Green Room Awards Recipient & Nominee List

That’s a wrap! As the Green Room Awards draw to a close for another year we hope you were able to join us live or online to help celebrate this fantastically diverse and wonderful community. Congratulations to all our nominees, recipients and the Victorian arts community who have persevered these past two years.

We are so proud to showcase the diverse talent in our community and look forward to our 40th awards ceremony taking place next year. Stay in touch and we hope to see you in 2023!

The Green Room Awards Association is supported by the City of Melbourne.

The Green Room Awards Association would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.

Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.

BEST PRODUCTION

Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back presented by Pietagogetter as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

A Fight For Survival presented by The Northlands Collective Mob as part of Yirramboi Festival

Durkh a Modne Gloz presented by Kadimah Yiddish Theatre in association with Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre

Tonight Live with Noel by Janelle Da Silva as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Open For Business by Hot Department as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Average Bear by Michelle Brasier presented by Century as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

 BEST WRITING

Ash Flanders for Ash Flanders is Nothing presented by Ash Flanders in association with Brunswick Ballroom

Mel O’Brien and Samantha Andrew for No Hat, No Play! The Cabaret presented Mel and Sam as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Lou Wall for That One Time I Joined The Illuminati presented by Lou Wall and Natasha Phillips as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival (live) and Melbourne Fringe Festival (digital)

Honor Wolff and Patrick Durnan Silva for Open for Business by Hot Department as part of  Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Michelle Brasier for Average Bear by Michelle Brasier presented by Century as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

 Reuben Kaye for Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back presented by Pietagogetter as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

 BEST VARIETY SHOW

Take Back! Directed by Candy Bowers and presented by Darebin FUSE Festival and Multicultural Arts Victoria

F*ck Fabulous presented by Fat Fruit Projects and Arts Centre Melbourne as part of  Midsumma Festival

Church Highway Robbery Productions as part of Midsumma Festival

Yummy: How to Make a Western Yummy Productions as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival

 INNOVATION

A Fight For Survival  The Northlands Collective Mob as part of Yirramboi Festival.

That One Time I Joined The Illuminati by Lou Wall presented by Lou Wall and Natasha Phillips as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Melbourne Fringe Festival

Durkh a Modne Gloz Kadimah Yiddish Theatre in association with Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre

Tonight Live with Noel by Janelle Da Silva as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Yummy: How to Make a Western presented by Yummy Productions as part of Melbourne Fringe Festival

Take Back! presented by Darebin FUSE Festival and Multicultural Arts Victoria.

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION

Josh Abrahams for Durkh a Modne Gloz presented by Kadimah Yiddish Theatre in association with Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre

Shanon Whitelock for Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back presented by Pietagogetter as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Janelle da Silva and Larna Cleary for Tonight Live with Noel as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Alice Tovey for Doggo presented by The Butterfly Club and produced by Hot Mess Productions as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Michelle Brasier, Tim Lancaster and Gilian Cosgriff for Average Bear presented by Century as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Bec Matthews for F*ck Fabulous presented by Fat Fruit Projects and Arts Centre Melbourne as part of Midsumma Festival

ARTISTE

Reuben Kaye for Reuben Kaye: The Butch is Back presented by Pietagogetter as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Lou Wall for That One Time I Joined The Illuminati presented by Lou Wall and Natasha Phillips as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival (live)and Melbourne Fringe Festival (digital)

Galit Klas for Durkh a Modne Gloz presented by Kadimah Yiddish Theatre, in association with Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre

Honor Wolff and Patrick Durnan Silva for Open For Business by Hot Department as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Michelle Brasier for Average Bear by Michelle Brasier, presented by Century as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

CONTEMPORARY & EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE

CURATORIAL AND ARTISTIC DIRECTION

Let’s Take Over 2021 Darebin Arts Speakeasy Darebin Arts Speakeasy

The Big Local Arts and Climate Expo Tenfingerz x City of Yarra Melbourne Fringe

PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE

Joel Bray Considerable Sexual License Darebin Arts Speakeasy

Na Djinang Arterial Circus Yirramboi

PARTICIPATORY 

The Ball Room The Ball Room Projects Chapel Off Chapel

Not a Drop to Drink Keg de Souza Arts House, Refuge 2021

EXPERIMENTAL PRACTICE

Alter Edith Holly Durant fortyfivedownstairs

psyche404error Margot Tanjutco Melbourne Fringe

SOUND SCULPTURE

PENDULUM Lucy Guerin Inc & Matthias Schack-Arnott Rising & NGV International

SYSTEM_ERROR Chamber Made Arts House

DANCE

BEST PERFORMER

Amber McCartney Project F. Prue Lang in association with Abbotsford Convent as part of the Keir Choreographic Award Public Program

Jana Castillo Project F. Prue Lang in association with Abbotsford Convent as part of the Keir Choreographic Award Public Program

Geoffrey Watson Reference Material. Alisdair Macindoe in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy

Deanne Butterworth Slow Calm Drama. Deanne Butterworth in association with Dancehouse

Raina Paterson Drishti. Karma Dance Inc. as part of Melbourne Fringe

BEST DUET/ENSEMBLE

Project F. Prue Lang in association with Abbotsford Convent as part of the Keir Choreographic Award Public Program

Colour-Fool. Yumi Umiumare and ButohOUT! Ensemble in association with Dancehouse

Reference Material. Alisdair Macindoe in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy

Birrpai. Ngioka Bunda-Heath co-commissioned by Next Wave and Chunky Move as part of Yirramboi Festival

Odd Hours. ButohOUT! Ensemble 2021, Emma Bathgate, Helen Smith, Yumi Umiumare in association with Abbotsford Convent

BEST LIGHTING

Paul Lim & Bosco Shaw Metal. Lucy Guerin in association with Arts Centre Melbourne as part of Asia TOPA

Govin Ruben Slow Calm Drama. Deanne Butterworth in association with Dancehouse

Thomas Roach Reference Material .Alisdair Macindoe in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy

Niklas Pajanti Red. Dancenorth Australia, commissioned by Rising, Brisbane Festival, Darwin Festival, and Ten Days on the Island, as part of Rising.

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Project F. Prue Lang in association with Abbotsford Convent as part of the Keir Choreographic Award Public Program

Bodylex.  Rhys Ryan in association with Dancehouse

Slow Calm Drama.  Deanne Butterworth in association with Dancehouse

Colour-Fool. Yumi Umiumare and ButohOUT! Ensemble in association with Dancehouse

What Happened in Shanghai. Victoria Chiu in association with Abbotsford Convent as part of Asia TOPA

Metal. Lucy Guerin in association with Arts Centre Melbourne as part of Asia TOPA

Glass. Marc Brew and Rawcus Ensemble in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy

BEST PRODUCTION

Metal.  Lucy Guerin in association with Arts Centre Melbourne as part of Asia TOPA

Glass. Marc Brew and Rawcus Ensemble in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy

Birrpai. Ngioka Bunda-Heath co-commissioned by Next Wave and Chunky Move as part of Yirramboi Festival

Red. Dancenorth Australia, commissioned by Rising, Brisbane Festival, Darwin Festival, and Ten Days on the Island, as part of Rising.

I am Maggie. Jonathan Homsey as part of as part of Arts Centre Melbourne Take Over for Melbourne Fringe 2020

BEST SOUND

Nick Roux and Ensemble Tikoro Metal. Lucy Guerin in association with Arts Centre Melbourne as part of Asia TOPA

Jethro Woodward Glass. Marc Brew and Rawcus Ensemble in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy

Alisdair Macindoe Reference Material Alisdair Macindoe in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy

Jonathan Homsey I am Maggie. Jonathan Homsey as part of as part of Arts Centre Melbourne Take Over for Melbourne Fringe 2020

BEST VISUAL DESIGN

Sour Sweet. Victoria Chiu and RDYSTDY

Jonathan Homsey I am Maggie. As part of as part of Arts Centre Melbourne Take Over for Melbourne Fringe 2020

Odd Hours.  Jacqui Stockdale and ButohOUT! Ensemble 2021 in association with Abbotsford Convent

BEST DIGITAL WORK

Sour Sweet. Victoria Chiu and RDYSTDY

Drishti. Raina Peterson Karma Dance Inc. as part of Melbourne Fringe

I am Maggie. Jonathan Homsey as part of as part of Arts Centre Melbourne Take Over for Melbourne Fringe 2020

INDEPENDENT THEATRE

 BEST NEW WRITING

Benjamin Nichol Kerosene Jack Dixon-Gunn in association with Theatre Works

Rachel Perks Hydra Double Water Sign in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy

Oliver Bailey Memoir of a Tired Carer Oliver Bailey Productions as part of Melbourne Fringe

Telia Nevile Little Monster Telia Nevile as part of Melbourne Fringe

Olivia Satchell with Chanella Macri, Belinda McClory and Emily Tomlins let bleeding girls lie The Voice In My Hands in association with La Mama

BEST DIRECTION

Benjamin Nichol and Izabella Yena Kerosene Jack Dixon-Gunn in association with Theatre Works

Marcel Dorney Enlightenment Elbow Room in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy and FUSE Festival

Kitan Petkovski The Gospel According to Jesus Queen of Heaven Ben Anderson Presents in association with Theatre Works

Bridget Balodis Hydra Double Water Sign in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy

Olivia Satchell let bleeding girls lie The Voice In My Hands in association with La Mama

BEST PERFORMER

Izabella Yena Kerosene Jack Dixon-Gunn in association with Theatre Works

Fabio Motta Spot Fabio Motta in association with Theatre Works

Carolyn Bock Katyń Jim Daly in association with La Mama

Merlynn Tong Enlightenment Elbow Room in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy and FUSE Festival)

Patrick Collins Patrick Collins: I Am Not A Mime The Butterfly Club as part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

BEST ENSEMBLE

Enlightenment Elbow Room in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy and FUSE Festival

Breeders Sarah Houbolt in association with La Mama

This Is Our Show Clare Rankine Productions in association with The Butterfly Club

Poona Roshelle Fong and Keziah Warner in association with Museum of Chinese History and Next Wave

let bleeding girls lie The Voice In My Hands in association with La Mama

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

Harrie Hogan Kerosene Jack Dixon-Gunn in association with Theatre Works

Jenny Hector RUNT Dee & Cornelius & Wilks in association with fortyfivedownstairs

Clare Springett Mara KORPER Citizen Theatre in association with Theatre Works

Rachel Burke The Mermaid Cassandra Fumi in association with La Mama

Jason Crick let bleeding girls lie The Voice In My Hands in association with La Mama

BEST SET AND/OR COSTUME DESIGN

Romanie Harper (Set and Costume Design) RUNT Dee & Cornelius & Wilks in association with fortyfivedownstairs

Cherish Marrington (Production Design) Enlightenment Elbow Room in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy and FUSE Festival

Aislinn Naughton (Costume Design) Mara KORPER Citizen Theatre in association with Theatre Works

Dann Barber (Set and Costume Design) The Mermaid Cassandra Fumi in association with La Mama

Alex Hines (Production Design) Juniper Wilde: Wilde Night In The Social Validation Club as part of Melbourne Fringe

BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITION

Joe Paradise Lui Enlightenment Elbow Room in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy and FUSE Festival

Rachel Lewindon The Gospel According to Jesus Queen of Heaven Ben Anderson Presents in association with Theatre Works

Kelly Ryall RUNT Dee & Cornelius & Wilks in association with fortyfivedownstairs

Daniella Esposito Hydra Double Water Sign in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy

Robert Downie Alternative Futures Theatre Works

BEST PRODUCTION (IN-PERSON) 

Kerosene Jack Dixon-Gunn in association with Theatre Works

Enlightenment Elbow Room in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy and FUSE Festival

Breeders Sarah Houbolt in association with La Mama

The Gospel According to Jesus Queen of Heaven Ben Anderson Presents in association with Theatre Works

let bleeding girls lie The Voice In My Hands in association with La Mama

BEST PRODUCTION (DIGITAL)

Memoir of a Tired Carer Oliver Bailey Productions as part of Melbourne Fringe

Little Monster Telia Nevile as part of Melbourne Fringe

Juniper Wilde: Wilde Night In The Social Validation Club as part of Melbourne Fringe

MUSIC THEATRE

ARTISTS – LEADING [Joint Recipients]

Karis Oka Fangirls Arts Centre Melbourne with Belvoir, Queensland Theatre, and Brisbane Festival in association with Australian Theatre for Young People

Cherine Peck Into The Woods Watch This

James Millar Into The Woods Watch This

ARTISTS – SUPPORTING

John O’May Into The Woods Watch This

 Nadia Komazec The Wedding Singer David Venn Enterprises

Danielle Barnes Fangirls Arts Centre Melbourne with Belvoir, Queensland Theatre, and Brisbane Festival in association with Australian Theatre for Young People

Nick Simpson-Deeks Into The Woods Watch This

Helen Begley, Kylie Morrigan, Penelope Swales Voyage The Good Girl Song Project

Ava Madon Into The Woods Watch This

Chika Ikogwe Fangirls Arts Centre Melbourne with Belvoir, Queensland Theatre, and Brisbane Festival in association with Australian Theatre for Young People

Kirby Burgess The Wedding Singer David Venn Enterprises