2026 NOMINEES & WINNERS

THEATRE AWARDS

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Belvoir St Theatre

B’Spoke, CircusWA

LEGENDS (of the Golden Arches), Joe Paradise Lui & Merlynn Tong presented with Perth Festival, produced by Performing Lines WA

Never Have I Ever, Black Swan State Theatre Company

The 7 Stages of Grieving, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | Shadow of Doubt, The Blue Room Theatre & Fine Comb Theatre

FEMOID., The Blue Room Theatre & Vixen Theatre Company

How To: Break a Chair, The Blue Room Theatre & Harrison Lorenz-Daniel and Bronte Frances

Leg Business, The Blue Room Theatre & Delaney Burke & Scarlet Rose

The Wetness, The Blue Room Theatre & Mummy's Plastic

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | The Ensemble, Never Have I Ever, Black Swan State Theatre Company

The Ensemble, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Belvoir St Theatre

The Ensemble, OUT OF ORDER, The Blue Room Theatre & Tamara Creasey

The Ensemble, Passports, Undercurrent Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN SUPPORTING ROLES

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | Amy Mathews, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Belvoir St Theatre

WINNER | Will O’Mahony, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Belvoir St Theatre

Geoff Kelso, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Belvoir St Theatre

Jarrad Inman, Thirst, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN LEADING ROLES

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | Lainey O’Sullivan, Shadow of Doubt, The Blue Room Theatre & Fine Comb Theatre

WINNER | Tamara Creasey, Reasons to Stay Inside, Barking Gecko Arts

Claire Fermo, Heart is a Wasteland, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Hayley McElhinney, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Belvoir St Theatre

Joshua Everett, Hoods, Barking Gecko Arts

Lucy Wong, Leg Business, The Blue Room Theatre & Delaney Burke & Scarlet Rose

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | Rachel McMurray, Shadow of Doubt, The Blue Room Theatre & Fine Comb Theatre

Bobbi Henry, The 7 Stages of Grieving, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Bronte Frances, How To: Break a Chair, The Blue Room Theatre & Harrison Lorenz-Daniel and Bronte Frances

DANCE AWARDS

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

PRESENTED BY STEAMWORKS ARTS

WINNER | Cinderella, West Australian Ballet

Butterfly Effect, West Australian Ballet

IN THE SHADOW OF TIME, Co3 Contemporary Dance & The Australian Chamber Orchestra

Manifest, Perth Moves, STRUT Dance in association with Perth Festival

The Wild Between Stars: Ballet at the Quarry, West Australian Ballet

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

PRESENTED BY STEAMWORKS ARTS

WINNER | two thread, The Blue Room Theatre & Karlia & Danni Cook and STRUT Dance

Hyperfantasia, The Blue Room Theatre & Enneagon Movement

Resistance | ചെറുത്തുനില്പ്, The Blue Room Theatre & Swaroopa Prameela Unni

Shifting Ground, Nadia Priolo & Dancers

The Scramble, The Blue Room Theatre & Shaun Johnston with STRUT Dance

OUTSTANDING DUET OR ENSEMBLE

PRESENTED BY STEAMWORKS ARTS

WINNER FOR DUET | Karlia Cook & Danni Cook, two thread, The Blue Room Theatre & Karlia & Danni Cook and STRUT Dance

WINNER FOR ENSEMBLE | The Ensemble, Manifest, Perth Moves, STRUT Dance in association with Perth Festival

Annmarie Clifton-James & Jo Omodei, Carcass, Steve Richter, Stephen Scourfield, Annmarie Clifton-James & Jo Omodei

Dayana Hardy Acuña & Julio Blanes, "Ripples" from The Wild Between Stars: Ballet at the Quarry, West Australian Ballet

Nathan Turtur & Luther Wilson, The Scramble, The Blue Room Theatre & Shaun Johnston with STRUT Dance

The Ensemble, IN THE SHADOW OF TIME, Co3 Contemporary Dance & The Australian Chamber Orchestra

OUTSTANDING PERFORMER

PRESENTED BY STEAMWORKS ARTS

WINNER | Luther Wilson, The Scramble, The Blue Room Theatre & Shaun Johnston with STRUT Dance

WINNER | Pamela Barnes, Cinderella, West Australian Ballet

Alexa Tuzil, Butterfly Effect, West Australian Ballet

Alexa Tuzil, The Wild Between Stars: Ballet at the Quarry, West Australian Ballet

Asja Petrovski, Cinderella, West Australian Ballet

Luther Wilson, Manifest, Perth Moves, STRUT Dance in association with Perth Festival

Mayume Noguromi, Cinderella, West Australian Ballet

Mayume Noguromi, The Wild Between Stars: Ballet at the Quarry, West Australian Ballet

Oscar Valdés, Don Quixote, West Australian Ballet

Russell Thorpe, IN THE SHADOW OF TIME, Co3 Contemporary Dance & The Australian Chamber Orchestra

Storm Helmore, IN THE SHADOW OF TIME, Co3 Contemporary Dance & The Australian Chamber Orchestra

OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY

PRESENTED BY STEAMWORKS ARTS

WINNER | Raewyn Hill, IN THE SHADOW OF TIME, Co3 Contemporary Dance & The Australian Chamber Orchestra

Annmarie Clifton-James & Jo Omodei, Carcass, Steve Richter, Stephen Scourfield, Annmarie Clifton-James & Jo Omodei

Karlia Cook & Danni Cook, two thread, The Blue Room Theatre & Karlia & Danni Cook and STRUT Dance

Nadia Priolo, Shifting Ground, Nadia Priolo & Dancers

Tara Gower, "Ripples" from The Wild Between Stars: Ballet at the Quarry, West Australian Ballet

MUSICAL, OPERA & CABARET AWARDS

BEST PRODUCTION

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | Dead Man Walking, Freeze Frame Opera

Il trovatore, West Australian Opera

Little Shop of Horrors, Drew Anthony Creative

O,D,E, The Blue Room Theatre & Tone List

The Pirates of Penzance, West Australian Opera

Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | The Ensemble, O,D,E, The Blue Room Theatre & Tone List

The Ensemble, The Pirates of Penzance, West Australian Opera

The Ensemble, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN SUPPORTING ROLES

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | Penny Shaw, The Pirates of Penzance, West Australian Opera

WINNER | Sharon Kiely, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

Andrew Foote, The Pirates of Penzance, West Australian Opera

Ethan Battle, Footloose, Drew Anthony Creative

Humphrey Bower, Footloose, Drew Anthony Creative

Lisa Harper-Brown, Dead Man Walking, Freeze Frame Opera

Madeleine Shaw, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

Noah Skape, Little Shop of Horrors, Drew Anthony Creative

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS IN LEADING ROLES

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | Charis Postmus, O,D,E, The Blue Room Theatre & Tone List

WINNER | Nick Maclaine, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

Emily Lambert, Little Shop of Horrors, Drew Anthony Creative

Harriet Marshall, Dead Man Walking, Freeze Frame Opera

James Clayton, Il trovatore, West Australian Opera

Lachlan Higgins, Dead Man Walking, Freeze Frame Opera

Marshall Brown, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

Prudence Sanders, The Pirates of Penzance, West Australian Opera

OUTSTANDING DIRECTION, MOVEMENT DIRECTION OR CHOREOGRAPHY

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | Adam Mitchell, Dead Man Walking, Freeze Frame Opera

Andrew Baker, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

Drew Anthony, Footloose, Drew Anthony Creative

Tess Howieson, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION OR CONDUCTING

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | Christopher van Tuinen, The Pirates of Penzance, West Australian Opera

Asher Fisch, Il trovatore, West Australian Opera

Pia Harris, Aliwah Bardinar!, Breaksea

Taui Pinker, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

Tomas Clifford, Tomas Clifford Got Stood Up, General Mischief Production Company

OVERALL AWARDS

OUTSTANDING CONTEMPORARY OR EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE

PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | O,D,E, The Blue Room Theatre & Tone List

How To: Break a Chair, The Blue Room Theatre & Harrison Lorenz-Daniel and Bronte Frances

IN THE SHADOW OF TIME, Co3 Contemporary Dance & The Australian Chamber Orchestra

Leg Business, The Blue Room Theatre & Delaney Burke & Scarlet Rose

Manifest, Perth Moves, STRUT Dance in association with Perth Festival

The Wetness, The Blue Room Theatre & Mummy's Plastic

two thread, The Blue Room Theatre & Karlia & Danni Cook and STRUT Dance

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN

PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Rebecca Riggs-Bennett, The 7 Stages of Grieving, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Ash Gibson Greig, Speaking in Tongues, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Dane Yates, Shifting Ground, Nadia Priolo & Dancers

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITION OR ARRANGING

PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER FOR ARRANGING | Tommaso Pollio, Dead Man Walking, Freeze Frame Opera

WINNER FOR COMPOSITION | Gina Williams-Ghouse & Guy Ghouse, Aliwah Bardinar!, Breaksea

Benjamin Vaughan, prometheus., The Blue Room Theatre & perhaps, a theatre company

Claudio, Night Night, The Last Great Hunt

Pavan Kumar Hari & Kira Gunn, Child, The Blue Room Theatre & Ascension Arts

Rachael Hobbs, two thread, The Blue Room Theatre & Karlia & Danni Cook and STRUT Dance

Sage J Harlow, O,D,E, The Blue Room Theatre & Tone List

Stephen Pigram, Mick Manolis & Isaiah Walley-Stack, "Ripples" from The Wild Between Stars: Ballet at the Quarry, West Australian Ballet

Steve Richter, Carcass, Steve Richter, Stephen Scourfield, Annmarie Clifton-James & Jo Omodei

Tomas Clifford, Tomas Clifford Got Stood Up, General Mischief Production Company

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN

PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Jerry Reinhardt, Dead Man Walking, Freeze Frame Opera

Jolene Whibley, Leg Business, The Blue Room Theatre & Delaney Burke & Scarlet Rose

Jolene Whibley, O,D,E, The Blue Room Theatre & Tone List

Kristie Smith, The Wild Between Stars: Ballet at the Quarry, West Australian Ballet

Mark Haslam, IN THE SHADOW OF TIME, Co3 Contemporary Dance & The Australian Chamber Orchestra

Matthew Erren, How To: Break a Chair, The Blue Room Theatre & Harrison Lorenz-Daniel and Bronte Frances

Matthew Erren, Hyperfantasia, The Blue Room Theatre & Enneagon Movement

Tess Reuvers, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

OUTSTANDING STAGE DESIGN

PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Cherish Marrington, LEGENDS (of the Golden Arches), Joe Paradise Lui & Merlynn Tong presented with Perth Festival, produced by Performing Lines WA

Aquixel Studios, Little Shop of Horrors, Drew Anthony Creative

Bryan Woltjen, Never Have I Ever, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Fiona Bruce, Aliwah Bardinar!, Breaksea

Rhiannon Walker, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

William Gammel, Leg Business, The Blue Room Theatre & Delaney Burke & Scarlet Rose

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN

PRESENTED BY CIRCUITWEST

WINNER | Nicole Marrington, LEGENDS (of the Golden Arches), Joe Paradise Lui & Merlynn Tong presented with Perth Festival, produced by Performing Lines WA

Annette Stivaletta, The Diary of Anne Frank, Drew Anthony Creative

Rhiannon Walker, Dead Man Walking, Freeze Frame Opera

Rhiannon Walker, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

Rika Hamaguchi, "Ripples" from The Wild Between Stars: Ballet at the Quarry, West Australian Ballet

Tia Tokić, O,D,E, The Blue Room Theatre & Tone List

SPECIAL AWARDS

OUTSTANDING NEW WORK OR ADAPTATION

PRESENTED BY ARTIST RELIEF FUND WA

WINNER | Rachel McMurray, Shadow of Doubt, The Blue Room Theatre & Fine Comb Theatre

Andrea Gibbs, Carol, Black Swan State Theatre Company

Arielle Gray, Tim Watts, Rachel Claudio & Luke Kerridge, Night Night, The Last Great Hunt

Bronte Frances, How To: Break a Chair, The Blue Room Theatre & Harrison Lorenz-Daniel and Bronte Frances

Medina Dizdarević, Sunday Reset, The Blue Room Theatre & Medina Dizdarević

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WINNER | Manifest, Perth Moves, STRUT Dance in association with Perth Festival

Butterfly Effect, West Australian Ballet

IN THE SHADOW OF TIME, Co3 Contemporary Dance & The Australian Chamber Orchestra

"Ripples" from The Wild Between Stars: Ballet at the Quarry, West Australian Ballet

The Scramble, The Blue Room Theatre & Shaun Johnston with STRUT Dance

two thread, The Blue Room Theatre & Karlia & Danni Cook and STRUT Dance

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WINNER | Tomas Clifford, Tomas Clifford Got Stood Up, General Mischief Production Company

Gina Williams-Ghouse & Guy Ghouse, Aliwah Bardinar!, Breaksea

Sage J Harlow, O,D,E, The Blue Room Theatre & Tone List

OUTSTANDING NEWCOMER

PRESENTED BY GEORGE KINGSLEY

WINNER | Alexandria Henderson, Arthur Haynes and the Smoking Gun, THEATRE 180

Iris Warren, FEMOID., The Blue Room Theatre & Vixen Theatre Company

Jarrad Inman, Thirst, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Joshua Everett, Hoods, Barking Gecko Arts

Jude Soussan, Sunday Reset, The Blue Room Theatre & Medina Dizdarević

Natasha Pearson, Hoods, Barking Gecko Arts

Roisin Wallace-Nash, FEMOID., The Blue Room Theatre & Vixen Theatre Company

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WINNER | Otto Pye, Manifest, Perth Moves, STRUT Dance in association with Perth Festival

Annmarie Clifton-James, Carcass, Steve Richter, Stephen Scourfield, Annmarie Clifton-James & Jo Omodei

Danni Cook, two thread, The Blue Room Theatre & Karlia & Danni Cook and STRUT Dance

Lincoln Conroy, The Wild Between Stars: Ballet at the Quarry, West Australian Ballet

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WINNER | Lachlan Higgins, Dead Man Walking, Freeze Frame Opera

Emily Lambert, Little Shop of Horrors, Drew Anthony Creative

Izzi Green, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

Kohsei Gilkes, Madama Butterfly, West Australian Opera

Marshall Brown, Urinetown the Musical, Western Sky Projects

Sienna Mackay, Footloose, Drew Anthony Creative

Tomas Clifford, Tomas Clifford Got Stood Up, General Mischief Production Company

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY AN INTERSTATE ARTIST

Pamela Rabe, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, Black Swan State Theatre Company & Belvoir St Theatre

Jon Buswell, Butterfly Effect, West Australian Ballet

Stuart Maunder, The Pirates of Penzance, West Australian Opera

THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

PRESENTED BY MEAA

Jenny Poh

THE RIPPLE EFFECT AWARD

PRESENTED BY PERTH INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS (PICA)

James Berlyn