Awards 2019 - The Blue Room Theatre

On 19 December we held our Awards Night for our April – December 2019 season. We look at a little bit of everything and have our external judges make the call on some major awards. Here is how the awards shaped up:

Best Campaign Award

Nominations –
Miss Westralia, Blonde Moment Theatre
See You Next Tuesday, Static Drive Co.
Unrule, Hey! Precious

Winner –
See You Next Tuesday, Static Drive Co.

Best Host Award

Nominations –
Cephalopod, Squid Vicious
I Feel Fine, Public Service Announcement
Playthings, Second Chance Theatre

Winner –
Cephalopod, Squid Vicious

*See You Next Tuesday*, Static Drive Co. Image by Floyd Perrin

Best Writing Award

Nominations –
Samantha Nerida, See You Next Tuesday
Scott McArdle, Playthings
Zachary Sheridan (Writing); and Isaac Diamond and Jacob Diamond (Song Writing), I Feel Fine

Winner –
Samantha Nerida, See You Next Tuesday

Best Design Award

Nominations –
Chris Donnelly (Lighting Design), BANG! BANG!
Joe Lui (Lighting Design), Death Throes
Olivia Tartagila (Set Design), Unrule
Tessa Darcey (Set Design) & Edwin Sitt (AV Design), Two Canaries

Winner –
Tessa Darcey (Set Design) & Edwin Sitt (AV Design), Two Canaries

Best Production Team Award

Nominations –
BANG! BANG!, Scott Elstermann & Shona Erskine
The Wolves, Red Ryder Productions
Two Canaries, Alexa Taylor
Unrule, Hey! Precious

Winner –
BANG! BANG!, Scott Elstermann & Shona Erskine

*Playthings*, Second Chance Theatre. Image by David Cox Media

Members’ Choice Award

Nominations –
All Shows Nominated

Winner –
Playthings, Second Chance Theatre

Best Performance Award

Nominations –
Daniel Buckle, Playthings
Elise Wilson, The Wolves
Humphrey Bower, The Apparatus
The Ensemble, BANG! BANG!

Winner –
Humphrey Bower, The Apparatus

Judges Award

Nominations –
Death Throes for liveliness of process, experimentation and bold collaboration.
Dore Khan (Sharbat) for breaking boundaries and amplifying vital voices.
See You Next Tuesday for dynamic and exceptional practice from the artist collective.
Zachary Sheridan (I Feel Fine) for artistic vision and an exceptional beyond theatre experience.

Winner –
Zachary Sheridan (I Feel Fine) for artistic vision and an exceptional beyond theatre experience.

Best Production Award

Nominations –
I Feel Fine, Public Service Announcement
Playthings, Second Chance Theatre
The Wolves, Red Ryder Productions

Winner –
The Wolves, Red Ryder Productions

Header: The Wolves, Red Ryder Production. Image Pixel Poetry