Nominations have been announced for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2017, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on Monday 22 January 2018 at 6pm at the Everest Theatre, Seymour Centre.
NOMINATIONS FOR 2017 SYDNEY THEATRE AWARDS
BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION Cloud Nine (Sydney Theatre Company) Hir (Belvoir) Mr Burns (Belvoir) Shit (Sydney Festival)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION Dry Land (Outhouse Theatre Co and Mad March Hare) SAG REVIEW HERE The Ham Funeral (Siren Theatre Company) SAG REVIEW HERE The Trouble With Harry (Siren Theatre Co in association with Seymour Centre) SAG REVIEW HERE A View From the Bridge (Red Line Productions)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST DIRECTION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION Anne-Louise Sarks (The Merchant of Venice) SAG REVIEW HERE Imara Savage (Mr Burns) Anthea Williams (Hir) Kip Williams (Cloud Nine)
BEST DIRECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION Claudia Barrie (Dry Land) SAG REVIEW HERE Kate Gaul (The Ham Funeral) SAG REVIEW HERE Kate Gaul (The Trouble With Harry) SAG REVIEW HERE Iain Sinclair (A View From the Bridge)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION Genevieve Lemon (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf) Heather Mitchell (Cloud Nine) Kate Mulvany (Richard III) SAG REVIEW HERE Helen Thomson (Hir) Ursula Yovich (Barbara and the Camp Dogs) SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION John Bell (The Father) SAG REVIEW HERE Mitchell Butel (The Merchant of Venice)SAG REVIEW HERE Darren Gilshenan (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf) Pacharo Mzembe (Prize Fighter) SAG REVIEW HERE Steve Rodgers (Diving for Pearls) SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION Belinda Giblin (Doubt) Jodie Le Vesconte (The Trouble With Harry) SAG REVIEW HERE Sarah Meacham (Dry Land)SAG REVIEW HERE Gabrielle Scawthorn (The Village Bike) SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION Tommy Bradson (Nosferatutu)SAG REVIEW HERE Ivan Donato (A View From the Bridge)SAG REVIEW HERE Tobias Manderson-Galvin (Puntila/Matti) SAG REVIEW HERE John O’Hare (The Night Alive)
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION Kate Box (Cloud Nine) Elaine Crombie (Barbara and the Camp Dogs) SAG REVIEW HERE Anita Hegh (The Father)SAG REVIEW HERE Claire Lovering (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf)
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION Harry Greenwood (Cloud Nine) Brandon McClelland (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf) Josh McConville (Cloud Nine) Michael Whalley (Hir)
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION Antoinette Barboutis (Puntila/Matti)SAG REVIEW HERE Charmaine Bingwa (Doubt) Zoe Terakes (A View From the Bridge)SAG REVIEW HERE Janine Watson (A View From the Bridge) SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION Justin Stewart Cotta (This Much Is True) SAG REVIEW HERE Andrew Lindqvist (Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo) Lex Marinos (Sunset Strip)SAG REVIEW HERE Johnny Nasser (The Ham Funeral)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST STAGE DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION Dale Ferguson (Away) SAG REVIEW HERE Michael Hankin (Hir) Marg Horwell (Shit)SAG REVIEW HERE Jonathan Oxlade (Mr Burns)
BEST STAGE DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION Alicia Clements (Assassins)SAG REVIEW HERE Isabel Hudson (Dry Land)SAG REVIEW HERE Alice Morgan (The Trouble With Harry) SAG REVIEW HERE Lauren Peters (Calamity Jane)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION Elizabeth Gadsby (Cloud Nine) Michael Hankin (Hir) Jonathon Oxlade (Mr Burns) Gabriela Tylesova (Muriel’s Wedding)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION Alicia Clements (Assassins)SAG REVIEW HERE Alice Morgan (The Trouble With Harry) SAG REVIEW HERE Lauren Peters (Calamity Jane) Emma Vine (Only Heaven Knows)
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION Paul Jackson (Away)SAG REVIEW HERE Chris Petridis (Mr Burns) Nick Schlieper (Chimerica)SAG REVIEW HERE Emma Valente (The Testament of Mary)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION Alexander Berlage (Doubt) Alexander Berlage (4:48 Psychosis) SAG REVIEW HERE Matt Cox (The Trouble With Harry)SAG REVIEW HERE Hartley TA Kemp (The Ham Funeral)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION Nate Edmondson (Cloud Nine) David Franzke (Away) Max Lyandvert (The Testament of Mary)SAG REVIEW HERE The Sweats (Chimerica) SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION Nate Edmondson (The Ham Funeral)SAG REVIEW HERE Nate Edmondson (Jatinga) Nate Edmondson (The Trouble With Harry)SAG REVIEW HERE Benjamin Freeman (4:48 Psychosis) SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION Chris Williams (Cloud Nine) The Sweats (Chimerica) SAG REVIEW HERE Alana Valentine, Ursula Yovich and Adm Ventura (Barbara and the Camp Dogs)SAG REVIEW HERE Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall (Muriel’s Wedding)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK Barbara and the Camp Dogs (Ursula Yovich and Alana Valentine)SAG REVIEW HERE Black is the New White (Nakkiah Lui) Muriel’s Wedding (PJ Hogan, Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall) SAG REVIEW HERE Shit (Patricia Cornelius)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST NEWCOMER Maggie McKenna (Muriel’s Wedding) SAG REVIEW HERE Michelle Ny (Dry Land) SAG REVIEW HERE Kurt Pimblett (Hir) Zoe Terakes (A View From the Bridge)SAG REVIEW HERE Ebony Vagulans (Diving for Pearls) SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MAINSTREAM MUSICAL Beautiful (Michael Cassel, Paul Blake, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Mike Bosner) SAG REVIEW HERE Kinky Boots (Michael Cassel by arrangement with Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig)SAG REVIEW Ladies in Black (Queensland Theatre, Sydney Festival and Sydney Lyric)SAG REVIEW HERE Muriel’s Wedding (Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST PRODUCTION OF AN INDEPENDENT MUSICAL Assassins (Hayes Theatre Co) SAG REVIEW HERE Calamity Jane (One Eyed Man Productions in association with Neglected Musicals and Hayes Theatre Co) Only Heaven Knows (Luckiest Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co)
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL Dean Bryant (Assassins)SAG REVIEW HERE Richard Carroll (Calamity Jane) Simon Phillips (Muriel’s Wedding) SAG REVIEW HERE Shaun Rennie (Only Heaven Knows)
JUDITH JOHNSON AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL Annie Aitken (Melba) Virginia Gay (Calamity Jane) Esther Hannaford (Beautiful)SAG REVIEW HERE Maggie McKenna (Muriel’s Wedding)SAG REVIEW HERE
JUDITH JOHNSON AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL David Campbell (Assassins)SAG REVIEW HERE Tim Draxl (Only Heaven Knows) Toby Francis (Kinky Boots) Ben Hall (Only Heaven Knows)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL Blazey Best (Only Heaven Knows) Justine Clarke (Muriel’s Wedding)SAG REVIEW HERE Madeleine Jones (Muriel’s Wedding)SAG REVIEW HERE Christie Whelan Browne (Muriel’s Wedding)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL Matthew Backer (Only Heaven Knows) Rob Johnson (Calamity Jane) Joe Kosky (High Fidelity)SAG REVIEW HERE Hayden Tee (Only Heaven Knows)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A MUSICAL Andrew Hallsworth (Assassins)SAG REVIEW HERE Andrew Hallsworth (Muriel’s Wedding)SAG REVIEW HERE Cameron Mitchell (Big Fish)SAG REVIEW HERE Cameron Mitchell (Calamity Jane)
BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL Daniel Edmonds (Only Heaven Knows) Isaac Hayward (Muriel’s Wedding) Nigel Ubrihien (Calamity Jane)SAG REVIEW HERE Andrew Worboys (Assassins)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST CABARET PRODUCTION Betty Grumble's Love and Anger Blue, the Songs of Joni Mitchell Hot Brown Honey Mother's Ruin: A Cabaret About Gin
BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN Diary of a Wombat (Monkey Baa) SAG REVIEW HERE Junk (Flying Fruit Fly Circus) SAG REVIEW HERE Kaleidoscope (Company 2 and Sydney Festival) SAG REVIEW HERE You and Me and the Space Between (Terrapin Puppet Theatre and Sydney Festival)SAG REVIEW HERE
BEST PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE Dignity of Risk (atyp/Shopfront Arts)SAG REVIEW HERE Moth (atyp) SAG REVIEW HERE Oedipus Doesn't Live Here Anymore (atyp)SAG REVIEW HERE When The Streets Had a Name (Monkey Baa)SAG REVIEW HERE
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD To be announced at the Awards ceremony
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