Victorian Green Room 2014 Nominations announced

The 2014 Victorian Green Room Award nominations have been released. The awards will be announced on Monday 20 April at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne.

This is the 32nd annual ceremony and the Victorian Green Room Awards have become an intrinsic part of the industry they honour. The awards recognise excellence and innovation in the performing arts and are judged by seven volunteer panels of practicing industry peers.

Cabaret

Geraldine Quinn

For Production
Bob, Sweat and Tears – Bob Downe
Eurosmash – Die Roten Punkte
All Out of Pride – Geraldine Quinn and Michael de Grussa
MDMA: Modern Day Maiden Aunt – Geraldine Quinn

For Artiste
Ash Flanders – Special Victim
Bob Downe – Bob, Sweat and Tears
Em Rusciano – Divorce, The Musical!
Die Roten Punkte – Eurosmash
Geraldine Quinn – All Out Of Pride and MDMA: Maiden Day Modern Aunt
Tessa Waters – Womanz

For Writing
Ash Flanders – Special Victim
Bob Downe – Bob, Sweat and Tears
Die Roten Punkte – Eurosmash
Geraldine Quinn – MDMA: Modern Day Maiden Aunt
Bethany Simons – Reception: The Musical

For Musical Direction
Sam Keevers – Alchemy
Geoffrey Castles – Diamonds Are For Trevor
John Thorn – Bob, Sweat and Tears
Jeremy Brennan – Matt Mitcham’s Twists and Turns
Jane Patterson – Ginger and Tonic’s Desperate and Dateless 

For Original Songs
Drew Downing – Rebel
Die Roten Punkte (Daniel Tobias and Clare Bartholomew) – Eurosmash
Geraldine Quinn – MDMA: Maiden Day Modern Aunt
Bethany Simons and Peter de Jager – Reception: The Musical
Andrew Strano and Loclan Mackenzie-Spencer – Nailed It.

For Outstanding Contribution to Cabaret
Ali McGregor for Ali McGregor’s Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night

Contemporary and Experimental Performance

Opus
Opus

Outstanding Work by an Emerging Artist
Home – Brienna Macnish (Next Wave Festival)
Terminal – Dylan Sheridan (Next Wave Festival, Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy)
Fluvial – Matthias Schack-Arnott (Next Wave Festival, Speak Percussion)
Personal Mythology – Shian Law (Next Wave Festival, Arts House)

Outstanding Contemporary Circus
A Simple Space – Gravity and Other Myths (Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy)
Opus – Circa (Melbourne Festival, Arts Centre Melbourne)

Curatorial Contribution to Contemporary Performance
Festival of Live Art (Arts House, Theatre Works, Footscray Community Arts Centre)
Melbourne NOW (National Gallery of Victoria)
2014 Next Wave Festival (Next Wave Festival)
Going Nowhere (Arts House)

Outstanding Contemporary and Experimental Performance
Reach Out Touch Faith – Sarah Rodigari in collaboration with Joshua Sofaer (Going Nowhere, Arts House)
Dispersal (Nothing To See Here) – Amy Spiers and Catherine Ryan (FOLA, Arts House)
I Think I Can – Sam Routledge and Martyn Coutts (FOLA, Arts House)
Since I Suppose – one step at a time like this (Melbourne Festival, Arts House)
Frankenstein – The Rabble (Malthouse Theatre) 

Dance

For Concept and Realisation
Natalie Abbott – Maximum
James Batchelor – Island
Natalie Cursio, Shannon Bott and Simon Ellis – Recovery
Chimene Steele–Prior – In Formation II
Lilian Steiner – Noise Quartet Meditation

For Male Dancer
Waangenga Blanco – Patyegarang (Bangarra Dance Theatre)
Benjamin Hancock – Princess (Chunky Move)
Cass Mortimer Eipper – Interplay (Sydney Dance Company)
Lee Serle – Rogues (Trisha Brown Company and Melbourne Festival)

For Female Dancer
Juliette Barton– Interplay (Sydney Dance Company)
Benedicte Bemet (Clara) – Nutcracker (The Australian Ballet)
Lauren Langlois – Complexity of Belonging (Melbourne Theatre Company and Chunky Move)
Briarna Longville – Noise Quartet Meditation (Lilian Steiner)
Michaela Pegum – the lines of birds (Chunky Move)

For Ensemble Performance
Imperial Suite – The Australian Ballet
Patyegarang – Bangarra Dance Theatre
Interplay – Sydney Dance Company

Shirley McKechnie Award for Choreography
Jacopo Godani – Raw Models (Sydney Dance Company)
Shaun Parker – Am I (Shaun Parker and Company)
Lilian Steiner – Noise Quartet Meditation (Lilian Steiner)
Naree Vachananda – Orbit

For Visual Design
Ben Cobham (Bluebottle) (lighting) – Recovery (Natalie Cursio and Shannon Bott)
Rose Connors Dance (set and lighting) – Overworld (Sarah Aiken and Rebecca Jensen)
Robert Cousins (set) – Complexity of Belonging (Melbourne Theatre Company, Chunky Move)
Jack Hancock and Bosco Shaw (costume and lighting) – Princess (Chunky Move)
Ella Leoncio (set) – Island (James Batchelor)

For Music, Sound Design and Performance
48Nord (Siegfried Roessert and Ulrich Mueller) – Raw Models (Sydney Dance Company)
Daniel Jenatsch – Fountain (Chunky Move)
Alisdair Macindoe – Princess (Chunky Move)
Byron Scullin – Recovery (Natalie Cursio and Shannon Bott)
Nick Wales and ensemble – Am I (Shaun Parker and Company)

Independent Theatre

Angus Cerini Photo: Pier Carthew
Angus Cerini
Photo: Pier Carthew

For Male Performer
Angus Cerini – Resplendence (Angus Cerini/Doubletap, MTC Neon)
James O’Connell – The Lonesome West (Kin Collective, fortyfivedownstairs)
Ray Chong Nee – The Motion of Light in Water (Elbow Room Productions, Theatre Works)
Paul Blenhem – Therese Raquin (Dirty Pretty Theatre, Theatre Works)
Stephen House – Almost Face to Face (La Mama, Melbourne Fringe)

For Female Performer
Maria Mercedes – Master Class (Left Bauer Productions, fortyfivedownstairs)
Elizabeth Nabbin – Therese Raquin (Dirty Pretty Theatre, Theatre Works)
Artemis Ionnides – ANGRY SEXX (as part of Melbourne Fringe)
Maude Davey – The Trouble with Harry (MKA, Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy, Melbourne Festival)
Caroline Lee – The Trouble with Harry (MKA, Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy, Melbourne Festival)

For Ensemble
I Heart John McEnroe (Clare Watson and Uninvited Guests, Theatre Works)
The Long Pigs (We Three, fortyfivedownstairs)
Prehistoric (Elbow Room Productions, Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy, as part of Melbourne Fringe)
The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Kin Collective,fortyfivedownstairs)

For Set and Costume Design
Matt Huynh, Aldous Massie, Ben Zaugg and Owen Phillips (Animation and Set Design) – Wail Zuaiter: Unknown (Theatre Works, Next Wave Festival)
Jonathon Oxlade – I Heart John McEnroe (Uninvited Guests, Theatre Works)
Anna Tregloan – The Long Pigs (We Three,fortyfivedownstairs)
Eugyeene Teh – The Trouble with Harry (MKA, Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy,Melbourne Festival)
Chloe GreavesBody of Work

For Lighting Design
Richard Vabre – I Heart John McEnroe (Uninvited Guests, Theatre Works)
Andy Turner – Resplendence (Angus Cerini/Doubletap, MTC Neon)
Katie Sfetkidis – Therese Raquin (Dirty Pretty Theatre, Theatre Works)
Lisa Mibus – My Lovers Bone (Footscray Community Arts Centre, Melbourne Festival, Brown Cab Productions)
Rob Sowinski – The Trouble with Harry (MKA, Darebin Arts’ Speakeas, /Melbourne Festival)

For Sound/Music
Christopher De Groot (Music Composition) – Therese Raquin (Dirty Pretty Theatre, Theatre Works)
Claudio Tocco (Sound Design) – Madonna Arms, I’m Trying to Kiss You (Artshouse, Next Wave Festival)
Jessie Cox, Luke Mynott and Joff Bush (Sound and Composition) – Wail Zuaiter: Unknown (Theatre Works, Next Wave Festival)
Marcel Dorney and Steve Toulmin, (Sound Design and Composition) – Prehistoric (Elbow Room Productions/Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy, as part of Melbourne Fringe)
Chris Wenn (Sound Design) – The Trouble with Harry MKA/Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy,Melbourne Festival)

For Direction
Daniel Lammin – Master Class (Left Bauer Productions, fortyfivedownstairs)
Gary Abrahams – Therese Raquin (Dirty Pretty Theatre, Theatre Works)
Susie Dee – The Long Pigs (We Three, fortyfivedownstairs)
Clare Watson – I Heart John McEnroe (Uninvited Guest, Theatre Works)
Alyson Campbell – The Trouble with Harry (MKA and Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy,Melbourne Festival)

For Production
I Heart John McEnroe – Uninvited Guests, Theatre Works
Resplendence – Angus Cerini/Doubletap, MTC Neon
Green Screen – Sans Hotel, MTC Neon
Prehistoric – Elbow Room Productions and Darebin Arts’ Speakeasy, as part of Melbourne Fringe
The Trouble with Harry – MKA, Darabin Arts’ Speakeasy, Melbourne Festival

For Writing
Angus Cerini – Resplendence (Angus Cerini/Doubletap, MTC Neon)
Trudy Helier – Waking Up Dead (HeLD, fortyfivedownstairs)
Marcel Dorney – Prehistoric (Elbow Room Productions, Darabin Arts’ Speakeasy as part of Melbourne Fringe)
Rachel Perks  – ANGRY SEXX (as part of Melbourne Fringe)
Lachlan Philpott – The Trouble with Harry (MKA, Darabin Arts’ Speakeasy, Melbourne Festival)

Music Theatre

Into the Woods. Photo by Jeff Busby
Into the Woods. Photo by Jeff Busby

For Actress In A Leading Role
Queenie Van De Zandt – Into The Woods
Alinta Chidzey – Show Boat
Lisa McCune – The King And I
Chelsea Plumley – Guys And Dolls
Madeleine Jones – Once

For Actor In A Leading Role
Gareth Keegan – Blood Brothers
Hayden Tee – Les MIsérables
Simon Gleeson – Les MIsérables
Simon Burke – La Cage Aux Folles
Tom Parsons – Once

For Actor In A Supporting Role
Adrian Li Donni – Pacific Overtures
Nick Simpson–Deeks – Pacific Overtures
Cameron MacDonald – Parade
Aljin Abella – La Cage Aux Folles

For Actress In A Supporting Role
Lisa–Marie Parker – Blood Brothers
Shu–Cheen Yu – The King And I
Lucy Maunder – Into The Woods
Yong Yin Woo – The King And I

For Outstanding Ensemble
There was only one nomination in this category
To be announced on the night

Betty Pounder Award For Excellence In Choreography
Michael Ralph – Pacific Overtures
Jerome Robbins and Susan Kikuchi – The King And I
Steven Hoggett – Once

For Musical Direction
Robyn Womersley – Pacific Overtures
Peter Casey – The King And I
Geoffrey Castles – Les MIsérables
Guy Simpson – Passion
Martin Lowe and Kellie Dickerson – Once

For Design (Lighting)
Rob Sowinski – Pacific Overtures
Nigel Levings – The King And I
Paule Constable – Les MIsérables
Natasha Katz – Once
Mark Henderson – Grease

For Design (Sound)
Mick Potter – Les MIsérables
System Sound – Guys And Dolls
Michael Waters – The King And I
Clive Goodwin – Once

For Design (Set/ Costume)
Eugyeene Teh (Set) and Chloe Greaves (Costume) – Pacific Overtures
Matt Kinley (Set and Image Design) – Les MIsérables
Roger Kirk (Costume) and Brian Thomson (set) – The King And I
Bob Crowley (Set and Costume) – Once

For Direction
Alister Smith – Pacific Overtures
Christopher Renshaw – The King And I
James Powell and Laurence Connor – Les MIsérables
John Tiffany – Once

For Production
Pacific Overtures
The King And I
Les MIsérables
Once

Opera

The Riders. Photo by Jeff Busby
The Riders. Photo by Jeff Busby

For Direction
Kasper Holten – Eugene Onegin (Opera Australia)
Michael Gow – The Magic Flute (Opera Australia)
Marion Potts – The Riders (Victorian Opera, Malthouse Theatre)

For Production
Eugene Onegin – Opera Australia
The Riders – Victorian Opera, Malthouse Theatre

For Conductor
Guillaume Tourniaire – Eugene Onegin (Opera Australia)
Guillaume Tourniaire – Don Pasquale (Opera Australia)
Pat Miller – The Tenderland (Lyric Opera)
Andrea Molino – Tosca (Opera Australia)

For Female Lead
Nicole Car – Tatyana, Eugene Onegin (Opera Australia)
Irina Dubrovskaya – Gilda, Rigoletto (Opera Australia)
Jane Ede – Mrs Alice Ford, Falstaff (Opera Australia)

For Female In A Supporting Role
Anna Dowsley – Zaida, The Turk in Italy (Opera Australia)
Sian Pendry – Olga, Eugene Onegin (Opera Australia)
Dominica Matthews – Madame Larina, Eugene Onegin (Opera Australia)

For Male Lead
Barry Ryan – Scully, The Riders (Victorian Opera, Malthouse Theatre)
Andrew Moran – Papageno, The Magic Flute (Opera Australia)
Diego Torre – Mario Cavaradossi, Tosca (Opera Australia)
Henry Choo – Martin, The Tenderland (Lyric Opera)
Conal Coad – Don Pasquale, Don Pasquale (Opera Australia)

For Male In A Supporting Role
Johnathan Abernathy – Fenton, Falstaff (Opera Australia)
Michael Honeyman – Ford, Falstaff (Opera Australia)
Daniel Sumegi – Sparafucile, Rigoletto (Opera Australia)
Jerzy Kozlowski – Arthur, The Riders (Victorian Opera, Malthouse Theatre)

For Design
Richard Roberts (design) and Matt Scott (lighting) – Don Pasquale (Opera Australia)
Mia Stensgard (set), Katrina Lindsay (costume), Wolfgang Goebbel (lighting) – Eugene Onegin (Opera Australia)
Roger Kemp (design) and Matt Scott (lighting) – The Magic Flute (Opera Australia)

For New Australian Opera
There was only one nomination in this category.
To be announced on the night.

Theatre Companies

For Female Actor
Melita Jurisic – Miriam Sword, Night on Bald Mountain (Malthouse Theatre)
Peta Brady – Performer, Ugly Mugs ( Malthouse Theatre, Griffin Theatre)
Emily Goddard – Carla, Glory Dazed (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)
Miriam Margolyes – Sue Mengers, I’ll Eat You Last (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Kate Cole – The Pilot, Grounded (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)

For Male Actor
Alirio Zavarce – Performer, The Book of Loco (Loose Cannon Art Services, Malthouse Theatre)
Andre de Vanny – Ray, Glory Dazed (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)
Paul Capsis – Beverly Dumont, Calpurnia Descending (Sisters Grimm. Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company)
Keith Agius – Chorus/Archbishop/King of France, Henry V (Bell Shakespeare)
Josh McConville – Dean, The Sublime (Melbourne Theatre Company)

For Ensemble
Yellow Moon – Melbourne Theatre Company Education Season
The Government Inspector – Malthouse Theatre and Belvoir Theatre
Walking into the Bigness – Malthouse Theatre
Henry V – Bell Shakespeare
Hello, Goodbye and Happy Birthday –  Malthouse Theatre and Melbourne Festival

For Lighting Design
Damien Cooper – Neighbourhood Watch (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Lisa Mibus – Yellow Moon (Melbourne Theatre Company Education Season)
Damien Cooper – The Effect (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Clare Springett and Michael Robinson – Eurydice (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)
Paul Jackson – Body of Work – Private Lives, Ghosts and The Speechmaker (Melbourne Theatre Company) Hello, Goodbye and Happy Birthday and Night on Bald Mountain (Malthouse Theatre)

For Set and Costume
Dale Ferguson (Set design) – Night on Bald Mountain (Malthouse Theatre)
Andrew Bailey (Set design) – The Effect (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Anna Gardiner (Set and Costume design) – Henry V (Bell Shakespeare)
Christina Hayes (Set Design) – Hello, Goodbye and Happy Birthday (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Festival)
Matthew Adey (Set design) – Grounded (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)

For Audio Visual Design and Animation
Matthew Gingold (Audio Visual Design) and Matt Greenwood (Animation) – Calpurnia Descending ( Sisters Grimm, Malthouse Theatre,Sydney Theatre Company)
Chris More (Video/Graphics) – The Book of Loco (Loose Cannon Art Services, Malthouse Theatre)
Chris More (Video Design) – The Effect (Melbourne Theatre Company)

For Sound and Composition
Russell Goldsmith (Sound Design and Composition) Ghosts (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Pete Goodwin (The Sweats) (Sound Design and Composition) – Yellow Moon (Melbourne Theatre Company Education Season)
David Franzke (sound design) – Night on Bald Mountain (Malthouse Theatre)
Steve Francis (Sound Design and Composition) – Henry V (Bell Shakespeare)
Elizabeth Drake (Composition) – Grounded (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)

For Direction
Leticia Caceres – Yellow Moon (Melbourne Theatre Company Education Season)
Sam Strong – The Sublime (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Damien Ryan – Henry V (Bell Shakespeare)
Roslyn Oades – Hello, Goodbye and Happy Birthday (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Festival)
Kirsten Von Bibra – Grounded (Red Stitch Actors Theatre)

For Production
Walking into the Bigness – Malthouse Theatre
Henry V – Bell Shakespeare
Hello, Goodbye and Happy Birthday – Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Festival
Calpurnia Descending –Sisters Grimm, Malthouse Theatre, Sydney Theatre Company
Grounded – Red Stitch Actors Theatre

For Writing/Adaptation for the Australian Stage
Peta Brady – Ugly Mugs (Malthouse Theatre)
Brendan Cowell – The Sublime (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Richard Frankland – Walking into the Bigness, (Malthouse Theatre)
Roslyn Oades and Collaborators – Hello, Goodbye and Happy Birthday (Malthouse Theatre,Melbourne Festival)
Damien Millar – Marlin (Arena Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company

Anne-Marie Peard

Anne-Marie spent many years working with amazing artists at arts festivals all over Australia. She's been a freelance arts writer for the last 10 years and teaches journalism at Monash University.

Anne-Marie Peard

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