2025 Recipients

  • 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

    Rowan 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

    Daniel 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

    Eben Love

    Eben Love is a proud Ngarrindjeri man and regional Queensland-based lighting designer, technician, production manager and venue professional whose work during 2025 made a significant contribution to the excellence, ambition, and technical integrity of the state’s performing arts sector.

  • The Gold Matilda

    Louise Bezzina

    Louise Bezzina has been at the forefront of cultural innovation, delivering world-class events and experiences for Queensland audiences and making a significant impact on the industry. Louise founded the very successful Gold Coast Bleach Festival as the Artistic Director and CEO, she was a Co-Creative Lead of the 2018 Commonwealth Games Cultural Program and as Brisbane Festival’s Artistic Director from 2019 to 2025, delivered seven highly successful and unique arts festivals for the people of Brisbane and Queensland.