2019 Recipients
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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)
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Best Circus or Physical Theatre Work
Inside Out (Tammy Zarb and Company)
Tectonic (Dancenorth)
Throttle (The Farm)
You & I (Casus Circus)
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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)
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Best Independent Production
La Silhouette (Sui Ensemble)
Kelly (Ad Astra)
Throttle (The Farm)
Girl’s Guide to World War (Musical Theatre Australia)
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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
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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
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The Behind The Scenes Award
Tanya Malouf
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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.
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Emerging Female Arts Leader Award
Emily Wells