2024 Faves

Favourite Overall Community Production

Puffs
Villanova Players

Guys & Dolls
Ipswich Musical Theatre Society

Dogfight
Spotlight Theatrical Company

Into The Woods
Williamstown Musical Theatre Company

My Fair Lady
Queensland Musical Theatre

Picnic at Hanging Rock
Javeenbah Theatre Company

Heathers The Musical
Cope Creative and de Jager Productions

The Drowsy Chaperone
Swich Up Productions

Young Frankenstein
Millennial Productions

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Beenleigh Theatre Group

Favourite Overall Independent Production

Fun Home
PIP Theatre

The Wolves
Ad Astra Theatre

Kinder
Ryan Stewart

The Platypus
Theatre Works

Head Over Heels
THAT Production Company and Ipswich Civic Centre with Mira Ball Productions

Scenes From a Yellow Peril
The Reaction Theory with BIPOC Arts Australia

The Broadway Jam
JDProCo

Reclaim The Crone
The Space Performance Collective

CAKE
Metro Arts & IMRSE

Young Bodies/Somebody’s
Yeah Nah Theatre

Fave Overall Professional Production

Wicked
Crossroads Live Australia

RBG: Of Many, One
Sydney Theatre Company

My Brilliant Career
Melbourne Theatre Company

Love Stories
Queensland Theatre and QPAC

Blanc de Blanc – Encore & Limbo The Return
Strut & Fret

Groundhog Day
GWB Entertainment

Beauty and the Beast
Disney Theatrical Productions

GRIMM
shake & stir theatre co

Tina Turner Musical
TEG Dainty

Favourite Overall Live Event

Straight From the Strait
Opera Queensland, Yumpla Nerkep Foundation, QPAC and Brisbane Festival

Seance
Darkfield Australia and Realscape Productions

Maho Magic Bar
Broad Encounters

In Conversation with Tim Minchin
Fane Productions Australia

Murder Village: An Improvised Whodunnit
Melbourne International Comedy Festival and David Massingham

Choose Your Own Adventure
Queenie Van der Zandt

Quavers
Real and Diverse Theatre

West Side Story
Opera Australia

Adrift
Counterpilot

Favourite New Script or Work

Love Stories
Tim McGarry, Trent Dalton and Fiona Franzmann

The Little Big Things
Joe Wight

Kinder
Ryan Stewart

The Platypus
Francis Greenslade

Fun Home
Alison Bechdel, Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron

Banging Denmark
Van Badham

Blue
Thomas Weatherall

Zombie The Musical
Laura Murphy

Straight From The Strait
Norah Bagiri and Rubina Kimiia

Round The Twist Musical
Paul Hodgef

Favourite Sound Design

Sxip Shirey
Limbo The Return // Strut & Fret

Evan Jolly
Circus 1903 // Tim Lawson and The Works Entertainment

Stephen Francis
Love Stories // Queensland Theatre, Brisbane Festival and QPAC

Oliver Beard
Last Train to Madeline // Fever 103 Theatre

Tony Meola
Wicked // Crossroads Live Australia

James Henry and Will Hughes
37 // Queensland Theatre

Emma Burchell
Scenes From a Yellow Peril // The Reaction Theory with BIPOC Arts Australia

Dan West
Topdog/Underdog // Melbourne Theatre Company

Joe Glynn
Famished Future Feeders // Metro Arts

Zoe Power
When The Rain Stops Falling // Brisbane Arts Theatre

Favourite Lighting Design

Christine Felmingham
Lucia Di Lammermoor // Opera Queensland

Matt Scott
Medea // Queensland Theatre

David Walters
Horizon // Playlab Theatre

Ben Hughes
Love Stories // Queensland Theatre, Brisbane Festival and QPAC

Briana Clark
Scenes From a Yellow Peril // The Reaction Theory with BIPOC Arts Australia

Kenneth Posner
Wicked // Crossroads Live Australia

George Pitt
Frankenstein and Ebenezer // Brisbane Arts Theatre

Jon Clark
Stranger Things: The First Shadow // London’s West End

Paul Jackson
Gaslight // Queensland Theatre

Perry Sanders
The Hunchback of Notre Dame // Beenleigh Theatre Group

Favourite Branding, Marketing or Photography

Jenna Todd for Fun Home
PIP Theatre

Ashy Tardy for First Love is the Revolution
Wit Incorporated

By Brit Creative and The Digital Caretaker for A Night With The Villains
Mira Ball Productions

Woods Imagery and Brodie Colyer for We Will Rock You
Coastal Theatre Collective

PIF Productions for TWISTED
Phoenix Ensemble

PIF Productions and By Brit Creative for Carrie The Musical
Phoenix Ensemble

Joel Devereux for Fancy Long Legs
Brisbane Festival, La Boite Theatre and The Little Red Company

Ben King for Sunset Boulevard
Opera Australia

Poster Artwork for Speaking in Tongues
Ad Astra Theatre

Barb Lowing for Love Lies Bleeding
Ad Astra Theatre

Favourite Costume and Hair/Makeup Design

Rosie Humphreys and Jackie Fredericksen
A Night With The Villains // Mira Ball Productions

Catherine Zuber
Mrs Doubtfire // London’s West End

Laura English and Caroline Carrett
Ghost // Spotlight Theatrical Company

Rachel Burke
Fancy Long Legs // Brisbane Festival, La Boite Theatre and The Little Red Company

Trish Nissen
The 39 Steps // Tugun Theatre Company

Jerome Kaplan
Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon // Queensland Ballet

Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fashion Freak Show // Brisbane Festival

Ann Hould-Ward
Beauty and the Beast // Disney Theatrical Productions

Susan Hilferty
Wicked // Crossroads Live Australia

Paul McCann
GRIMM // shake & stir theatre co

Favourite Set Design

Frances Story
Cinderella // Empire Theatre

Stanley A. Meyer
Beauty and the Beast // Disney Theatrical Productions

Ryan Stewart
Kinder // Ryan Stewart

Roger Kirk
Sweeney Todd // Victorian Opera

Michael Holt
The Woman In Black // Woodward Productions

Josh McIntosh
GRIMM // shake & stir theatre co

Renee Mulder
Round The Twist Musical // Queensland Theatre and QPAC

YourShow and CPC Productions
Guys and Dolls // Ipswich Musical Theatre Company

Glen Heriot and James Thomson
The Hunchback of Notre Dame // Beenleigh Theatre Group

Harry Gill
The Whale // Melbourne Shakespeare Company

Favourite Performance in a Lead Role

Courtney Monsma as Glinda and Sheridan Adams as Elphaba
Wicked // Crossroads Live Australia

Brendan Xavier as Beast
Beauty and the Beast // Disney Theatrical Productions

Kala Gare as Sybylla Melvyn
My Brilliant Career // Melbourne Theatre Company

Andy Karl as Phil Conners
Groundhog Day // GWB Entertainment

Aurelie Roque as Various
35MM: A Musical Exhibition // Passion Productions and Allentertainment

Ruva Ngwenya as Tina
Tina Turner Musical // TEG Dainty

Hanlon Innocent as Pete Twist
Round The Twist Musical // Queensland Theatre and QPAC

Nykita O’Keeffe as Esmerelda
The Hunchback of Notre Dame // Beenleigh Theatre Group

Kirra Lang as Eliza Doolittle
My Fair Lady // Queensland Musical Theatre

Conor Leach as Shannon Molloy
Fourteen // shake & stir theatre co

Heather Mitchell as Ruth Bader Ginsburg
RBG: Of Many, One // Sydney Theatre Company

Favourite Performance in a Supporting Role

Michael Enright as College Alison
Fun Home // PIP Theatre

Jackson Head as Gaston
Beauty and the Beast // Disney Theatrical Productions

Sorab Kaikobad as Serj
Meurants Lane // Limelight Department Theatre Company

Greg Caine as Simon, Gregor Mole and Quentin
First Love is the Revolution // Wit Incorporated

Douglas Berry and Brendan Dieckmann as the Gangsters
The Drowsy Chaperone // Swich Up Productions

Erika Naddei as Pamela and William Kasper as Musidorus
Head Over Heels // THAT Production Company and Ipswich Civic Centre with Mira Ball Productions

Bryan Probets as Various
A Christmas Carol // shake and stir theatre co

Fraser Telford as Orin
Little Shop of Horrors // Shoebox Theatre Company

Antoinette Halloran as Ruth
Pirates of Penzance In Concert // Prospero Arts and QPAC

Favourite Performance in or by an Ensemble

Rent
LPD Productions

Twelfth Night
Melbourne Shakespeare Company

Peter and the Starcatcher
Dead Puppet Society

Groundhog Day
GWB Entertainment

The Broadway Jam
JDProCo

Mr Bailey’s Minder
New Farm Nash Theatre

Speaking In Tongues
Ad Astra Theatre

A Night With The Villains
Mira Ball Productions

Mary Poppins
Queensland Musical Theatre

Guys and Dolls
Ipswich Musical Theatre Company

Favourite Direction

Joe Mantello
Wicked // Crossroads Live

Isaac Drandic
37 // Queensland Theatre

Anne Louise Sarks
My Brilliant Career // Melbourne Theatre Company

Scott Maidment
Blanc de Blanc – Encore and Limbo The Return // Strut & Fret

Timothy Wynn
Head Over Heels // THAT Production Company and Ipswich Civic Centre with Mira Ball Productions

Egan Sun-Bin and Chelsea August
Scenes From a Yellow Peril // The Reaction Theory with BIPOC Arts Australia

Joshua McCann-Thomas
Dogfight // Spotlight Theatrical Company

Sam Strong
Love Stories // Queensland Theatre, Brisbane Festival and QPAC

Rianna Hartney-Smith
The 39 Steps // Tugun Theatre Company

Luke Sheppard
The Little Big Things // London’s West End

Favourite Musical or Vocal Direction

Victoria Falconer
My Brilliant Career // Melbourne Theatre Company

Nick House
Head Over Heels // THAT Production Company and Ipswich Civic Centre with Mira Ball Productions

Roy Cheung, Nigel Gaynor and Camerata Chamber Orchestra
Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon // Queensland Ballet

Isaac Haywood
Pirates of Penzance In Concert // Prospero Arts and QPAC

Benjamin Richards
Fun Home // PIP Theatre

Julie Whiting
Dogfight // Spotlight Theatrical Company
My Fair Lady // Queensland Musical Theatre

Tom Collins
A Very Naughty Christmas // Woodward Productions

Peter Laughton
Guys and Dolls // Ipswich Musical Theatre Company

Daniel Puckey
Elvis: A Musical Revolution // David Venn Enterprises

Ben Murray
Merrily We Roll Along // Ad Astra Theatre

Favourite Choreography

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon // Queensland Ballet

Jennifer B Ashley
Head Over Heels // THAT Production Company and Ipswich Civic Centre with Mira Ball Productions

Melanie Lane
Love Lock as part of TWOFOLD // Sydney Dance Company

Lizzi Gee
Groundhog Day // GWB Entertainment

Julianne Burke
Mary Poppins // Queensland Musical Theatre

Anthony Van Laast
Tina Turner Musical // TEG Dainty

James Lynn Abbott
Wicked // Crossroads Live Australia

Tess Hill
Merrily We Roll Along // Ad Astra Theatre

Liesel Zink
Peter and the Starcatcher // Dead Puppet Society

Kim Reynolds
Hair // Gold Coast Little Theatre

Favourite Venue

QPAC Lyric Theatre
South Brisbane

West End’s Soho Place
London

La Mama Theatre
Carlton

Princess Theatre
Melbourne

West End Electric
West End

PIP Theatre
Milton

Ipswich Civic Centre
Ipswich

Metro Arts
West End

Halpin Auditorium
Benowa

Favourite Streamed Live Event or Show

Boy Swallows Universe
Netflix and Brouhaha Entertainment

Paper Dolls
Paramount+ and Helium Pictures

Spirit of Christmas
Digital Stage, QPAC

Prosper
Stan and Lingo Pictures

Heartbreak High (Season 2)
Netflix

High Country
Binge

Bonnie & Clyde Musical: Live On Stage
Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Rupaul’s Drag Race Australia: Season 4
Stan

Special Mentions

Calista Nelmes
Australian debut in Rent (LPD Productions)

Wicked (Film)
Marc Platt Productions in association with Universal Pictures

Puppetry of Peanut the Baby Elephant in Circus 1903
Handspring Puppet Company with Tim Lawson and The Works Entertainment

Virginia Cashmere
for Covering Belle in Beauty and the Beast (Disney Theatrical Productions)

Reagan Warner
for Performance in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Beenleigh Theatre Group) and Frankenstein (Brisbane Arts Theatre)

Craig Wilkinson
for Video Design of Love Stories (Queensland Theatre, QPAC and Brisbane Festival)

Picnic at Hanging Rock
Set Design and Direction, Javeenbah Theatre Copany

Chelsea Sales
as Carrie in Carrie The Musical (Phoenix Ensemble)

West End Electric
New Venue in Brisbane by Struty & Fret

Mary and John Quade
for Set Design of Little Shop of Horrors (Shoebox Theatre Company)