GREEN ROOM AWARDS

ALTERNATIVE & HYBRID PERFORMANCE

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

The Box - Chamber Made Opera in association with Speak Percussion, Aphids and the New Music Network

100% Melbourne – Rimini Protokoll (City of Melbourne)

The River Eats – Justin Shoulder (Next Wave Festival)

Shifting Ground – Zoe Scoglio (Arts House)

 

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION – CREATIVE AGENCY FOR AUDIENCES

An Appointment with J Dark – Triage Live Art Collective (Arts House)

Bingo Unit – Team Mess (Next Wave Festival)

Flyway – Elizabeth Dunn (Next Wave Festival & APHIDS)

Fugue State – Jason Maling

The Stream/The Boat/The Shore/The Bridge – Dan Koop (Next Wave Festival)

 

INNOVATION AND EXCELLENCE IN CIRCUS

Blindscape – Skye Gellmann (Next Wave Festival)

Carousel – One Trick Pony (Melbourne Fringe Festival)

Dos and Duos ‘Deux’ – Stuart Christie and Kane Peterson (Melbourne Fringe Festival)

One Night Stand – Mitchell Jones (Melbourne Fringe Festival)

 

CABARET

PRODUCTION

Candice McQueen: Nasty! – Spanky

A Hip Hikers Guide to the Galaxy – Backwards Anorak

Tina C: Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word – Malthouse Theatre, Christopher Green, Julia Holt and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

 

ARTISTE

Bob Downe – 20 Golden Greats

Christine Johnston – RRAMP: the Collector, the Archivist & the Electrocrat

Emilia Rusciano – Em Rusciano: The Musical

Spanky – Candice McQueen: Nasty!

Yon – Mandaddy

 

WRITING

Tommy Bradson – The Men My Mother Loved

Michelle Brasier and Vince Milesi - A Hip Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

Spanky – Candice McQueen: Nasty!

Jenny Wynter – An Unexpected Variety Show

 

MUSICAL DIRECTION

James Baker – A Hip Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

Tyson Legg – Showfolk

Spanky and Robert Tripolino – Candice McQueen: Nasty!

John Thorn – The Men My Mother Loved

 

INNOVATION

Aphrodite’s Bordello

Bild-Lilli

DasSHOKU SHAKE!

RRAMP

 

DANCE

BETTY POUNDER AWARD FOR CHOREOGRAPHY

Rafael Bonachela – 2 One Another (Sydney Dance Company)

Antony Hamilton – Black Project 1 and Keep Everything (Antony Hamilton & Chunky Move)

Frances Rings – Terrain (Bangarra Dance Theatre)

 

FEMALE DANCER

Natalie Allen – 2 One Another (Sydney Dance Company)

Atlanta Eke – Monster Body (Atlanta Eke)

Lauren Langlois – Keep Everything (Chunky Move)

Lilian Steiner – Supertone (Rennie McDougall)

Vivienne Wong – Warumuk – In The Dark Night (The Australian Ballet)

 

MALE DANCER

Jhuny-Boy Borja – Terrain (Bangarra Dance Theatre)

Andrew Killian – Year’s Work (The Australian Ballet)

Alistair Macindoe – Year’s Work (Lucy Guerin Inc & Chunky Move)

James O’Hara – There’s Definitely A Prince Involved (The Australian Ballet)

Kaine Sultan-Babij – Terrain (Bangarra Dance Theatre)

 

ENSEMBLE

Bangarra Dance Theatre – Terrain

Cast of Briwyant – Vicki Van Hout

Chunky Move – An Act of Now

Sydney Dance Company – 2 One Another

 

DESIGN

Benjamin Cisterne – Year’s Work – Sweedeedee (Lighting/Set), The Australian Ballet; Keep Everything (Lighting), Chunky Move; 2 One Another (Lighting), Sydney Dance Company

Damien Cooper – The Narrative of Nothing (Lighting), The Australian Ballet

Robin Fox – Keep Everything (Audio Visual), Chunky Move

Olaf Meyer – Black Project 1 (Video Projection), Anthony Hamilton

Niklas Pajanti – An Act of Now (Lighting), Chunky Move

 

SOUND AND MUSIC

Oren Ambarchi – Weather (Composition), Lucy Guerin Inc.

Brett Dean – The Narrative of Nothing (Composition), The Australian Ballet

Helen Mountford and Ria Soemardjo – Tower Suites (Composition and Performance), Ros Warby

Ria Soemardjo – Opal Vapour (Composition and Performance), Jade Dewi Tyas Tungall

 

CONCEPT AND REALISATION

An Act of Now – Chunky Move

Black Project 1 – Antony Hamilton

Hiatus – Fiona Bryant & Lucy Farmer

There’s Definitely a Prince Involved – The Australian Ballet

 

MUSIC THEATRE

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Fem Belling – From Genesis to Broadway

Anita Louise Combe – A Chorus Line

Lisa McCune – South Pacific

Silvie Paladino – Chess

 

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

Martin Crewes - Chess

Simon Gleeson - Chess

Matt Hetherington – Promises, Promises

Geoffrey Rush – A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

Wayne Scott-Kermond – The Producers

 

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Rohan Browne – A Chorus Line

Mitchell Butel – A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

Todd McKenney – Annie

Hugh Sheridan – A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

 

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Alinta Chidzey – Chess

Julie Lea Goodwin - Annie

Chelsea Plumley – Promises, Promises

Christie Whelan-Browne – A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

 

CHOREOGRAPHY

Tony Bartuccio – Chess

Michael Bennet and Bob Avian – A Chorus Line

Andrew Hallsworth – The Producers

Andrew Hallsworth – A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

 

DESIGN – LIGHTING AND/OR SOUND

John Scandrett & Simon Gregory – A Chorus Line (Sound)

Paul Jackson & Robert Cuddon – Chess (Lighting)

Peter Grubb, Mark Benson & David Tonion for System Sound – Chess (Sound)

Kelvin Gedye, Mark Benson & David Greaseley for System Sound – The Producers (Sound)

Michael Waters – A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (Sound)

 

DESIGN – SET AND/OR COSTUME

Krystal Giddings – Chess (Costume)

Shaun Gurton - Chess (Set Design)

Kenneth Poy – Annie (Set Design)

 

DIRECTION

Dean Bryant and Andrew Hallsworth – The Producers

Gale Edwards – Chess

Simon Phillips – A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

 

MUSICAL DIRECTION

Peter Casey - Annie

Andrew Greene – South Pacific

David Piper – Chess

Vanessa Scammell – The Producers

 

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL PRODUCTION

Chess – The Production Company

A Chorus Line – Tim Lawson by special arrangement with John Breglio

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum – John Frost with Power Arts, Elizabeth Williams, Two Left Feet Productions, Latitude Link, Anita Waxman/Tom Dokton, Jane Bergeré, The Dodgers

The Producers – The Production Company

 

OPERA

DIRECTION

John Bell – The Rake’s Progress (Victorian Opera)

Suzanne Chaundy – Cosi Fan Tutte (Melbourne Opera)

Gale Edwards – Salome (Opera Australia)

Cameron Menzies - Contact! (Arts Centre Melbourne)

Nicki Wendt – Midnight Son (Victorian Opera)

 

PRODUCTION

Contact! – Arts Centre Melbourne

Lucia di Lammermoor – Opera Australia

Midnight Son – Victorian Opera

Salome – Opera Australia

 

DESIGN

Leon Krasenstein (Set & Costumes) and Matt Scott (Lighting) – The Rake’s Progress (Victorian Opera)

Christina Logan-Bell (Set & Costumes) – Cosi Fan Tutte (Melbourne Opera)

Julie Lynch (Costumes), Brian Thomson (Set) and John Rayment (Lighting) – Salome (Opera Australia)

George Tyspin (Set) and Julie Taymor (Costume) - The Magic Flute (Opera Australia)

 

CONDUCTOR

Richard Gill – The Rake’s Progress (Victorian Opera)

Simon Hewett – Salome (Opera Australia)

Andrea Licata - Turandot (Opera Australia)

Giovanni Reggioli – Madama Butterfly (Opera Australia)

 

FEMALE PRINCIPAL

Jessica Aszodi (Rose) – What Next? (Victorian Opera)

Cheryl Barker (Salome) – Salome (Opera Australia)

Emma Matthews (Lucia) – Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Australia)

Sian Pendry (Rosina) – The Barber of Seville (Opera Australia)

Hiromi Omura (Cio-Cio-San) – Madama Butterfly (Opera Australia)

 

MALE PRINCIPAL

Giorgio Caoduro (Enrico) – Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Australia)

Jose Carbo (Figaro) – The Barber of Seville (Opera Australia)

Andrew Collis (Nick Shadow) – The Rake’s Progress (Victorian Opera)

Andrew Jones (Papageno) – The Magic Flute (Opera Australia)

Byron Watson (Ray Clarke) – Midnight Son (Victorian Opera)

 

FEMALE SUPPORT

Nicole Car (Valencienne) – The Merry Widow (Opera Australia)

Roxane Hislop (Baba the Turk) – The Rake’s Progress (Victorian Opera)

Sian Pendry (Suzuki) – Madama Butterfly (Opera Australia)

Dimity Shepherd (Cherubino) – The Marriage of Figaro (Victorian Opera)

 

MALE SUPPORT

Jonathon Bode (Mother Goose) – The Rake’s Progress (Victorian Opera)

Kanen Breen (Monostatos) – The Magic Flute (Opera Australia)

Phillip Calcagno (Marcello) – La Boheme (Melbourne Opera)

David Corcoran (Narraboth) – Salome (Opera Australia)

Thomas Hall (Jokanaan) - Salome (Opera Australia)

 

NEW AUSTRALIAN OPERA

Contact! – Angus Grant (Composer & Librettist) with Kate Schmitt (Librettist)

Midnight Son – Gordon Kerry (Composer) and Louis Nowra (Librettist)

 

THEATRE – COMPANIES

FEMALE ACTOR

Alison Bell (Sylvia) – Tribes (MTC)

Eryn Jean Norvill (Waitress/Angie) – Top Girls (MTC)

Natasha Herbert (Performer) – On The Misconception of Oedipus (Malthouse & Perth Theatre Co.)

Ruth Sancho Hurerga (Servant) – Blood Wedding (Malthouse)

Helen Thomson (Pearl) – Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Belvoir & MTC)

 

MALE ACTOR

Colin Friels (Mark Rothko) – Red (MTC)

Darren Gilshenan (Elling) – Elling (MTC)

Ewen Leslie (Performer) – The Wild Duck (Malthouse)

Anthony Phelan (Performer) – The Wild Duck (Malthouse)

Richard Pyros (Performer) – On The Misconception of Oedipus (Malthouse & Perth Theatre Co.)

 

LIGHTING DESIGN

Geoff Cobham (Lighting Design) & Chris More (Video Design) - Pinocchio (Malthouse, Windmill & State SA Theatre Co.)

Damien Cooper – Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Belvoir & MTC)

Damien Cooper – Macbeth (Bell Shakespeare)

Matt Scott – Red (MTC)

Richard Vabre – Beyond the Neck (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)

 

SET AND/OR COSTUME DESIGN

Zoë Atkinson (Set & Costume) – On The Misconception of Oedipus (Malthouse & Perth Theatre Co.)

Andrew Bailey – Years Work – On The Production of Monsters (Set); The Golden Dragon (Set & Costume) and Happy Ending (Set)

Anna Cordingley (Set & Costume Design) – Macbeth (Bell Shakespeare)

Dale Ferguson (Set & Costume) – Top Girls (MTC)

Christina Smith (Set) – Elling (MTC)

 

SOUND/COMPOSITION

Paul Charlier (Sound) & Alan John (Composition) – Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Belvoir & MTC)

Elizabeth Drake (Composition & Sound Design) – Top Girls (MTC)

David Franzke (Composition & Sound Design) - Pompeii L.A. (Malthouse)

Kelly Ryall (Composition & Sound Design) – On The Misconception of Oedipus (Malthouse & Perth Theatre Co.)

Kelly Ryall (Composition & Sound Design) – Macbeth (Bell Shakespeare)

 

DIRECTION

Neil Armfield – Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Belvoir & MTC)

Matthew Lutton - On The Misconception of Oedipus (Malthouse & Perth Theatre Co.)

Jenny Kemp – Top Girls (MTC)

Pamela Rabe – Elling (MTC)

Simon Stone – The Wild Duck (Malthouse, A Belvoir Production)

 

PRODUCTION

On The Misconception of Oedipus devised by Zoë Atkinson, Matthew Lutton and Tom Wright – Malthouse & Perth Theatre Co.

Pompeii L.A. by Declan Greene – Malthouse

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler – A Belvoir production presented by MTC

The Wild Duck after Ibsen, written by Simon Stone with Chris Ryan – Malthouse

Top Girls by Caryl Churchill – MTC

 

ENSEMBLE

Cast of The Golden Dragon – MTC Lawler Studio

Cast of On The Misconception of Oedipus – Malthouse & Perth Theatre Co.

Cast of Pompeii L.A. – Malthouse Theatre

Cast of The Pride – Red Stitch Actors Theatre

Cast of The Wild Duck – Malthouse Theatre, A Belvoir Production

 

WRITING/ADAPTATION FOR AUSTRALIAN STAGE

Pompeii L.A. - Declan Greene

Wild Surmise - Jane Montgomery Griffiths

On The Misconception of Oedipus - Tom Wright

Angela’s Kitchen - Paul Capsis, Julian Meyrick and Hilary Bell

National Interest - Aidan Fennessy

 

THEATRE – INDEPENDENT

MALE PERFORMER

Richard Bligh (performer) – The McNeil Project (fortyfivedownstairs)

Stuart Bowden (performer) – The Beast (Melbourne Fringe, Tuxedo Cat)

Tom Considine (Falstaff) – Henry IV Part 1 (fortyfivedownstairs)

Charles Purcell (performer) – Show Me Yours I’ll Show You Mine (Melbourne Fringe, Rehearsal Room, North Melbourne Town Hall)

Cain Thompson (performer) – The McNeil Project (fortyfivedownstairs)

 

FEMALE PERFORMER

Whitney Boyd (performer) – sex.violence. blood. gore. (MKA North Melbourne Season)

Georgina Capper (performer) – The Unspoken Word Is Joe (MKA/ La Mama)

Nikki Shiels (performer) – The Unspoken Word Is Joe (MKA/La Mama)

Karen Sibbing (Alma) – Persona (Fraught Outfit and Theatre Works)

Janine Watson (performer) – Triangle (MKA North Melbourne Season)

 

SET AND/OR COSTUME DESIGN

Chloe Greaves (Costume) – The Pineapple Sorrows (La Mama)

Dayna Morrissey (Set & Costume) – Persona (Fraught Outfit and Theatre Works)

Zoe Rouse (Set & Costume) – I Am The Wind (Turtle Lab and Public Front at Collingwood Underground Arts Park)

Suitcase Royale (Set & Costume) – Zombatland (Artshouse North Melbourne Town Hall)

Eugyeene Teh (Set) – Triangle (MKA North Melbourne Season)

 

LIGHTING DESIGN

Matthew Adey – I Am The Wind (Turtle Lab and Public Front at Collingwood Underground Arts Park)

Danny Pettingill – Persona (Fraught Outfit and Theatre Works)

Govin Ruben – Doku Rai (The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm, Liurai Fo’er & Galaxy at Arts House)

Rob Sowinski – Triangle (MKA North Melbourne Season)

Tom Willis – The Temptation of St Antony (Four Larks)

 

SOUND/MUSIC

Russell Goldsmith (Sound Design) – The Rule of Three (Melbourne Fringe, Elbow Room)

Suitcase Royale (Music Composition and Performance) - Zombatland (Arts House, North Melbourne Town Hall)

Claudio Tocco (Sound Design) – sex. violence. blood. gore. (MKA North Melbourne Season)

Emma Valente (Sound Design) – Orlando (The Rabble, Malthouse Helium Season)

Ellen Warkentine and Mat Sweeney (Music Composition) – The Temptation of St Antony (Four Larks)

 

DIRECTION

Rob Conkie – Henry IV Part 1 (fortyfivedownstairs)

Tanya Dickson – Triangle (MKA North Melbourne Season)

Declan Greene – The Unspoken Word is Joe (MKA/ La Mama)

Adena Jacobs – Persona (Fraught Outfit and Theatre Works)

 

PRODUCTION

Doku Rai – The Black Lung Theatre and Whaling Firm, Liurai Fo’er & Galaxy at Arts House

Henry IV Part 1 – fortyfivedownstairs

Hello My Name Is – Theatre Works

Persona – Fraught Outfit and Theatre Works

Triangle – MKA North Melbourne Season

 

WRITING

Stuart Bowden – The Beast

Glyn Roberts – Triangle

Tim Spencer – Show Me Yours, I’ll Show You Mine

 

Congratulations to all nominees! A number of individual achievement awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award will be made on the night.

This year’s awards ceremony will be held on Monday, May 6 at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne.