Groundling Award Winners, QLD

Dubbed the ‘people’s choice awards of the Queensland theatre industry’, the Brisbane-based Greenroom’s awards (not to be confused with the Melbourne organisation), are in their second year of The Groundlings Awards.

The Groundlings are 14 categories of state only awards nominated and voted by the people or the ‘groundlings’ as it were, a nice balance with the Matildas, the other Queensland theatre awards that have no public input for nominations.

There is no actual award, trophy or ceremony for The Groundlings. The award is that warm fuzzy contentment of knowing that the ‘groundlings’ like you enough to go to the website and vote. Don’t let this deter you. As the song goes, from little things big things grow.

Queensland has long suffered from middle child syndrome when it comes to all the arts and it’s great to see a new celebration of our local success. Get on board and support your local talent.

The winners of the 2011 Groundlings are:

Outstanding Contribution by an Actor: Bryan Probets 
Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness (La Boite Theatre Company); Animal Farm (shake and stir theatre company) Pygmalion (QTC)

Outstanding Contribution by an Actress: Nelle Lee
Animal Farm (shake and stir theatre company)

Outstanding Contribution by a Director: Steven Mitchell Wright
The Hamlet Apocalypse (The Danger Ensemble/La Boite Indie)

Outstanding Contribution to Set Design: Josh McIntosh
Animal Farm (shake and stir theatre company)

Outstanding Contribution to Costume Design: Josh McIntosh
Aladdin (Harvest Rain Theatre Company) and Animal Farm (shake and stir theatre company)

Outstanding Contribution to Lighting Design: Ben Hughes
Orphans and Fractions (QTC); The Hamlet Apocalypse (The Danger Ensemble/La Boite Indie), and Studio Shorts (JUTE).

Outstanding Contribution to Sound Design or Composition: Guy Webster
Water Wars (Umber Productions/La Boite Indie and Empire Theatre Projects Company); Animal Farm (shake and stir theatre company), and Ruben Guthrie (La Boite Theatre Company).

Outstanding Contribution to Multimedia Design: Dead Puppet Society
The Harbinger (Dead Puppet Society/La Boite Indie)

Outstanding Contribution to Innovative Theatre Practice: Steven Mitchell Wright & The Danger Ensemble

Best New Play in an Inaugural Queensland Season: Animal Farm
Written by George Orwell and adapted by Nick Skubij (shake and stir theatre company)

Best Production: The Hamlet Apocalypse
The Danger Ensemble/La Boite Indie

Best Musical Theatre Production: Cabaret

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Best Co-Production: Edward Gant’s Amazing Feats of Loneliness
La Boite Theatre Company and STC

Outstanding Contribution to Queensland Theatre: Tim O’Connor & Harvest Rain Theatre Company

 

For more information about The Groundlings: www.actorsgreenroom.net