The Green Room Awards are peer awards which recognise excellence in Cabaret, Dance, Theatre Companies, Independent Theatre, Musical Theatre, Contemporary and Experimental Performance and Opera in Melbourne.[1][2]
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Green Room Awards |
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Awarded for | Excellence in - Cabaret
- dance
- drama
- fringe theatre
- musical theatre
- opera
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Location | Australia (Melbourne) |
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Presented by | Green Room Awards Association |
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Established | 1982 |
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Website | http://www.greenroom.org.au |
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The awards were started in 1982 when Blair Edgar and Steven Tandy formed the Green Room Awards Association. The inaugural awards ceremony was held in 1984 at the Melbourne Concert Hall. The association today is composed of members of Melbourne's performing arts community, including journalists, performers, writers, directors, choreographers, academics, theatre technicians and administrators.
The current patron of the association is Dr Liz Jones AO. Former patrons include Uncle Jack Charles, Rachel Griffiths and David Atkins. Previous winners include Dale Ferguson, David Hersey, Stephen Baynes, Greg Horsman, Eddie Perfect, Laurie Cadevida, Stephen Daldry, Genevieve Lemon, Michael Dameski, Julian Gavin, and Steve Mouzakis.
As at April 2023, the President of the Association is Anton Berezin, Vice President Dean Drieberg, Secretary Weng Yi Wong and Treasurer Emily Harvey.
The 2023 Ceremony, the Association's 40th, took place at Melbourne's Capitol Theatre to a sell-out audience on May 29, 2023.
Recipients of the Production award in each category include the following, with the year relating to the year of the award ceremony:
Independent theatre
- 1997: Verona (Magpie Theatre)
- 1998: Sunrise Boulevard (Rod Quantock presented by Token Productions)
- 1999: Who's Afraid of the Working Class (Melbourne Workers Theatre at Trades Hall)
- 2000: The Terms and Grammar of Creation (Sue Gore & Bill Garner)
- 2001: A Large Attendance in the Antechamber (Brian Lipson/Wendy Lasica and Associates)
- 2002: My Brother the Fish (Dan Scollay)
- 2003: The Grand Feeling (Paradigm Productions)
- 2004: The Black Swan of Trespass
- 2005: The Candy Butchers; The Eistedfodd
- 2006: The Laramie Project
- 2007: For Samuel Beckett (The Eleventh Hour Theatre)
- 2008: Holiday (Ranters Theatre)
- 2009: Oedipus, A Poetic Requiem (Inspired By Ted Hughes) (Liminal Theatre, Mary Sitarenos)
- 2010: Alice in Wonderland (Four Larks Theatre)
- 2011: Us (Grit Theatre / The Function Room)
- 2012: Save for Crying (doubletap / La Mama)
- 2013: Persona (Fraught Outfit and Theatre Works)
- 2014: The Sovereign Wife (Sisters Grimm/NEON)[5]
- 2015: The Trouble With Harry (MKA, Darebin Arts Speakeasy and Melbourne Festival)[6]
- 2016: SHIT (Dee & Cornelius as part of Neon Festival for Independent Theatre)[7]
- 2017: Blood on the Dance Floor (Ilbijerri Theatre Company and Jacob Boehme)[8]
- 2018: Song For A Weary Throat (Rawcus in association with Theatre Works)[9]
- 2019: Apokalypsis (The Substation in association with Next Wave)[10]
- 2020: Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Lightning Jar Theatre in association with fortyfivedownstairs)
- 2021: 落叶归根 (Luò yè guīgēn) Getting Home (Cheryl Ho & Rachel Lee as part of Melbourne Fringe)[14]
- 2022: Kerosene (Jack Dixon-Gunn in association with Theatre Works) and The Gospel According to Jesus Queen of Heaven (Ben Anderson Presents in association with Theatre Works) [in-person]; Juniper Wilde: Wilde Night In (The Social Validation Club as part of Melbourne Fringe) [digital]
- 2023: Gene Tree: Listen. Now. Again (St. Martins in association with Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria) and Paradise Lost (Bloomshed in association with Darebin Arts Speakeasy)
- 2024: Animal Farm (Bloomshed and Darebin Arts Speakeasy)[13]
Music theatre
- 1987: Guys and Dolls (Adelaide Festival Centre Trust)
- 1988: Cats (Cameron Mackintosh and the Really Useful Company)
- 1989: My Fair Lady (Victoria State Opera)
- 1990: Anything Goes (Hayden Attractions, Victoria State Opera & Bill Armstrong)
- 1991: Les Miserables (Cameron Mackintosh)
- 1992: The Phantom of the Opera (Cameron Mackintosh, Really Useful Productions)
- 1993: The King and I (Victorian Arts Centre/Victoria State Opera/Gordon Frost/Adelaide Festival Centre Trust)
- 1994: Hot Shoe Shuffle (David Atkins Enterprises)[3]
- 1995: West Side Story (Victoria State Opera, International Management Group)[4]
- 2000: The Boy From Oz (Ben Gannon and Robert Fox)
- 2001-2007: n/a
- 2008: Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical
- 2009: Billy Elliot The Musical (Universal Pictures Stage Entertainment, Working Title Films, Old Vic Productions)
- 2010: Jersey Boys (Dodger Theatricals, Newtheatricals, Dainty Consolidated Entertainment and Michael Watt)
- 2011: Mary Poppins
- 2012: n/a
- 2013: Chess (The Production Company)
- 2014: n/a
- 2015: Once (Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G. Wilson, Orin Wolf, John Frost, New York Theatre Workshop, Melbourne Theatre Company)[6]
- 2016: Strictly Ballroom (Global Creatures and Bazmark)[7]
- 2017: Matilda the Musical (The Royal Shakespeare Company and Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Michael Watt)[8]
- 2018: Aladdin The Musical (Disney Theatrical Productions)[9]
- 2019: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Michael Cassel Group)[10]
- 2020: Come From Away (Junkyard Dog Productions and Rodney Rigby)
- 2021: n/a
- 2022: The Wedding Singer (David Venn Enterprises)
- 2023: Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Carmen Pavlovic, Gerry & Val Ryan, Bill Damaschke and Global Creatures) and Fun Home (Melbourne Theatre Company)
- 2024: Mary Poppins (Disney, Cameron Mackintosh and Michael Cassel Group)[13]
Music theatre - independent
Dance
- 1987: After Venice (Sydney Dance Company)
- 1988: The Shining (Sydney Dance Company)
- 1989: Vast (Australian Bicentennial Authority)
- 1990: Onegin (The Australian Ballet)
- 1991: The Leaves Are Falling (The Australian Ballet)
- 1992: Gemini (The Australian Ballet); No Strings Attached (DanceWorks)
- 1993: Nutcracker (The Australian Ballet)
- 1994: Nuti / Kikimora (Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre)
- 1995: Divergence (The Australian Ballet)
- 2002: Tivoli (Sydney Dance Company & The Australian Ballet)
- 2003: Swan Lake (The Australian Ballet); Walkabout (Bangarra Dance Theatre)
- 2019: Overture (Arts House and Jo Lloyd)[10]
- 2020: plenty serious Talk Talk (Vicki Van Hout in association with Arts House and Yirramboi Festival)
- 2021: n/a
- 2022: I am Maggie (Jonathan Homsey as part of Arts Centre Melbourne Take Over for Melbourne Fringe 2020)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Recipients include (year added where found):[16]