2025 NOMINEES

The following nominees were announced at the Awards Launch event on January 16th. Come celebrate all the nominees and find out the winners of each category at the 2025 Tasmanian Theatre Awards!

PROFESSIONAL THEATRE

Best Production Professional Theatre
ALL COME OUT TO PLAY! (Happy Habits (Children's Educational Theatre) in partnership with Laurel House, Women's Legal Services Tasmania and Playgroup Tasmania) 
PINOCCHIO (Big Monkey Theatre) 
TEDDIES & BIN, RHYME & SING (Happy Habits) 
THE BOX (Mudlark Theatre) 

Best Performance Professional Theatre (Two Awards)
NOAH CASEY for Pinocchio (Big Monkey Theatre) 
NELSON CLAY for The Box (Mudlark Theatre) 
HARRISON COLLIS OATES for The Box (Mudlark Theatre) 
CHRIS HAMLEY for Pinocchio (Big Monkey Theatre) 
GRIFFIN MCLAUGHLAN for Pinocchio (Big Monkey Theatre) 
CARRIE MCLEAN for The Box (Mudlark Theatre) 
COREY SAYLOR-BRUNSKILL for The Box (Mudlark Theatre) 
BINDY STEPHENS for All Come Out to Play! (Happy Habits (Children's Educational Theatre) in partnership with Laurel House, Women's Legal Services Tasmania and Playgroup Tasmania) 

Best Ensemble Professional Theatre
Cast of PINOCCHIO (Big Monkey Theatre) 
Cast of THE BOX (Mudlark Theatre) 

Best Direction Professional Theatre
NATHAN MAYNARD for The Box (Mudlark Theatre) 
AMANDA TESTRO & BINDY STEPHENS for All Come Out to Play! (Happy Habits (Children's Educational Theatre) in partnership with Laurel House, Women's Legal Services Tasmania and Playgroup Tasmania) 
LES WINSPEAR for Pinocchio (Big Monkey Theatre) 

Best Costume Design Professional Theatre
Due to limited nominees registered in this category no nominees will be announced; however, one award will be presented at the 2025 Tasmanian Theatre Awards. 

Best Stage Design Professional Theatre
Due to limited nominees registered in this category no nominees will be announced; however, one award will be presented at the 2025 Tasmanian Theatre Awards. 

Best Lighting or Video/Film Design Professional Theatre
JASON JAMES (Lighting) for Charcoal (Performing Lines Tas) 
GRACE ROBERTS (Lighting) for The Box (Mudlark Theatre) 

Best Sound Design Professional Theatre
MATT HARRIS for Teddies & Bin, Rhyme & Sing (Happy Habits) 
CHRIS JACKSON for The Box (Mudlark Theatre) 
AARON POWELL for Pinocchio- Soundscape and Music (Big Monkey Theatre) 
JOSHUA SANTOSPIRITO and WAVENEY YASSO for Charcoal (Performing Lines Tas) 


COMMUNITY THEATRE

Best Production Community Theatre
FLIGHTS (Old Nick Company) 
THE LARAMIE PROJECT (Three River Theatre) 
THE 39 STEPS (Encore Theatre Company) 
THAT IS NOT WHO I AM (IO Performance) 

Best Male Leading Performance Community Theatre
RICHARD EDGE for Flights (Old Nick Company) 
JACOB GOLDING for This is Our Youth (Golding and Tooker) 
ANDREW HOLMES for Flights (Old Nick Company) 
LYNDON RIGGALL for The Pillowman (The Launceston Players) 

Best Female Leading Performance Community Theatre
ASHLEY EYLES for The 39 Steps (Encore Theatre Company) 
CLARE PEARSON for Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Hobart Repertory Theatre Society) 
GRACE ROBERTS for That is Not Who I Am (IO Performance) 
EMMA SKALICKY for The Unexpected Guest (Hobart Repertory Theatre Society) 

Best Male Supporting Performance Community Theatre
JESSE APTED for The Pillowman (The Launceston Players) 
DEKLAN HAAS for The Laramie Project (Three River Theatre) 
MATT HARRIS for The 39 Steps (Encore Theatre Company) 
STUART LOONE for The Laramie Project (Three River Theatre) 

Best Female Supporting Performance Community Theatre
JAZ DANIELLS for The Laramie Project (Three River Theatre) 
BIL HEIT for Nosferatu (Bad Company Theatre) 
JADE HOWARD for The Effect (IO Performance) 
BINDY STEPHENS for The Laramie Project (Three River Theatre) 

Best Ensemble Community Theatre
Cast of FLIGHTS (Old Nick Company) 
Cast of HOLE (IO Performance) 
Cast of THE LARAMIE PROJECT (Three River Theatre) 
Cast of THE 39 STEPS (Encore Theatre Company) 

Best Direction Community Theatre
CHRIS JACKSON for That is Not Who I Am (IO Performance) 
JAMES PARKER for The 39 Steps (Encore Theatre Company) 
RAE SMITH for The Laramie Project (Three River Theatre) 
NATALIE VENETTACCI for Flights (Old Nick Company) 

Best Original Costume Design Community Theatre
SONIA JAGER for The 39 Steps (Encore Theatre Company) 
JANICE MOLINEUX for The Laramie Project (Three River Theatre) 
GRACE ROBERTS for Hole (IO Performance) 
LUCIENNE SOULLIERE for The Fan (PLoT Theatre Society) 

Best Stage Design Community Theatre
CHRIS JACKSON for That is Not Who I Am (IO Performance) 
MELANIE RANSLEY for Flights (Old Nick Company) 
CAROLYN WHAMOND for Last Cab to Darwin (Hobart Repertory Theatre Society) 
JO WOODBURY for The Laramie Project (Three River Theatre) 

Best Lighting or Video/Film Design Community Theatre
JASON BOVAIRD (Lighting) for The 39 Steps (Encore Theatre Company) 
CHRIS JACKSON (Lighting/Video) for That is Not Who I Am (IO Performance) 
CHRIS JACKSON & GRACE ROBERTS (Lighting/Video) for The Effect (IO Performance) 
LOUISE STUBS (Lighting) for Last Cab to Darwin (Hobart Repertory Theatre Society) 

Best Sound Design Community Theatre
FINN CARTER for Nosferatu (Bad Company Theatre) 
OWEN FRANCIS for The Effect (IO Performance) 
CHRIS JACKSON for That is Not Who I Am (IO Performance) 
IESTYN PERRY for The Unexpected Guest (Hobart Repertory Theatre Society) 

Youth Achievement Community Theatre
CAMERON BUTLER (Performance) for Puffs! (Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School Of Magic and Magic)  (DARE Collective) 
KATARINA CUBIT (Technical Theatre: Lighting & ASM) for Nosferatu & Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again (Bad Company Theatre) 
TOMMY HOWARD (Performance) for Twelve Angry Jurors & Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (Pepperberry Theatre & Bad Company Theatre) 
JACKSON KELDER (Performance) for Puffs! (Or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School Of Magic and Magic)  (DARE Collective)                                                                                      


MUSICAL THEATRE

Best Production Musical Theatre
THE FULL MONTY (Devonport Choral Society) 
THE HELLO GIRLS (Bijou Tasmania) 
KINKY BOOTS (Encore Theatre Company) 
SPRING AWAKENING (Black Box Theatre Co. & IO Performance) 

Best Male Leading Performance Musical Theatre
SCOTT FARROW for Chess (Encore Theatre Company) 
DEKLAN HAAS for Kinky Boots (Encore Theatre Company) 
JARROD PITMAN for Kinky Boots (Encore Theatre Company) 
MASON WALLER for The Full Monty (Devonport Choral Society) 

Best Female Leading Performance Musical Theatre
NIKIA BREEN for Spring Awakening (Black Box Theatre Co. & IO Performance) 
EMILY PAINE for The Hello Girls (Bijou Tasmania) 
SAMANTHA HAMMERSLEY for Chess (Encore Theatre Company) 
MEOPHY SMITH-WILLIAMS for Anne and Gilbert The Musical (Hobart Repertory Theatre Society) 

Best Male Supporting Performance Musical Theatre
CONALL CASSIDY for Spring Awakening (Black Box Theatre Co. & IO Performance) 
MATT HARRIS for Chess (Encore Theatre Company) 
BILLY HAWKINS for The Full Monty (Devonport Choral Society) 
CAMPBELL MAYBERRY for The Full Monty (Devonport Choral Society) 

Best Female Supporting Performance Musical Theatre
PAIGE CROOKS for Kinky Boots (Encore Theatre Company) 
ALANA LANE for Chess (Encore Theatre Company) 
SIAN PRIDEAUX for Chess (Encore Theatre Company) 
ELLA WESCOMBE for The Hello Girls (Bijou Tasmania) 

Best Ensemble Musical Theatre
Cast of THE FULL MONTY (Devonport Choral Society) 
Cast of THE HELLO GIRLS (Bijou Tasmania) 
Cast of KINKY BOOTS (Encore Theatre Company) 
Cast of SHREK THE MUSICAL (Old Nick Company) 

Best Direction Musical Theatre
LAUCHLIN HANSEN for Spring Awakening (Black Box Theatre Co. & IO Performance) 
BELINDA J KING for Kinky Boots (Encore Theatre Company) 
KAREN KLUSS-ASHER for The Hello Girls (Bijou Tasmania) 
DAVID THOMSON for Shrek the Musical (Old Nick Company) 

Best Musical Direction Musical Theatre
ANDREW CASTLES for Shrek the Musical (Old Nick Company) 
PETR DIVIŠ for The Hello Girls (Bijou Tasmania) 
TRAVIS HENNESSY for Spring Awakening (Black Box Theatre Co. & IO Performance) 
ANDY PRIDEAUX for Kinky Boots (Encore Theatre Company) 

Best Choreography Musical Theatre
KRISTY BAKER for Shrek the Musical (Old Nick Company) 
BIANCA KING for Kinky Boots (Encore Theatre Company) 
TRISTA LITTLE for The Wizard of Oz (Launceston Musical Society) 
ELIZABETH VINEY for The Full Monty (Devonport Choral Society) 

Best Costume Design Musical Theatre
HELEN CRONIN for Shrek the Musical (Old Nick Company) 
HELEN CRONIN for The Hello Girls (Bijou Tasmania) 
GINA MCKENZIE for The Wizard of Oz (Launceston Musical Society) 
ANTHONY PHILLIPS and Sonia Jager for Chess (Encore Theatre Company) 

Best Stage Design Musical Theatre
BELINDA GUNSON AND MAX DARVELL for The Full Monty (Devonport Choral Society) 
MELANIE RANSLEY for The Hello Girls (Bijou Tasmania) 
GRACE ROBERTS for Spring Awakening (Black Box Theatre Co. & IO Performance) 
DARRYL ROGERS for Chess (Encore Theatre Company) 

Best Lighting or Video/Film Design Musical Theatre
JASON BOVAIRD for Chess (Encore Theatre Company) 
JASON BOVAIRD for Kinky Boots (Encore Theatre Company) 
GARETH KAYS for The Hello Girls (Bijou Tasmania) 
GARETH KAYS for Shrek the Musical (Old Nick Company) 

Best Sound Design Musical Theatre
GREG CRACKNELL AND JOHN DAVIDSON for The Hello Girls (Bijou Tasmania) 
ANDREW JOHNS for Shrek the Musical (Old Nick Company) 
MARCELLO LO RICCO for Chess (Encore Theatre Company) 
MARCELLO LO RICCO for Kinky Boots (Encore Theatre Company) 

Youth Achievement Musical Theatre
CAST OF THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Musical Theatre Crew) 
CAST OF SHREK THE MUSICAL (Old Nick Company) 
SOPHIE BLANSHARD (Performance) in The Wizard of Oz (Launceston Musical Society) 
TOMMY HOWARD (Performance) for The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (Big Job Productions) 


OTHER AWARDS

Best New Writing
NATHAN MAYNARD and ROB BRASLIN for The Box (Mudlark Theatre) 
JOSHUA SCOTT for The Fan (PLoT Theatre Society) 
BINDY STEPHENS for Teddies & Bin, Rhyme and Sing (Bindy Stephens ‘Happy Habits’)

The 2024 Awards Judging Panels

Professional Theatre: Leigh Oswin (Convenor), Anne Cordiner, Jane Haley, Christopher Harris, Gillian Unicomb

Community Theatre: Nicholas Lahey (Convenor), Rosemary Cann, Jenifa Dwyer, Dr Rose Gaby, Kathryn Gray, Ross Hay, Amanda Phillips

Musical Theatre: Chris Hamley (Convenor), Jules Coleman, Bil Heit, Jeff Hockley OAM, John Saunders

Best New Writing:  Ayah Tayeh (Dramaturg & Producer), Alison Mann (Playwright) and Erin Taylor (Dramaturg and Director)