2015 Green Room Award Winners
Tonight, the winners of Melbourne’s 33rd Green Room Awards were announced in a ceremony at the Comedy Theatre.
CABARET
Production
Briefs
Artiste
Sheridan Harbridge, Songs For The Fallen
Ensemble
Briefs, Fez Fa’anana, Mark ‘Captain Kidd’ Winmill, Dallas Dellaforce, Evil Hate Monkey, Louis Biggs, Lachy Shelley and Thomas Worrell
Writing
Daniel Tobias , The Orchid and The Crow
Musical Direction
Daryl Wallis , Strange Bedfellows
Original Songs
Jude Perl , Is It Just Me?
Outstanding Contribution to Cabaret
John Thorn
CONTEMPORARY AND EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Innovation in Contemporary Performance for Young People
Separation Street ,Polyglot Theatre with The Suitcase Royale (Polyglot Theatre and Darebin Arts at Melbourne Fringe)
Innovation in Site Specific Work
MASS, Zoe Scoglio (Field Theory)
Innovation in Contemporary Circus
Bodies over Bitumen, Skye Gellmann, Naomi Francis, Alex Gellmann and Kieran Law (at Melbourne Fringe)
Curatorial Contribution to Contemporary Performance
Site is Set, Field Theory
Design and Realisation in Contemporary Performance (TIED)
Endings,
Ben Cobham, Peter Knight, Tamara Saulwick, Paddy Mann and Nick Roux (Arts House and Tamara Saulwick)
and
Captives of the City, Sarah Kriegler, David Young, Jethro Woodward, Dave Jones, Jacob Williams, Ben Grant, Rainbow Sweeny, Mark Cauvin, Adam Pierzchalski and Matthias Schack-Arnott (Chamber Made Opera, Lemony S Puppet Theatre and Arts Centre Melbourne)
Puppetry Performance
Captives of the City , Chamber Made Opera, Lemony S Puppet Theatre and Arts Centre Melbourne
Performance (by an individual or ensemble) in Contemporary and Experiment Performance
Nicola Gunn, Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster (Arts House and Mobile States)
Contemporary Performance Text
Oedipus Schmoedipus, post (post, Arts House and Belvoir)
Contemporary and Experimental Performance
Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster, Nicola Gunn (Arts House and Mobile States)
DANCE
Concept and Realisation
Antony Hamilton and Alisdair Macindoe, MEETING
Duet and Ensemble Performance
Cast of Quintett and Frame of Mind, Sydney Dance Company
Shirley McKechnie Award For Choreography
Antony Hamilton, MEETING (Antony Hamilton and Alisdair Macindoe)
Female Dancer
Jesse Scales, Quintett (Sydney Dance Company)
Male Dancer
David Mack, Quintett and Frame of Mind (Sydney Dance Company)
Design
Ben Cobham, The Boom Project (Rosalind Crisp/Omeo Dance)
Music and Sound Composition and Performance
Alisdair Macindoe, MEETING (Antony Hamilton and Alisdair Macindoe)
INDEPENDENT THEATRE
Male Performer
Brian Lipson, EDMUND. THE BEGINNING (Arts House and Antechamber Productions)
Female Performer
Jillian Murray, L’amante anglaise (La Mama)
Ensemble
Cast of SHIT (Dee & Cornelius as part of Neon Festival for Independent Theatre)
Set and Costume Design
Marg Horwell, SHIT (Dee & Cornelius as part of Neon Festival for Independent Theatre)
Lighting Design
Amelia Lever-Davidson, Body of Work
Sound/Music
Christopher De Groot, Dream Home (Darebin Arts Speakeasy)
Direction
Luke Kerridge, Dream Home (Darebin Arts Speakeasy)
Production
SHIT (Dee & Cornelius as part of Neon Festival for Independent Theatre)
Writing
Patricia Cornelius, SHIT (Dee & Cornelius as part of Neon Festival for Independent Theatre)
Geoffrey Milne Memorial Award
For contribution to the development of Contemporary and Experimental Performance or Independent Theatre: Mary Lou Jelbart
MUSIC THEATRE
Female In A Leading Role
Verity Hunt-Ballard, Sweet Charity (Arts Centre Melbourne in association with Luckiest Productions, Neil Gooding Productions, Tinderbox Productions and Hayes Theatre Co)
Male In A Leading Role
Martin Crewes, Sweet Charity (Arts Centre Melbourne in association with Luckiest Productions, Neil Gooding Productions, Tinderbox Productions and Hayes Theatre Co)
Male In A Supporting Role
Josh Piterman, Cats (Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, David Atkins Enterprises And Base Entertainment Asia; in Association With The Really Useful Group)
Female In A Supporting Role
Heather Mitchell, Strictly Ballroom (Gerry Ryan and Carmen Pavlovic On Behalf Of Global Creatures; Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin On Behalf Of Bazmark; in Association With Stage Entertainment, Michael Watt, James L Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer and Peter Arvanitis)
Ensemble
Cast of Cats (Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, David Atkins Enterprises And Base Entertainment Asia; in Association With The Really Useful Group)
Betty Pounder Award For Excellence In Choreography
Michael Ralph, Loving Repeating (Vic Theatre Company and Glenn Ferguson)
Musical Direction/Supervision
Kellie Dickerson, City Of Angels (Life Like Company)
Lighting Design
Hugh Vanstone, Strictly Ballroom (Gerry Ryan and Carmen Pavlovic On Behalf Of Global Creatures; Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin On Behalf Of Bazmark; in Association With Stage Entertainment, Michael Watt, James L Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer and Peter Arvanitis)
Sound Design
John Scandrett, David Tonion and Julian Spink, West Side Story (The Production Company)
Set and/or Costume Design
Catherine Martin, Strictly Ballroom (Gerry Ryan and Carmen Pavlovic On Behalf Of Global Creatures; Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin On Behalf Of Bazmark; in Association With Stage Entertainment, Michael Watt, James L Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer and Peter Arvanitis)
Direction
Jason Langley, Loving Repeating (Vic Theatre Company and Glenn Ferguson)
Production
Strictly Ballroom (Gerry Ryan and Carmen Pavlovic On Behalf Of Global Creatures; Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin On Behalf Of Bazmark; in Association With Stage Entertainment, Michael Watt, James L Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer and Peter Arvanitis)
OPERA
Direction
Roger Hodgman , The Flying Dutchman (Victorian Opera)
Production
Le nozze di Figaro, Opera Australia
Conductor
Guillaume Tourniaire, Madama Butterfly (Opera Australia)
Female Lead
Milijana Nikolic, ‘Eboli’ Don Carlos (Opera Australia)
Female In A Supporting Role
Jessica Hitchcock, ‘Flinch’ The Rabbits (Opera Australia and Barking Gecko Theatre Company)
Male Lead
Giacomo Prestia, ‘Phillip II’ Don Carlos (Opera Australia)
Male In A Supporting Role
Carlos E. Bárcenas , ‘Steuermann’ The Flying Dutchman (Victorian Opera)
Design
Jenny Tiramani, Le nozze di Figaro (Opera Australia)
Lighting
David Finn, Le nozze di Figaro (Opera Australia)
Special Award for Orchestral Excellence
The Australian Youth Orchestra, The Flying Dutchman (Victorian Opera)
THEATRE COMPANIES
Female Actor
Melita Jurisic, I Am a Miracle (Malthouse Theatre)
Male Actor
Ben Prendergast, Dead Centre/Sea Wall (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)
Ensemble
Cast of North by Northwest (Melbourne Theatre Company and Kay + McLean Productions)
Lighting Design
Katie Sfetkidis, Meme Girls (Malthouse Theatre)
Set and Costume Design
Marg Horwell (Set and Costume) and Paul Jackson (Set), I Am a Miracle (Malthouse Theatre)
Sound Design and Composition
David Chisholm and Marco Cher-Gibard, I Am a Miracle (Malthouse Theatre)
Writing/Adaptation for the Australian Stage (TIED)
Declan Greene, I Am a Miracle (Malthouse Theatre)
and
Dan Giovannoni, Jurassica (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)
Production
I Am a Miracle, Malthouse Theatre
Direction
Leticia Cáceras, Birdland (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Technical Achievement Award
Laurel Frank
Lifetime Achievement Award
Malcolm Robertson
