ABOUT US

The Green Room Awards were established in 1982, with our first Awards Ceremony taking place in 1984 celebrating works seen in 1983. Since then, the Green Room Awards have been Melbourne’s premier peer-presented, performing arts industry awards. Each year we recognise outstanding achievements in productions from Cabaret, Contemporary & Experimental Performance, Dance, Independent Theatre, Music Theatre, Opera and Theatre Companies. The awards acknowledge the contributions of the many, diverse artists and technicians who work on stage, back stage, in the grid and in the pit.

The Green Room Awards were established in 1982, with our first Awards Ceremony taking place in 1984 celebrating works seen in 1983. Since then, the Green Room Awards have been Melbourne’s premier peer-presented, performing arts industry awards. Each year we recognise outstanding achievements in productions from Cabaret, Contemporary & Experimental Performance, Dance, Independent Theatre, Music Theatre, Opera and Theatre Companies. The awards acknowledge the contributions of the many, diverse artists and technicians who work on stage, back stage, in the grid and in the pit.

Theatre Day

Victorian Theatre Day and the Green Room Awards In 1987, Green Room Awards founder, Blair Edgar, successfully approached the City of Melbourne with the idea of establishing an official Theatre Day. Following a resolution by the Melbourne City Council on December 15, 1987, the then Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Cr. Winsome McCaughy, proclaimed that the third Tuesday in February of each year was declared Theatre Day when the City of Melbourne and the State of Victoria would ‘…honour all those who derive their living from the Theatre.’

Victorian Theatre Day and the Green Room Awards In 1987, Green Room Awards founder, Blair Edgar, successfully approached the City of Melbourne with the idea of establishing an official Theatre Day. Following a resolution by the Melbourne City Council on December 15, 1987, the then Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Cr. Winsome McCaughy, proclaimed that the third Tuesday in February of each year was declared Theatre Day when the City of Melbourne and the State of Victoria would ‘…honour all those who derive their living from the Theatre.’