2019 Recipients

  • Best Set Design

    Josh McIntosh, Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts (Shake & Stir and La Boite)

    Caroline Delore, When the World was Wide (Camerata and QPAC)

    Josh McIntosh, Jane Eyre (Shake & Stir and QPAC)

    Josh McIntosh, Fantastic Mr Fox (Shake & Stir and QPAC)

  • Best Costume Design

    Libby McDonnell, Orpheus and Eurydice (Opera Queensland and Circa)

    Leah Shelton, Bitch on Heat (Leah Shelton at Brisbane Festival)

    Josh McIntosh, Fantastic Mr Fox (Shake & Stir and QPAC)

    Anthony Spinaze, Death of a Salesman (Queensland Theatre)

  • Best Lighting Design

    Geoff Squires, Inside Out (Tammy Zarb and Company)

    Tom Wright, Tectonic (Dancenorth at Bleach*)

    Ben Hughes, L’Appartement (Queensland Theatre)

    David Walters, Net of Souls (The Boxties and QPAC)

  • Best Composition/Sound Design

    Luke Smiles (design) and Anna Whitaker (associate), Throttle (The Farm at Bleach*)

    Guy Webster, Fantastic Mr Fox (Shake & Stir and QPAC)

    Guy Webster, Inside Out (Tammy Zarb and Company)

    Guy Webster, Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts (La Boite and Shake & Stir)

  • Best Video Design

    Craig Wilkinson (video) and Jon Weber (illustrations), Fantastic Mr Fox (Shake & Stir and QPAC)

    Justin Harrison, Fangirls (Queensland Theatre, Brisbane Festival and Belvoir in association with ATYP)

    Freddy Komp, Tower of Babel (Baran Theatre at Metro Arts)

    Nathan Sibthorpe and Jeremy Gordon, Statum (Flipside Circus and Counterpilot in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse)

  • Best Direction

    Daniel Evans, Cinderella (QPAC and Myths Made Here)

    Jason Klarwein, Death of a Salesman (Queensland Theatre)

    Ross Balbuziente, Fantastic Mr Fox (Shake & Stir and QPAC)

    Paige Rattray, Fangirls (Queensland Theatre, Brisbane Festival and Belvoir in association with ATYP)

  • Best Female Actor - Leading Role

    Amy Ingram, Cinderella (QPAC and Myths Made Here)

    Helen O’Leary, The Confabulator (Helen O’Leary)

    Nelle Lee, Jane Eyre (Shake & Stir and QPAC)

    Kate Wilson, The Revisionist (Refraction Theatre)

  • Best Female Actor - Supporting Role

    Suzie French, Girl’s Guide to World War (Musical Theatre Australia)

    Kathryn Marquet, Magpie (Playlab, Metro Arts and e.g.)

    Kimberley Hodgson, Fangirls (Queensland Theatre, Brisbane Festival and Belvoir in association with ATYP)

    Marika Marrosszeky, Savage in Limbo (Big Scary Animal)

  • Best Male Actor - Leading Role

    Richard Lund, Kelly (Ad Astra)

    Thomas Larkin, Cinderella (QPAC and Myths Made Here)

    Tama Matheson, When the World was Wide (Camerata and QPAC)

    Bryan Probets, Hydra (Queensland Theatre and SA Theatre Company)

  • Best Male Actor - Supporting Role

    Thomas Larkin, Death of a Salesman (Queensland Theatre)

    Pacharo Mzembe, L’Appartement (Queensland Theatre)

    Michael Mandalios, Magpie (Playlab, Metro Arts and e.g.)

    Jackson McGovern, Death of a Salesman (Queensland Theatre)

  • Best Ensemble

    Dirty Fame Flash Candles Club, Western Standard Productions

    Boy, Lost, Belloo Creative 

    First Casualty, Queensland Theatre 

    Jane Eyre, Shake & Stir Theatre Co & QPAC

    Tiddas, La Boite Theatre, QPAC & Brisbane Festival

  • Best Musical or Cabaret

    Fangirls (Queensland Theatre, Brisbane Festival and Belvoir in association with ATYP)

    Yank (Understudy Productions)

    Daddy Long Legs (Passion Productions)

    When the World Was Wide (Camerata and QPAC)

  • Best Circus or Physical Theatre Work

    Inside Out (Tammy Zarb and Company)

    Tectonic (Dancenorth)

    Throttle (The Farm)

    You & I (Casus Circus)

  • Best Mainstage Production

    Death of a Salesman (Queensland Theatre)

    Fangirls (Queensland Theatre, Brisbane Festival and Belvoir in association with ATYP)

    L’Appartement (Queensland Theatre)

    Cinderella (QPAC and Myths Made Here)

  • Best Independent Production

    La Silhouette (Sui Ensemble)

    Kelly (Ad Astra)

    Throttle (The Farm)

    Girl’s Guide to World War (Musical Theatre Australia)

  • Billie Brown Award - Best Emerging Artist

    Gina Tay Limpus, The Tempest and La Silhouette

    Sui Ensemble, La Silhouette

    Ella Macrokanis, Daddy Long Legs

    Michael Mandalios, Magpie and The Revisionist

  • The Lord Mayor's Award for Best New Australian Work

    Girl’s Guide to World War, Katy Forde (Book and lyrics), Aleathea Monsour (Composer)

    La Silhouette, Sui Ensemble

    When The World Was Wide, Tama Matheson

    Reagan Kelly, Lewis Treston

  • The Behind The Scenes Award

    Tanya Malouf

  • The Gold Matilda

    Shake & Stir

    Shake & Stir is one of Australia’s leading contemporary theatre companies, formed in 2006, and creating bold and exciting mainstage and in-school productions that tour Australia and New Zealand. Shake & Stir has built a company that doesn’t just entertain existing audiences with their spectacular main house productions that display a consistent level of excellence, but the company also cultivates a new audience, creating the artists of tomorrow through their in-school programs.

  • Emerging Female Arts Leader Award

    Emily Wells