The 2012 Green Room Awards winners have been announced in a ceremony held on Monday 6th May 2013 at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne. Congratulations to all of the below listed winners.
Outstanding Production
Shifting Ground – Zoe Scoglio (Arts House)
Outstanding Production – Creative Agency for Audiences
The Stream/The Boat/The Shore/The Bridge – Dan Koop (Next Wave Festival)
Innovation and Excellence in Circus
Carousel – One Trick Pony (Melbourne Fringe Festival)
Cabaret
Production
Candice McQueen: Nasty! – Spanky
Artiste
Spanky – Candice McQueen: Nasty!
Writing
Tommy Bradson – The Men My Mother Loved
Musical Direction
James Baker – A Hip Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
Innovation
DasShoku Shake
Special Award for Lifetime Contribution to Cabaret
Bob Downe
Dance
Betty Pounder Award for Choreography
Antony Hamilton – Black Project 1 and Keep Everything (Antony Hamilton & Chunky Move)
Female Dancer
Natalie Allen – 2 One Another (Sydney Dance Company)
Male Dancer
Alistair Macindoe – Year's Work (Lucy Guerin Inc & Chunky Move)
Ensemble
Sydney Dance Company – 2 One Another
Design
Damien Cooper – The Narrative of Nothing (Lighting), The Australian Ballet
Sound and Music
Helen Mountford and Ria Soemardjo – Tower Suites (Composition and Performance), Ros Warby
Concept and Realisation
Black Project 1 – Antony Hamilton
Actress in a Leading Role
Silvie Paladino – Chess
Actor in a Leading Role
Wayne Scott-Kermond – The Producers
Actor in a Supporting Role
Hugh Sheridan – A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Actress in a Supporting Role
Alinta Chidzey – Chess
Choreography
Tony Bartuccio – Chess
Design – Lighting and/or Sound
Peter Grubb, Mark Benson & David Tonion for System Sound – Chess (sound)
Design – Set and/or Costume
Krystal Giddings – Chess (Costume)
Direction
Gale Edwards – Chess
Musical Direction
Andrew Greene – South Pacific
Outstanding Musical Production
Chess – The Production Company
Opera
Direction
Nicki Wendt – Midnight Son (Victorian Opera)
Production
Salome – Opera Australia
Design
Julie Lynch (Costumes), Brian Thomson (Set) and John Rayment (Lighting) – Salome (Opera Australia)
Conductor
Simon Hewett – Salome (Opera Australia)
Female Principal
Cheryl Barker (Salome) – Salome (Opera Australia)
Male Principal
Giorgio Caoduro (Enrico) – Lucia di Lammermoor (Opera Australia)
Female Support
Dimity Shepherd (Cherubino) – The Marriage of Figaro (Victorian Opera)
Male Support
Thomas Hall (Jokanaan) – Salome (Opera Australia)
New Australian Opera
Midnight Son – Gordon Kerry (Composer) and Louis Nowra (Librettist)
Theatre – Companies
Female Actor
Eryn Jean Norvill (Waitress/Angie) – Top Girls (MTC)
Male Actor
Colin Friels (Mark Rothko) – Red (MTC)
Lighting Design
Damien Cooper – Macbeth (Bell Shakespeare)
Set and/or Costume Design
Anna Cordingley (Set & Costume Design) – Macbeth (Bell Shakespeare)
Sound/Composition
David Franzke (Composition & Sound Design) – Pompeii L.A. (Malthouse)
Direction
Matthew Lutton – On The Misconception of Oedipus
Production
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill – MTC
Ensemble
Cast of On The Misconception of Oedipus – Malthouse & Perth Theatre Co.
Writing/Adaptation for the Australian Stage
Tom Wright (adaptation) On The Misconception of Oedipus – Malthouse & Perth Theatre Co.
Theatre – Independent
Male Performer
Richard Bligh (performer) – The McNeil Project (fortyfivedownstairs)
Female Performer
Karen Sibbing (Alma) – Persona (Fraught Outfit and Theatre Works)
Set and/or Costume Design
Dayna Morrissey (Set & Costume) – Persona (Fraught Outfit and Theatre Works)
Lighting Design
Danny Pettingill – Persona (Fraught Outfit and Theatre Works)
Sound/Music
Ellen Warkentine and Mat Sweeney (Music Composition) – The Temptation of St Antony (Four Larks)
Direction
Adena Jacobs – Persona (Fraught Outfit and Theatre Works)
Production
Persona – Fraught Outfit and Theatre Works
Writing
Tim Spencer – Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine
Special Award for Contribution to Independent Theatre in Melbourne
MKA – North Melbourne Season for found space, design, writing and performances
Association Award
Lifetime Achievement Award
Colin Peasley OAM