2023 NOMINEES & RECIPIENTS
Winners are in bold.
BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Constellations (Sydney Theatre Company)
Fences (Sydney Theatre Company)
The Master & Margarita (Belvoir)
The Poison of Polygamy (Sydney Theatre Company)
The Visitors (Sydney Theatre Company and Moogahlin Performing Arts)
BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Consent (Outhouse Theatre Co and Seymour Centre)
Dumb Kids (Legit Theatre Co in association with bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company)
The Face of Jizo (OMUSUBI Productions in association with Red Line Productions)
A Streetcar Named Desire (Red Line Productions)
BEST DIRECTION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Eamon Flack (The Master & Margarita)
Ian Michael (Constellations)
Shari Sebbens (Fences)
Courtney Stewart (The Poison of Polygamy)
BEST DIRECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Craig Baldwin (Consent)
Alexander Berlage (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Amelia Burke (All His Beloved Children)
Shingo Usami and David Lynch (The Face of Jizo)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Justine Clarke (Girls & Boys)
Bert LaBonté (Fences)
Zahra Newman (Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill)
Shan-Ree Tan (The Poison of Polygamy)
Catherine Văn-Davies (Constellations)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Janet Anderson (Collapsible)
Challito Browne (Beyond the Break)
Sheridan Harbridge (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Anna Samson (Consent)
Shingo Usami (The Face of Jizo)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Charles Allen (Clyde’s)
Andrew McFarlane (Hubris & Humiliation)
Dorian Nkono (Fences)
Toby Schmitz (The Seagull)
Helen Thomson (The Importance of Being Earnest)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Tel Benjamin (All His Beloved Children)
Martelle Hammer (The Turn of the Screw)
Josh Price (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Jack Richardson (The Turn of the Screw)
Catherine Văn-Davies (A Streetcar Named Desire)
BEST STAGE DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Jeremy Allen (Fences)
Michael Hankin (On the Beach)
Isabel Hudson (Constellations)
Isabel Hudson (Hubris & Humiliation)
BEST STAGE DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Adrienne Andrews (All His Beloved Children)
Soham Apte (Consent)
Angus Callander and Solomon Thomas (UFO)
Nick Fry (Metropolis)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Elizabeth Gadsby (The Visitors)
Isabel Hudson (Hubris & Humiliation)
Renée Mulder (The Importance of Being Earnest)
Nicol & Ford (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Soham Apte (Consent)
Grace Deacon (An ox stand on my tongue)
Angela Doherty (The Turn of the Screw)
Michael Hankin and Bella Rose Saltearn (On A Clear Day You Can See Forever)
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Benjamin Brockman (Constellations)
Damien Cooper (Macbeth)
Verity Hampson (Fences)
Karen Norris (The Visitors)
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Frankie Clarke (All His Beloved Children)
Ryan McDonald (Metropolis)
Ryan McDonald (The Turn of the Screw)
Morgan Moroney (Collapsible)
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Brendon Boney (Fences)
James Brown (Constellations)
Danni A. Esposito (Sex Magick)
Kelly Ryall (Suddenly Last Summer)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Grace Ferguson (On the Beach)
Mathew Frank (Hubris & Humiliation)
Stefan Gregory (The Master & Margarita)
Matt Hsu (The Poison of Polygamy)
BEST SOUND DESIGN OR COMPOSITION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Me-Lee Hay and Zachary Saric (The Face of Jizo)
Chrysoulla Markoulli (The Turn of the Screw)
Zachary Saric (A Streetcar Named Desire)
Zara Stanton (Metropolis)
BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK
An ox stand on my tongue (Jane Montgomery Griffiths)
Hubris & Humiliation (Lewis Treston)
The Poison of Polygamy (Anchuli Felicia King)
Pony (Eloise Snape)
Sex Magick (Nicholas Brown)
The Turn of the Screw (Richard Hilliar)
BEST NEWCOMER
Abigail Adriano (Miss Saigon)
Roman Delo (Hubris & Humiliation)
Ryan Panizza (Hubris & Humiliation)
Carmel Rodrigues (Hairspray)
Theo Williams (Choir Boy)
BEST ENSEMBLE
Choir Boy (National Theatre of Parramatta)
The Lucky Country (Hayes Theatre Co)
The Master & Margarita (Belvoir)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Hayes Theatre Co)
The Visitors (Sydney Theatre Company and Moogahlin Performing Arts)
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
A Little Night Music (Hayes Theatre Co)
Miss Saigon (Cameron Macintosh and Opera Australia)
Murder for Two (Hayes Theatre Co)
Sweeney Todd (Sydney Opera House, Victorian Opera and New Zealand Opera)
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Dean Bryant (A Little Night Music)
Richard Carroll (Murder for Two)
Dash Kruck (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)
Stuart Maunder (Sweeney Todd)
JUDITH JOHNSON AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Abigail Adriano (Miss Saigon)
Courtney Monsma (Wicked)
Seann Miley Moore (Miss Saigon)
Maverick Newman (Murder for Two)
Ruva Ngwenya (Tina The Tina Turner Musical)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Rohan Browne (Beauty and the Beast)
Nancye Hayes (A Little Night Music)
Shannen Alyce Quan (Metropolis)
Henry Rollo (The Rocky Horror Show)
Mat Verevis (Tina The Tina Turner Musical)
BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION
Natalya Aynsley (On A Clear Day You Can See Forever)
Claire Healy (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812)
Abi McCunn and Damon Wade (City of Angels)
Zara Stanton (Metropolis)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A MUSICAL
Sam Hooper (City of Angels)
Vi Lam (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee)
Cameron Mitchell (Urinetown)
Brendan Yeates (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812)
BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN
Are We There Yet? (CDP Kids and Sydney Opera House)
Hide the Dog (Performing Lines and Sydney Festival)
The Story of Mr B (Shake Shake Theatre and Riverside)
Waru (Bangarra Dance Theatre and Sydney Festival)
BEST PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Choir Boy (Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta)
The Lies We Were Told (Shopfront Arts in association with Monkey Baa)
The Resistance (ATYP)
Soul Trading (Steps & Holes in association with ATYP)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Terence Clarke
Jane Seldon
HONOUR ROLL
Keith Agius - actor
Camilla Ah Kin – actor
Mick Barnes – playwright and theatre critic
Michael Blakemore - director
Carole Byrnes – theatre owner
Libby Christie – arts administrator
Ralph Cotterill – actor
Lillian Crombie - actor
Jacqui Dark – opera singer
Kellie Dickerson – musical director
Gary Down – actor and director
Judi Farr - actor
Peter Flett - actor
Andrew Greene – conductor
Peter Hardy – actor
Barry Humphries - actor
John Krummel – actor and director
James Laurie - agent
Andrew McKinnon – producer
Jim McPherson – producer
Terry Norris – actor
John Paramor – actor
Gary Penny – producer
Annette Ribbons - costume maker and teacher
Maeliosa Stafford – actor and director
Robert Veel – arts publisher
HOST
Marney McQueen
PRESENTERS
Thomas Campbell, Sally Dashwood, Vanessa Downing, Tim Draxl, Andree Greenwell, Glenn Hazeldine, Noel Hodda, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Daniel MacPherson, Linda Nicholls Gidley, Chika Okogwe, Marcus Rivera, Stephen Sewell, Guy Simon, Anthea Williams, Esther Zhong
PERFORMANCES
“Another Opening, Another Show”
Cath Alcorn, Lisa Callingham, Matt Lee
Regan Barber, Jaiden Caltabiano, Cooper Cossettini, Steve Costi, Scott Blanco, Arthur Lees, James MacAlpine, Jayme Jo Masood, Arabella Meleo, Alex Miedzinski, William Motunuu, Maddi Price, Catrina Ralph , Isabella Roberts, Holly Taylor, Nicole Vella
Director and Choreographer Cameron Mitchell
Erin Clare
Musical Director Steven Kramer
“Once In A Blue Moon” from Summer Rain
Valerie Bader, Peter Carroll, Nancye Hayes, Donna Lee, Genevieve Lemon
Director Nancye Hayes
Composer and Musical Director Terence Clarke
