Nominees for the 2011 Matilda Awards:
(winners in bold)
Best Mainstage Production:
No Man’s Land, Queensland Theatre Company
Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness, La Boite
Pygmalion, Queensland Theatre Company
Julius Caesar, La Boite
Best Independent Production:
Animal Farm, Shake & Stir
Empire Burning, Metro Arts/Eugene Gilfedder
Amadeus, 4MBS Festival of Classics
The Hamlet Apocalypse, La Boite Indie/The Danger Ensemble
Rabbit, The Good Room
Best New Play:
Empire Burning by Eugene Gilfedder
Fractions by Marcel Dorney
Piano Lessons by Anna Goldsworthy
Underground by Jeremy Neideck and Nathan Stoneham
Water Wars by Elaine Acworth
Best Musical
Cabaret, Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre
Piano Lessons, Queensland Music Festival
Spring Awakening, Oscar Theatre Company
Underground, Metro Arts/Motherboard Productions
Best Director:
Daniel Evans, Rabbit
Michael Futcher, Animal Farm
Michael Gow, No Man’s Land
Michael Gow, Pygmalion
Kat Henry, Orphans
Jeremy Neideck, Underground
Best Male Actor in a Leading Role:
Sandro Colarelli, Cabaret
Paul Bishop, Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness
Gyton Grantley, Ruben Guthrie
Steven Grives, Amadeus
Tama Matheson, Amadeus
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
Chris Betts, Pygmalion
Andrew Buchanan, No Man’s Land
Dan Crestani, Sacre Bleu
Dirk Hoult, The Ugly One
Thomas Larkin, Julius Caesar
Steven Rooke, No Man’s Land
Best Female Actor in a Lead Role:
Emma Dean, Cabaret
Emily Tomlins, Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness
Kate Wilson, Water Wars
Melanie Zanetti, Pygmalion
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role:
Carol Burns, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Anna McGahan, Julius Caesar
Elizabeth Millington, Anna Straker, Giema Contini (puppeteers), The Harbinger
Anna Mowry, Amadeus
Jessica Verumann-Betts, Water Wars
Best Emerging Artist:
Finn Gilfedder-Cooney, Empire Burning
Matthew Hadgraft, Cabaret
Lauren Jackson, Secret Bridesmaids’ Business
Anna McGahan, Julius Caesar
Megan Sarmardin, Little Birung
Charles Sells, Spring Awakening
Best Design (set, lighting, sound or costume):
Simone Romaniuk, set design, Fractions
Renee Mulder, set design, Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness
Josh McIntosh, set design, Animal Farm
Robert Kemp, set design, No Man’s Land
Jason Glenwright, lighting design, DragQueensland
Thomas M Wright, production design, I Feel Awful
Commendations are awarded to the most outstanding nominee in each of these ten categories. Five main Matilda Awards are also awarded to the 'best-of-the-best' of Brisbane theatre in 2011. These will be unknown until the night of the ceremony.
Each commendation includes a framed certificate. Each of the five Matilda Awards come with a one-of-a-kind ceramic trophy, handmade by Monte Lupo artists with disabilities.
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