The Welling­ton The­atre Awards were held at Te Whaea on Sun­day night. Host­ed by James Nokise with sup­port from Allan Hen­ry and music pro­vid­ed by Hay­ley Sproull it was an evening cel­e­brat­ing the last year of pro­fes­sion­al the­atre in Welling­ton.

Lin­da Wil­son from Cir­ca The­atre was recog­nised for her con­tri­bu­tion to Welling­ton the­atre with the May­or’s Award for Ser­vice to The­atre. She has ful­filled almost every role need­ed for a pro­duc­tion and in run­ning a the­atre. Wil­son accept­ed the award ‘on behalf of the peo­ple back­stage’ who are not eli­gi­ble for the reg­u­lar the­atre awards yet also impor­tant to their suc­cess. Bar­bar­ian Pro­duc­tions were award­ed the Judges Wild­card for their ‘high qual­i­ty and inven­tive per­for­mance that inspires many oth­er prac­ti­tion­ers and their enor­mous gen­eros­i­ty and the invest­ment in the arts com­mu­ni­ty and the wider Welling­ton com­mu­ni­ty.’

Con­grat­u­la­tions to all the nom­i­nees, win­ners, and sup­port­ers for a great year of the­atre!

 

Welling­ton the­atre awards win­ners list 2016

Judges wild­card — Bar­bar­ian Pro­duc­tions
May­or’s Award for Ser­vice to The­atre – Lin­da Wil­son
Most promis­ing male new­com­er - Tom Clarke, The Dev­il’s Half-Acre

Most promis­ing female new­com­er - Susie Berry, Jekyll and Hyde

The George Web­by most promis­ing new direc­tor of the year — Stel­la Reid, Orphans

The Peter Har­court out­stand­ing new play­wright of the year — Car­rie Green, Man Parts

Light­ing design­er of the year — Rachel Mar­low, Dust Pil­grim

Set design­er of the year — Pop­py Ser­a­no, Dust Pil­grim

The Paul Jen­den cos­tume design­er of the year — Sopheak Seng, The Vul­tures

Sound Design­er of the year — Oliv­er Devlin, The Sev­en Sons of Sup­pa­rath

The Con­stance Scott Kirkaldie award for out­stand­ing com­pos­er of music — Hay­ley Sproull, Vanil­la Mira­ka

Absolute­ly pos­i­tive­ly most orig­i­nal pro­duc­tion of the year — A Tri­al – Bar­bar­ian Pro­duc­tions and Binge Cul­ture Col­lec­tive

Out­stand­ing new New Zealand play of the year — Rob Mokara­ka, Shot Bro

Sup­port­ing actor of the year — Andrew Pater­son, Orphans

Sup­port­ing actress of the year — Anya Tate-Man­ning, Hud­son and Halls Live

The Richard Cam­pi­on acco­lade for out­stand­ing per­for­mance — Rob Mokara­ka, Shot Bro
The Grant Tilly actor of the year — Chris Park­er, Hud­son and Halls Live
The Dorothy McK­egg actress of the year — Hay­ley Sproull, Vanil­la Mira­ka

Direc­tor of the year — Kip Chap­man, Hud­son and Halls Live

Pro­duc­tion of the year — Hud­son and Halls Live — Silo The­atre