2005
BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Black Medea (Company B)
Festen (STC)
Julius Caesar (STC)
Three Furies (Sydney Festival and Performing Lines)
BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
The Black Swan of Trespass (B Sharp)
Edmond (B Sharp)
Hurly Burly (Stablemates)
Unspoken (Old Fitzroy)
BEST DIRECTION
Benedict Andrews (Julius Caesar)
Neil Armfield (Stuff Happens)
Gale Edwards (Festen)
Jim Sharman (Three Furies)
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
Lynette Curran (The Chairs)
Margaret Harvey (Black Medea)
Caroline O'Connor (End of the Rainbow)
Miranda Otto (Boy Gets Girl)
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Paula Arundel (Three Furies)
Chloe Dallimore (The Producers)
Angela Punch McGregor (Festen)
Toni Scanlan (A View from the Bridge)
BEST ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
Simon Burke (Three Furies)
David Field (A View from the Bridge)
Philip Quast (The Cherry Orchard)
John Stanton (Festen)
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Wayne Blair (The Sapphires)
Barry Otto (Boy Gets Girl)
Grant Piro (The Producers)
Tony Sheldon (The Producers)
BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK
Ray's Tempest, by Steve Rodgers
The Sapphires, by Tony Briggs
Strangers in Between, by Tommy Murphy
Three Furies, by Stephen Sewell
BEST NEWCOMER
Adriano Cappelletta (A View from the Bridge)
Rebecca Clarke (Unspoken)
Sam Dunn (Strangers in Between)
Christopher Parker (Summer Rain)
BEST SET DESIGN
Dale Ferguson (Summer Rain)
Brian Thomson (Festen)
Brian Thomson (Stuff Happens)
Brian Thomson (Three Furies)
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
Rachel Burke (Black Medea)
Damien Cooper (Three Furies)
Damien Cooper (Summer Rain)
Mark Truebridge (Festen)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Shelley Clarke (The Popular Mechanicals)
Alice Lau (Three Furies)
Julie Lynch (Festen)
Lisa Walpole (To the Green Fields Beyond)
BEST SCORE OR SOUND DESIGN
Basil Hogios (Three Furies)
Max Lyandvert (Julius Caesar)
Jethro Woodward (Black Medea)
SoHee Youn (Love: A Multiple Choice Question)
BEST MUSICAL
Keating The Musical (The Drowsy Drivers)
Love: A Multiple Choice Question (Stablemates)
The Producers (GFO/SEL)
Summer Rain (Sydney Theatre Company)
BEST CABARET PRODUCTION
Back for Seconds (Tim Draxl at Bar Me)
Birth of The Cool (John Turnbull et al at The Sound Lounge)
I Get the Music In You (Queenie Van de Zandt at Statement)
Live (Tim Draxl at Bar Me)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dr Rodney Seaborn
Honour Roll
Barbara Tiernan
Kevin Smith
Kristian Fredrikson
Sophia Hendel
June Bronhill
Alistair Duncan
Frank Wilson
Neil Fitzpatrick
Performers
Caroline O’Connor
Toni Lamond and Tony Sheldon
Lisa Adam, Margi de Ferranti, Benjamin Lewis, Sharon Millerchip and Shaun Rennie
Musical Director
Michael Tyack
Presenters
Debra Oswald, Mark Kilmurry, Penny Cook, Genevieve Lemon, Rodney Fisher, Cate Blanchett, Julie Hamilton