THE 2019 WELLINGTON THEATRE AWARD NOMINEES ARE... (in alphabetical order)
Most Promising Newcomer (Two awards)
The Willem Wassenaar Most Promising Newcomer Award winner:
Sam Tippet, Stage Manager Hamlet and Ransom
The George Webby Most Promising Newcomer Award winner:
TAHI: New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance
Carrie Green, Director He Kura Kōrero
Charlie Potter, Actor Melancholy Play
Dryw McArthur, Actor Burn Her and The Aliens
Tess Sullivan, Actor The Turkish Dogs are Racist
Unity Brown, Actor Fishin' Chip
Lighting Designer of the Year
Winner: Jennifer Lal Pakaru and Orchids
Jane Hakaraia Cellfish
Marcus McShane The Children, Waiting for Godot and Tröll
Molloy The Dunstan Creek Haunting
Tony Black The Pink Hammer
Sound Designer of the Year
Winner: Jason Wright The Clearing
Oliver Devlin The Children
Thomas Lambert Ransom, Story Studio Live 2019 and Pakaru
Thomas Press Cellfish
Set Designer of the Year
Winner: Sean Coyle Pakaru
Debbie Fish Burn Her
Jane Hakaraia Cellfish
John Hodgkins The Children
Lucas Neal Hamlet
Rose Kirkup Fishin' Chip and Ransom
The Paul Jenden Costume Designer of the Year
Winner: Rose Philpott and Tori Manley-Tapu Orchids
Charlotte Kelleher Te Kuia me te Pūngāwerewere
Seraphina Tausilia-Brown Captain Cook Thinks Again
Sheila Horton Alice in Wonderland
The Constance Scott Kirkcaldie Award for Outstanding Composer of Music
Winner: Eden Mulholland Orchids
Rutene Spooner He Kura Kōrero
Simon McArthur and Dave Lisik Melancholy Play
Tane Upjohn-Beatson Tröll
The Peter Harcourt New Playwright of the Year
Winner: Abby Howells HarleQueen
Barnaby Olson and Company The Turkish Dogs are Racist
Kieran Craft Four Nights in the Green Barrow Pub
Maia Diamond Fishin' Chip
Tavita Nielsen-Mamea Au Ko Tuvalu
Outstanding New NZ Play
Winner: Mitch Tawhi Thomas Pakaru
Eleanor Bishop and Karin McCracken, produced by Zanetti Productions Yes Yes Yes
Michele Amas The Pink Hammer
Rob Mokaraka, Miriama McDowell and Jason Te Kare Cellfish
Ralph McCubbin Howell Tröll
The Absolutely Positively Most Original Production
Winner: Captain Cook Thinks Again Barbarian Productions
Glittery Clittery Tessa Waters, Rowena Hutson and Victoria Falcone
Only Bones v1.0 - Thom Monckton Kallo Collective
The Grant Tilly Actor of the Year
Winner: Jason Te Kare Cellfish
The Dorothy McKegg Actor of the Year
Winner: Carrie Green Cellfish
The Campion Accolade for Outstanding Performance
Winner: Madeline McNamara The Attitudes-Refusing Performance
The Michele Amas Accolade for Outstanding Performance
Winner: Karin McCracken Yes Yes Yes
Catherine Downes The Children
Carmel McGlone The Children
Hilary Norris Four Nights in the Green Barrow Pub
Jack Sergent-Shadbolt The Aliens
Lara Macgregor Burn Her
Mitch Tawhi Thomas Hamlet
Stevie Hancox-Monk Hamlet
Tom Clarke Perry and Captain Cook Thinks Again
Excellence Award for Performance Ensemble
Winner: Pakaru Hāpai Productions
He Kura Kōrero Rutene Spooner and Holly Chappell-Eason
Orchids Sarah Foster-Sproull
The Turkish Dogs are Racist Barnaby Olson and Company
Excellence Award for Theatre for Young Audiences
Winner: Story Studio Live 2019 Capital E National Theatre for Children
Bathtime Bubbles Rollicking Entertainment
He Kura Kōrero Rutene Spooner and Holly Chappell-Eason
Tröll Trick of Light Theatre
Excellence Award for Theatre for Social Change
Winner: Yes Yes Yes Eleanor Bishop and Karin McCracken, produced by Zanetti Productions
Captain Cook Thinks Again Barbarian Productions
Glittery Clittery Tessa Waters, Rowena Hutson and Victoria Falconer
Story Studio Live 2019 Capital E National Theatre for Children
Director of the Year
Winner: Jo Randerson Captain Cook Thinks Again
David O’Donnell and Lori Leigh Hamlet
Eleanor Bishop Yes Yes Yes
Mitch Tawhi Thomas Pakaru
Susan Wilson The Children
The Jack Jeffs Charitable Trust Production of the Year
Winner: Pakaru Hāpai Productions
Cellfish Theatre of Auckland and Taki Rua Productions
Orchids Sarah Foster-Sproull
The Children Circa Theatre
Tröll Trick of Light Theatre
Yes Yes Yes Eleanor Bishop and Karin McCracken, produced by Zanetti Productions
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2019 NOMINEES AND WINNERS!