Josh McIntosh, A Christmas Carol (shake & stir theatre co & QPAC)

Sarah Winter, The Sound of a Finished Kiss (Now Look Here & Electric Moon in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

Anna Straker, Umami Mermaids (Brisbane Festival)

Bill Haycock, Prize Fighter (La Boite Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival)

Penny Challen, The Owl and the Pussycat (Little Match Productions)

Diana Eden, Luisa Bannah & Gayle MacGregor, Alice in Wonderland (Boyd Productions in association with Rapid Fire International)

Penny Challen, Babushka in Happily Ever After (Little Match Productions in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

Josh McIntosh, A Christmas Carol (shake & stir theatre co & QPAC)

David Walters, Nearer the Gods (Queensland Theatre)

Jason Glenwright, The Longest Minute (JUTE Theatre Company, debase productions & Queensland Theatre)

Ben Hughes, Good Muslim Boy (Queensland Theatre & Malthouse Theatre)

David Walters, Prize Fighter (La Boite Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival)

Jason Glenwright, A Christmas Carol (shake & stir theatre co & QPAC)

Babushka, Happily Ever After (Little Match Productions in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

Phil Slade, Good Muslim Boy (Queensland Theatre & Malthouse Theatre)

Chris Perren & Salliana Campbell, A Christmas Carol (shake & stir theatre co & QPAC)

Lisa Cheney, The Owl and the Pussycat (Little Match Productions)

Craig Wilkinson, A Christmas Carol (shake & stir theatre co & QPAC)

Craig and Karl (vision) & Pete Foley (animation), Privacy Settings (Polytoxic, Festival 2018 & Flowstate)

Craig Wilkinson, I’ve Been Meaning to Ask You (The Good Room & Brisbane Festival)

Counterpilot, Crunch Time (Metro Arts)

Natano Fa’anana & Bridget Boyle, We Live Here (Flipside Circus & Metro Arts)

Catarina Hebbard, Poison (EG & Metro Arts)

Bridget Boyle, The Longest Minute (JUTE Theatre Company, debase productions & Queensland Theatre)

Tim Hill, Spring Awakening (Underground Broadway)

Daniel Evans, I’ve Been Meaning to Ask You (The Good Room & Brisbane Festival)

Noni Hazlehurst, Mother (If Theatre & QPAC)

Jessica Veurman, Yielding (That Production Company)

Sarah Murr, The Owl and the Pussycat (Little Match Productions)

Chenoa Deemal, The Longest Minute (JUTE Theatre Company, debase productions & Queensland Theatre)

Andrea Moor, Hedda (Queensland Theatre)

Joey Kohnke, Yielding (That Production Company)

Kimie Tsukakoshi, Nearer the Gods (Queensland Theatre)

Carly Quinn, The Hatpin (Oz Theatricals)

Paul Bishop, Poison (EG & Metro Arts)

Pacharo Mzembe, Prize Fighter (La Boite Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival)

Eugene Gilfedder, A Christmas Carol (shake & stir theatre co & QPAC)

Jason Klarwein, Hedda (Queensland Theatre)

Jackson McGovern, The Owl and the Pussycat (Little Match Productions)

Jeremy Ambrum, The Longest Minute (JUTE Theatre Company, debase productions & Queensland Theatre)

Gideon Mzembe, Prize Fighter (La Boite Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival)

Bryan Probets, A Christmas Carol (shake & stir theatre co & QPAC)

The Sound of a Finished Kiss (Now Look Here & Electric Moon in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

Babushka in Happily Ever After (Little Match Productions in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

Twelfth Night (Queensland Theatre in association with QPAC)

Spring Awakening (Underground Broadway)

We Live Here (Flipside Circus & Metro Arts)

Aura (Circa & Flowstate)

Chasing Smoke (Casus Circus in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

Invisible Things (Alex Mizzen & Vulcana Circus in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

The Longest Minute (JUTE Theatre Company, debase productions & Queensland Theatre) (TIE)
Prize Fighter (La Boite Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival) (TIE)

Hedda (Queensland Theatre)

A Christmas Carol (shake & stir theatre co & QPAC)

Nearer the Gods (Queensland Theatre)

The Sound of a Finished Kiss (Now Look Here & Electric Moon in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

I’ve Been Meaning to Ask You (The Good Room & Brisbane Festival)

We Live Here (Flipside Circus & Metro Arts)

Babushka in Happily Ever After (Little Match Productions in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

Carly Quinn, The Hatpin (Oz Theatricals)

Sarah Whalen, BARE (Understudy Productions in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

Ruby Clark, for her body of work (including Rent, Spring Awakening, Boy&Girl, Wheel of Fortune)

Wightman and Stark, Love Letters to F**kbois (Metro Arts)

Crunch Time, by Counterpilot

Nearer the Gods, by David Williamson

The Sound of a Finished Kiss, by Kate Wild

Yielding, by Emma Workman

Rosemary Walker

Debase Productions

This special, open award recognises either a standout production or performance element in the year’s theatrical season or, in this instance, recognition of an individual company or group for their contribution to the industry as determined by the judging panel. DeBase are being recognised this year for their commitment to making theatre of excellence in Queensland for over 20 years, touring nationally and internationally, focusing on the use of comedy to address social issues in a way that is in tune with their target audience.

Christine Felmingham