2025 NOMINEES & WINNERS

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Grief is the Thing with Feathers (Belvoir and Andrew Henry Presents)

Jacky (Belvoir and Melbourne Theatre Company)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (Sydney Theatre Company)

The Player Kings (Sport for Jove in association with Seymour Centre)

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Cruise (Fruit Box Theatre and bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company)

The Edit (Unlikely Productions, Legit Theatre Company and 25A)

Fewer Emergencies (The Company Theatre)

Sistren (Green Door Theatre Company in association with Griffin Theatre Company)

BEST DIRECTION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Sarah Goodes (The Talented Mr Ripley)

Ian Michael (Picnic at Hanging Rock)

Simon Phillips (Grief is the Thing with Feathers)

Damien Ryan (The Player Kings)

BEST DIRECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Sean Landis (Cruise)

Ian Michael (Sistren)

Gabrielle Scawthorn (The Edit)

Nigel Turner-Carroll (Port)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Joseph Althouse (Whitefella Yella Tree)

Will McDonald (The Talented Mr Ripley)

Albert Mwangi (Primary Trust)

Toby Schmitz (Grief is the Thing with Feathers)

Guy Simon (Jacky)

Kat Stewart (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Janet Anderson (Sistren)

Meg Clarke (Iphigenia in Splott)

Iolanthe (The Edit)

Sharon Millerchip (Born on a Thursday)

Fraser Morrison (Cruise)

Matilda Ridgway (The Edit)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Danny Howard (Jacky)

Phillip Lynch (Grief is the Thing with Feathers)

Angela Mahlatjie (Primary Trust)

Greg Stone (Jacky)

Megan Wilding (Big Girls Don’t Cry)

Shirong Wu (4000 Miles)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Deborah Galanos (Saints of Damour)

Julian Garner (Furious Mattress)

Faisal Hamza (Dear Elena Sergeevna)

James Lugton (Born on a Thursday)

Tim McGarry (The Seagull)

Mây Trần (These Youths Be Protesting)

BEST STAGE DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Jeremy Allen (The Shiralee)

Kate Beere (The Player Kings)

Nick Schlieper and Simon Phillips with Craig Wilkinson and Jon Weber (Grief is the Thing with Feathers)

Anna Tregloan (Henry 5)

BEST STAGE DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Soham Apte (Mary Jane)

Ruby Jenkins (The Edit)

Hannah Tayler and Paris Bell (Lost & Finding)

Emma White (Sistren)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Dann Barber (Meow Meow’s The Red Shoes)

Kate Beere, Ruby Jenkins and Lily Moody (The Player Kings)

Ella Butler and Hailley Hunt (Orlando)

Emma White (The Talented Mr Ripley)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Kate Beere (Eureka Day)

Lily Mateljan (IRL)

Emelia Simcox (Cowbois)

Helen Wojtas and Mitchell Bourke (Taming of the Shrew)

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Damien Cooper (The Talented Mr Ripley)

Matt Cox (The Player Kings)

Matthew Marshall (The 39 Steps)

Nick Schlieper (Grief is the Thing with Feathers)

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Kelsey Lee (Sistren)

Topaz Marlay-Cole (IRL)

Ryan McDonald (Furious Mattress)

Phoebe Pilcher (The Edit)

BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Sabyasachi (Rahul) Bhattacharya and Steve Francis (The Wrong Gods)

Steve Francis (The Talented Mr Ripley)

Freya Schack-Arnott and Daniel Herten (Grief is the Thing with Feathers)

Jethro Woodward (Henry 5)

BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Alyx Dennison and Madeleine Picard (The Edit)

Daniel Herten (Sistren)

Tom Hogan (Birdsong of Tomorrow)

Chelsea Wheatley (Cruise)

BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK

The Edit (Gabrielle Scawthorn)

Grief is the Thing with Feathers (Simon Phillips, Nick Schlieper & Toby Schmitz)

Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical (Steven Kramer)

The Seagull (Saro Lusty-Cavallari)

Sistren (Iolanthe)

BEST NEWCOMER

Alexandra Cashmere (The Producers)

Danny Howard (Jacky / Whitefella Yella Tree)

Iolanthe (Sistren / The Edit)

Heather Jeong (Koreaboo)

Aliyah Knight (Snakeface)

BEST ENSEMBLE

Bright Star (Sport for Jove and Hayes Theatre Co)

Eureka Day (Outhouse Theatre Company and Seymour Centre)

Picnic at Hanging Rock (Sydney Theatre Company)

The Player Kings (Sport for Jove in association with Seymour Centre)

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

Bright Star (Sport for Jove and Hayes Theatre Co)

Hadestown (Jones Theatrical and Opera Australia)

Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical (Hayes Theatre Co)

The Producers (Joshua Robson Productions and Hayes Theatre Co)

BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

Alexander Berlage (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown)

Sheridan Harbridge (Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical)

Julia Robertson (The Producers)

Damien Ryan and Miranda Middleton (Bright Star)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Joel Granger (Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical)

Amy Hack (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown)

Hannah McInerney (Bright Star)

Seann Miley Moore (Hedwig And The Angry Inch)

Lyndon Watts (Candide)

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Alexandra Cashmere (The Producers)

Calista Nelmes (Rent)

Elenoa Rokobaro (Hadestown)

Tom Struik (The Book of Mormon)

Adrian Tamburini (Hadestown)

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL

David Butler (Ghost Quartet)

David Gardos (Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical)

Guy Simpson (Guys & Dolls)

Alec Steedman (Bright Star)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY OF A MUSICAL

Kelley Abbey (Guys & Dolls)

Chiara Assetta (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown)

Shannon Burns (The Producers)

Ellen Simpson (Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical)

BEST DESIGN OF A MUSICAL

Dann Barber (Set and Costume Design, Candide)

Mason Browne (Costume Design, Phar Lap: The Electro-Swing Musical)

Isabel Hudson (Set Design, Bright Star)

Hailley Hunt (Set Design, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown)

Nicol & Ford (Costume Design, Hedwig And The Angry Inch)

BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN

Moss Piglet (Windmill Theatre Company and Sydney Opera House)

Where Is The Green Sheep? (Monkey Baa, QPAC’s Out of the Box and Sydney Opera House)

Where to Hide a Star (Australian Chamber Orchestra)

Wolfgang in the Stars (Circa and Riverside Theatres)

BEST PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Converted (ATYP)

Daytime Deewane (Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta)

Detention (Monkey Baa)

Work, But This Time Like You Mean It (Canberra Youth Theatre)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Elizabeth Butcher AM

HONOUR ROLL

David Argue – actor

Chris Duncan – dance mentor and agent

Nicholas Eadie – actor

Andrew Earle – theatre technician

Nanette Frew - theatrical licensing executive

Michael-John Hurney - musical theatre performer

Judith Isherwood – arts administrator

Adele Johnston – opera singer

Toni Lamond – legendary performer

Ben Lewis – musical theatre performer

Donald Macdonald – actor and playwright

Jan Oxenbould - actor

Jiva Parthipan - multidisciplinary artist

Colin Peasley – ballet master and dancer

Candy Raymond - actor

Tim Robertson – actor, writer and director

Henri Szeps – actor

Noel Tovey – actor and director

Walter Van Nieuwkuyk – executive producer

Garth Welch – dancer and choreographer

Ken Wilby – designer and producer

Fiona Winning – arts administrator

HOST

Marney McQueen

PRESENTERS

Tel Benjamin, Andrew Bevis, Tina Bursill, Brendan de la Hay, Eva Di Cesare, Sue Donnelly, Neil Gooding, Joanne Kee, Radhika Mudaliyar, Caroline O'Connor, Simone Sault, Phil Scott, Ian Stenlake and Hayden Tonazzi

PERFORMANCES

“For the Gaze” – Marney McQueen with Kyle Borg, Cooper Cossettini, Steve Costi, Louis Fontaine, Kye Hall, Billy Wilson

Musical Director Michael Tyack

Director Cameron Mitchell

“Write My Story” from Silver Tongue

Composer and performer Alec Steedman

Musical Director Andy Freeborn

Toni Lamond Tribute – Danielle Barnes, Zoe Gertz, Donna Lee, Caroline O’Connor and Geraldine Turner

Musical Director Michael Tyack

Director Jason Langley