MC

Ian Fraser

 

Anchors

Rima Te Wiata & Lloyd Scott

 

Judges

Laurie Atkinson - The Evening Post

Susan Budd - The Dominion

Patricia Cooke - The Dominion Sunday Time

Denis Welch - New Zealand Listener

 

 

 

New Zealand Playwright of the Year

Robert Lord - Joyful and Triumphant

 

Also nominated:

Riwia Brown

Anthony McCarten

 

BATS Theatre Production of the Year

A Dangerous Game

 

Circa Theatre Production of the Year

Joyful and Triumphant

 

Downstage Theatre Production of the Year

Death and the Maiden

 

Taki Rua/Depot Theatre Production of the Year

Hide 'n' Seek

 

Most Original Production of the Year

Hide 'n' Seek by Hori Ahipene & Hone Kouka, Taki Rua/Depot Theatre

 

Most Promising Male Newcomer of the Year

Tim Spite - Backstage with the Quigleys, BATS Theatre & Blue Remembered Hills, Circa

 

Also nominated:

Willie Davis

Mick Rose

 

Most Promising Female Newcomer of the Year

Nancy Brunning - Nga Wahine, Taki Rua/Depot Theatre

 

Also nominated:

Donna Muir

Erina Toi-Paku

 

Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Andrew Laing - The Glass Menagerie, Circa Theatre

 

Also nominated:

Michael Haigh

Peter Hambleton

 

Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Deidre O'Connor - The Comedy of Errors, Circa Theatre

 

Also nominated:

Donna Akersten

Miranda Harcourt

 

Costume Designer of the Year

Prunella Wilde - The Glass Menagerie, Circa Theatre

 

Also nominated:

Janet Dunn

John Harding

 

Lighting Designer of the Year

Tony Rabbit - Death and the Maiden, Downstage Theatre

 

Also nominated:

Alistair Edwards

 

Set Designer of the Year

Prunella Wilde - The Glass Menagerie, Circa Theatre

 

Also nominated:

Andrew Moyes

Tony Rabbit

 

Significant Contribution to Theatre

George Webby - Director of Toi Whakaari New Zealand Drama School for 14 years, Chairman of the Downstage Theatre Trust

 

Male Actor of the Year

Brian Sergent - The Homecoming, Circa Theatre & A Dangerous Game, BATS Theatre

 

Also nominated:

Tim Balme

Jonathon Hendry

Mark Hadlow

 

Female Actor of the Year

Jennifer Ludlam - Lysistrata & Daughters of Heaven, both at Circa Theatre

 

Also nominated:

Perry Piercy

Jane Waddell

 

Director of the Year

Susan Wilson - Joyful and Triumphant

 

Also nominated:

Murray Lynch

Colin McColl

 

Production of the Year

Joyful and Triumphant directed by Susan Wilson, Circa Theatre

 

Also nominated:

The Glass Menagerie directed by William Walker

The Homecoming directed by Ross Jolly