2017 Winners
Professional
Theatre
Best Production
THE TEMPEST
Blue Cow Theatre
Best Performance (Female)
GENEVIEVE MORRIS
Egg
Terrapin Puppet Theatre & Melbourne Theatre Company
Best Performance (Male)
GUY HOOPER
The Tempest
Blue Cow Theatre
Best Supporting Performance (Female)
ANNA KIDD
The Tempest
Blue Cow Theatre
Best Supporting Performance (Male)
SCOTT FARROW
The Tempest
Blue Cow Theatre
Best Direction
ROBERT JARMAN
The Tempest
Blue Cow Theatre
Best Ensemble
The Cast of THE TEMPEST
Blue Cow Theatre
Best Design – Set or Costume
WILLIAM DOWD: Costume Design
The Tempest
Blue Cow Theatre
Best Design – Sound, Lighting or Video/Film
CHRIS JACKSON: Sound Design
I Am a Lake
Mudlark Theatre
Best Writing
ALANA VALENTINE
The Tree Widows
Tasmanian Theatre Company
Professional Theatre Judges’ Award
TASMANIAN THEATRE COMPANY
The Tree Widows, Creative Integration of Community, Culture and Heritage
Community
Theatre
Best Production
TWELVE ANGRY MEN
Three River Theatre
Best Performance (Female)
KAREN KLUSS
Macbeth
Hobart Repertory Theatre Society
Best Performance (Male)
JON LENTHALL
The Elephant Man
Hobart Repertory Theatre Society
Best Supporting Performance (Female)
LEAH VENETTACCI
The Elephant Man
Hobart Repertory Theatre Society
Best Supporting Performance (Male)
JAN GLUSZYK
Twelve Angry Men
Three River Theatre
Best Direction
STAN GOTTSCHALK
Twelve Angry Men
Three River Theatre
Best Ensemble
The Cast of TWELVE ANGRY MEN
Three River Theatre
Best Design – Set or Costume
THREE RIVER THEATRE & FLOCKY BOCK: Set Design
Twelve Angry Men
Three River Theatre
Best Design – Sound, Lighting or Video/Film
DOUGLASS DOHERTY, NATHAN HUMPHRIES, COLIN REED & CAST: Sound & Lighting Design
A Clockwork Orange
DoMaur Productions
Community Theatre Judges’ Award
ANDY AISBETT - Emerging Writer/Artist
Dragged
Fawkes Theatre Company
Community
Musical Theatre
Best Production
WICKED
The Show Company, Allan Jeffrey & Leiz Moore
Best Performance (Female)
NICOLE SIMMS-FARROW
Wicked
The Show Company, Allan Jeffrey & Leiz Moore
Best Performance (Male)
MATTHEW GARWOOD
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Encore Theatre Company
Best Supporting Performance (Female)
SAMANTHA JAMES-RADFORD
Something's Afoot
Hobart Repertory Theatre Society
Best Supporting Performance (Male)
BAILEY JACKSON
The Addams Family
Old Nick Company
Best Direction
ALLAN JEFFREY
Wicked
The Show Company, Allan Jeffrey & Leiz Moore
Best Musical Direction
PETR DIVIS
Wicked
The Show Company, Allan Jeffrey & Leiz Moore
Best Choreography
KRISTY BAKER
The Addams Family
Old Nick Company
Best Ensemble
The Cast of WICKED
The Show Company, Allan Jeffrey & Leiz Moore
Best Design – Set or Costume
ROBERT MANION: Set & Costume Design
The Addams Family
Old Nick Company
Best Design – Lighting, Sound or Video/Film
BLAKE TALBOT & ROBERT MANION: Sound & Lighting Design
Something's Afoot
Hobart Repertory Theatre Society
Community Musical Theatre Judges’ Award
RUBY DOHERTY & JAYDEN FAUL
Emerging Talent, Disney's Camp Rock
Encore Performing Arts Studio
Physical
Theatre
Best Production
TRASH THIS PLACE
DRILL
Best Choreography
CAITLIN COMERFORD
Face Value: Convergence
Stompin
Best Design – Set, Costume, Sound, Lighting or Video/Film
SIOBHAN GEARNEY: Sound & Lighting Design
Trash This Place
DRILL
Physical Theatre Judges’ Award
EMMA PORTEUS, Contribution to Youth Dance in Tasmania
Stompin
Impresario of the Year
Kelly Drummond Cawthon
Lifetime Achievement Award
Noreen Le Mottee
Other Awards
The 2017 Awards Judging Panels
Professional Theatre: Gillian Unicomb (Convenor), Jeff Hockley, Alwyn Lewis, Bill Pearson, Jane Polley, Kym Weatherley
Community Theatre: Christine Bailey (Convenor), Anica Boulanger-Mashberg, Chris Cabalzar, Christine Green, Karissa Lane, Mary Machen
Community Musical Theatre: Maggi Gillham (Convenor), Suzie Bower, Patricia Kempa, Anne Morgan,Nick Tantaro, Pat Woods
Physical Theatre: Lesley Graham (Convenor), Jamie McDonough, Laura Purcell