Matilda Awards 2016 nominations
RIGHT: Libby Munro and Naomi Price at last year's Matilda Awards.
Here are the nominations for this year’s Matilda Awards which will be held at the Brisbane Powerhouse on February 20. (My picks are in bold type.)
Best Mainstage Production
Bastard Territory, Queensland Theatre Company and JUTE Theatre Company George’s Marvellous Medicine, shake & stir theatre co and QPAC Switzerland, Queensland Theatre Company The Wider Earth, Queensland Theatre Company and Dead Puppet Society
Best Independent Production
Carrie: The Musical, Brisbane Powerhouse and Wax Lyrical Productions Hanako, Brisbane Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse and Belloo Creative True West, Brisbane Powerhouse, Troy Armstrong Management, Thomas Larkin and Annette Box Viral, Shock Therapy Productions
Best Musical or Cabaret
Carrie: The Musical, Brisbane Powerhouse and Wax Lyrical Productions Hairspray, Harvest Rain Theatre Company Terror Australis, Brisbane Powerhouse and Leah Shelton Snow White, La Boite, Opera Queensland and Brisbane Festival
Best New Australian Work
Bastard Territory, Stephen Carleton St Mary’s in Exile, David Burton The Wider Earth, David Morton Viral, Sam Foster & Hayden Jones
Best Director
Caroline Dunphy, Motherland Ian Lawson, Bastard Territory David Morton, The Wider Earth Zoë Tuffin, Carrie: The Musical
Best Male Actor
Matthew Backer, Switzerland Sam Foster, Viral Benhur Helwend, Bastard Territory Thomas Larkin, True West
Best Supporting Male Actor
Julian Curtis, True West Jackson McGovern, American Buffalo John McNeill, Endgame Silvan Rus, Twelfth Night Steven Tandy, Bastard Territory
Bille Brown Award for Best Emerging Artist
Masako Mizusawa, Hanako Sophie Perkins, Carrie: The Musical Paige Poulier, Twelfth Night Emily Weir, Tartuffe
Best Female Actor
Kerith Atkinson, A Slight Ache Andrea Moor, Switzerland Sophie Perkins, Carrie: The Musical Kimie Tsukakoshi, Hanako
Best Supporting Female Actor
Jennifer Flowers, Endgame Libby Munro, Disgraced Paige Poulier, Twelfth Night Emily Weir, Tartuffe
Best Set Design
Aaron Barton & David Morton, The Wider Earth Georgina Greenhill, American Buffalo Leah Shelton, Terror Australis Anthony Spinaze, Switzerland
Best Costume Design
David Morton & Aaron Barton, The Wider Earth Kris Bird, Bastard Territory Karen Cochet, Snow White Jessica Haack, Twelfth Night Josh McIntosh, George’s Marvellous Medicine Leah Shelton, Terror Australis
Best Lighting Design
Jason Glenwright, Carrie: The Musical Jason Glenwright, The Tragedy of King Richard III Ben Hughes, Switzerland David Walters, The Wider Earth
Best Sound Design / Composition
Dane Alexander, Hanako Tony Brumpton (Sound Design), Lior & Tony Buchen (Composition), The Wider Earth Rob Pensalfini & Silvan Rus, Twelfth Night Steve Toulmin, Switzerland
Best Audio Visual Design
Tiffany Atkin, John Grist, Joel Kishinevsky, Drift Pictures, Hanako Justin Harrison (AV Design) & Anna Straker (Illustration), The Wider Earth optikal bloc, Terror Australis Nathan Sibthorpe, Viral
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