Presenter
Tim Gordon

Ceremony Director
Rachel More
      
Judges
Laurie Atkinson - The Dominion Post
Mary-Ann Bourke - Sunday Star Times
Lynn Freeman - Capital Times
Harry Ricketts - New Zealand Listener
John Smythe - The National Business Review

 

 

 

The Absolutely Positively Outstanding New New Zealand Play of the Year
The Tutor by Dave Armstrong

Also nominated:
Baghdad, Baby! by Dean Parker
The Remedy Syndrome by Tim Spite, Leo Gene Peters, Danielle Mason & Pedro Ilgenfritz

 

Peter Harcourt Award for Outstanding New Playwright of the Year
Lauren Jackson - Exchange

Also nominated:
Matthew Saville - Kikia Te Poa
Paul Rothwell - Hate Crimes

 

Production of the Year
I.D. - The Bacchanals, directed by David Lawrence

Also nominated:
The Cherry Orchard - Circa Theatre, directed by Susan Wilson
The Women - Silo Theatre, directed by Katie Wolfe

 

Most Original Production of the Year
Head - BATS Theatre, Nightsong Productions and Theatre Stampede

Also nominated:
Demeter's Dark Ride - BATS Theatre and Pandemonic Attractions
Migrant Nation - Migrant Nation Collective

 

Most Promising Male Newcomer of the Year
Nathan Meister - Kikia Te Poa

Also nominated:
Kevin Keys - Milo's Wake
Phil Vaughan - The Tutor

 

Most Promising Female Newcomer of the Year
Erin Banks - A Midsummer Night's Dream

Also nominated:
Holly Shanahan - The Cherry Orchard
Petrina Williams - Gloomy Sunday

 

Most Promising New Director of the Year
Katie Wolfe - The Women

Also nominated:
Jade Eriksen - Migrant Nation
Rachel More - Milo's Wake

 

Outstanding Performance
Jason Whyte - The Tutor

 

Outstanding Performance
Teodor Surcel - Gloomy Sunday

 

Actress of the Year
Mia Blake - Bash

 

Actor of the Year
Malcolm Murray - I.D.

 

Also nominated for acting awards:
Heather Bolton - Boston Marriage
Peter Hambleton - The Bach
Jeffrey Thomas - The Cherry Orchard

 

Supporting Actress of the Year
Jane Waddell - Bright Star

Also nominated:
Dena Kennedy - Boston Marriage
Heather O'Carroll - The Cherry Orchard

 

Supporting Actor of the Year
Alex Greig - I.D.

Also nominated:
Jed Brophy - Wednesday to Come
Robert Tripe - The Cherry Orchard

 

Costume Designer of the Year
Donna Jefferis - The Cherry Orchard

Also nominated:
Lesley Burkes-Harding - Jacques Brel...
John Senczuk - Boston Marriage

 

Lighting Designer of the Year
Jennifer Lal - Hinepau

Also nominated:
Lisa Maule - Demeter's Dark Ride
Martyn Roberts - The Cherry Orchard

 

Set Designer of the Year
John Hodgkins - Bright Star

Also nominated:
Joe Bleakley - Baghdad, Baby!
Dennis Hearfield - The Bach

 

Sound Designer of the Year
Paddy Bleakley and David Lawrence - Baghdad, Baby!

Also nominated:
James Dunlop - If Pain Persists
Stephen Gallagher - Kikia Te Poa

 

Outstanding Composer of Original Music
Stephen Gallagher - Hinepau

Also nominated:
Jamie McCaskill and Kane Parsons - It's a Whanau Thing
Gill Eva Craig - The Remedy Syndrome

 

Director of the Year
David Lawrence - I.D.

Also nominated:
Danny Mulheron - The Tutor
Katie Wolfe - The Women

 

Mayor's Award for Significant Contribution to the Theatre
Dorothy McKegg