2018 Matilda Awards: All the winners
Above: Paul Bishop with co-star Elise Greig in Poison, Below: Noni Hazlehurst in Mother.
It was winners’ night at the Brisbane Powerhouse for the sell-out 2018 Matilda Awards on Wednesday night. One of them, Judy Hainsworth, was compering the show along with Lewis Jones. She was up there to collect the trophy for herself and her cohorts from Babushka who were nominated in two categories, Best design/composition and Best Independent Production. They won the gong for sound design.
shake&stir’s A Christmas Carol had eight nominations and picked up a couple of awards.
The award for Best Mainstage Production was a tie between The Prize Fighter and The Longest Minute and Debase Theatre Company was awarded the Gold Matilda.
Top honours for actors in a lead role went to Paul Bishop for his role in Poison and Noni Hazlehurst in her one –woman performance in Mother. The Best Emerging artist was Carly Skelton for her performance in The Hatpin from. Oz Theatricals.
All the winners and nominees are listed below. Look out tomorrow for all the after party photos.
MATILDA AWARDS 2018 NOMINEES AND WINNERS
Best Video Design
Craig and Karl (vision), Pete Foley (animation) Privacy Settings Craig Wilkinson, I’ve Been Meaning to Ask You
Craig Wilkinson, A Christmas Carol
Counterpilot, Crunch Time
WINNER: Craig Wilkinson, A Christmas Carol
Best Lighting Design
Jason Glenwright,The Longest Minute,Jute, Debase and Queensland Theatre
Ben Hughes,Good Muslim Boy,Queensland Theatre and Malthouse
David Walters, Prize Fighter,La Boite and Brisbane Festival
David Walters, Nearer The Gods, Queensland Theatre Jason Glenwright, A Christmas Carol, shake and stir
WINNER: David Walters, Nearer the Gods
Best Sound Design/Composition
Phil Slade, Good Muslim Boy,Queensland Theatre and Malthouse
Babushka, Happily Ever After, Babushka
Lisa Cheney, The Owl and the Pussycat, Little Match Chris Perren and Salliana Campbell, A Christmas Carol, shake and stir
WINNER: Babushka, Happily Ever After
Best Costume Design
Penny Challen, Happily Ever After, Babushka
Josh McIntosh, A Christmas Carol, shake and stir Penny Challen, The Owl and the Pussycat, Diana Eden, Luisa
Diana Eden, Luisa Bannah, Gayle MacGregor, Alice in Wonderland,
Brisbane Powerhouse, Boyd and Rapid Fire
WINNER: Penny Challen ,The Owl and the Pussycat
Best Set Design
Sarah Winter, The Sound of a Finished Kiss Now Look,Here and Electric Moon
Anna Straker, Umami Mermaids, Anna Straker and Brisbane Festival
Bill Haycock, Prize Fighter,La Boite and Brisbane Festival
Josh McIntosh, A Christmas Carol, shake and stir
WINNER: Josh McIntosh, A Christmas Carol
Best Director
Catarina Hebbard, Poison, Elise Greig and Metro Arts
Bridget Boyle, Natano Fa’anana, The Longest Minute, Queensland Theatre
Tim Hill and Bridget Boyle, We Live Here, Flipside and Metro Arts
Spring Awakening, Underground Broadway
Daniel Evans, I’ve Been Meaning to Ask You, The Good Room
WINNER: Natano Fa’anana and Bridget Boyle, We Live Here
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Joey Kohnke, Yielding,THAT Production Co. and Metro Arts
Andrea Moor, Hedda,Queensland Theatre
Kimi Tsukakoshi, Nearer the Gods, Queensland Theatre
Carly Skelton,The Hatpin,Oz Theatricals
WINNER: Andrea Moor, Hedda
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Jeremy Ambrum, The Longest Minute,Jute, Debase, Queensland Theatre
Gideon Mzembe, Prize Fighter, La Boite
Bryan Proberts, A Christmas Carol, shake and stir Jackson McGovern, The Owl and the Pussycat, Little Match Productions
WINNER: Jackson McGovern, The Owl and the Pussycat
Best Female Actor in a Leading Role
Noni Hazlehurst, Mother, QPAC
Jessica Veurman, Yielding, THAT Production Co. and Metro Arts Sarah Murr, The Owl and the Pussycat, Little Match Chenoa Deemal, The Longest Minute, Jute, Debase and Queensland Theatre
WINNER: Noni Hazlehurst, Mother
Best Male Actor in a Leading Role
Pacharo Mzembe, Prize Fighter,La Boite
Eugene Gilfedder, A Christmas Carol,shake and stir
Paul Bishop, Poison,Elise Greig and Metro Arts
Jason Klarwein, Hedda,Queensland Theatre
WINNER: Paul Bishop, Poison
Bille Brown Award – Best Emerging Artist
Sarah Whalen, BARE, Understudy Productions
Ruby Clark, Body of work, Metro Arts
Wightman and Stark, Love Letters to Fuckbois, Metro Arts
Carly Skelton, The Hatpin, Oz Theatricals
WINNER: Carly Skelton
Best Circus or Physical Theatre Work
Aura, Circa
We Live Here, Flipside and Metro Arts
Chasing Smoke, Casus
Invisible Things,Vulcana
WINNER: We Live Here, Flipside and Metro Arts
Best Independent Production
I’ve Been Meaning to Ask You, The Good Room The Sound of a Finished Kiss, Now Look Here and Electric Moon We Live Here, Flipside and Metro Arts
Happily Ever After, Babushka
WINNER: The Sound of a Finished Kiss, Now Look Here and Electric Moon
Best Musical or Cabaret
Happily Ever After, Babushka
Twelfth Night, Queensland Theatre
Spring Awakening, Underground Broadway
The Sound of a Finished Kiss, Now Look Here and Electric Moon
WINNER: The Sound of a Finished Kiss, Now Look Here and Electric Moon
Best Mainstage Production
Hedda, Queensland Theatre
The Longest Minute,Jute, Debase and Queensland Theatre
Prize Fighter, La Boite
A Christmas Carol, shake and stir Nearer the Gods, Queensland Theatre
WINNER: TIE: Prize Fighter (La Boite) and The Longest Minute (Jute, Debase and QT)
The Lord Mayor’s Award for Best New Australian Work
Nearer the Gods, David Williamson
Crunch Time Counterpilot
The Sound of a Finished Kiss, Kate Wild
Yielding,Emma Workman
WINNER: Crunch Time, Counterpilot
Gold Matilda and Emerging Female Arts Leader Award Debase Theatre Company