2012 Sydney Theatre Awards Nominations Announced

Nominations were announced today (December 14) for the Sydney Theatre Awards for 2012, which will be presented at a gala ceremony on Monday January 14, 2013 at 6pm at the Paddington RSL.

Leading the list of nominations with eight nominations each are the musical Love Never Dies and the independent production Punk Rock, followed by The Boys and Thyestes with six nominations, and Medea and The Taming of the Shrew with five nominations each. Four nominations were awarded to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Hamlet, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, South Pacific, Strange Interlude and Truck Stop. Nominations were spread across 36 different productions which played on Sydney stages during the calendar year of 2012.

The Sydney Theatre Awards are presented annually by a group of leading theatre critics to celebrate the strength, quality and diversity of theatre in Sydney. The Sydney Theatre Reviewers consist of Elissa Blake (Sun Herald), Jason Blake (Sydney Morning Herald), Chris Hook (Daily Telegraph), Deborah Jones (The Australian), Darryn King (Time Out Sydney), Jo Litson (The Sunday Telegraph), John McCallum (The Australian) and Diana Simmonds (Stagenoise website).

Vying for Best Mainstage Production are The Boys (Griffin in association with Sydney Festival), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Sydney Theatre Company), Medea (Belvoir in association with Australian Theatre for Young People) and Thyestes (Belvoir and Sydney Festival in association with Carriageworks. Originally created by The Hayloft Project. A Malthouse Theatre commission). The nominees for Best Independent Production are Hamlet (Sport for Jove), The New Electric Ballroom (Siren Theatre Co and Griffin Independent), Punk Rock (Pantsguys Productions with atyp Under The Wharf) and The Taming of the Shrew (Sport for Jove).

 

2012 SYDNEY THEATRE AWARD NOMINATIONS

 

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

The Boys (Griffin in association with Sydney Festival)

Les Liaisons Dangereuses (STC)

Medea (Belvoir in association with Australian Theatre for Young People)

Thyestes (Belvoir and Sydney Festival in association with Carriageworks. Originally created by The Hayloft Project. A Malthouse Theatre commission)

 

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Hamlet (Sport for Jove)

The New Electric Ballroom (Siren Theatre Co and Griffin Independent)

Punk Rock (Pantsguys Productions with atyp Under The Wharf)

The Taming of the Shrew (Sport for Jove)

 

BEST DIRECTION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Roslyn Oades (I’m Your Man)

Anne-Louise Sarks (Medea)

Simon Stone (Thyestes)

Sam Strong (The Boys)

 

BEST DIRECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Katrina Douglas (Truck Stop)

Damien Ryan (Hamlet)

Damien Ryan (The Taming of the Shrew)

Anthony Skuse (Punk Rock)

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Blazey Best (Medea)

Harriet Dyer (The School for Wives)

Leah Purcell (Don't Take Your Love to Town)

Pamela Rabe (Les Liaisons Dangereuses)

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Caroline Brazier (I Want To Sleep With Tom Stoppard)

Darcie Irwin Simpson (Punk Rock)

Danielle King (The Taming of the Shrew)

Eryn Jean Norvill (Truck Stop)

 

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

John Adam (The School for Wives)

Colin Friels (Death of a Salesman)

Josh McConville (The Boys)

Mark Winter (Thyestes)

 

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Justin Stewart Cotta (Syncopation)

Lindsay Farris (Hamlet)

James Lugton (The Taming of the Shrew)

Sam O’Sullivan (Punk Rock)

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Alison Bell (Old Man)

Helen Buday (Babyteeth)

Justine Clarke (Les Liaisons Dangereuses)

Eryn Jean Norvill (The Boys)

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Elena Carapetis (Truck Stop)

Genevieve Giuffre (Psycho Beach Party)

Aimee Horne (The Highway Crossing)

Wendy Strehlow (I Want To Sleep With Tom Stoppard)

 

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Patrick Brammall (Death of a Salesman)

Mitchell Butel (Strange Interlude)

Glenn Hazeldine (A Hoax)

Toby Truslove (Strange Interlude)

 

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Patrick Connolly (The Seafarer)

Gabriel Fancourt (Punk Rock)

Graeme McRae (Punk Rock)

Nigel Turner-Carroll (The Greening of Grace)

 

BEST STAGE DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION

Robert Cousins (Strange Interlude)

Claude Marcos (Thyestes)

Renee Mulder (The Boys)

Gabriela Tylesova (Love Never Dies)

 

BEST STAGE DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION

Anna Gardiner (The Taming of the Shrew)

Michael Hankin with film/video by Sean Bacon (Truck Stop)

Gez Xavier Mansfield (Punk Rock)

Lucilla Smith (Hamlet)

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Marg Horwell (The School for Wives)

Renee Mulder (Mariage Blanc)

Mel Page (Les Liaisons Dangereuses)

Gabriela Tylesova (Love Never Dies)

 

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

Geoff Cobham (Never Did Me Any Harm)

Damien Cooper (Strange Interlude)

Nick Schlieper (Love Never Dies)

Gavan Swift (Mariage Blanc)

 

BEST SCORE OR SOUND DESIGN

Stefan Gregory (Thyestes)

Alan John (Under Milk Wood)

Max Lyandvert (Never Did Me Any Harm)

Kelly Ryall (The Boys)

 

BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK

I Want To Sleep With Tom Stoppard (Toby Schmitz)

I’m Your Man (Roslyn Oades with cast)

Medea (Kate Mulvany and Anne-Louise Sarks after Euripides)

Thyestes (Simon Stone, Chris Ryan, Mark Winter and Thomas Henning after Seneca)

 

BEST NEWCOMER

Darcie Irwin Simpson (Punk Rock)

Joseph Kelly and Rory Potter (Medea)

Shari Sebbens (A Hoax)

Sara West (Babyteeth)

 

BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN

Actor on a Box: The Luck Child (STC)

Escape from Peligro Island (Windmill Theatre Company in association with The Border Project and Sydney Opera House)

The List Operators For Kids Do Compooters (Dirty Work Comedy with Sydney Festival)

Man Covets Bird (Slingsby and Sydney Opera House)

 

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Legally Blonde

Love Never Dies

South Pacific

 

JUDITH JOHNSON AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Rachael Beck (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)

Lucy Durack (Legally Blonde)

Lisa McCune (South Pacific)

Anna O’Byrne (Love Never Dies)

 

JUDITH JOHNSON AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

David Harris (Legally Blonde)

David Hobson (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)

Ben Lewis (Love Never Dies)

Teddy Tahu Rhodes (South Pacific)

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Kate Ceberano (South Pacific)

Debora Krizak (A Chorus Line)

Sharon Millerchip (Love Never Dies)

Jenny Vuletic (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)

 

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Simon Gleeson (Love Never Dies)

Bert LaBonte (An Officer and A Gentleman)

Eddie Perfect (South Pacific)

Alex Rathgeber (An Officer and A Gentleman)

 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

To be announced at the ceremony