2013 NOMINEES & RECIPIENTS
Winners are in bold.
BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Angels In America (Belvoir)
The Floating World (Griffin)
The Secret River (Sydney Theatre Company and Sydney Festival)
Waiting for Godot (Sydney Theatre Company)
BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Cyrano de Bergerac (Sport for Jove)
Jerusalem (New Theatre)
The Motherf**ker with the Hat (Workhorse Theatre Company)
Penelope (Siren Theatre Company)
BEST DIRECTION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Neil Armfield (The Secret River)
Eamon Flack (Angels in America)
Sam Strong (The Floating World)
Andrew Upton (Waiting for Godot)
BEST DIRECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Kate Gaul (Penelope)
Damien Ryan (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Iain Sinclair (All My Sons)
Helen Tonkin (Jerusalem)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Valerie Bader (The Floating World)
Cate Blanchett (The Maids)
Harriet Dyer (Machinal)
Sharon Millerchip (Bombshells)
Helen Thomson (Mrs Warren's Profession)
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Paul Blackwell (Vere)
Lee Jones (Frankenstein)
Peter Kowitz (The Floating World)
Luke Mullins (Small and Tired)
Richard Roxburgh (Waiting for Godot)
Hugo Weaving (Waiting for Godot)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Abigail Austin (Twelfth Night)
Diana McLean (4000 Miles)
Toni Scanlan (All My Sons)
Zoe Trilsbach (The Motherf**ker with the Hat)
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Laurence Coy (The Removalists)
Nicholas Eadie (Jerusalem)
Marshall Napier (All My Sons)
Yalin Ozucelik (Cyrano de Bergerac)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Lynette Curran (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
Elizabeth Debicki (The Maids)
Amber McMahon (Angels in America)
Susan Prior (Small and Tired)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Marcus Graham (Angels in America)
Ewen Leslie (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
Luke Mullins (Waiting for Godot)
Philip Quast (Waiting for Godot)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Megan O’Connell (The Motherf**ker with the Hat)
Eloise Snape (4000 Miles)
Eloise Winestock (The Comedy of Errors)
Lizzie Schebesta (Cyrano de Bergerac)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Justin Stewart Cotta (The Removalists)
Andrew Henry (All My Sons)
Damien Ryan (Othello)
Jeremy Waters (Jerusalem)
BEST STAGE DESIGN IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Alice Babidge with Sean Bacon (The Maids)
Stephen Curtis (The Secret River)
Michael Hankin (Angels in America)
Gabriela Tylesova (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Renee Mulder (Mrs Warren’s Profession)
Teresa Negroponte (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Tess Schofield (The Secret River)
Gabriela Tylesova (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Verity Hampson (Machinal)
Nicholas Higgins (Frankenstein)
Mark Howett (The Secret River)
Nick Schlieper (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
BEST SCORE OR SOUND DESIGN IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Steve Francis and Iain Grandage (The Secret River)
Elena Kats-Chernin and Daryl Wallis (Frankenstein)
Kelly Ryall (The Floating World)
Luke Smiles (School Dance)
BEST STAGE DESIGN IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Tom Bannerman (Jerusalem)
Tom Bannerman and Kate Gaul (Penelope)
Marg Horwell (Summertime in the Garden of Eden)
Ally Mansell (The Removalists)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Rita Carmody (The Removalists)
Anna Gardiner (Cyrano de Bergerac)
Marg Horwell (Summertime in the Garden of Eden)
Jennifer Ham (Jerusalem)
BEST SCORE OR SOUND DESIGN IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Benny Davis and Alister Mew (Delectable Shelter)
Jed Silver (The Removalists)
Alistair Wallace (Jerusalem)
Darryl Wallis (Penelope)
BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK
Andrew Bovell, adapted from the novel by Kate Grenville (The Secret River)
Kit Brookman (Small and Tired)
John Doyle (Vere)
Matthew Whittet (School Dance)
BEST NEWCOMER
Elizabeth Debicki (The Maids)
Taylor Ferguson (Miss Julie)
Harry Greenwood (Fury)
Elizabeth Nabben (Dance Better at Parties)
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Carrie the Musical
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Lion King
JUDITH JOHNSON AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Hilary Cole (Carrie the Musical)
Amy Lehpamer (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Lucy Maunder (Grease)
Katrina Retallick (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
JUDITH JOHNSON AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Russell Dykstra (The Lion King)
Matt Hetherington (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
Tim Minchin (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Tony Sheldon (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN
Compass (atyp)
The Listies in 6D (Sydney Opera House)
Random Musical (Spontaneous Broadway and Sydney Opera House)
The 13-Storey Treehouse (CDP)
BEST PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Peter Pan (Belvoir)
School Dance (Windmill Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company in association with Sydney Festival)
Spur of the Moment (atyp)
Storm Boy (Sydney Theatre Company and Barking Gecko Theatre Company)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
John Romeril
SPECIAL AWARD
The Wharf Revue - Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe and Phillip Scott
For services to laughter, satire and sanity, above and beyond the call of duty
HONOUR ROLL
Chrissy Amphlett - singer and actress
Jean Carroll - milliner
Eric Duckworth - producer and theatre manager
Freddie Gibson - theatre manager and administrator
Penne Hackforth-Jones - actor
Hazel Hawke - arts patron
Malcolm Leech - stage manager and theatre manager
Johnny Lockwood - actor
John Milson - director
Elke Neidhardt - opera and theatre director and teacher
David Penfold - producer and theatre manager
Don Reid - actor, playwright
Jamie Robertson - actor
Martin Sharp - designer and artist
John Sumner - director
Enzo Toppano - musician and performer
Tommy Tycho - musical director
PRESENTERS
Blazey Best, Ron Blair, Richard Cottrell, Anni Finsterer, Jack Finsterer, Jennifer Hagan, Verity Hunt-Ballard, Scott Johnson, Luke McGettigan, Ned Manning, Meredith Penman, Marion Potts, Iain Sinclair, John Turnbull
PERFORMANCES
Catherine Alcorn, Stephen Anderson, James Lee, Peter Meredith, Lara Mulcahy, Katrina Retallick
Jonathan Biggins, Amanda Bishop, Drew Forsythe, Garry Scale, Phil Scott, Andrew Worboys
Kerrie Anne Greenland
Musical Director Michael Tyack
Director of musical performances Jason Langley
