2025 Nominees

  • Best Set Design

    Renée Mulder, Julia - A Sydney Theatre Company and Canberra Theatre Centre production, presented by Queensland Theatre Company 

    Christina Smith, Pride And Prejudice - Queensland Theatre Company in association with The Empire

    Ada Lukin, Pramkicker - MO Theatre

    Kevin O’Brien, Dear Son - Queensland Theatre Company and State Theatre Company South Australia 

    Jennifer Laycock, Samantha LeClaire & Nicolas Angelosanto, Charlie & The Bin Chicken - Art For Earthlings

  • Best Costume Design

    Renée Mulder, Julia - Queensland Theatre Company, A Sydney Theatre Company & Canberra Theatre Centre production

    Simone Romaniuk, Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men - Queensland Theatre Company in association with QPAC 

    Penny Challen, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - QPAC, Woodward Productions and Neil Gooding Productions

    Maria McRae, Living Sculptures: How the birds got their colours - Arc Circus & The Yugambeh Aboriginal Dancers, commissioning support from SWELL Sculpture Festival

    Hayley Davis, Identity - D.I.V.E Theatre Collective

  • Best Lighting Design

    Ben Hughes, Peter and the Starcatcher - Dead Puppet Society, Glass Half Full Productions, JONES Theatrical Group and Damien Hewitt

    Ben Hughes, Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men - Queensland Theatre Company in association with QPAC 

    Teegan Kranenburg, Macbeth - La Boite Theatre

    David Walters, Dear Son - Queensland Theatre Company and State Theatre Company South Australia

    Christine Felmingham, Pramkicker - MO Theatre

  • Best Composition/Sound Design

    Brady Watkins, Macbeth - La Boite Theatre

    Mike Willmett, Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men - Queensland Theatre Company in association with QPAC 

    DOBBY, Sam Foster and Benjin Maza, CROSSING THE DIVIDE - Shock Therapy Arts

    Maddie Armit and Tai Kane-Potaka, Hot Girls Don't Poo - Produced by Madeline Armit and Tainika Kane-Potaka

    Guy Webster, Congratulations, Get Rich! - La Boite Theatre

  • Best Video Design

    Matt Carson-Drever, Declan Dwyer, Nathan Geppert, Marcus Gillezeau & Freddy Komp, Proudfoot and Friends - Proudfoot Productions & Cluster Arts

    Mic Gruchy, Back to Bilo - A Belloo production, presented by Queensland Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival, produced by Performing Lines

    Nevin Howell, Malacanang Made Us - Queensland Theatre Company

    Craig Wilkinson, Dear Son - Queensland Theatre Company and State Theatre Company South Australia

    Evie Lanzon and Jonas White, Pirates, Cowboys & Aliens - Perseverance Street Theatre

  • Best Direction

    Sharon Hogan, Pirates, Cowboys & Aliens - Perseverance Street Theatre

    Indiah Morris, Blushing - Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre

    Dan Evans, Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men - Queensland Theatre Company in association with QPAC 

    Wesley Enoch, The Visitors - Presented by QPAC as part of Clancestry. A Moogahlin Performing Arts & Sydney Theatre Company production

    Caroline Dunphy, Back to Bilo - A Belloo production, presented by Queensland Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival, produced by Performing Lines

  • Best Performance in a Leading Role - Mainstage Production

    Courtney Cavallaro, Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men - Queensland Theatre Company in association with QPAC 

    Naomi Price, Calamity Jane - Queensland Theatre Company in association with One Eyed Man Productions, Neglected Musicals and Hayes Theatre Co.

    Merlynn Tong, Congratulations, Get Rich! - La Boite Theatre

    Loren Hunter, Sweet Charity - Prospero Arts and QPAC

    Nicole Hoskins, Macbeth - La Boite Theatre

  • Best Performance in a Leading Role - Independent Production

    Jacob Edward, Tell Me Something - Davidson Gluyas Productions

    Axielle Doddridge, Tell Me Something -Davidson Gluyas Productions

    Rachel Nutchey, Superheroes - Bodysnatchers Theatre

    Abby Bowyer, Pirates, Cowboys & Aliens - Perseverance Street Theatre

    Fletcher Colfs, GRIT: The Stories. The Town. The Music - Perseverance Street Theatre

     

  • Best Performance in a Supporting Role - Mainstage Production

    Cameron Hurry, Pride and Prejudice - Queensland Theatre Company in association with The Empire

    Kimie Tsukakoshi, Congratulations, Get Rich! - La Boite Theatre

    Reagan Mannix, Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men - Queensland Theatre Company in association with QPAC 

    Stephen Geronimos, The Visitors - Presented by QPAC as part of Clancestry. A Moogahlin Performing Arts & Sydney Theatre Company production

    Darcy Brown, Calamity Jane - Queensland Theatre Company in association with One Eyed Man Productions, Neglected Musicals and Hayes Theatre Co.

  • Best Performance in a Supporting Role - Independent Production

    Malika Savory, The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek - Cut & Run Productions

    Jordan Malone, Into the Woods - Ad Astra

    Matthew Filkins, The Dead Devils of Cockle Creek -Cut & Run Productions

    Matthew McKenzie, Parade - Bump In Productions

    Carla Beard, Into the Woods - Ad Astra

  • Best Ensemble

    CROSSING THE DIVIDE - Shock Therapy Arts

    Hot Girls Don't Poo - Produced by Madeline Armit and Tainika Kane-Potaka

    Back to Bilo - A Belloo production, presented by Queensland Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival, produced by Performing Lines

    Blushing - Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre

    Charlie & The Bin Chicken - Art for Earthlings

  • Griffith University Award for Best Musical or Cabaret

    Into the Woods - Ad Astra

    The Lovers -  Presented by Shake and Stir Theatre Co and Queensland Performing Arts Centre, in association with Brisbane Festival 

    Parade - Bump In Productions (Michael Lewis, Belinda Lewis)

    Calamity Jane - Queensland Theatre Company

    Sweet Charity - Prospero Arts

  • Best Circus or Physical Theatre Work

    Wired Differently - Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre and Screech Arts (for the Undercover Artist Festival)

    Living Sculptures: How the birds got their colours - Arc Circus & The Yugambeh Aboriginal Dancers, commissioning support from SWELL Sculpture Festival

    FUSE - Anabella Gregory

    Blushing - Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre

    Wolfgang In The Stars - Circa, presented by QPAC Out Of The Box Festival

  • Best Mainstage Production

    Congratulations, Get Rich! - La Boite Theatre

    Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men Queensland Theatre Company in association with QPAC

    The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - QPAC, Woodward Productions and Neil Gooding Productions

    Back to Bilo - A Belloo production, presented by Queensland Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival, produced by Performing Lines

    Malacanang Made Us - Queensland Theatre Company

  • Best Independent Production

    CROSSING THE DIVIDE - Shock Therapy Arts

    Blushing - Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre

    Queer as Flux - The Nest Ensemble

    Superheroes - Bodysnatchers Theatre

    Pramkicker - MO Theatre

  • Billie Brown Award - Best Emerging Artist

    Fletcher Colfs, GRIT: The Stories. The Town. The Music., Pirates, Cowboys and Aliens, Perseverance Street Theatre - Perseverance Street Theatre

    Milena Nesic, We're All Gonna Die!, Superheroes - La Boite Theatre & Dead Puppet Society, Bodysnatchers Theatre

    The Velvet Collective & The Travelling Rose Theatre - Crow's Nest - The Velvet Collective & The Travelling Rose Theatre

    Micheal Doust, Wired Differently - Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre and Screech Arts (for the Undercover Artist Festival)

    Thea Raveneau, Dance Nation by Clare Barron - THAT Production Company, Metro Arts

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

    Back to Bilo, Playwright Katherine Lyall-Watson - A Belloo production, presented by Queensland Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival, produced by Performing Lines

    Dear Son, Adapted by Isaac Drandic and John Harvey - Queensland Theatre Company and State Theatre Company South Australia 

    Congratulations, Get Rich!, Playwright Merlynn Tong - La Boite Theatre

    Pirates, Cowboys & Aliens, Playwright Sofia Abbey - Perseverance Street Theatre

    CROSSING THE DIVIDE, Sam Foster, Hayden Jones & Benjin Maza - Shock Therapy Arts

  • The Behind The Scenes Award

    To be announced on the night.

  • The Gold Matilda

    To be announced on the night.

  • The Judges Award

    To be announced on the night.