Con­grat­u­la­tions to all the win­ners at the Chap­man Tripp The­atre Awards last night. The awards recog­nise the best of 2013’s per­for­mances and craft in Welling­ton the­atre.

The big win­ners on the night were Trick of the Light The­atre who won Most Promis­ing New Direc­tor, Out­stand­ing New New Zealand Play, and Pro­duc­tion of the Year for The Road That Wasn’t There, PLUS Light­ing Design­er of the Year and Sound Design­er of the Year for Bro­ken Riv­er. Taki Rua’s Syd­ney Bridge Upside Down picked up Sup­port­ing Actor of the Year, and Cos­tume Design­er of the year.

The Mayor’s Award for Sig­nif­i­cant Con­tri­bu­tion to The­atre went to Play­mar­ket, for “40 years ded­i­ca­tion, pas­sion, altru­ism, longevi­ty and hard work in the arts”.

The Crit­ics Wild­card went to The Bac­cha­nals for “guts, deter­mi­na­tion, Kiwi inge­nu­ity and inspired profli­ga­cy with zero bud­get.”

The full list of award win­ners:

The Chap­man Tripp Award for Pro­duc­tion of the Year
The Road That Wasn’t There – Trick of the Light The­atre

The Muse­um Hotel Award for Direc­tor of the Year
Geoff Pin­field – The Mag­ic Chick­en

The Grant Tilly Actor of the Year spon­sored by The ProAc­tors and eCast­er
Byron Coll – Mid­sum­mer – A Play With Songs

The Dorothy McK­egg Actress of the Year spon­sored by Bran­cott Estate
Erin Banks — Tribes

The Richard Cam­pi­on Acco­lade for an Out­stand­ing Per­for­mance spon­sored by Chap­man Tripp and Wat­son McKen­zie Pho­tog­ra­phy
Renee Lyons – Nick: An Acci­den­tal Hero

The Chap­man Tripp Award for Sup­port­ing Actress of the Year
Nan­cy Brun­ning – Neang Neak’s Lega­cy

The Chap­man Tripp Sup­port­ing Actor of the Year
Aaron Corte­si – Syd­ney Bridge Upside Down

The Play­mar­ket and Cap­i­tal E — Nation­al The­atre for Chil­dren Out­stand­ing New New Zealand Play
The Road That Wasn’t There – Ralph McCub­bin How­ell

The Absolute­ly Pos­i­tive­ly Most Orig­i­nal Pro­duc­tion of the Year
Squid­boy – The­atre Beat­ing

Out­stand­ing Com­pos­er of Music (pri­vate spon­sor)
Gareth Farr – Duck, Death and the Tulip

The Park Road Post Pro­duc­tion Award for Sound Design­er of the Year
Tane Upjohn-Beat­son – Bro­ken Riv­er

The Paul Jen­den Cos­tume Design­er of the Year spon­sored by Chap­man Tripp
Kasia Pol – Syd­ney Bridge Upside Down

The Weta Work­shop Award for Set Design­er of the Year
Andrew Fos­ter – Red

The Grouse Light­ing Award for Light­ing Design­er of the Year
Mar­cus McShane – Bro­ken Riv­er

The Peter Har­court Out­stand­ing New Play­wright of the Year spon­sored by BATS The­atre and Taki Rua Pro­duc­tions
Sari­ta Keo Kos­samak So – Neang Neak’s Lega­cy

The George Web­by Most Promis­ing New Direc­tor of the Year spon­sored by Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Dra­ma School and Vic­to­ria Uni­ver­si­ty of Welling­ton
Han­nah Smith – The Road That Wasn’t There

The Emerg­ing Artist Trust and Whitireia Per­form­ing Arts Most Promis­ing Female New­com­er
Hay­ley Sproull – Out­siders’ Guide

The Cir­ca Award Donat­ed by TACT Most Promis­ing Male New­com­er
Joe Dekkers-Rei­hana – Cori­olanus

 

Chap­man Tripp The­atre Awards wish­es to sin­cere­ly thank their spon­sors for mak­ing this spe­cial evening pos­si­ble: Chap­man Tripp, Welling­ton City Coun­cil, Cir­ca The­atre, BATS The­atre, Taki Rua, Toi Whakaari: NZ Dra­ma School, Vic­to­ria Uni­ver­si­ty, Con­stance Scott Kirk­caldie, Emerg­ing Artist Trust, Whitireia Per­form­ing Arts, Grouse Light­ing, WETA Work­shop, Park Road Post Pro­duc­tions, The May­or Celia Wade-Brown, Play­mar­ket, Cap­i­tal E Nation­al The­atre for Chil­dren, Wat­son-McKen­zie Pho­tog­ra­phy, Bran­cott Estate, ProAc­tors, eCast­er, Muse­um Hotel, Mul­ti Media Sys­tems, Mar­malade Audio, Para­mount The­atre, The Impro­vi­sors, The Domin­ion Post and the hard work­ing crit­ics pan­el.