2011 Green Room Nominations Announced

The Green Room Awards Association announced the nominations today for their 2011 Awards for excellence on the Melbourne stage for the period January 1 – December 2011.

Last year, members of the Green Room Award Association panels saw 144 independent theatre productions, 42 professional dance works, 14 musicals, 13 operas, 38 productions by major theatre companies, more than 30 cabaret shows and 56 alternative and hybrid performance works (encompassing contemporary circus, live art, physical theatre, new media, interdisciplinary performance and site-specific events).

From over 330 individual shows, a list of nominations for awards in each category have been posted and the recipients will be announced at a ceremony on Sunday 18th March at the Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne.

The cast and crew of Rock of Ages have scored themselves 12 nominations all up, including Kelly Devine’s solo nomination in the Choreography (Musical Theatre) category, while Simon Phillips’ re-imagined production of Love Never Dies have come away with 8 nominations.

Interesting to note however, that there are no nominations for Best Production in the Musical Theatre category this year, despite productions like the Helpmann Award winning Dr. Zhivago and Love Never Dies as well as MTC’s Next To Normal and Rock Of Ages gracing the Melbourne stage in 2011.

In the Cabaret nominations, a special award for “Contribution To Cabaret” has been included, with the sole nomination going to Finucane & Smith (Moira Finucane and Jackie Smith).

It is understood that each of the awards included in the list of nominations is up to the discretion of the panel. Head of the Cabaret Panel David Read, told AussieTheatre.com today that things “change from year to year”.

[The contribution to cabaret] award is not something we may award every year – only if there is an outstanding contributor”, he said.

In the Theatre Nominations, Bad Blood Blues was nominated for four awards, including Best Direction for Christopher Parker, and Malthouse Theatre’s Ganesh Vs The Third Reich scored 6 nominations including Best Ensemble Performance.

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Association Awards
Alternative and Hybrid Performance
Cabaret
Dance
Music Theatre
Opera
Theatre – Companies
Theatre – Independant

2011 Green Room Awards Association
Award Nominations

Association Awards

NEW WRITING FOR THE AUSTRALIAN STAGE

• Angus Cerini, Save For Crying (La Mama)
• Patricia Cornelius, Taxi (D & Associates / Big West Festival)
• Raimondo Cortese, The Dream Life of Butterflies (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• Lally Katz, A Golem Story (Malthouse Theatre)
• Paige Rattray, Dan Giovannoni & Amelia Evans, Cut Snake (Arthur / Melbourne Fringe)
• Alternative & Hybrid Performance

Alternative and Hybrid Performance

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

• Aviary (BalletLab / Melbourne Festival)
• Cantina (Cantina Company / Strut & Fret / Arts Centre Melbourne)
• Taxi (D & Associates / Big West Festival)
• Who’s the Best? (post / STC / Arts House)

CONCEPTUAL REALISATION

• At The Sans Hotel (Nicola Gunn / La Mama Theatre)
• Room 328 (Daniel Santangeli & Genevieve Trace / Melbourne Fringe Festival)
• This Is It (Team Mess / Arts House)
• Thousands (Matthew Day / Dance Massive)
• Who’s the Best? (post / STC / Arts House)

ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

• Cantina (Cantina Company / Strut & Fret / Arts Centre Melbourne)
• Ganesh versus the Third Reich (Back to Back Theatre / Malthouse Theatre)
• Room 328 (Daniel Santangeli & Genevieve Trace / Melbourne Fringe Festival)
• Taxi (D & Associates / Big West Festival)
• Who’s the Best? (post / STC / Arts House)

DESIGN INTEGRATION

• Connected (Chunky Move / Malthouse Theatre / Dance Massive)
• Small Odysseys (Rawcus / Arts House)
• Special (The Rabble / La Mama)

MISE-EN-SCENE

• Cantina (Cantina Company / Strut & Fret / Arts Centre Melbourne)
• Room 328 (Daniel Santangeli & Genevieve Trace / Melbourne Fringe Festival)
• Taxi (D & Associates / Big West Festival)
• The Blind Date Project (Brendan O’Connell / Big One Little One Projects)
• Thrashing without looking (Martyn Coutts, Elizabeth Dunn, Tristan Meecham, Lara Thoms & Willoh S. Weiland / Thea Baumann / Aphids)

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Cabaret

BEST PRODUCTION

• Little Match Girl (Malthouse Theatre in association with Meow Meow Revolution)
• Liza on an E (Jarrod Carland Enterprises / Adam Lowe Group)
• Pirate Rhapsody, Mermaid Requiem (Tommy Bradson)
• Smoke and Mirrors (Lunar Hare Productions)
• You’re the Voice: Songs for the Ordinary by an Anthemaniac (Geraldine Quinn)

ARTISTE

• Trevor Ashley, Liza on an E (Jarrod Carland Enterprises / Adam Lowe Group)
• iOTA, Smoke & Mirrors (Lunar Hare Productions)
• Meow Meow, Little Match Girl (Malthouse Theatre in association with Meow Meow Revolution)
• Eddie Perfect, Misanthropology
• Geraldine Quinn, You’re the Voice: Songs for the Ordinary by an Anthemaniac & The Last Gig in Melbourne (Geraldine Quinn)

MUSICAL DIRECTION

• Daniel Edmonds, Liza on an E (Jarrod Carland Enterprises / Adam Lowe Group)
• Iain Grandage, Little Match Girl (Malthouse Theatre in association with Meow Meow Revolution)
• Tina Harris, Smoke & Mirrors (Lunar Hare Productions)
• John Shawcross, When I Fall in Love – The Nat King Cole Story
• John Thorn, Pirate Rhapsody, Mermaid Requiem

ORIGINAL SONGS

• Luke Escombe, Chronic
• iOTA, Smoke & Mirrors (Lunar Hare Productions)
• Eddie Perfect, Misanthropology
• Geraldine Quinn, You’re the Voice: Songs for the Ordinary by an Anthemaniac & The Last Gig in Melbourne (Geraldine Quinn)
• Tommy Bradson & John Thorn, Pirate Rhapsody, Mermaid Requiem

DIRECTOR

• Hayley Butcher, Mercedes Benz … Awkwardly
• Craig Ilott, Smoke and Mirrors (Lunar Hare Productions)
• Marion Potts, Little Match Girl (Malthouse Theatre in association with Meow Meow Revolution)

CONTRIBUTION TO CABARET

• Finucane & Smith

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Dance

BETTY POUNDER AWARD FOR CHOREOGRAPHY

• Jo Lloyd, Future Perfect (Jo Lloyd)
• Gideon Obarzanek, Assembly (Chunky Move / Victorian Opera, presented by Melbourne Festival in association with Sydney Festival & Brisbane Festival)

DESIGN

• Benjamin Cisterne (Lighting) and Byron Perry in collaboration with Ben Cobham (Bluebottle 3) (Set), Double Think (Byron Perry / Arts House / Force Majeure in association with Melbourne Festival)
• Adam Gardnir (Set), Happy as Larry (Arts House / Shaun Parker & Company)
• Reuben Margolin (Kinetic Sculpture), Connected (Chunky Move / Malthouse Theatre)
• Toni Maticevski (Costumes), Richard Nylon (Millinery), Matthew Bird (Nest Design & Backdrop), Gavin Brown (Curtain Design) & Benjamin Cisterne (Lighting), Aviary (Phillip Adams BalletLab in association with Melbourne Festival)
• Jacob Nash (Set), Belong (Bangarra Dance Theatre)

SOUND AND MUSIC COMPOSITION AND/OR PERFORMANCE

• Cast of Assembly (Live Performance), Assembly (Chunky Move / Victoria Opera presented by Melbourne Festival in association with Sydney Festival & Brisbane Festival)
• Robin Fox & Oren Ambarchi (Composition), Connected (Chunky Move / Malthouse Theatre)
• J. David Franzke & Geoffrey Hales (Composition) & Phillip Adams (Live Performance), Aviary (Phillip Adams BalletLab in association with Melbourne Festival)
• Duane Morrison (Composition), Future Perfect (Jo Lloyd)
• Soloists and Victorian Opera Chorus & Orchestra Victoria (Live Performance), Requiem (The Australian Ballet)

MALE DANCER

• Albert David, Reliquary (Soo Yeun You / Gina Rings)
• Luke George, Body of Work (Luke George / Jo Lloyd / Phillip Adams BalletLab in association with Melbourne Festival)
• Chengwu Guo , Body of Work (The Australian Ballet)
• Timothy Ohl, Look Right Through Me (KAGE / Malthouse Theatre)

FEMALE DANCER

• Fiona Cameron, Look Right Through Me (KAGE / Malthouse Theatre)
• Kristina Chan, In Glass (Narelle Benjamin / Malthouse Theatre)
• Madeleine Eastoe, Romeo and Juliet (The Australian Ballet)
• Kirsty Martin, The Merry Widow (The Australian Ballet)
• Lily Paskas, Drift (Antony Hamilton Projects in association with Arts House)

ENSEMBLE

• Aviary (Phillip Adams BalletLab in association with Melbourne Festival)
• Becky, Jodi & John (Becky Hilton, Jodi Melnick & John Jasperse / John Jasperse Company and Dancehouse)
• Belong (Bangarra Dance Theatre)
• Concerto (The Australian Ballet)
• Future Perfect (Jo Lloyd)

CONCEPT AND REALISATION

• Assembly (Chunky Move / Victorian Opera presented by Melbourne Festival in association with Sydney Festival & Brisbane Festival)
• Aviary (Phillip Adams BalletLab in association with Melbourne Festival)
• Becky, Jodi & John (Becky Hilton, Jodi Melnick & John Jasperse / Jasperse Company and Dancehouse)
• I Could Pretend the Sky is Water (Trevor Patrick in association with Arts House)

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Music Theatre

DIRECTION

• Dean Bryant, Prodigal
• Kristin Hanggi, Rock of Ages
• Simon Phillips, Love Never Dies

DESIGN

• James Browne (Set), Turns
• Nick Eltis (Technical Director), Dr Zhivago
• Gregory Gale (Costumes), Rock of Ages
• Michael Scott-Mitchell (Set), Dr Zhivago
• Gabriela Tylesova (Costumes & Set), Love Never Dies

LIGHTING

• Trudy Dalgleish, Turns
• Jason Lyons, Rock of Ages
• Nick Schlieper, Love Never Dies

SOUND

• Peter Hylenski, Rock of Ages
• Terry McKibbin, Next to Normal
• Mick Potter, Love Never Dies
• System Sound, Grey Gardens

CHOREOGRAPHY

• Kelly Devine, Rock of Ages

MUSICAL DIRECTION

• Stephen Gray, Xanadu
• Mark Jones, Prodigal
• Guy Simpson, Love Never Dies
• Dave Skelton, Rock of Ages
• Sophie Thomas, Flower Children

FEMALE ARTIST LEADING ROLE

• Nancye Hayes, Turns
• Amy Lehpamer, Rock of Ages
• Anna O’Byrne, Love Never Dies
• Pamela Rabe, Grey Gardens

MALE ARTIST LEADING ROLE

• Brent Hill, Rock of Ages
• Reg Livermore, Turns

ENSEMBLE OR FULL ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

• Emma J Hawkins, Paul Tabone & Dean Vince, Love Never Dies
• The Cast of Flower Children
• The Ensemble, Rock of Ages

MALE ARTIST FEATURED ROLE

• Lincoln Hall, Rock of Ages
• Matt Hetherington, Next to Normal
• Michael Falzon, Rock of Ages
• Gareth Keegan, Next to Normal
• Wayne Scott Kermond, Anything Goes

FEMALE ARTIST FEATURED ROLE

• Francine Cain, Rock of Ages
• Emma Jones, The Hatpin
• Sharon Millerchip, Love Never Dies
• Cherine Peck, Xanadu
• Chelsea Plumley, Kismet

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Opera

DIRECTION

• Bruce Beresford, Of Mice and Men (Opera Australia)
• Roger Hodgman, Baroque Triple Bill (Victorian Opera)

PRODUCTION

• Baroque Triple Bill (Victorian Opera)
• Of Mice and Men (Opera Australia)

CONDUCTOR

• Christian Badea, La Boheme (Opera Australia)
• Simon Hewett, Macbeth (Opera Australia)
• Dr. David Kram, The Merry Widow (Melbourne Opera)
• Marko Letonja, La Traviata (Opera Australia)
• Tom Woods, Of Mice and Men (Opera Australia)

PRINCIPAL MALE

• Mitchell Butell, Mikado (Opera Australia)
• Anthony Dean Griffey (Lennie Small), Of Mice and Men, (Opera Australia)
• Barry Ryan (George Milton), Of Mice and Men (Opera Australia)
• Aldo di Toro (Alfredo), La Traviata (Opera Australia)

PRINCIPAL FEMALE

• Jacqueline Dark (Donna Elvira), Don Giovanni (Opera Australia)
• Elvira Fatykhova (Violetta), La Traviata (Opera Australia)
• Melissa Langton (Angel), How to Kill Your Husband (Victorian Opera)
• Takesha Meshe Kizart (Mimi), La Boheme (Opera Australia)
• Janet Todd (Coffee Canata), Baroque Triple Bill (Victorian Opera)

SUPPORTING MALE

• Jud Arthur (Candy), Of Mice and Men (Opera Australia)
• Stephen Bennett (Leporella), Don Giovanni (Opera Australia)
• David Corcoran (Carlson), Of Mice and Men (Opera Australia)
• Bradley Daley (Curley), Of Mice and Men (Opera Australia)
• Michael Lewis (Germont), La Traviata (Opera Australia)

SUPPORTING FEMALE

• Lee Abrahmsen, The Merry Widow (Melbourne Opera)
• Suzanne Johnston (Mrs Herring), Albert Herring (Victorian Opera)
• Dominica Matthews (Flora), La Traviata (Opera Australia)

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Theatre – Companies

LIGHTING

• Paul Jackson, Julius Caesar (Bell Shakespeare Company)
• Paul Jackson, Meow Meow’s Little Match Girl (Malthouse Theatre)
• Teegan Lee, The End (Malthouse Theatre)
• Andrew Livingston, Ganesh Versus The Third Reich (Malthouse Theatre)
• Nick Schlieper, Baal (Malthouse Theatre)

SET/COSTUME DESIGN

• Anna Cordingley, Body of Work
• Adam Gardnir (Set & Costume), Die Winterreise (Malthouse Theatre)
• Bruce Gladwin (Design), Mark Cuthbertson (Design Construction), Rhian Hinkley (Design & Animation, Shio Otani (Costume), Sam Jinks & Paul Smits (Mask Design), Ganesh Versus The Third Reich (Malthouse Theatre)
• Tracy Grant Lord (Set & Costume), The Vibrator Play (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• Nick Schlieper (Set), Baal (Malthouse Theatre)

SOUND/COMPOSITION

• Iain Grandage, Body of Work
• Andrée Greenwell (Original Music) and Jethro Woodward (Sound Designer), ‘Tis Pity She’s A Whore (Malthouse Theatre)
• Johan Johansson (Composition), Ganesh Versus the Third Reich (Malthouse Theatre)
• Mark Jones (Musical Director & Vocal Arrangement), A Golem Story (Malthouse Theatre)

FEMALE ACTOR

• Emily Barclay (Cecily Cardew), The Importance of Being Ernest (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• Jacqueline McKenzie, The Vibrator Play (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• Zahra Newman (Performer), Random (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• Eryn-Jean Norvill (Ophelia), Hamlet (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• Yael Stone, The Golem Story (Malthouse Theatre)

MALE ACTOR

• Trevor Jamieson (Performer), Namatjira (Big hART production / Malthouse Theatre)
• Robert Menzies (Performer), The End (Malthouse Theatre)
• Geoffrey Rush (Lady Bracknell), The Importance of Being Ernest (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• Toby Schmitz, Body of Work
• Greg Stone (Russ / Dan), Clybourne Park (Melbourne Theatre Company)

DIRECTION

• Leticia Caceres, Random (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• Peter Evans, Clybourne Park (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• Peter Evans, Julius Caesar (Bell Shakespeare Company)
• Bruce Gladwin, Ganesh Versus the Third Reich (Malthouse Theatre)
• Pamela Rabe, The Vibrator Play (Melbourne Theatre Company)

PRODUCTION

• Clybourne Park (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• Ganesh Versus the Third Reich (Malthouse Theatre)
• Namatjira (Big hART / Malthouse Theatre)
• Random (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• The Vibrator Play (Melbourne Theatre Company)

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Theatre – Independent

MALE PERFORMER

• Ben Grant (Alfie), Save for Crying (La Mama)
• Blessing Mokgohloa (Patrice), Bad Blood Blues (Manilla Street Productions / Chapel off Chapel)
• David Quirk (Performer), Bunny (Melbourne Fringe / The Tuxedo Cat)

FEMALE PERFORMER

• Anneli Bjorasen (Elina), Sarajevo Suite (La Mama)
• Peta Brady (Luv), Save for Crying (La Mama)
• Emily Goddard (Performer), The Walls (Attic Erratic / Studio 246)
• Marta Kaczmarek (Masha), Café Scheherazade (fortyfivedownstairs)
• Glenda Linscott (Clare), Bad Blood Blues (Manilla Street Productions / Chapel off Chapel)

ENSEMBLE

• After all this (Elbow Room / Melbourne Fringe – Dear Patti Smith)
• Cut Snake (Arthur / Melbourne Fringe)
• Six characters in search of an author… (La Mama)
• Strands (La Mama)
• The Economist (MKA)

DESIGN

• Luc Favre (Set), Christina, A Story With Music (Attic Erratic)
• Esther Marie Hayes (Costume), Delectable Shelter (Hayloft Project / Theatre Works)
• Sebastian Peters Lazaro & Ellen Strasser (Set Design & Construction), Undine (Four Larks)
• Dayna Morrissey (Set / Costume), Divine (Peepshow Inc. / Abbotsford Convent)
• Bridie O’Leary (Costume Design), The Walls (Attic Erratic / Studio 246)

LIGHTING DESIGN

• Rachel Burke, Save for Crying (La Mama)
• Shane Grant, The Tempest (Inotrope Productions / St Kilda Uniting Care Drop in Centre / Theatre
• Works)
• Kimberly Kwa, The Dollhouse (fortyfivedownstairs)
• Katie Sfetkidis, These are the isolate (Mutation Theatre / Theatre Works)
• Richard Vabre, Small Odysseys (Rawcus / Arts House)

SOUND/COMPOSITION

• Benjamin Cittadini (Sound), Bunny (Melbourne Fringe / The Tuxedo Cat)
• Mat Diafos Sweeney (Music Composition & Direction), Undine (Four Larks)
• Kelly Ryall (Composer), Save for Crying (La Mama)
• Claudio Tocco (Sound Design), I Know There’s A Lot Of Noise Outside But You Have To Close Your
• Eyes (I’m Trying To Kiss You / Melbourne Fringe)
• Jethro Woodward (Composer/Sound Designer), Small Odysseys (Rawcus / Arts House)

DIRECTION

• Van Badham (Director & Dramaturge), The Economist (MKA)
• Marcel Dorney (Director), After all this (Elbow Room / Melbourne Fringe / Dear Patti Smith)
• Chris Parker (Director), Bad Blood Blues (Manilla Street Productions / Chapel off Chapel)
• Laurence Strangio (Director), Six characters in search of an author… (La Mama)
• Kate Sulan (Director), Small Odysseys (Rawcus / Arts House)

PRODUCTION

• After all this (Elbow Room / Melbourne Fringe / Dear Patti Smith)
• Bad Blood Blues (Manilla Street Productions / Chapel off Chapel)
• Save for Crying (La Mama)
• Six characters in search of an author… (La Mama)
• Small Odysseys (Rawcus / Arts House)

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