Presenters
Tandi Wright & Mark Hadlow

Scriptwriter
Gerald Bryan

Ceremony Director
Ken Blackburn
      
Judges
Mark Amery - Sunday Star Times
Laurie Atkinson - The Evening Post
Lynn Freeman - Capital Times
Timothy O'Brien - The Dominion
Harry Ricketts - New Zealand Listener
John Smythe - The National Business Review
Nelson Wattie - Theatre News

 

 

 

The Absolutely Positively Outstanding New New Zealand Play of the Year
No 2 by Toa Fraser

Also nominated:
The Candlestickmaker by Jacob Rajan
Flipside by Ken Duncum
 
The Peter Harcourt Award for Outstanding New Writer of the Year
James Griffin - Serial Killers

Also nominated:
Bevin Linkhorn - Confessions of an Adolescent Stormtrooper
Gabe McDonnell - The Inept
 
Production of the Year
Flipside directed by Simon Bennett

Also nominated:
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead directed by Colin McColl
Wit directed by Cathy Downes
 
Most Original Production of the Year
Seeyd by Tim Spite, Genevieve McLean, Richard Edge, Scott Macky

Also nominated:
BoxRoleDream directed by Vanessa Byrnes
Fragments directed by Peter Wilson & Nick Blake
 
Most Promising Male Newcomer of the Year
John Katipa - Haruru Mai

Also nominated:
Gareth Howells - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Gareth Reeves - Flipside
 
Most Promising Female Newcomer of the Year
Tandi Wright - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Also nominated:
Luanne Gordon - Serial Killers
Loren Horsley - When Sun and Moon Collide
 
Costume Designer of the Year
Janet Dunn - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Also nominated:
Tracey Collins - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Nicole Cosgrove - Rutherford
 
Lighting Designer of the Year
Lisa Maule - Haruru Mai

Also nominated:
Jennifer Lal - Wit
Martyn Roberts - Rutherford
 
Set Designer of the Year
Andrew Thomas - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Also nominated:
Nicole Cosgrove - Rutherford
Lizz Santos - Flipside
 
Sound Designer of the Year
Peter Edge - Flipside

Also nominated:
Sebastian Morgan-Lynch - When Sun and Moon Collide
Conrad Wedde - Shudder
 
Outstanding Composer of Original Music
Gareth Farr - Wit

Also nominated:
Peter Edge - Seeyd
Victoria Kelly - A Midsummer Night's Dream
 
Outstanding Performance
Madeleine Sami - No 2
 
Outstanding Performance
Rachel House - Woman Far Walking
 
Actress of the Year
Helen Moulder - Wit
 
Actor of the Year
Tim Spite - Flipside
 
Also nominated for acting awards:
Rena Owen - Haruru Mai
Stephen Papps - Blowing It
Irene Wood - Secret Bridesmaids' Business
 
Supporting Actress of the Year
Tandi Wright - Rutherford

Also nominated:
Nancy Brunning - Blue Smoke
Alice Fraser - Wit
 
Supporting Actor of the Year
Peter Hambleton - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Also nominated:
John Katipa - Haruru Mai
Cameron Rhodes - A Midsummer Night's Dream
 
Director of the Year
Colin McColl - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Also nominated:
Simon Bennett - Flipside
Cathy Downes - Speaking in Tongues
 
Significant Contribution to Theatre
Dr. Raymond Boyce