Most Promising Newcomer Award in honour of George Webby + Most Promising Newcomer Award in honour of Willem Wassenaar (Two awards)

Stela Dara Resende Albuquerque – Show Do Café
Sina Esera – Dawn Raids
Te Hāmama Hohua (Tina Coco Couture) – The Tīwhas: A Matariki Spectacular
Rachel McSweeney – One Bedroom Available in Super Sunny Central Wellington Flat $260 Per Week Excluding Expenses, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Lizzie the Musical
Oli Mathiesen – The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave
Andrew Paterson – and the Lochburns
Katalaina Polata'ivao-Saute – The Savage Coloniser Show
Rongopai Tickell – Gravity & Grace

Lighting Designer of the Year
Alex Fisher – Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Lizzie the Musical
Izzi Lao – Crunch, Show Do Café 
Lucas Neal – and the Lochburns
Rowan Pierce – Belle – A Performance of Air

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Sound Designer of the Year sponsored by HardKase Audio
Tane Upjohn Beatson – Suitcase Show
Te Aihe Butler – Heartbreak Hotel
Oliver Devlin – Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Disaster
Paddy Free – Hatupatu | Kurungaituku: A Forbidden Love

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Outstanding Composer of Music in honour of Constance Scott Kirkaldie
Tane Upjohn Beatson (and Robyn Bryant) – Suitcase Show
David Long – The Savage Coloniser Show
Eden Mulholland and Jol Mulholland – Belle – A Performance of Air
Emi Pogoni – Gravity & Grace

 

Set Designer of the Year in honour of Raymond Boyce
Ian Harman – Treasure Island, The Supper Club, Two Guitars
Rachel Marlow and Brad Gledhill – The Savage Coloniser Show, Heartbreak Hotel 
Meg Rollandi – Gravity & Grace, and the Lochburns 
Joshua Tucker-Emerson – Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Lizzie the Musical

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Costume Designer of the Year in honour of Paul Jenden
Ian Harman – Sense and Sensibility
Sharon Johnstone and The Tiwhas – The Tiwhas: A Matariki Spectacular
Rhys Tunley – Lizzie the Musical
Ben Tucker-Emerson – Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

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New Playwright of the Year in honour of Peter Harcourt
Jack McGee – Boys and Girls at the School Silent Disco
Andy Manning – False Idol
Viki Moananu – Icky 
Catriona Tipene and Ryan Cundy – Trees, Bees and Me 

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New Aotearoa Play of the Year in honour of Renée
The Savage Coloniser Show by Tusiata Avia
Gravity & Grace by Eleanor Bishop and Karin McCracken
and the Lochburns by William Duignan
Two Guitars by Jamie McCaskill

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Most Original Production of the Year in honour of Red Mole Enterprises
Belle – A Performance of Air
Disaster
Manage Your Expectations
The Tīwhas: A Matariki Spectacular

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Acting Nominations for the following:
(Four awards)
Actor of the Year in honour of Grant Tilly
Actor of the Year in honour of Dorothy McKegg
Accolade for Outstanding Performance in honour of Ray Henwood
Accolade for Outstanding Performance in honour of Michele Amas

Cam Clayton – Two Guitars
William Duignan – Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
Peter Hambleton – and the Lochburns
Sophie Hambleton – Transmission: Beta
Kali Kopae - and the Lochburns
Simon Leary – Gravity & Grace, Heartbreak Hotel, and the Lochburns
Stacey Leilua – The Savage Coloniser Show
Karin McCracken – Gravity & Grace, Heartbreak Hotel, Disaster
Sepelini Mua’au – You and A.I, Transmission: Beta
Aimée Sullivan – Sense and Sensibility, Lizzie the Musical
Jake Tupu – Dawn Raids
Bronwyn Turei – Sense and Sensibility, Treasure Island

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Director of the Year in honour of Richard Campion
Eleanor Bishop – Gravity & Grace, Heartbreak Hotel
Andrew Paterson – and the Lochburns
Anapela Polataivao – The Savage Coloniser Show
Troy Tu‘ua, Jake Tupu, Tanya Muagututi‘a – Dawn Raids

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Production of the Year in honour of Bill Sheat 
and the Lochburns
The Butterfly who Flew into the Rave
Gravity & Grace 
The Savage Coloniser Show

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Backstage Production Award presented by Grouse Lighting
Kate Anderson
Eleanor Strathern
Natasha Thyne
Fay Van Der Meulen

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Excellence Award Movement
Belle – A Performance of Air (Malia Johnston and Jenny Ritchie)
The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave (Oli Mathiesen, Lucy Lynch, Sharvon Mortimer, Abbie Rogers)
Whenua (Malia Johnston, Rodney Bell, Eddie Elliott)
The Savage Coloniser Show (Tupua Tigafua and Mario Faumui)

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Excellence Award for Ensemble 
Dawn Raids
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
The Savage Coloniser Show
Sense and Sensibility

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Join us for a night of laughter, legacy, and celebration.

Tickets on sale now at Ticketmaster 

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