Presenters
Jo Randerson & Duncan Sarkies

Ceremony Director
Damon Andrews
      
Judges
Laurie Atkinson - The Evening Post
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
Cherish by Ken Duncum

Also nominated:

Awhi Tapu by Albert Belz
Potiki's Memory of the Stone by Briar Grace-Smith

 

Peter Harcourt Award for Outstanding New Playwright of the Year
Kirk Torrance - Strata

Also nominated:

Dean Hewison - Head of the House
Matthew Saville - The Boxer

 

Production of the Year
An Enemy of the People - Circa Theatre

Also nominated:

Cherish - Circa Theatre
Top Girls - Downstage Theatre

 

Most Original Production of the Year
Strata - Taki Rua Productions

Also nominated:

DnA - BATS Theatre
Vula - The Conch

 

Most Promising Male Newcomer of the Year
Simon Vincent - A Passionate Woman

Also nominated:

Nathan Meister - Gross Indecency
Peter Rutherford - The Telescope

 

Most Promising Female Newcomer of the Year
Rachel More - Humble Boy

Also nominated:

Ban Abdul - Top Girls
Danielle Mason - Private Lives

 

Most Promising New Director of the Year
Tim Spite - Strata

Also nominated:

Michele Amas - Telling Stories
Tanemahuta Gray - Te Ao Marama

 

Outstanding Performance
Tim Spite - The Wind in the Willows

 

Outstanding Performance
Peter Hambleton - An Enemy of the People

 

Actress of the Year     
Helen Moulder - Meeting Karpovsky

 

Actor of the Year
Bruce Phillips - Cherish

 

Also nominated for acting awards:
Lyndee-Jane Rutherford - In Flame
Rima Te Waiata - Top Girls
Roy Ward - An Enemy of the People

 

Supporting Actress of the Year
Rachel House - An Enemy of the People

Also nominated:

Judith Gibson - Humble Boy
Miranda Manasiadis - Ancient Lights

 

Supporting Actor of the Year
Wi Kuki Kaa - An Enemy of the People

Also nominated:

Tim Spite - An Enemy of the People
Rajeev Varma - Awhi Tapu

 

Costume Designer of the Year
Ken Blackburn - The Wind in the Willows

Also nominated:

Nicole Cosgrove - The Boxer
Paul Jenden - An Evening with Miss Settee

 

Lighting Designer of the Year
Stephen Blackburn - Vula

Also nominated:

Lisa Maule - Fond Love and Kisses
Mary Roberts - The Book of Fame

 

Set Designer of the Year     
Nicole Cosgrove - An Enemy of the People

Also nominated:

John Hodkins - In Flame
Mark McEntyre - Potiki's Memory of the Stone

 

Sound Designer of the Year
Sebastian Morgan-Lynch - In Flame

Also nominated:

Everett Fuller - Strata
Steve Gallagher - The Book of Fame

 

Outstanding Composer of Original Music
Gareth Farr - Vula

Also nominated:

Sebastian Morgan-Lynch - In Flame
Gillian Whitehead - Potiki's Memory of the Stone

 

Director of the Year
Katherine McRae - An Enemy of the People

Also nominated:

Colin McColl - Top Girls
Nathaniel Lees - Awhi Tapu

 

Significant Contribution to the Theatre
Ian Hull-Brown