2024 NOMINEES & RECIPIENTS
Winners are in bold.
BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
August: Osage County (Belvoir)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Belvoir)
The Lewis Trilogy (Griffin Theatre Company)
Stolen (Sydney Theatre Company)
BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
The Inheritance (Shane Anthony, Daniel Cottier Productions, Sugary Rum Productions and Seymour Centre)
POV (re:group performance collective and 25A)
Trophy Boys (Soft Tread, Seymour Centre and The Maybe Pile)
Yentl (Kadimah Yiddish Theatre, Monstrous Theatre, Neil Gooding Productions and Shalom)
BEST DIRECTION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Eamon Flack (August: Osage County)
Declan Greene (The Lewis Trilogy)
Mark Kilmurry (Uncle Vanya)
Ian Michael (Stolen)
BEST DIRECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Gary Abrahams (Yentl)
Shane Anthony (The Inheritance)
Anna Houston (Arlington)
Solomon Thomas (POV)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Tamsin Carroll (August: Osage County)
Colin Friels (Into the Shimmering World)
Zahra Newman (Dracula)
Daniel R. Nixon (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
Pamela Rabe (August: Osage County)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
André de Vanny (The Lonesome West)
Amy Hack (Yentl)
Ryan Panizza (The Inheritance)
Ariadne Sgouros (SHITTY)
Shirong Wu (All The Fraudulent Horse Girls)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Kate Fitzpatrick (Gaslight)
Sandy Greenwood (swim)
Radhika Mudaliyar (Counting and Cracking)
Guy Simon (Holding the Man)
Ursula Yovich (The Lewis Trilogy)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Janet Anderson (All The Fraudulent Horse Girls)
Simon Burke (The Inheritance)
Evelyn Krape (Yentl)
Jasper Lee-Lindsay (Too Human)
Lilian Alejandra Valverde (Snowflake)
BEST STAGE DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Jeremy Allen (The Lewis Trilogy)
Zoë Atkinson (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
Marg Horwell with Craig Wilkinson (Dracula)
Renée Mulder (Stolen)
BEST STAGE DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Dann Barber (Yentl)
Kate Beere (Arlington)
Kate Beere (The Inheritance)
Mark Rogers, Solomon Thomas, Malcolm Whittaker, Steve Wilson-Alexander and Carly Young (POV)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Melanie Liertz (The Lewis Trilogy)
Renée Mulder (Gaslight)
Renée Mulder (Stolen)
Mel Page (Holding the Man)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Dann Barber (Yentl)
Rita Naidu (Cut Chilli)
Bernadette Ryan (Isolde & Tristan)
Hannah Tayler (Too Human)
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Kelsey Lee (The Lewis Trilogy)
Nick Schlieper (Dracula)
Nick Schlieper (Into the Shimmering World)
Trent Suidgeest (Stolen)
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Benjamin Brockman (The Past is a Wild Party)
Frankie Clarke (Ruins)
Morgan Moroney (SHITTY)
Aron Murray (Arlington)
BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
James Brown (Stolen)
Daniel Herten (The Lewis Trilogy)
Clemence Williams (Into the Shimmering World)
Clemence Williams, Jessica Dunn and Hayley Forward (Dracula)
BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Craig Baldwin (A Case for the Existence of God)
Damien Lane and Jessica Pizzinga (The Inheritance)
Madeleine Picard (SHITTY)
Johnny Yang (Ruins)
BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK
All The Fraudulent Horse Girls (Michael Louis Kennedy)
American Signs (Anchuli Felicia King)
Into the Shimmering World (Angus Cerini)
POV (re:group performance collective)
Trophy Boys (Emmanuelle Mattana)
BEST NEWCOMER
Jarron Andy (Stolen)
Clare Hughes (sitting, screaming)
Radhika Mudaliyar (Counting and Cracking)
Daniel R. Nixon (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)
Lilian Alejandra Valverde (Snowflake)
BEST ENSEMBLE
All Boys (every other theatre company with bAKEHOUSE Theatre Co)
The Inheritance (Shane Anthony, Daniel Cottier Productions, Sugary Rum Productions and Seymour Centre)
Stolen (Sydney Theatre Company)
The Lewis Trilogy (Griffin Theatre Company)
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
Jesus Christ Superstar (Crossroads Live and Work Light Productions)
Ride The Cyclone (Hayes Theatre Co)
Titanique (Michael Cassel Group)
Zombie! The Musical (Hayes Theatre Co)
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Dean Bryant (Dear Evan Hansen)
Richard Carroll (Ride The Cyclone)
Rachael Maza and Anyupa Butcher (Big Names, No Blankets)
Darren Yap (Zombie! The Musical)
JUDITH JOHNSON AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Tim Draxl (Sunset Boulevard)
Javon King (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Vidya Makan (Hamilton)
Michael Paynter (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Shannen Alyce Quan (Little Women)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Stephen Anderson (Titanique)
Tamsin Carroll (Zombie! The Musical)
Casey Donovan (& Juliet)
Googoorewon Knox (Hamilton)
Ashleigh Rubenach (Sunset Boulevard)
BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION
Victoria Falconer (Ride The Cyclone)
Zara Stanton (Dear Evan Hansen)
Laura Tipoki (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Damon Wade (Zombie! The Musical)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY OF A MUSICAL
Chiara Assetta (Zombie! The Musical)
Shannon Burns (Ride The Cyclone)
Amy Orman (The Hello Girls)
Mitchell Woodcock (Elf: The Musical)
BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN
Cicada (Barking Gecko Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company)
Imagine Live (Riverside Theatres)
Incredibilia (Libby Hathorn and Kim Carpenter of Theatre of Image)
Ratburger (CDP Kids Production and Sydney Opera House)
BEST PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Big Sky (Flying Fruit Fly Circus and Sydney Opera House)
Saplings (Australian Theatre for Young People and Youth Action)
Scab (Australian Theatre for Young People)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Jim Sharman
HONOUR ROLL
Bob Bertles – musician
Ron Challinor - actor
Ryan Cuskelly – stage manager
Grant Dale - actor
Wendy Dickson – costume designer
Will Gluth - actor
Jack Hibberd - playwright
Ignatius Jones – performer and director
Eileen Kramer – dancer and choreographer
Ray Lawler – playwright
Lex Marinos - actor
Jill McKay – actor
Keith Robinson – actor
Terry Ryan - designer
James Simpson – musical director
Brian Wenzel – actor
Peter Williams – producer and director
Jack Youens – actor and teacher
HOST
Marney McQueen
PRESENTERS
Neil Armfield, Mary Rachel Brown, Matt Cox, Lena Cruz, Margi de Ferranti, Kate Fitzpatrick, Remi Hii, Leah Howard, Max Lambert, Kris Nelson, Tim Omaji, Lauren Peters, Dorje Swallow, Brian Thomson, Hannah Waterman, Dalara Williams
PERFORMANCES
“Seasons of Love” - Jarrod Draper, Mariah Gonzalez, Sam Harmon, Tana Laga'aia, Hannah McInerney, Noah Mullins, Tim Omaji, Billie Palin, Sam Richardson, Elenoa Rokobaro, Henry Rollo. Jerrod Smith, Stacey Tomsett
Musical Director Michael Tyack
Musicians Tom Ferris, Alfie Stratton, David Stratton
Director Shaun Rennie
“Ride On” from Phar Lap The Musical - Ryan Gonzalez
Musical Director and composer Steven Kramer
Jim Sharman Tribute, songs from Jesus Christ Superstar, Hair, The Rocky Horror Show - Marcia Hines, John Waters, Nell Campbell, Maureen Elkner, Kate Fitzpatrick, Sal Sharah
Musical Director Michael Tyack
Musicians Tom Ferris, Alfie Stratton, David Stratton
Director Jason Langley