Sydney Theatre Awards
The Sydney Theatre Awards are annual awards to recognise the strength, quality and diversity of professional theatre in Sydney, Australia. They were established in 2005 by a group of major Sydney theatre critics.[1] The awards recognise mainstage and independent plays and musicals.[2][3]
Selected award recipients
2019
The 2019 awards were announced on 20 January 2020.[4][5]
- Best Mainstage Production: Counting and Cracking (Belvoir)
- Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Paige Rattray (The Beauty Queen of Leenane)
- Best Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Sheridan Harbridge (Prima Facie)
- Best Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Meyne Wyatt (City of Gold)
- Best Independent Production: John (Outhouse Theatre Co. and Seymour Centre)
- Best New Australian Work: Counting and Cracking (S. Shakthidharan)
- Best Production of a Mainstage Musical: Fangirls (Belvoir, Queensland Theatre and Brisbane Festival in association with ATYP)
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Maggie Blinco
2018
The 2018 awards were announced on 21 January 2019.[6][7]
- Best Mainstage Production: The Harp in the South (Sydney Theatre Company)
- Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Kip Williams (The Harp in the South)
- Best Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Claire Lovering (The Feather in the Web)
- Best Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Hugo Weaving (The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui)
- Best Independent Production: Stupid Fucking Bird (New Theatre)
- Best New Australian Work: The Harp in the South (Kate Mulvany)
- Best Production of a Musical: Cry-Baby (LPD in association with Hayes Theatre Co)
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Robert Love, director, Riverside Theatres Parramatta
2017
The 2017 awards were announced on 22 January 2018.[8]
- Best Mainstage Production: Hir (Belvoir)
- Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Anthea Williams (Hir)
- Best Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Kate Mulvany (Richard 3)
- Best Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Mitchell Butel (The Merchant of Venice)
- Best Independent Production: A View From the Bridge (Red Line Productions)
- Best New Australian Work: Shit (Patricia Cornelius)
- Best Production of a Mainstream Musical: Muriel’s Wedding The Musical (Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures)
- Best Production of an Independent Musical: Calamity Jane (One Eyed Man Productions in association with Neglected Musicals and Hayes Theatre Co)
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Brian Thomson
2016
The 2016 awards were announced at the Seymour Centre on 23 January 2017.[9] Recipients included:
- Best Mainstage Production: The Drover’s Wife (Belvoir)
- Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Leticia Caceres (The Drover’s Wife)
- Best Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Marta Dusseldorp (Gloria)
- Best Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Colin Friels (Faith Healer)
- Best Independent Production: Antigone (Sport for Jove)
- Best New Australian Work: Leah Purcell (The Drover’s Wife)
- Best Production of a Musical: Little Shop of Horrors (Luckiest Productions and Tinderbox Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co)
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Judi Farr
2015
The 2015 awards were announced at the Paddington RSL on 18 January 2016.[10] Recipients included:
- Best Mainstage Production: Ivanov (Belvoir)
- Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Eamon Flack (Ivanov)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Eryn Jean Norvill (Suddenly Last Summer)
- Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Hugo Weaving (Endgame)
- Best Independent Production: Of Mice and Men (Sport for Jove and Seymour Centre)
- Best New Australian Work: The Bleeding Tree (Angus Cerini)
- Best Production of a Musical: Matilda (The Royal Shakespeare Company, Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Michael Watt)
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Christine Dunstan
2014
- Best Mainstage Production: Henry V (Bell Shakespeare)
- Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Damien Ryan (Henry V)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Sarah Peirse (Switzerland)
- Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Richard Roxburgh (Cyrano de Bergerac)
- Best Independent Production: All's Well That Ends Well (Sport for Jove)
- Best New Australian Work: Switzerland (Joanna Murray-Smith)
- Best Production of a Musical: Sweet Charity (Luckiest Productions and Gooding Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co)
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Reg Livermore
2013
- Best Mainstage Production: Waiting for Godot (Sydney Theatre Company)
- Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Sam Strong (The Floating World)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Harriet Dyer (Machinal)
- Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Peter Kowitz (The Floating World)
- Best Independent Production: Cyrano de Bergerac (Sport for Jove)
- Best New Australian Work: Andrew Bovell (The Secret River)
- Best Production of a Musical: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
- Lifetime Achievement Award: John Romeril
2012
- Best Mainstage Production: Medea (Belvoir in association with Australian Theatre for Young People)
- Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Anne-Louise Sarks (Medea)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Blazey Best (Medea)
- Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Josh McConville (The Boys)
- Best Independent Production: Punk Rock (pantsguys Productions with atyp Under The Wharf)
- Best New Australian Work: Medea (Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks after Euripides)
- Best Production of a Musical: South Pacific
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Barry Humphries
2011
The 2011 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced in Paddington, NSW on 15 January 2012.[11]
- Best Mainstage Production: The Wild Duck (Belvoir)
- Best Direction of a Mainstage Production: Simon Stone (The Wild Duck)
- Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Cate Blanchett (Gross und Klein)
- Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Mainstage Production: Colin Moody (Julius Caesar)
- Best Independent Production: The Libertine (Sport for Jove Theatre with Darlinghurst Theatre Company)
- Best New Australian Work: The Dark Room (Angela Betzien)
- Best Production of a Musical: Hairspray
- Lifetime Achievement Award: David Williamson
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