chester

Sam Hayes, The Inconsequential Lives of Little Fish, The Blue Room Theatre & Frieda, Sam & Friends

iOTA, Slap and Tickle, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & The Kabuki Drop & WAYJO

Andrew Sutherland, Unveiling: Gay Sex for Endtimes, The Blue Room Theatre & Renegade Productions

BEST ACTOR IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION (FEMALE) PRESENTED BY MEDIA SUPER

WINNER | Frieda Lee, The Inconsequential Lives of Little Fish, The Blue Room Theatre & Frieda, Sam & Friends

Holly Jones, Banned, The Blue Room Theatre & Mudskipper Productions

Esther Longhurst, Frankie's, The Blue Room Theatre & Variegated Productions

Della Rae Morrison, Banned, The Blue Room Theatre & Mudskipper Productions

Clare Testoni, The Beast and The Bride, The Blue Room Theatre & Bow & Dagger

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

WINNER | Adam Mitchell, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Gita Bezard, The Talk, The Last Great Hunt

Jeffrey Jay Fowler, In The Next Room, or The Vibrator Play, Black Swan State Theatre Company)

Zoe Pepper, Hir, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Clare Watson, You Know We Belong Together, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

WINNER | Scott McArdle, Josephine!, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Second Chance Theatre

Susie Conte, Lysistrata, Subiaco Theatre Festival & Tempest Theatre

Libby Klysz, Frankie's, The Blue Room Theatre & Variegated Productions

Joe Lui, Unveiling: Gay Sex for Endtimes, The Blue Room Theatre & Renegade Productions

James McMillan, Court My Crotch, The Blue Room Theatre & FUGUE

DANCE AWARDS

BEST PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | Dust on the Shortbread, Anything Is Valid Dance Theatre & MoveMe Festival

Dracula, West Australian Ballet & Queensland Ballet

Structural Dependency, PSAS & Matthew Thorley

WA Dance Makers Project, Co3 & MoveMe Festival

BEST NEW WORK PRESENTED BY NORTH PERTH COMMUNITY BANK BRANCH OF BENDIGO

WINNER | Dracula, Krzysztof Pastor, Pawel Chynowski & Michael Brett

Dust on the Shortbread, Serena Chalker & Quindell Orton Structural Dependency, Brooke Leeder

"You Do Ewe" (WA Dance Makers Project), Carly Armstrong, Jessica Lewis & Amy Wiseman (Unkempt Dance)

BEST NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY MEAA

WINNER | Luci Young, Frank Enstein (Co3)

Michelle Aitken, Future's Eve, Paper Mountain

Tanya Brown, In-Lore Act II as part of WA Dance Makers Project, Co3 & MoveMe Festival)

Sarah Sim, Structural Dependency & In SITU, PSAS & Matthew Thorley / Emma Fishwick & Kynan Hughes in association with STRUT Dance, Tura New Music & Artrage

BEST PERFORMER (MALE)

WINNER | Oscar Valdes, La Sylphide, West Australian Ballet

Eric Avery, Burrbgaja Yalirra, Marrugeku, PICA & Carriageworks

Zachary Lopez, Frank Enstein, Co3

Andrew Searle, WA Dance Makers Project, Co3 & MoveMe Festival

BEST PERFORMER (FEMALE)

WINNER | Ella-Rose Trew, WA Dance Makers Project, Co3 & MoveMe Festival

Floeur Alder, 3.3 and Beyond, Ochre Contemporary Dance Company

Marlo Benjamin, Love/Less, STRUT & MoveMe Festival

Miranda Wheen, Burrbgaja Yalirra, Marrugeku, PICA & Carriageworks

BEST DIRECTOR OR CHOREOGRAPHER

WINNER | Grayson Millwood & Gavin Webber, Frank Enstein, Co3

Kynan Hughes, Love/Less, STRUT & MoveMe Festival

Brooke Leeder, Structural Dependency, PSAS & Matthew Thorley

Unkempt Dance, "You Do Ewe" as part of WA Dance Makers Project, Co3 & MoveMe Festival

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST SOUND DESIGN

WINNER | Eden Mulholland, WA Dance Makers Project, Co3 & MoveMe Festival

James Brown, Frank Enstein, Co3

Ben Collins, Seeking Basics Needs and Other Tales of Excess, PICA & Renée Newman with Ben Collins

Ben Collins, The Talk, The Last Great Hunt

Joe Lui, Unveiling: Gay Sex for Endtimes, The Blue Room Theatre & Renegade Productions

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

WINNER | Joe Lui, Love/Less, STRUT & MoveMe Festival

George Ashforth, Court My Crotch, The Blue Room Theatre & FUGUE

Matthew Cox, Burrbgaja Yalirra, Marrugeku, PICA & Carriageworks

Phoebe Pilcher, Unveiling: Gay Sex for Endtimes, The Blue Room Theatre & Renegade Productions

Trent Suidgeest, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST STAGE DESIGN

WINNER | Tyler Hill, Hir, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Maeli Cherel, The Inconsequential Lives of Little Fish, The Blue Room Theatre & Frieda, Sam & Friends

Stephen Curtis, Burrbgaja Yalirra, Marrugeku, PICA & Carriageworks) Phil R. Daniels & Charles Cusick Smith, Dracula (West Australian Ballet & Queensland Ballet

Sohan Ariel Hayes, Burrbgaja Yalirra, Marrugeku, PICA & Carriageworks

Rhys Morris, HIRO: The Man Who Sailed His House, The Blue Room Theatre & Samantha Chester

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

WINNER | Phil R. Daniels & Charles Cusick Smith, Dracula, West Australian Ballet & Queensland Ballet

Alicia Clements, In The Next Room, or The Vibrator Play, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Stephen Curtis, Burrbgaja Yalirra, Marrugeku, PICA & Carriageworks

Lexi De Silva, La Sylphide, West Australian Ballet

Lynn Ferguson, Assassins, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Tarryn Gill, Hir, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST COMPOSITION OR ARRANGING

WINNER | Michael Brett, Dracula, West Australian Ballet & Queensland Ballet

Sascha Budimski, Love/Less, STRUT & MoveMe Festival

Georgina Crammond, Josephine!, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Second Chance Theatre

Ekrem Mülayim, HIRO: The Man Who Sailed His House, The Blue Room Theatre & Samantha Chester

Nat Pavlovic, Night Sweats, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights & Static Drive Co

2018 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2018 Awards were held on Monday 28 May 2018 in the Heath Ledger Theatre Foyer of the State Theatre Centre of WA. The Awards only recognised theatre at this time.

Hosts: Nicola Bartlett & Michael Loney

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Georgina Cramond, Interrupting A Crisis, The Blue Room Theatre & Ribs

Alan Little, Conversations With The Dead, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Giuseppe Rotondella, Switzerland, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Kat Shaw, Hypatia, The Blue Room Theatre & The Open Lid Ensemble

Kirsty Marillier, Coma Land, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Performing Lines WA

Morgan Owen, Coma Land, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Performing Lines WA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | St John Cowcher, My Robot, Barking Gecko Theatre

Ben Sutton, Coma Land, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Performing Lines WA

Humphrey Bower, Coma Land, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Performing Lines WA

Mararo Wangai, The Advisors, The Last Great Hunt

Steve Turner, Let The Right One In, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Alison van Reeken – Let The Right One In, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Amy Mathews, Coma Land, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Performing Lines WA

Arielle Gray, Laika: A Staged Radio Play, The Blue Room Theatre & Second Chance Theatre

Caroline McKenzie, Endgame, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Morgan Owen, Coma Land, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Performing Lines WA

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Brendan Ewing, The Eisteddfod, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Brendan Hanson, I Am My Own Wife, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Geoff Kelso, Endgame, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Ian Michael, Let The Right One In, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Tim Watts, The Irresistible, Side Pony Productions & The Last Great Hunt

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Adriane Daff, The Irresistible, Side Pony Productions & The Last Great Hunt

Arielle Gray, My Robot, Barking Gecko Theatre

Georgia King, The One by Jeffrey Jay Fowler, The Blue Room Theatre & Whiskey & Boots

Kirsty Marillier, Coma Land, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Performing Lines WA

Natalie Holmwood, The Eisteddfod, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER | Jeffrey Jay Fowler, The Eisteddfod, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Clare Watson, Let The Right One In, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Joe Lui, I Am My Own Wife, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Sam Strong – Once In Royal David's City, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Queensland Theatre

Zoe Pepper – The Irresistible, Side Pony Productions & The Last Great Hunt

BEST NEW WORK

WINNER | Will O’Mahony, Coma Land

Gita Bezard, Jeffrey Jay Fowler, Arielle Gray, Chris Isaacs, Frieda Lee & Mararo Wangai, The Advisors

Adriane Daff, Zoe Pepper & Tim Watts, The Irresistible

Scott McArdle, Laika: A Staged Radio Play

Nate Newell, Toast

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

WINNER | Laika: A Staged Radio Play – The Blue Room Theatre & Second Chance Theatre

Hypatia, The Blue Room Theatre & The Open Lid Ensemble

Tamagotchi Reset and Other Doomsdays, The Blue Room Theatre & Ten Tonne Sparrow

The One by Jeffrey Jay Fowler, The Blue Room Theatre & Whiskey & Boots

Toast, The Blue Room Theatre & Maiden Voyage Theatre Company

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

WINNER | The Eisteddfod, Black Swan State Theatre Company

I Am My Own Wife, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Let The Right One In, Black Swan State Theatre Company

My Robot, Barking Gecko Theatre

The Irresistible, Side Pony Productions & The Last Great Hunt

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN

WINNER | Jonathon Oxlade, The Irresistible (Set & Costume), Side Pony Productions & The Last Great Hunt

Bruce McKinven, Switzerland (Set & Costume), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Cherish Marrington, I Am My Own Wife (Set & Costume), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Steve Berrick, My Robot (Robot Design), Barking Gecko Theatre

Tyler Hill, Endgame (Set & Costume), Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST MUSIC

WINNER | Rachael Dease, Let The Right One In (Composition & Sound Design), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Ash Gibson Greig & Phil Downing, The Irresistible (Composition & Sound Design), Side Pony Productions & The Last Great Hunt

Brett Smith & Joe Lui, The Book of Life (Composition), The Blue Room Theatre & Renegade Productions

Georgina Cramond, Interrupting A Crisis (Composition), The Blue Room Theatre & Ribs

James Luscombe, My Robot (Composition & Sound Design), Barking Gecko Theatre Company

2017 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2016 & 2015 Awards were held on Monday 4 September 2017 in the Heath Ledger Theatre Foyer of the State Theatre Centre of WA. The Awards only recognised theatre at this time.

Hosts: Michael Loney & Monica Main

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Megan Kozak, Clinton: The Musical, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Adam Sollis, Tonsils + Tweezers, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Picnic At Hanging Rock, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Malthouse Theatre

Lincoln Vickery, Tonsils + Tweezers, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Shalom Brune-Franklin, Girl Shut Your Mouth, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Stephanie Panozzo, Girl Shut Your Mouth, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Brendan Hanson, Clinton: The Musical, Black Swan State Theatre Company

James Taylor, Hobo, The Blue Room Theatre & JEFFREYTHECATPRODUCTIONS

Luke Hewitt, Clinton: The Musical, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Nick Pages-Oliver, [PORTO], The Blue Room Theatre & Lisa Louttit

Steve Turner, Tartuffe, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Queensland Theatre

Tristan McInnes, [PORTO], The Blue Room Theatre & Lisa Louttit

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Andrea Gibbs, The Mars Project, The Blue Room Theatre & The Skeletal System

Alison van Reeken, Tartuffe, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Queensland Theatre

Jo Morris, Bambert's Book of Lost Stories, Barking Gecko Theatre

Lynette Narkle, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Black Swan State Theatre Company & National Theatre of China

Taryn Ryan, [PORTO], The Blue Room Theatre & Lisa Louttit

Yilin Kong, Selkie, The Blue Room Theatre & Renegade Productions

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Maitland Schnaars, Hobo, The Blue Room Theatre & Jeffrey the Cat Productions

Emmanuel J. Brown, So Long Suckers, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Ian Wilkes, So Long Suckers, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

James Hagan, Hobo, The Blue Room Theatre & JEFFREYTHECATPRODUCTIONS

Joe Lui, [PORTO], The Blue Room Theatre & Lisa Louttit

Peter Docker, So Long Suckers, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Alison van Reeken, Grounded, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

Alicia Osyka, [PORTO], The Blue Room Theatre & Lisa Louttit

Arielle Gray, Picnic At Hanging Rock, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Malthouse Theatre

Jo Morris, Angels In America, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Lisa Adam, Clinton: The Musical, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Samantha Chester, The Astronaut, The Blue Room Theatre & Samantha Chester

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER | Adam Mitchell, Clinton: The Musical, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Emily McLean, Grounded, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

Ian Wilkes, Hobo, The Blue Room Theatre & JEFFREYTHECATPRODUCTIONS

Kate Cherry, Tartuffe, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Queensland Theatre

Lisa Louttit, [PORTO], The Blue Room Theatre & Lisa Louttit

Will O'Mahony, The Mars Project, The Blue Room Theatre & The Skeletal System

BEST NEW WORK

WINNER | Chris Isaacs, Adam Mitchell & Steve Turner, The Great Ridolphi

Gita Bezard, Girl Shut Your Mouth

Hellie Turner, Project Xan

Peter Docker, Emmanuel J. Brown, Steve Hawke, Kyle J. Morrison & Ian Wilkes, So Long Suckers

Samantha Chester, The Astronaut

Will O'Mahony, Tonsils + Tweezers

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

WINNER | Grounded, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

Dr Felicity Rickshaw's Celebrity Sex Party, Fringe World & Holland St Productions

Grounded, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

Project Xan, jedda Productions & PICA

Signifying Nothing, The Blue Room Theatre & Hammond Fleet Productions

The Astronaut, The Blue Room Theatre & Samantha Chester

The Mars Project, The Blue Room Theatre & The Skeletal System

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | Clinton: The Musical, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Bambert's Book of Lost Stories, Barking Gecko Theatre

Picnic At Hanging Rock, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Malthouse Theatre

[PORTO], The Blue Room Theatre & Lisa Louttit

Tartuffe, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Queensland Theatre

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN

WINNER | India Mehta, So Long Suckers (Set), Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Bruce McKinven, Clinton: The Musical (Set & Costume), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Chris Brain, Hobo (Set), The Blue Room Theatre & JEFFREYTHECATPRODUCTIONS

Chris Donnelly, Bambert's Book of Lost Stories (Lighting), Barking Gecko Theatre

Laura Boynes, Selkie (Choreography), The Blue Room Theatre & Renegade Productions

Sara Chirichilli (Set & Costume), [PORTO], The Blue Room Theatre & Lisa Louttit

BEST MUSIC

WINNER | Ash Gibson Greig, Angels In America (Composition), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Arunachala, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Percussion), Black Swan State Theatre Company & National Theatre of China

Darren Reutens, So Long Suckers (Musical Direction & Sound Design), Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

David Young, Clinton: The Musical (Musical Direction), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Lee Buddle, The Little Prince (Composition), Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

2016 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2016 & 2015 Awards were held on Monday 4 September 2017 in the Heath Ledger Theatre Foyer of the State Theatre Centre of WA. The Awards only recognised theatre at this time.

Hosts: Michael Loney & Monica Main

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Shannen Alyce, Next To Normal, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Emily David, Between Solar Systems, The Blue Room Theatre & Second Chance Theatre

Jessica Messenger, 10,000, The Blue Room Theatre & Ellandar

Joel Horwood, Next To Normal, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Nick Pages-Oliver, Jesus: No Ordinary Life, The Blue Room Theatre & Lockwood Productions

Tristan McInnes, Under This Sun, The Blue Room Theatre & The Emergence Co

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Joel Horwood, Next To Normal, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Greg McNeill, Dinner, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Joshua Walker, Multiverse Theory In D, The Blue Room Theatre & Ellandar

Kenneth Ransom, Dinner, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Nick Maclaine, Multiverse Theory In D, The Blue Room Theatre & Ellandar

Stuart Halusz, Dinner, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Alison van Reeken, Dinner, Black Swan State Theatre Company

CJ Hampson, Metalhead, Fringe World & Creative Collaborations

Emily David, Between Solar Systems, The Blue Room Theatre & Second Chance Theatre

Esther Longhurst, Multiverse Theory In D, The Blue Room Theatre & Ellandar

Michelle Fornasier, Blithe Spirit, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Rebecca Davis, Dinner, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Steve Turner, Dinner, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Brendan Hanson, Next To Normal, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Kenneth Ransom, Glengarry Glen Ross, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Luke Hewitt, Glengarry Glen Ross, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Myles Pollard, Extinction, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Nick Maclaine, Between Solar Systems, The Blue Room Theatre & Second Chance Theatre

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Shannen Alyce, Next To Normal, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Adriane Daff, Blithe Spirit, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Alison van Reeken, Blithe Spirit, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Andrea Gibbs, Jesus: No Ordinary Life, The Blue Room Theatre & Lockwood Productions

Gemma Cavoli, The List, Fringe World & Fragmented Artists

Rebecca Bradley,Blueback, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER | Mel Cantwell, From The Rubble, Perth Theatre Company

John Sheedy, The Rabbits, Barking Gecko Theatre Company & Opera Australia

Kate Cherry, Dinner, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Lawrie Cullen-Tait, Venus In Fur, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Suzanne Ingelbrecht, The List, Fringe World & Fragmented Artists

Warwick Doddrell, Under This Sun, The Blue Room Theatre & The Emergence Co

BEST NEW WORK

WINNER | Tim Watts & Anthony Watts, Monroe & Associates

Andrew Hale, The Cockatoos

Jeffrey Jay Fowler & Chris Isaacs, FAG/STAG

Jub Clerc, The Fever and the Fret

Warwick Doddrell, Maja Liwszyc, Tristan McInnes & Peter Lane Townsend, Under This Sun

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

WINNER | Those Who Fall In Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon The Ocean Floor – The Blue Room Theatre & Jo Morris & Renee Newman

The Cockatoos, The Blue Room Theatre & Happy Dagger Theatre

The Epic, The Blue Room Theatre & Finn O'Branagáin & Scott Sandwich

FAG/STAG, The Blue Room Theatre & The Last Great Hunt

Monroe & Associates, The Blue Room Theatre & The Last Great Hunt

Those Who Fall In Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon The Ocean Floor, The Blue Room Theatre & Jo Morris & Renée Newman

Under This Sun, The Blue Room Theatre & The Emergence Co

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | The Rabbits, Barking Gecko Theatre & Opera Australia

Dinner, Black Swan State Theatre Company

From The Rubble, Perth Theatre Company & PICA

Next To Normal, Black Swan State Theatre Company

The Fever and the Fret, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Venus In Fur, Black Swan State Theatre Company

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN

WINNER | Trent Suidgeest, The Rabbits (Lighting), Barking Gecko Theatre & Opera Australia

Bryan Woltjen, Blithe Spirit, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Bryan Woltjen, Extinction, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Fleur Elise Noble, From The Rubble, Perth Theatre Company & PICA

Jon Buswell, Blithe Spirit, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Lawrie Cullen-Tait, Venus In Fur, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Trent Suidgeest, Dinner, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Trent Suidgeest, Next To Normal, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST MUSIC

WINNER | Suzanne Kosowitz, Multiverse Theory In D (Musical Direction), The Blue Room Theatre & Ellandar

Ash Gibson Greig, Blithe Spirit (Composition), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Ben Collins (Sound Design), Next To Normal, Black Swan State Theatre Company

David Young, Next To Normal (Musical Direction), Black Swan State Theatre Company

2015 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2015 Awards were held on Monday 23 February 2015 at the De Parel Spiegeltent. The Awards only recognised theatre at this time.

Host: Nick Maclaine

THE WEST'S WRAP UP OF THE AWARDS

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Clarence Ryan, King Hit, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Ben Hall, Uncle Jack, The Blue Room Theatre & Ross Lonnie

Hoa Xuande, Jasper Jones, Barking Gecko Theatre

James Sweeney, As You Like It, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Maja Liwszyc, Romeo and Juliet with Hiphop, Class Act Theatre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Humphrey Bower, Jasper Jones, Barking Gecko Theatre

Benj D'Addario, King Hit, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Geoff Kelso, As You Like It, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Igor Sas, As You Like It, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Luke Hewitt, A Streetcar Named Desire, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Luke Hewitt, As You Like It, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Steve Turner, As You Like It, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Karla Hart, King Hit, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Alinta Carroll, Cis and Barbiche, Agelink Theatre

Caitlin Beresford-Ord, As You Like It, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Georgia King, Second Hands, The Blue Room Theatre & Little y Theatre Company

Rebecca Bradley, Form, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Renee Newman, Second Hands, The Blue Room Theatre & Little y Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (MALE) PRESENTED BY CITY OF PERTH

WINNER | Igor Sas, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Ben Mortley, Those Who Fall in Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon the Ocean Floor, The Blue Room Theatre & Jo Morris & theMoxyCollective

Clarence Ryan, King Hit, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Humphrey Bower, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Black Swan State Theatre Company

James Sweeney, As You Like It, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Phillip Miolin, Joey: The Mechanical Boy, The Blue Room Theatre & The Nest Ensemble

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE) PRESENTED BY BIG PICTURE FACTORY

WINNER | Jo Morris, A Streetcar Named Desire, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Alison van Reeken, Dust, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Andrea Gibbs, Eight Gigabytes of Harcore Pornography, Perth Theatre Company

Chloe Flockart, Farm, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Jo Morris, Those Who Fall in Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon the Ocean Floor, The Blue Room Theatre & Jo Morris & theMoxyCollective

Nichola Renton, Concussion, The Blue Room Theatre & Ellandar Productions

Renee Newman, Those Who Fall in Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon the Ocean Floor, The Blue Room Theatre & Jo Morris & theMoxyCollective

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER | Leah Mercer, Joey: The Mechanical Boy, The Blue Room Theatre & The Nest Ensemble

Adam Mitchell, Those Who Fall in Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon the Ocean Floor, The Blue Room Theatre & Jo Morris & theMoxyCollective

John Sheedy, Jasper Jones, Barking Gecko Theatre

John Sheedy, Onefivezeroseven, Barking Gecko Theatre

Kate Cherry, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Kyle J Morrison, King Hit, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Philip Mitchell, Farm, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

BEST NEW PLAY PRESENTED BY RGM

WINNER | Jeffrey Jay Fowler with Gita Bezard, Adriane Daff & Katt Osborne, Elephents

WINNER | Chris Isaacs, Flood

Izaak Lim & Nick Maclaine, Exactly Like You

Jeffrey Jay Fowler with Georgia King, Holley Garvey, Michael Collins, Nina Pearce, Renee Newman, Austin Castiglione & Nick Maclaine, Second Hands

Leah Mercer & Margi Brown Ash, Joey: The Mechanical Boy

Tiffany Barton, Diva

BEST PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY FROG MANAGEMENT

WINNER | King Hit, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Farm, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Joey: The Mechanical Boy, The Blue Room Theatre & The Nest Ensemble

Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Onefivezeroseven, Barking Gecko Theatre

Those Who Fall in Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon the Ocean Floor, The Blue Room Theatre & Jo Morris & theMoxyCollective

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN IN ANY MEDIUM

WINNER | Lauren Ross, Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Set & Costume), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Karen Cook, Joey: The Mechanical Boy (Lighting), The Blue Room Theatre & The Nest Ensemble

Tessa Darcy, Joey: The Mechanical Boy (Set & Costumes), The Blue Room Theatre & The Nest Ensemble

Matt McVeigh, Farm (Set & Costumes), Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

India Mehta, King Hit (Set & Costumes), Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

India Mehta, Those Who Fall in Love Like Anchors Dropped Upon the Ocean Floor (Set & Costumes), The Blue Room Theatre & Jo Morris & theMoxyCollective

Graham Walne, Farm (Lighting), Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE HERITAGE AWARD

Eileen Colocott

2014 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2014 Awards were held on Tuesday 25 March 2014 at the Duxton Hotel. The Performing Arts WA Awards – as they now were called for the first time – only recognised theatre.

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Jactina Larcombe, The Little Mermaid, The Blue Room Theatre & Houston Sinclair Productions

Ben Gill, The Little Mermaid, The Blue Room Theatre & Houston Sinclair Productions

Brian Liau, The Warrior and the Princess, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

David Richardson, The Boat Goes Over the Mountain, The Blue Room Theatre & Happy Dagger Theatre

Leanne Curran, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Blue Room Theatre & Little y Theatre Company

Tessa Carmody, Tinkertown, The Blue Room Theatre & Nathaniel Moncrieff

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | David Meadows, Ghosts, Class Act Theatre

Ben Mortley, Robots Vs. Art, The Blue Room Theatre & Thatsanono

James Hagan, Boy Gets Girl, Black Swan State Theatre Company

James Hagan, The Fremantle Candidate, Deckchair Theatre

Michael Loney, The Importance of Being Earnest, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Steve Turner, Boy Gets Girl, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Will O’Mahony, Fat Pig, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

Will O’Mahony, One Night Echo, The Duck House in association with PICA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Vivienne Garrett, Other Desert Cities, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Caroline McKenzie, Death of a Salesman, Blsck Swan State Theatre Company

Claire Munday, Playhouse Creatures, Her Infinite Variety Ensemble

Georgia King, Fat Pig, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

Rhoda Lopez, Playhouse Creatures, Her Infinite Variety Ensemble

Shirley van Sanden, Gertrude Stein and a Companion, Her Infinite Variety Ensemble

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Adam T Perkins, The Guys, Classic Works

Adam T Perkins, A Streetcar Named Desire, Circle in the Sand

Austin Castiglione, The Motherfucker With the Hat, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Humphrey Bower, Day One, a Hotel, Evening, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Kenneth Ransom, The Motherfucker With the Hat, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Tim Watts for Bruce, The Blue Room Theatre & Wyatt Frederick Nixon-Lloyd and Tim Watts

Tim Watts, The Wives of Hemingway, Side Pony Productions

Will O’Mahony, Great White, The Blue Room Theatre & The Skeletal System

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Nichola Renton, A Streetcar Named Desire, Circle in the Sand

Adriane Daff, Great White, The Blue Room Theatre & The Skeletal System

Anna Bennetts, The Guys, Classic Works

Alicia Osyka, Fat Pig, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

Ella Hetherington, Duck, Death and the Tulip, Barking Gecko Theatre

Ella Hetherington, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Blue Room Theatre & Little y Theatre Company

Rhoda Lopez, Madame Piaf, KNUTS Theatre

Rhoda Lopez, The Motherfucker With the Hat, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER | John Sheedy, Storm Boy, Barking Gecko Theatre & Sydney Theatre Company

Adam Mitchell, Boy Gets Girl, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Adam Mitchell, The Motherfucker With the Hat, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Emily McLean, Fat Pig, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

David Meadows, A Streetcar Named Desire, Circle in the Sand

John Sheedy, Duck, Death and the Tulip, Barking Gecko Theatre

Paula Coops, The Guys, Classic Works

Will O’Mahony, Great White, The Blue Room Theatre & The Skeletal System

BEST NEW PLAY

WINNER | Will O'Mahony, Great White

Andrew Hale, The Boat Goes Over the Mountain

Hellie Turner, Mad Fred

Ingle Knight, The Fremantle Candidate

Tim Winton, Shrine

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | Boy Gets Girl, Black Swan State Theatre Company

A Streetcar Named Desire, Circle in the Sand

Duck, Death and the Tulip, Barking Gecko Theatre

Great White, The Blue Room Theatre & The Skeletal System

Storm Boy, Barking Gecko Theatre & Sydney Theatre Company

The Guys, Classic Works

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN IN ANY MEDIUM

WINNER | Fiona Bruce, Boy Gets Girl (Set & Costume), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Alicia Clements, Duck, Death and the Tulip (Set & Costumes), Barking Gecko Theatre

Alicia Clements, Great White (Set & Costume), The Blue Room Theatre & The Skeletal System

Bryan Woltjen, The Motherfucker With the Hat (Set & Costume), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Chris Donnelly, Eve (Lighting), The Blue Room Theatre & Margi Brown Ash

Dave Richardson, The Boat Goes Over the Mountain (Composition & Sound Design), The Blue Room Theatre & Happy Dagger Theatre

Lynn Ferguson, The Importance of Being Earnest (Costume), Black Swan State Theatre Company

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE HERITAGE AWARD

Maurie Ogden & Sally Sander

THE PERFORMING ARTS WA AWARD

Angelique Malcolm

2013 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2013 Awards were held on Wednesday 23 January 2013 at the De Parel Spiegeltent. The Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

The West's wrap up of the awards

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Joshua Brennan, Tender Napalm, Perth Theatre Company

Harrison Elliott, Driving Into Walls, Barking Gecko Theatre

Matthew Tupper, Driving Into Walls, Barking Gecko Theatre

Michael Smith, Driving Into Walls, Barking Gecko Theatre

Rikki Bremner, Driving Into Walls, Barking Gecko Theatre

Thalia Livingstone, Driving Into Walls, Barking Gecko Theatre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Will O'Mahony, Red, Onward Production

Benj D'Addario, Taking Liberty, Deckchair Theatre Company

Craig Williams, Taking Liberty, Deckchair Theatre Company

Greg McNeill, The Damned, Black Swan State Theatre Company

James Helm, Private Lives, Onward Production

Nick Maclaine, Arcadia, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Caitlin Beresford-Ord, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Anna Brockway, Medea, Class Act Theatre

Adriane Daff, Arcadia, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Michelle Fornasier, Private Lives, Onward Production

Polly Low, The Damned, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Talei Howell-Price, I (Honestly) Love You, Lockwood Productions

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | James Hagan, Red, Onward Production

David Meadows, The Merchant of Venice, Class Act Theatre

Joshua Brennan, Tender Napalm, Perth Theatre Company

Luke Hewitt, Red Silk, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Silk Productions

Scott Sheridan, Arcadia, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Steve Turner, When The Rain Stops Falling, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Rhoda Lopex, Lorelei, Deckchair Theatre Company

Alison van Reeken, When The Rain Stops Falling, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Anna Houston, Tender Napalm, Perth Theatre Company

Ella Hetherington, The Red Tree, Barking Gecko Theatre

Julia Moody, When The Rain Stops Falling, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Whitney Richards, Arcadia, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER | Adam Mitchell, When The Rain Stops Falling, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Chris Bendall, Taking Liberty, Deckchair Theatre Company

John Sheedy, Driving Into Walls, Barking Gecko Theatre

Lawrie Cullen-Tait, Red, Onward Production

Melissa Cantwell, Blackbird, Perth Theatre Company

Melissa Cantwell, Tender Napalm, Perth Theatre Company

Michael McCall, Missing, The Blue Room Theatre Summer Nights

BEST NEW PLAY

WINNER | Humphrey Bower, Skin

Damon Lockwood, I (Honestly) Love You

Lois Achimovich, Red Silk

Reg Cribb, The Damned

Teresa Izzard & Silvia Lehmann, The Yellow Wallpaper

The Duck House, They Ran 'Til They Stopped

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | Red, Onward Production

Driving Into Walls, Barking Gecko Theatre

Taking Liberty, Deckchair Theatre Company

Tender Napalm, Perth Theatre Company

The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer, Perth Theatre Company

When The Rain Stops Falling, Black Swan State Theatre Company

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN IN ANY MEDIUM

WINNER | Danielle Micich, Driving Into Walls (Choreography), Barking Gecko Theatre

Alicia Clements, The Magic Hour (Set & Costume), Deckchair Theatre Company

Bruce McKinven, The White Divers of Broome (Set), Black Swan State Theatre Company & Perth International Arts Festival

Bryan Woltjen, When The Rain Stops Falling (Set & Costume), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Russell Leonard, Tender Napalm (Choreography), Perth Theatre Company

Trent Suidgeest, The White Divers of Broome (Lighting), Black Swan State Theatre Company & Perth International Arts Festival

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE HERITAGE AWARD

Gerry Atkinson

THE GUILD AWARD

Sally Burton

THE METCALFE AWARD

John Milson & Coralie Condon

2011 WINNERS

The 2011 Awards were held on Monday 7 November 2011 in the Studio Underground of the State Theatre Centre of WA. The Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

Host: Michael Loney

THE WEST'S WRAP UP OF THE AWARDS

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

Nick Maclaine – The Enchanters, Prickly Pear Ensemble

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

Tim Solly – Waltzing the Willara, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

Kim Walsh – The Removalists, Perth Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

Greg McNeill – Madagascar, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

Alison van Reeken – The Deep Blue Sea, Onward Production

BEST DIRECTOR

Chris Bendall – The Modern International Dead, Deckchair Theatre

BEST NEW WORK

David Milroy – Waltzing the Wilarra

BEST PRODUCTION

The Modern International Dead – Deckchair Theatre

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN IN ANY MEDIUM

David Milroy – Waltzing the Willara (Music), Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE HERITAGE AWARD

Edgar Metcalfe

THE GUILD AWARD

Robert Faggetter

2010 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2010 Awards were held on Monday 29 November 2010 in the Studio Underground of the State Theatre Centre of WA. The Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

Host: Michael Loney

THE WEST'S WRAP UP OF THE AWARDS

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Ian Sinclair, The Bear Skinner, The Blue Room Thatre & The Duck House

Alicia Oskya, Red Cross, The Blue Room Theatre & The Wet Weather Ensemble

Elizabeth Blackmore, Much Ado About Nothing, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Gita Bezard, The Bear Skinner, The Blue Room Thatre & The Duck House

Shubhadra Young, Much Ado About Nothing, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Siobhan Dow Hall, Navigating Rose, Main Event Productions for WA Maritime Museum

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Michael Loney, Much Ado About Nothing, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Benj D'Addario, Fatty Wombat, Barking Gecko Theatre

Kazimir Sas, pool (no water), Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

Sam Longley, Forget Me Not, Deckchair Theatre

Will O'Mahoney, pool (no water), Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

Steve Turner, Much Ado About Nothing, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Amanda Woodhams, The Web, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Arielle Gray, pool (no water), Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

Jacinta John, pool (no water), Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

Natalie Holmwood, pool (no water), Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

Samantha Murray, The Danger Age, Deckchair Theatre

Vivienne Garrett, Equus, Perth Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Brendan Hanson, Lebensraum, The Brainbox Project

Brendan Ewing, Heart of Gold, Hold Your Horses

Craig Williams, Lebensraum, The Brainbox Project

James Helm, The Myth of Julian Rose, The Blue Room Theatre & Mondo Di Corpo

Luke Hewitt, An Oak Tree, Perth Theatre Company

Tim Solly, The Shape of Things, Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Melanie Munt, The Shape of Things, Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

Adriane Daff, The Shape of Things, Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

Arielle Gray, Nobody Cares But You, The Blue oom Teatre & Luke Milton and Gray Ruby Productions

Jo Morris, The Myth of Julian Rose, The Blue Room Theatre & Mondo Di Corpo

Samantha Murray, October, The Blue Room Theatre & This One Show

Vivienne Garrett, The Clean House, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER | Adam Mitchell, The Shape of Things, Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

Adam Mitchell, pool (no water), Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

Marcelle Schmitz, The Web, Perth Theatre Company

Matthew Lutton, Love Me Tender, ThinIce Productions

Melissa Cantwell, Equus, Perth Theatre Company

Zoe Pepper, Heart of Gold, Hold Your Horses

BEST NEW PLAY

WINNER | Grant Watson, Cry Havoc

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | The Shape of Things, Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

Equus, Perth Theatre Company

Heart of Gold, Hold Your Horses

Lebensraum, The Brainbox Project

Love Me Tender, ThinIce Productions

pool (no water), Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN IN ANY MEDIUM

WINNER | Fiona Bruce, The Shape of Things (Set), Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

Ash Gibson Greig, Heart of Gold (Sound), Hold Your Horses

Bryan Woltjen, The Web (Set), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Graham Walne, Equus (lighting), Perth Theatre Company

Pilar Mata Dupont, Heart of Gold (Set), Hold Your Horses

Trent Suidgeest - pool (no water) (Lighting), Black Swan State Theatre Company & The HotBed Ensemble

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE HERITAGE AWARD

Raymond Omodei

THE GUILD AWARD

Gerald Hitchcock

2009 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2009 Awards were held on Monday 2 November 2009 at Perth Concert Hall. The Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

Host: Michael Loney

THE WEST'S WRAP UP OF THE AWARDS

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER PRESENTED BY ONWARD PRODUCTIONS

WINNER | Will O'Mahony – The Haunting of Daniel Garrell, Perth Theatre Company

TJ Power, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare WA

Whitney Richards, Apocalypse Perth, The Blue Room Theatre

Will O'Mahony, The Dark Room, Hotbed Ensemble

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE) PRESENTED BY PERTH THEATRE TRUST

WINNER | Sean Walsh, Taking Liberty, Perth Theatre Company

Luke Hewitt, Cyrano de Bergerac, Happy Dagger Theatre & Black Swan State Theatre Company

Kingsley Judd, Death of a Murderer, The Blue Room Theatre

Stuart Halusz, Taking Liberty, Perth Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE) PRESENTED BY POST NEWSPAPERS

WINNER | Sophia Hall, The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell, Perth Theatre Company

Arielle Gray, The Dark Room, Hotbed Ensemble

Caitlin Beresford-Ord, The Maids, The Blue Room Theatre

Jo Morris, Portraits of Modern Evil, Hotbed Ensemble

BEST ACTOR (MALE) PRESENTED BY CITY OF PERTH

WINNER | Luke Hewitt, Speed the Plow, Perth Theatre Company

James Hagan, The Haunting of Daniel Gartell, Perth Theatre Company

Sam Longley, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare WA

Steve Turner, Speed the Plow, Perth Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE) PRESENTED BY THE WEST AUSTRALIAN

WINNER | Rosemarie Lenzo, Rose, Agelink Theatre in association with Perth Theatre Company

Alison van Reeken, Dying City, Red Ryder Productions

Angela Punch-McGregor, Far Away, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Anna Brockway, A View of Concrete, The Blue Room Theatre & Flaming Locomotive Productions

BEST DIRECTOR PRESENTED BY XPRESS MAGAZINE

WINNER | Chris Bendall, Checklist for an Armed Robbery, Deckchair Theatre

Adam Mitchell, The Dark Room, Hotbed Ensemble

Emily McLean, Dying City, Red Ryder Productions

Neill Gladwin, Taking Liberty, Perth Theatre Company

BEST NEW PLAY PRESENTED BY ACTORS MANAGEMENT

WINNER | Ingle Knight, Taking Liberty

Damon Lockwood, Horse Head

Reg Cribb, Krakouer

Reg Cribb, The Haunting of Daniel Gartell

BEST PRODUCTION PRESENTED BY FROG MANAGEMENT

WINNER | Taking Liberty, Perth Theatre Company

Dying City, Red Ryder Productions

Krakouer, Deckchair Theatre Company

Speed the Plow, Perth Theatre Company

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN IN ANY MEDIUM PRESENTED BY MEMORY LAND

WINNER | Bryan Woltjen, Far Away (Set & Costume), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Andrew Lake, Cyrano de Bergerac (Lighting), Happy Dagger Theatre & Black Swan State Theatre Company

Claude Marcos, Speed the Plow (Set & Costume), Perth Theatre Company

Kingsley Reeve, Taking Liberty (Sound), Perth Theatre Company

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE HERITAGE AWARD

Faith Clayton

THE GUILD AWARD PRESENTED BY THE EQUITY FOUNDATION

Jenny Davis

2008 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2008 Awards were held on Friday 7 November 2008 at Perth Concert Hall. The Perth Theatre Trust/Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

Host: Michael Loney

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Amanda Woodhams, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Black Swan State Theatre Company

David O'Donnell, Skylab, ???

Jai Courtney, The Turning, Perth Theatre Company

Jimi Bani, Jandamarra, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Reg Cribb, The Turning, Perth Theatre Company

Jai Courtney, The Turning, Perth Theatre Company

Luke Hewitt, As You Like It, Deckchair Theatre Company

Steve Turner, The Turning, Perth Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Caroline McKenzie, The Turning, Perth Theatre Company

Amanda Woodhams, Motortown, The Blue Room Theatre & This One Show

Alison van Reeken, The Female of the Species, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Leanne Page, Road Train, Kompany M

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Luke Hewitt, Road Train, Kompany M

Benj D'Addario, Glorious!, Perth Theatre Company

Edgar Metcalfe, Two Old Queens, The Blue Room Theatre

Stuart Halusz, Loveplay, Red Ryder Productions & Perth Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Rebecca Davis, The Greatest Woman in the World, Agelink Theatre

Alison van Reeken, Life x 3, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Katie Keady, Kid's Stuff, Steamworks Arts in association with PICA & Eat Life Productions

Renee McIntosh, Construction of the Human Heart, The Blue Room Theatre & Gossips' Feast Productions

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER | Adam Mitchell, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Hellie Turner, Road Train, Kompany M

Marcelle Schmitz, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Marisa Garreffa, Motortown, The Blue Room Theatre & This One Show

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | The Turning, Perth Theatre Company

Loveplay, Red Ryder Productions & Perth Theatre Company

The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Black Swan State Theatre Company

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN IN ANY MEDIUM

WINNER | Kingsley Reeve, The Turning (Sound), Perth Theatre Company

Bryan Woltjen, The York Crucifixion (Design), Happy Dagger Theatre

Caitlin Ryan, The Female of the Species (Design), Black Swan State Theatre Company

John Senczuk, Life x 3 (Set & Costume), Black Swan State Theatre Company

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE GUILD AWARD

Jenny McNae

MEMBERS' CHOICE AWARD (MALE)

Richie Flanagan, Motortown, The Blue Room Theatre & This One Show

MEMBERS' CHOICE AWARD (FEMALE)

Renee McIntosh, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Black Swan State Theatre Company

2007 WINNERS

The 2007 Awards were held on Friday 19 October 2007 at Perth Concert Hall. The Perth Theatre Trust/Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

Host: Michael Loney

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

Michelle Robin Anderson – Hope is the Saddest, The Blue Room Theatre & Mythophobic Productions

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

Craig Fong – Lost Is My Quiet, Prickly Pear Ensemble

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

Maggie Anketell – Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Class Act Theatre

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

David Lee Smyth – The Messiah, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

Nicola Bartlett – The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?, Perth Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR

Emily McLean – The Mozart Faction, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

BEST NEW PLAY

Mel Cantwell – Marmalade and Egg

BEST PRODUCTION

The Goat, Or Who is Sylvia? – Perth Theatre Company

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN IN ANY MEDIUM

Zoe Atkinson – The Crucible (Set), Black Swan State Theatre Company

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE GUILD AWARD

Monica Main

MEMBERS' CHOICE AWARD – TIED

Steve Turner – The Crucible, Black Swan State Theatre Company &

Caitlin Beresford-Ord – The Mozart Faction, The Blue Room Theatre & Red Ryder Productions

2006 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2006 Awards were held on Friday 15 September 2006 at Perth Concert Hall. The Perth Theatre Trust/Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

Host: Damien O'Doherty

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Lucy Cooke, The Carnivores, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Ethan Tomas, Imperial Facade, Prickly Pear Ensemble

Renato Fabretti, Love, Deckchair Theatre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Renato Fabretti, Love, Deckchair Theatre

Geoff Kelso, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Luke Hewitt, Twelfth Night, Deckchair Theatre

Sanjiva Margio, The Arrival, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Alison van Reeken, The Carnivores, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Ingrid Hartwig, Twelfth Night, Deckchair Theatre

Nikki Jones, States of Shock, Not The Mama Productions

Pippa Williamson, Uncle Vanya, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Thomas Papathanassiou, Looming the Memory, Deckchair Theatre

Damon Lockwood, Dealer's Choice, Perth Theatre Company

Giri Mazzella, The Arrival, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Steve Turner, The Carnivores, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Katie Keady, Love, Deckchair Theatre

Christie Sistrunk, Soulmates, Perth Theatre Company

Kirsty Hillhouse, Love, Deckchair Theatre

Kirsty Hillhouse, Twelfth Night, Deckchair Theatre

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER | Emily McLean, Dealer's Choice, Perth Theatre Company

Marcelle Schmitz, In Two Minds, Dinkum Productions

Philip Mitchell, The Arrival, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Tom Gutteridge, The Carnivores, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST NEW PLAY

WINNER | Ian Wilding, The Carnivores

Hellie Turner, Billy Windlock

John Robertson, Killing Hun in the Sun

Reg Cribb, Ruby's Last Dollar

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | The Arrival, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Dealer's Choice, Perth Theatre Company

In Two Minds, Dinkum Productions

The Carnivores, Black Swan State Theatre Company

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN IN ANY MEDIUM

WINNER | Alan Surgener, In Two Minds (Set & Lighting), Dinkum Productions

Jiri Zmitko, The Arrival (Design), Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Michael Barlow, The Arrival (Animation), Spare Parts Puppet Theatre

Steve Nolan, Soulmates (Set & Costume), Perth Theatre Company

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE GUILD AWARD

Peter Woodward

2005 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2005 Awards were held on Saturday 26 November 2005 at Royal Perth Yacht Club. The Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

Host: Duncan Ord

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Brent Hill, Five Unenviable Lives, The Blue Room Theatre

Kate Jenkinson, Zastrozzi, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Mark Coles-Smith, Crabbing at High Tide, Barking Gecko Theatre

Nathan Bennison, Revelation, S.A.L.T Writers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Andrew Hale, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Hole in the Wall Theatre

Nicholas McRobbie, Hotel Sorrento, Class Act Theatre

Roderick Cairns, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Hole in the Wall Theatre

Sam Longley, Revelation, S.A.L.T Writers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Adriane Daff, The Visit, BeActive BSX Theatre

Alinta Carroll, Hotel Sorrento, Class Act Theatre

Lara Tumak, The Country, Last Seen Imagining

Renee McIntosh, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Hole in the Wall Theatre

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Geoff Gibbs, Long Day's Journey Into Night, The Hole in the Wall Theatre

Crispian Chan, mickey.com, The Perth Surgeons

Jay Walsh, Hotel Sorrento, Class Act Theatre

Kingsley Judd, A Christmas Carol, Attic Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Michelle Fornasier, The Visit, BeActive BSX Theatre

Francesca Waters, Hotel Sorrento, Class Act Theatre

Gillian Alexy, The Chatroom, Perth Theatre Company

Marcelle Schmitz, Medea, Steamworks Arts in association with Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER | Marcelle Schmitz, Zastrozzi, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Matthew Lutton, The Visit, BeActive BSX Theatre

Sally Richardson, Medea, Steamworks Arts in association with Black Swan State Theatre Company

Stephen Lee, A Christmas Carol, Attic Theatre Company

BEST NEW PLAY

WINNER | David Milroy, Windmill Baby

Elizabeth Spencer, Tango

Grant Watson, Serpentine

Luke Milton, Five Unenviable Lives

Reg Cribb, The Chatroom

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | The Visit, BeActive BSX Theatre

DESIGN AWARDS

BEST DESIGN IN ANY MEDIUM

WINNER | Bryan Woltjen, The Visit (Set & Costume), BeActive BSX Theatre

Mark Howett, Zastrozzi (Lighting), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Sarah Contos, Zastrozzi (Set & Costume), Black Swan State Theatre Company

Zoe Atkinson, Snark (Set & Costume), Deckchair Theatre Company

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE GUILD AWARD

Andy King

2004 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2004 Awards were held on Friday 26 November 2004 at Royal Perth Yacht Club. The Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

Host: Peter Holland

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Crispian Chan, A Man With Five Children, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Anna Kim, Citizen X, Deckchair Theatre

Deanna Cooney, The Simple Truth, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Nicholas McRobbie, Conundrum, Shanghai Lil Productions

Oliver Cooney, A Prayer to an Iron God, Deckchair Theatre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Mike Frencham, A Man With Five Children, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Crispian Chan, A Man With Five Children, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Luke Hewitt, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Deckchair Theatre

Oliver Cooney, A Prayer to an Iron God, Deckchair Theatre

Paul Goddard, Hidden Dragons, Barking Gecko Theatre

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Francesca Waters, Bed, ThinIce Productions

Amanda Crewes, Conundrum, Shanghai Lil Productions

Renee McIntosh, Bed, ThinIce Productions

Renee Newman, Dogs Barking, Shakespearience in association with Perth Theatre Company

Vivienne Garrett, Live Acts on Stage, Black Swan State Theatre Company in association with Perth International Arts Festival

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Gibson Nolte, Proof, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Adam McGurk, A Man with Five Children, Black Swan State Theatre Company

James Sollis, Two Way Mirror, Effie Crump Theatre

Gibson Nolte, Nocturne, Steamworks Arts in association with B Sharp

Steve Turner, Talk about the Passion, Perth Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Shirley van Sanden, Hidden Dragons, Barking Gecko Theatre

Elizabeth Spencer, Citizen X, Deckchair Theatre

Jub Clarke, A Man with Five Children, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Marcelle Schmitz, Two Way Mirror, Effie Crump Theatre

Marta Kaczmarek, Happy Days, Tadaria Studio

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER | Angela Chaplin, Thirteen Hundred Ashtrays, Deckchair Theatre

Grahame Gavin, Hidden Dragons, Barking Gecko Theatre

Matthew Lutton, Bed, ThinIce Productions

Peter Kingston, A Man with Five Children, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Sally Richardson, Nocturne, Steamworks Arts in association with B Sharp

Tom Gutteridge, Proof, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST NEW PLAY

WINNER | Ian Wilding, Torrez

Hellie Turner, Bench

Robert Jeffreys, Covert

Shirley van Sanden, Hidden Dragons

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | Hidden Dragons, Barking Gecko Theatre

A Man with Five Children, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Bed, ThinIce Productions

Proof, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Thirteen Hundred Ashtrays, Deckchair Theatre

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE GUILD AWARD

Steve Shaw

BEST STAGE MANAGER AWARD

WINNER | Alan Surgener

Brian Preston

Francesca Waters

2003 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2003 Awards were held on Saturday 15 November 2003 at Mt Lawley Bowling Club. The IFAC/Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

Host: Rachael Blake

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Roderick Cairns – Glenn, Effie Crump Theatre

Matthew Lutton, The Bald Prima Donna, ThinIce Productions

Michael McCall, Macbeth, Class Act Theatre

Karen Roberts, Skin Tight, Perth Theatre Company

Illana O’Halloran, X-Stacy, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

Geoff Kelso, Shadow of the Eagle, Perth Theatre Company

Craig Williams, Stones, Barking Gecko Theatre & Larrikin Theatre

Dan Luxton, Macbeth, Class Act Theatre

Luke Hewitt, Tough Love, Prickly Pear Ensemble

Michael Loney, Irish Stew, Effie Crump Theatre

Sam Longley, Stones, Barking Gecko Theatre & Larrikin Theatre

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

Jill Perryman, Death of a Salesman, Hole in the Wall Theatre Company

Jenny Davis, Breast Stroke, Handzon Theatre Company

Karen Roberts, Skin Tight, Perth Theatre Company

Rosemary Barr, Copenhagen, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Sarah McNeill, Affairs In A Tent and Events On A Hotel Terrace, Effie Crump Theatre

BEST DIRECTOR

Alan Becher, Skin Tight, Perth Theatre Company

Andrew Ross, The Drawer Boy, Black Swan State Theatre Company

John Milson, Some Enchanted Evening, Effie Crump Theatre

Marcelle Schmitz, Affairs In A Tent and Events On A Hotel Terrace, Effie Crump Theatre

Monica Main, Blood Relations, Not The Mama Productions

BEST NEW PLAY

WINNER | George Blazevic & Ingle Knight, Shadow of the Eagle

WINNER | Reg Cribb, Last Cab to Darwin

Frankie Italiano & Sarah Wilkinson, We Are Family

Robert Jeffreys, Cox Four

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | Skin Tight, Perth Theatre Company

Death of a Salesman, Hole in the Wall Theatre Company

Last Cab to Darwin, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Shadow of the Eagle, Perth Theatre Company

The Drawer Boy, Black Swan State Theatre Company

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE GUILD AWARD

Sandra Woodham

BEST STAGE MANAGER AWARD

WINNER | Heather Dransfield

Brian Preston

Kristy Anderson

Phillipa Stroud

Leisa Landre-Ord

2002 WINNERS

The IFAC/Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

Host: Michael Loney

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

Nick Christo – A Swell Party: A Celebration of Cole Porter, Effie Crump Theatre

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

Steve Turner – Below, Effie Crump Theatre & Perth International Arts Festival

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

Pippa Williamson – The Other Woman, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Steamworks

BEST DIRECTOR

Marcelle Schmitz – Below, Effie Crump Theatre & Perth International Arts Festival

BEST PRODUCTION

Below – Effie Crump Theatre & Perth International Arts Festival

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE GUILD AWARD

Andrew Hull

BEST STAGE MANAGER AWARD

Jenny Poh

2001 NOMINEES & WINNERS

The 2001 Awards were held on Saturday 17 November 2001. The IFAC/Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

Host: Michael Loney

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST NEWCOMER

WINNER | Travis Cotton, Away, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Humphrey Bower, Ghosts, Hole In The Wall Theatre Company

Irma Woods, Aliwa, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Kylie Farmer, Aliwa, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Renee McIntosh, Ghosts, Hole In The Wall Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

WINNER | Steve Turner, To Whom It May Concern, Black Swan State Theatre Company

George Shevtsov, To Whom It May Concern, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Igor Sas, The Butcher, ???

Michael Loney, Noel & Gertie, Effie Crump Theatre

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

WINNER | Marcelle Schmitz, Redemption, Effie Crump Theatre

WINNER | Susan Zeichner, Noel & Gertie, Effie Crump Theatre

Rhonda Ellen Cressey, Away, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Rosemary Barr, Ghosts, Hole In The Wall Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER | John Milson, Noel & Gertie, Effie Crump Theatre

Andrew Ross, Away, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Chris Edmund, Redemption, Effie Crump Theatre

Marcelle Schmitz, To Whom it May Concern, Marcelle Schmitz & Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST PRODUCTION

WINNER | Aliwa, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Face to Face, Perth Theatre Company

Noel & Gertie, Effie Crump Theatre

To Whom It May Concern, Marcelle Schmitz & Black Swan State Theatre Company

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE GUILD AWARD

Jay Walsh

THE SOUTHERN CROSS AWARD

John Milson

2000 WINNERS

The inaugural Awards were held at Burswood Theatre (now Crown Theatre). The IFAC/Equity Guild Awards (as they were then called) only recognised theatre at this time.

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST ACTOR (MALE)

Michael Loney – Speaking in Tongues, Perth Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)

Rosemary Barr – Three Tall Women, Effie Crump Theatre

BEST PRODUCTION

Plain Song – Black Swan State Theatre Company

SPECIAL AWARDS

THE GUILD AWARD

Ivan King

THE SOUTHERN CROSS AWARD

Ivan King