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