After another interesting year for the theatre industry, with new lockdowns and changing alert levels across the country – The 2022  Wellington Theatre Awards invited people to come together, to connect and to celebrate the amazing mahi and theatre that had been presented in Wellington over the previous two years. 

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Held at St Peter church, all eligible shows and performances that were performed after November 2019 - November 2020 were judged alongisde a selection of community awards – nominated by the theatre industry.

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Please find a list of the winners for the 2021 Wellington Theatre Awards Below:

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The George Webby Most Promising Newcomer Award - Tyler Clarke (Stage Manager - The Secret Lives of Sixteen Year-Old Girls, Transmission, The Glitter Garden)

 

The Willem Wassenar Most Promising Newcomer Award - Nathan Mudge (Producer -  The Glitter Garden, All of the Above, Up Down Girl, Kia Mau Festival)

 

Lighting Designer of the Year - Helen Todd (PSA : Election 2020, The Mourning After)

 

Set/Production Designer of the Year - Meg Rollandi (Standard Acts, Strasbourg 1518, Another Mammal, PSA : Election 2020)

 

The Paul Jenden Costume Designer of the Year - Victoria Gridley (The Glitter Garden, Princess Boy Wonder)

 

Sound Designer of the Year - Anonymouz (UPU)

 

Outstanding Composer of Music - Lucien Johnson (The Most Naked, Strasbourg 1518)

 

The Peter Harcourt New Playwright of the Year - Cian Parker (Sorry for your Loss)

 

New NZ Play - Jo Randerson (Another Mammal)

 

The Absolutely Positively Most Original Production - All of the Above

 

Excellence Award for Choreography and Movement - Tupua Tigafua (Ciggy Butts in the Sand)

 

Excellence Award for Performance Ensemble - Neke

 

The Grant Tilly Actor of the Year - Jamie McCaskill (Company Kamupene)

 

The Dorothy McKegg Actor of the Year - Anya Tate-Manning (Another Mammal)

 

The Campion Accolade for Outstanding Performance - George Fowler (Princess Boy Wonder)

 

The Michele Amas Accolade for Outstanding Performance - Thomas Mockton (The Artist)

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The Mayoral Award for Significant Contribution to the Theatre - Moira Wairama and Tony Hopkins

 

Director of the Year - Fasitua Amosa (UPU)

 

Production of the Year - The Glitter Garden

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Community Awards

 

The Artistic Leadership Award - Ben Ashby

 

The Recognition Award - Breaking Ground Festival

 

The Artistic Champion Award - James Wenley

 

The Genuine Good Guy Award - Roc Torio

 

The Spirit of Christmas Award - Susan Wilson

 

The Integrity and Advocacy Award - Vicki Cooksley

 

The Resilience Award - The Class of 2020/2021

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Please find a full list of the shows nominated below.

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Most promising Newcomer (TWO AWARDS)

Emma Katene, Performer Sing to Me, White Men, BATCH, Whānau

Tyler Clarke, Stage Manager The Secret Lives of Sixteen Year-Old Girls, Transmission, The Glitter Garden

Felix Crossley-Pritchard, Performer Bruises, Hir, The Slutcracker

Georgia Kellett, Performer Sapphic Lake, Bruises, The Burdened, The Slutcracker

Lily Harper, Performer Up Down Girl

Nathan Mudge, Producer The Glitter Garden, All of the Above, Up Down Girl, Kia Mau Festival

 

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Marcus McShane Strasbourg 1518, The Glitter Garden, Hir, Things I Know to be true (Based on an original design by Sean Lynch)

Elekis Poblete Teirney I'm Not Going To Lie To You, funk (ad)

Helen Todd PSA : Election 2020, The Mourning After

Isadora Lao Ciggie Butts in the Sand, Neke

 

SET/PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Sylvie McCreanor The Mourning After, 45 Cents an Hour

Lucas Neal White Men, Hir, The Glitter Garden (Co-Designed with Sean Coyle)

Meg Rollandi Standard Acts, Strasbourg 1518, Another Mammal, PSA : Election 2020

Andrew Foster Things I Know to Be True, Mr Red Light

 

COSTUME DESIGNER

Kristen Seth UPU

Victoria Gridley The Glitter Garden, Princess Boy Wonder

Lucy Marinkovich, Sheila Horton and Lauren Hooper Strasbourg 1518

Emma Stevens, Aimee Smith and Emma Katene White Men

 

SOUND DESIGNER

Anonymouz (Faimu Matthew Salapu) UPU

Jules Edwin Neke

Oliver Devlin Standard Acts, White Men

 

COMPOSER OF MUSIC

Lucien Johnson The Most Naked, Strasbourg 1518

Maxwell Apse The Glitter Garden

Mark Vanilau A Boy Called Piano

David Long Ciggy Butts in the Sand

 

NEW PLAYWRIGHT

Cian Parker Sorry for your Loss

George Fowler Princess Boy Wonder

Jean Sergent Change Your Own Life

Kiya Basabas Potluck

 

NEW NZ PLAY

Abby Howells White Men

Victor Roger Lockdown La Ronde

Nancy Brunning Witi's Wāhine

Jo Randerson Another Mammal

 

MOST ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

All of the Above

Soliloquy in Sweat

Standard Acts

 

EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR CHOREOGRAPHY/MOVEMENT

Tupua Tigafua Ciggy Butts in the Sand

Jayden Rurawhe and Paris Elwood He Tangata

Atamira Dance Company Te Wheke

Holly Newsome funk (ad)

 

EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR ENSEMBLE

Neke

PSA: Election 2020

The Slutcracker

UPU

 

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR

Fasitua Amosa UPU

Scotty Cotter Neke

Jane Yonge Another Mammal

Lucy Marinkovich Strasbourg 1518

 

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (FOUR AWARDS)

Anya Tate-Manning Another Mammal

George Fowler Princess Boy Wonder

Jonny Potts The Best Show in Town is at Your Place Every Night

Jean Sergent Change Your Own Life

Thomas Monckton The Artist

Lara Macgregor Things I Know to be True

Goretti Chadwick Uma Lava

Cassandra Tse That's All She Wrote

Trygve Wakenshaw Mr Red Light

Natano Keni Another Mammal

Jamie McCaskill Company Kamupene

Jennifer Ludlam Mr Red Light

 

PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR

Another Mammal

Ciggy Butts in the Sand

Neke

Strasbourg 1518

The Glitter Garden

UPU

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