# Matilda Awards

The Matilda Awards are awards which recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, theatre, and performance in southeast Queensland.

## History

Established in 1987 by Alison Cotes and Sue Gough, the awards are an annual event held in February or March. The awards are voted by a panel of industry personnel and critics and membership of the panel has changes over time.
In 2012 Silver and Gold Matilda statuettes were introduced, awarded for either a single work or a body of work over time. There were five Gold Awards each year but in 2015 only one was awarded as a result of industry advice.
In 2013 the Award for the Best Emerging Artist was changed to Bille Brown Award for Best Emerging Artist, named after the late actor.
At the 2015 awards co-founder Alison Cotes was farewelled after 25 years on the committee. She later wrote:
   "In spite of many changes over its 29 year history, and the often bitter political rows about format and judges, the Matilda Awards are still going strong, and with the backing of Arts Queensland will continue to develop, even if they do annoy many people along the way and attract plenty of criticism."
At the 2015 awards the Gold Matilda was awarded posthumously to Carol Burns. She was renowned in Brisbane theatre and the audience responded with a standing ovation.
Over the years awards have been won by productions from many theatre companies including Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts, Fractal Theatre Company, Harvest Rain, Judith Wright Arts Centre, La Boite, Grin 'n' Tonic, little red company, Metro Arts, Monsters Appear, Oscar Theatre Company, Queensland Theatre Company (QTC), shake & stir, The Escapists, Wax Lyrical, and Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre.

## Hall of Fame

In 2011, the Matilda Awards created a Hall of Fame which recognises performers/craftsmen for a body of work. As of June 2017, the inductees were Sven Swenson, Sue Rider, Eugene Gilfedder, David Walters, Bill Haycock, Dale Ferguson, Andrew Buchanan, Caroline Kennison, Michael Futcher, Helen Howard, Greg Clarke, Hayden Spencer, Helen Cassidy, and Jennifer Flowers.

## Awards

Winners are listed on the Matilda Awards website.
| Award | Winner | Award | Winner | Award | Winner |
| 1988 ||||||
| Award Winner | Jennifer Flowers: performances Hedda Gabler, The Lady Aoi, Butts in the Borsht | Award Winner | Sue Rider: devising and directing The Matilda Women | Award Winner | Eugene Gilfedder: versatile contribution to theatre, musical composition and direction, performance Hamlet |
| Award Winner | Robert Arthur: directing Too Young For Ghosts, Hamlet | Award Winner | David Walters: lighting Les Liaisons Dangeureuses, The Sentimental Bloke, A Different Drummer | Commendation | Anna Pike: performance |
| Commendation | Sally McKenzie: performance | Commendation | Russell Kiefel: performance | Commendation | Bill Haycock: stage design |
| Commendation | Rick Billinghurst: directing | Commendation | Anthony Phelan: performance | | |
| 1989 ||||||
| Award Winner | David Brown: acting Romeo and Juliet, The Perfectionist | Award Winner | Jim Vilè: vital contribution to the enrichment of pro-am theatre in Brisbane | Award Winner | Rod Wissler: performance Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Award Winner | Mark Radvan: directing Equus | Commendation | Veronica Neave: performance as Juliet | Commendation | Ian Leigh-Cooper: solid contribution to Brisbane theatre as director and actor |
| Commendation | David Clendinning: extraordinary versatility in performance | Commendation | Christen O'Leary: refreshing new talent in Brisbane theatre The Threepenny Opera, Tokyo Rose | Commendation | Errol O'Neill: interpretation of The Christian Brothers |
| Special Commendation | Queensland Performing Arts Trust: The Soldier's Tale | | | | |
| 1990 ||||||
| Award Winner | David Clendinning: translating A Month In The Country, performances The Venetian Twins, Lost Weekend | Award Winner | Dale Ferguson: stage design Top Silk, A Month In The Country | Award Winner | Bill Haycock: stage design Legend, The Glass Menagerie, Brief Lives |
| Award Winner | Aubrey Mellor: contribution to the development of Queensland theatre | Award Winner | Anthony Phelan: performance A Month In The Country, Top Silk | Commendation | Beth Armstron : performance |
| Commendation | David Bell: directing | Commendation | Sally McKenzie: performance | Commendation | Veronica Neave: performance |
| Commendation | David Walter: lighting | Commendation | Rod Wissler: performance | Commendation | Joss McWilliam: - performance |
| Special Commendation | Queensland Performing Arts Trust: Legend | | | | |
| 1991 ||||||
| Award Winner | David Bell: directing The Game of Love and Chance, Bouncers | Award Winner | Aubrey Mellor: directing Money and Friends | Award Winner | Bryan Nason: artistic direction (Grin 'n' Tonic), directing Gilgamesh |
| Award Winner | Anthony Phelan: performance Essington Lewis I Am Work, The Game of Love and Chance | Award Winner | Sue Rider: directing Mrs Klein, devising and directing Dancing on the Walls Of Paris | Commendation | Charles Barry: performance |
| Commendation | Jennifer Flowers:: performance | Commendation | Eugene Gilfedder: performance | Commendation | Bill Haycock: stage design |
| Commendation | Sally McKenzie: performance | Commendation | Veronica Neave: performance | Commendation | Christen O'Leary: performance |
| Commendation | Seymour Productions: body of work | Special Commendation | Babette Stephens: a lifetime of service to Queensland theatre | | |
| 1992 ||||||
| Award Winner | Bille Brown: performance Twelfth Night | Award Winner | Jonathan Hardy: performance Twelfth Night | Award Winner | Jennifer Flowers: performance A Cheery Soul, Twelfth Night, Hotel Sorrento, directing The Idiot |
| Award Winner | Veronica Neave: performance Twelfth Night, The Idiot | Award Winner | David Berthold: directing The Heidi Chronicles, co-directing Hotel Sorrento | Commendation | Andrew Buchanan: performance The Adman |
| Commendation | Anthony Phelan: performance | Commendation | Peter Lamb: performance The Idiot | Commendation | Jennifer Blocksidge: performance |
| Commendation | David Walters: lighting | Commendation | Dale Ferguson (designer): stage design | Commendation | Bill Haycock: stage design |
| Special Commendation | John Kotzas and Queensland Performing Arts Trust Out of the Box | Special Commendation | La Boite Theatre: The Idiot | | |
| 1993 ||||||
| Award Winner | Brenna Lee-Cooney: establishment Fractal Theatre Company, directing The Orestaeia | Award Winner | Sue Rider: directing Vita! | Award Winner | Dale Ferguson: stage design Romeo & Juliet, The Shaughraun |
| Award Winner | Andrew Buchanan: performance Romeo & Juliet, Summer of the Aliens, The Waking Hour | Award Winner | Jonathan Hardy: performance Romeo & Juliet, The Shaughraun | Commendation | Angie Quick |
| Commendation | David Clendinning | Commendation | Eugene Gilfedder | Commendation | Caroline Kennison: performance Vita: A Fantasy |
| Commendation | Siobhan Lawless: performance Diving For Pearls | Special Commendation | David Bell, David Walters and Bill Haycock creating The Waking Hour for Queensland Performing Arts Trust | | |
| 1994 ||||||
| Award Winner | Andrew Buchanan: performance The Taming of the Shrew, Cosi | Award Winner | Michael Futcher: performance Grendel | Award Winner | Kevin Hides: performance Cosi, Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Award Winner | Caroline Kennison: performance Dancing at Lughnasa | Award Winner | Peter Lamb: performance Coriolanus, Theo An Illumination of the Life of Van Gogh | Highly Commended | Hilary Beaton: script No Strings Attached |
| Highly Commended | Irena Haze: performances Coriolanus, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Romance of Orpheus | Highly Commended | Charles Barry: performance The Taming of the Shrew | Highly Commended | Karen Crone: performances Cosi, No Strings Attached |
| Highly Commended | Leah Purcell: performance Low | Highly Commended | Christopher Morris: performance Low | Outstanding Contribution to the Local Scene | John Kotzas: artistic director Out of the Box |
| Outstanding Contribution to the Local Scene | Sue Rider: consistent high standards for la Boite theatre | Special Award for Services to the Qld Theatre Industry | Alan Edwards | | |
| 1995 ||||||
| Award Winner | Andrew Buchanan: performance Hamlet | Award Winner | John Batchelor: performance Christmas at Turkey Beach, Mill Fire | Award Winner | Elise Greig: performance Mill Fire, Honour |
| Award Winner | Philip Dean: script Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls | Award Winner | Jacqui Carroll: leadership and direction Frank Theatre | Commendation | Gael Ballantyne: performance The Cavalcaders |
| Commendation | Deborah Mailman: performance The Seven Stages of Grieving | Commendation | Peter Lamb: performance | Commendation | Andrew McGahan: script Bait |
| Commendation | Liz Buchanan: performance Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls | Commendation | Barbara Fordham: performance Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls | Most Exciting Production | The Dark, Rock 'n' Roll Circus |
| Sustained Contribution to Queensland Theatre | Sean Mee: recognition 20 years in Queensland theatre | Special Commendation | Bryan Nason, Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe and its repertory season of four Shakespeare plays | Special Commendation | Michael Futcher & Helen Howard Matrix Theatre |
| Special Commendation | Metro Arts, Experimetro programme | | | | |
| 1996 ||||||
| Award Winner | Caroline Kennison: performance Skylight, Simpatico | Award Winner | Jennifer Flowers: performance Supermarket Pavane | Award Winner | Glenn Francis: design Skylight, Love Child, There Goes The Neighbourhood, Supermarket Pavane, The Dreamers, Romeo& Juliet |
| Award Winner | Lewis Jones: direction Someone To Watch Over Me, Bouncers | Award Winner | Danny Murphy: Olenna, Abigail's Party, There Goes The Neighbourhood | Commendation | Michael Futcher |
| Commendation | Charles Barry | Commendation | Bill Haycock | Commendation | Rachel Konyi |
| Commendation | Matt Scott | Best Production | Sweeney Todd Queensland Theatre Company | Commended | Brisbane Festival's community programme for supporting and promoting local theatre |
| 1997 ||||||
| Award Winner | Elaine Acworth: playwright Solitary Animals | Award Winner | John Batchelor: performance Sweet Phoebe, Oz Shorts | 'Award Winner | Greg Clarke: design Oz Shorts |
| Award Winner | Paul Denny: performance Scar | Award Winner | Robyn Nevin: performance Masterclass, directing Summer Rain, After The Ball | Commendation | Anna Yen: writing, directing, performance |
| Commendation | Deborah Mailman: performance | Commendation | Lorraine Dalu: performance | Commendation | Elise Greig: performance |
| Commendation | Stephen Davis: writing | Commendation | Anthony Weigh: performance | Special Commendation | Wesley Enoch, services to indigenous theatre |
| Special Commendation | John Kotzas, Stage X Festival | | | | |
| 1998 ||||||
| Award Winner | Helen Howard & Michael Futcher: writing A Beautiful Life | Award Winner | Dale Ferguson (designer): design The Marriage of Figaro | Award Winner | David Brown: writing, directing Kill Everything You Love |
| Award Winner | Nicola Scott: performance Sweet Panic | Award Winner | Russell Dykstra: performance & writing Children of the Devil | Commendation | Margery Forde: writing X-Stacy |
| 1999 ||||||
| Award Winner | Bille Brown: performance The Judas Kiss | Award Winner | Brenna Lee-Cooney: directing Decadence, Dracula | Award Winner | Wesley Enoch: books, lyrics, directing The Sunshine Club |
| Award Winner | Eugene Gilfedder: performance Decadence, The Tempest, Vertigo and The Virginia, Dracula | Award Winner | Kate Stewart: set design Hamlet, He Died With A Felafel In His Hand | Commendation | Angela Campbell: performance, directing, performance Vertigo and the Virginia |
| Commendation | Jennifer Flowers: performance Georgia | Commendation | Damien Garvey: performance The Big Picture | Commendation | Stephen Grives: performance Antigone |
| Commendation | Roxanne McDonald: performance Romeo and Juliet, Goin' To The Island, The Sunshine Club | Commendation | Jill Shearer: writing Georgia | Commendation | Kaye Stevenson: performance Hildegard |
| Special Award | Jim Vilè and Katie Williams, directing and producing Cathedrals Week | Special Award | Queensland Theatre Company, developing and producing The Sunshine Club by Wesley Enoch and John Rodgers | | |
| 2000 ||||||
| Award Winner | Julie Eckersley: performance The Secret Death of Salvador Dali, As You Like It | Award Winner | Mark Bromilow: directing Clark In Sarajevo | Award Winner | Margery & Michael Forde: writing Milo's Wake |
| Award Winner | Yalin Ozucelik: performance After January | Award Winner | Sean Mee: directing Box The Pony, performance Milo's Wake | Commendation | Stacey Callaghan: writing & performance When I Was A Boy |
| Commendation | Sarah Kennedy: performance Sylvia | Commendation | Geoff Squires: lighting Closer, Clark In Sarajevo, Redemption | Commendation | Lisa O'Neill: performance Three Frank Women, Rashamon |
| Commendation | Elizabeth Navratil: performance Ca Ca Courage | Commendation | Alison Ross: stage design The Secret Death Salvador Dali | Trust Award for Excellence | Leah Purcell: Box The Pony |
| Special Commendation | Sue Rider, for her sustained contribution to Queensland theatre; her development and presentation of new local and Australian work; her encouragement of Queensland Artistes; and her development of La Boite into a professional centre of excellence | | | | |
| 2001 ||||||
| Award Winner | Michael Dorman: performance 48 Shades of Brown | Award Winner | Elise Greig: performance Alive at Williamstown Pier, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Secret Bridesmaids' Business | Award Winner | Helen Howard: performance Molly Sweeney |
| Award Winner | Matt Scott: lighting The Forest, Richard III, Love's Labour's Lost, Buried Child | Award Winner | Hayden Spencer: performance Small Mercies, Alive At Williamstown Pier, The Caucasian Circle, Buried Child | Commendation | Andrew Buchanan: directing Love's Labour's Lost, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, performance Love's Labour's Lost, Secret Bridesmaids' Business |
| Commendation | Damien Cassidy: performance The Pitchfork Disney | Commendation | Christine Johnston: devising, directing, performance Decent Spinster | Commendation | Jean-Marc Russ: directing 48 Shades of Brown, Rashamon, performance Fred |
| Commendation | Sven Swenson: writing In Lieu of Flowers | Commendation | David Walters: lighting Molly Sweeney | Special Commendation | Michael Gow and Queensland Theatre Company, promoting local writing in their groundbreaking production of Dirt |
| MEAA Best Emerging Artist | Michael Dorman | In Memory of Ashley Wilkie, A Special One-off Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre Public Relations | Rosemary Herbert (Walker), La Boite Theatre | Backstage Award for Ongoing Excellence in Backstage Work (chosen by Brisbane theatre directors) | Tiffany Noake |
| The Actors Benevolent Fund Award for Long-time Commitment to Queensland Theatre | Leo Wockner | QPAT Award | Stephen Page: Bangarra Dance Company | | |
| 2002 ||||||
| Award Winner | Carol Burns: performance Bill and Mary, Bag O' Marbles, directing Road To Mecca | Award Winner | Greg Clarke: designs Dogs In The Roof productions Emma's Nose, Salt, Macbeth | Award Winner | Jon Halpin: directingThe Messiah, Bill and Mary, Bash |
| Award Winner | Bryan Nason: adaptation, directing, producing Monkey | Award Winner | David Walters: lighting Black Chicks Talking, Still Standing | Commendation | Eugene Gilfedder: performances My Love Had A Black Speed Stripe, Emma's Nose, Macbeth |
| Commendation | Alison Ross: designs Cooking With Elvis, Road To Mecca, Bash, Mad Hercules, The Holden Plays | Commendation | Jean-Marc Russ: performanceCooking With Elvis, The Messiah | Special Commendation | Sue Benner and Metro Arts, promoting local artists and producing consistently good work in the inaugural Metro Arts Year of Independents |
| Special Commendation | Queensland Theatre Company, supporting emerging artists through its inaugural repertory program, and for the excellent body of work by its ensemble of actors; Chris Beckey, Melinda Butel, Sarah Kennedy and Jason Klarwein | Special Commendation | Bryan Nason, his unparalleled contribution to Brisbane theatre - spanning five decades - through his company Grin 'n' Tonic Theatre Troupe | Trust Award for Excellence | Margery Forde, outstanding contribution to theatre in Queensland and Australia |
| Actors and Entertainers' Benevolent Fund (Qld) Inc. now the Alan Edwards Memorial Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Performing Art in Brisbane | Carol Burns | MEAA Awards Best Emerging Actor | Jason Klarwein | | |
| 2003 ||||||
| Award Winner | Paul Denny: performance A Day In The Death of Joe Egg, The Removalists | Award Winner | Bill Haycock: set design Half and Half | Award Winner | Caroline Kennison: performance A Day In The Death of Joe Egg, Cosi |
| Award Winner | Hayden Spencer: performances Half and Half, The Lonesome West | Award Winner | Sven Swenson: writing Road To The She-Devil's Salon | Commendation | Karen Crone: performance Cosi |
| Commendation | Linda Hassell: writing Post Office Rose | Commendation | Jason Klarwein: performance Half and Half | Commendation | Bryan Probets: performances The Lonesome West, Road To The She-Devil's Salon |
| Commendation | Jean-Marc Russ: directing A Conversation performance We Were Dancing | Commendation | Scott Witt:directingRoad To The She-Devil's Salon excellence in fight choreography | Special Commendation | Dawn Albinger, Artistic Direction of the Magdalena Australia Festival and work with Sacred Cow |
| Special Commendation | Una Hollingworth, ongoing contribution to costume design at Brisbane Arts Theatre | The Actors Benevolent Fund Alan Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award | Errol O'Neill | La Boite Backstage Award | Tony Marr |
| MEAA Emerging Artist Award | Bryan Probets | QPAC Award for Excellence to an Individual or Ensemble | Bryan Nason | | |
| 2004 ||||||
| Award Winner | Hayden Spencer | Award Winner | Melinda Butel | Award Winner | Caroline Kennison |
| Award Winner | Jean-Marc Russ | Award Winner | Bill Haycock | Best Male Actor in a Lead Role | Hayden Spencer: The Real Inspector Hound / Black Comedy, Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed |
| Best Female Actor in [Lead] Role | Melinda Butel: Proof | Best Female Actor in [Lead] Role | Caroline Kennison: Wit | Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Sandro Colarelli: The Odyssey, The Venetian Twins |
| Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Carita Farrer: Proof, The Venetian Twins | Best Director | Jean-Marc Russ: Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed | Best Design | Bill Haycock: The Odyssey |
| Best Sound Design | Brett Collery: God is a DJ | Best Lighting Design | David Walters: The Odyssey, Wicked Bodies | Best Production | Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed (QTC) |
| Alliance Award for Emerging Artist | Emily Tomlins | Backstage Award | Gayle MacGregor | Alan Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award | Kaye Stevenson |
| QPAC Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts | Bille Brown | | | | |
| 2005 ||||||
| The Interactive Theatre of Australia Award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Lead Role | Steven Grives: The Drowning Bride | The Interactive Theatre of Australia Award for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Lead Role | Sarah Kennedy: Hitchcock Blonde | The Ben Parkinson Award for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Daniel Murphy: The Dance of Jeremiah |
| The Actors'Workshop Award for Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Helen Cassidy: The Drowning Bride | The QUT Precincts Award for Best Director | Michael Futcher: The Drowning Bride | The Toadshow Award for Best Designer | Jonathan Oxlade: A Christmas Carol, The Dance of Jeremiah, Bitin' Back, Creche and Burn |
| The Booknook Award for Best Playwright | Helen Howard and Michael Futcher: The Drowning Bride | Queensland Performing Arts Centre Award | Gayle MacGregor: for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre Costume Design and Wardrobe Management | The MEAA Backstage Award | Anika Vilée |
| 2006 ||||||
| Gold Matilda Award Winner | Margi Brown-Ash: performance The Knowing of Mary Poppins | Gold Matilda Award Winner | Brett Collery: sound design Away, Constance Drinkwater and the Final Days of Somerset | Gold Matilda Award Winner | Michael Gow: direction Away, Private Lives, Absurd Person Singular |
| Gold Matilda Award Winner | Robert Kemp: set Away, Private Lives | Gold Matilda Award Winner | Steven Tandy: performance Last Drinks | Best New Australian Work | New Royal Marcel Dorney |
| Best Actress | Barbara Lowing: Away | Best Supporting Actress | Helen Howard: Last Drinks | Best Supporting Actor | Lucas Stibbard: New Royal |
| Emerging Artist | Ross Balbuziente | Emerging Artist | Michael Balk | Emerging Artist | Dirk Hoult: Assassins |
| Emerging Artist | Christopher Sommers | | | | |
| 2007 ||||||
| Best New Australian Work | The Kursk Sasha Janowicz | Best Mainstage Production | The Narcissist (La Boite Theatre Company) | Best Mainstage Production | The Glass Menagerie (QTC) |
| Best Director | Michael Futcher: The Kursk | Best Actress | Helen Cassidy: The Glass Menagerie | Best Actor | Barry Otto: Heroes |
| Best Supporting Actress | Helen Cassidy: Post Office Rose | Best Supporting Actor | James Stewart: The Glass Menagerie | Best Newcomer | Jessica Veurman-Betts: Post Office Rose |
| Best Independent Production | The Kursk: (Metro Arts Independents) | Best Technical Design | David Walters: The Glass Menagerie | Best Musical Production | Tom Waits for No Man, Brisbane Cabaret Festival |
| Best Design | Greg Clarke: The Glass Menagerie | | | | |
| 2008 ||||||
| Best Mainstage Production | Anatomy Titus Fall of Rome (QTC) | Best Independent Production | Hoods (Real TV) | Best Direction | Michael Futcher: Rabbit Hole (QTC) |
| Best Direction | Michael Futcher: The Wishing Well (La Boite) | Best Actress in a Lead Role | Helen Howard: Rabbit Hole (QTC) | Best Actor in a Lead Role | Jean-Marc Russ: I am my own wife (QTC) |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Kaye Stevenson: Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (La Boite) | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Andrew Buchanan: Female of the Species (QTC) | Best New Australian Work | Attack of the Attacking Attackers: Matthew Ryan |
| Best Emerging Artist | Kathryn Marquet: Jane Eyre, Bronte, Risk | Best Design | Jonathon Oxlade: Attack of the Attacking Attackers (La Boite) | Best Technical Design | David Walters: August Moon (QTC) |
| Best Musical Production | The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Oscar Theatre Co.) | | | | |
| 2009 | | | | | |
| Matilda Awards Winner | Michael Gow; Richard Jordan; Metro Arts; Michelle Miall; Sven Swenson | Matilda Awards Winner | Richard Jordan | Matilda Awards Winner | Metro Arts |
| Matilda Awards Winner | Michelle Miall | Matilda Awards Winner | Sven Swenson | Best New Australian Play | 25 Down: Richard Jordan (QTC) |
| Best Independent Production | The Tempest - in the raw (Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre) | Best Mainstage Production | The Crucible (QTC) | Best Director | Michelle Miall: The Pillowman (QTC) |
| Best Actor in a Lead Role | Steven Rooke: The Pillowman (QTC) | Best Actress in a Main Role | Stace Callaghan: The White Earth | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Chris Vernon: The Pillowman (QTC) |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Andrea Moor: The Crucible | Best Designer | Jaxzyn (Jen Jackson): video design - The Pineapple Queen | Best Emerging Artist | Michelle Miall: The Pillowman (QTC) |
| 2010 ||||||
| Matilda Award Winner | Leon Cain for his performance in I Love You, Bro | Matilda Award Winner | The Escapists for devising and producing boy girl wall | Matilda Award Winner | Eugene Gilfedder for his body of performance work in 2010 including Grimm Tales, Hamlet and The Chairs |
| Matilda Award Winner | Leah Purcell for her artistic direction of the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts and directing and acting in The Story of the Miracles at Cookies Table | Matilda Award Winner | David Berthold for his repositioning of La Boite and directingHamlet and I Love You, Bro | Best Mainstage Production | Hamlet (La Boite) |
| Best Independent Production | boy girl wall (The Escapists at Metro) | Best Direction | Michael Futcher: Grimm Tales | Best Female Actor in a Lead Role | Leah Purcell: The Story of The Miracles at Cookie's Table |
| Best Male Actor in a Lead Role | Leon Cain in I Love You, Bro | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Melanie Zanetti: The Little Dog Laughed | Best Male Actor in Supporting Role | Dan Crestani: Grimm Tales'' |
| Best New Australian Work | The Bitterling by Sven Swenson | Best Emerging Artist | Amy Ingram: (acting) Fat Pig and Single Admissions | Best Design (Set, lighting, sound or costume) | Greg Clarke (design) on Grimm Tales |
| 2011 ||||||
| Matilda Award Winner | Simone de Haas for her artistic direction of Mixed Company and commitment to producing quality self-funded independent theatre across three decades, including directing, designing and acting in its body of work | Matilda Award Winner | Steven Rooke for his outstanding body of performance work in 2011, including No Man's Land, Julius Caesar and The Removalists | Matilda Award Winner | Josh McIntosh for his prolific body of work for independent theatre companies in 2011, including shake & stir's Animal Farm and set and costume designs for Harvest Rain |
| Matilda Award Winner | Marcel Dorney for his accomplishment as a playwright in researching and rendering the script of Fractions | Matilda Award Winner | Melanie Zanetti for her radiant performance as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion | Best Mainstage Production | Pygmalion (QTC) |
| Best Independent Production | Animal Farm (Shake & Stir) | Best Independent Production | Amadeus (4MBS Festival of Classics) | Best New Play | Fractions by Marcel Dorney |
| Best Musical | Cabaret (Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre) | Best Director | Michael Futcher Animal Farm | Best Director | Michael Gow No Man's Land |
| Best Male Actor in a Leading Role | Paul Bishop: Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness | Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Steven Rooke: No Man's Land | Best Female Actor in a Leading Role | Melanie Zanetti: Pygmalion |
| Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Carol Burns: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Best Emerging Artist | Anna McGahan: Julius Caesar | Best Design (Set, lighting, sound or costume) | Renee Mulder: (set design) Edward Gant's Amazing Feats of Loneliness |
| 2012 ||||||
| Gold Matilda Award Winner | Bryan Probets | Gold Matilda Award Winner | Simone Romaniuk | Gold Matilda Award Winner | Helen Howard |
| Gold Matilda Award Winner | David Walters | Gold Matilda Award Winner | Margi Brown Ash | Silver Matilda Best Mainstage Production | Kelly (QTC) |
| Best New Australian Work | A Tribute of Sorts: Benjamin Schostakowski | Best Independent Production | A Tribute of Sorts (La Boite & Monsters Appear) | Best Male Actor in a Leading Role | Dash Kruck: A Tribute of Sorts |
| Best Female Actor in a Leading Role | Emily Curtin: A Tribute of Sorts | Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Bryan Probets: As You Like It | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Louise Brehmer: Thérèse Raquin |
| Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Luisa Prosser: Thérèse Raquin | Best Director | Helen Howard: Thérèse Raquin | Best Design | Simone Romaniuk: Kelly |
| Best Emerging Artist | Lizzie Ballinger: Thérèse Raquin | | | | |
| 2013 ||||||
| Gold Matilda Award | Barbara Lowing for performances in The China Incident, Tequila Mockingbird, and Motherland | Gold Matilda Award | Jason Glenwright for lighting Rumour Has It, Sixty Minutes Inside Adele, Out Damn Snot, Blood Brothers, Oklahoma!, Next to Normal, and Tequila Mockingbird | Gold Matilda Award | Andrea Moor for directing Venus in Fur |
| Gold Matilda Award | shake & stir theatre co. for creating Tequila Mockingbird | Gold Matilda Award | Christen O’Leary for her performance in End of the Rainbow | Best Mainstage Production | Tequila Mockingbird (shake + stir and QPAC) |
| Best New Australian Work | 1001 Nights Michael Futcher and Helen Howard (adapters) | Best Independent Production | Motherland Metro Arts and Ellen Belloo | Best Male Actor in a Leading Role | Dan Crestani: 1001 Nights |
| Best Female Actor in a Leading Role | Libby Munro: Venus in Fur | Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Hayden Spencer: End of the Rainbow | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Louise Brehmer: A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Best Director | Michael Futcher: 1001 Nights | Best Design (Set and Costumes) | Angel Kosch, costume design, A Midsummer Night's Dream | Silver Matilda Best Technical Design (Ligting, Multimedia, Sound Design) | Phil Slade, musical director, 1001 Nights |
| Bille Brown award for Best Emerging Artist | Sandra Carluccio, creator, This Is Capital City | Best Musical or Cabaret | Rumour Has It: 60 Minutes Inside Adele Judith Wright Centre and the little red company | | |
| 2014 ||||||
| Gold Matilda Award | Steven Mitchell Wright for directing A Doll's House and directing/designing Caligula | Gold Matilda Award | Tim O'Connor for realising a new vision for Harvest Rain | Gold Matilda Award | optikal bloc for projection and video work on Pale Blue Dot, The Mountaintop, Wuthering Heights, Gasp! and 1984 |
| Gold Matilda Award | Simone Romaniuk for designing Macbeth and Australia Day | Gold Matilda Award | Sven Swenson for co-producing, writing and acting in Angel Gear and Dangerfield Park | Best Mainstage Production | Gloria (QTC) |
| Best New Australian Work - Lord Mayors Award) | Richard Jordan: Machina | Best Independent Production | Angel Gear (La Boite Indie & Pentimento Productions with the support of QPAC) | Best Male Actor in a Leading Role | Sven Swenson: Angel Gear |
| Silver Matilda Best Female Actor in a Leading Role | Helen Christinson: A Doll's House | Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Damien Cassidy: A Doll's House | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Cienda McNamara: A Doll's House |
| Best Director | Steven Mitchell Wright: A Doll's House | Best Design (Set and Costumes) | Simone Romaniuk: Macbeth | Best Technical Design (Lighting, Multimedia, Sound Design) | optikal bloc: Pale Blue Dot |
| Bille Brown award for Best Emerging Artist | Casey Woods: Angel Gear | Best Musical or Cabaret | Spamalot: (Harvest Rain Theatre Company) | | |
| 2015 ||||||
| Gold Matilda Award | Carol Burns for an outstanding performance in Happy Days, and also to celebrate an exceptional body of work | Best Mainstage Production | Brisbane (QTC) | Best Independent Production | The Pillowman (Shock Therapy Productions in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse) |
| Best Male Actor in a Leading Role | Dash Kruck: Brisbane | Best Female Actor in a Leading Role | Libby Munro: Grounded | Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Tama Matheson: The Pillowman |
| Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Naomi Price: Ladies in Black | Best Director | Sam Foster: The Pillowman | Silver Matilda Best Design (Set and Costumes)' | Josh McIntosh: set design - Dracula |
| Best Technical Design (Lighting, Multimedia, Sound Design) | Jason Glenwright: lighting design - Dracula | Best New Australian Work - Lord Mayors Award) | Brisbane: Matthew Ryan | Bille Brown award for Best Emerging Artist | Georgina Hopson: Pirates of Penzance & Into the Woods |
| Best Musical or Cabaret | I Might Take My Shirt Off (QPAC in association with QLD Cabaret Festival, Jai Higgs & Dash Kruck) | Hall of Fame | Sven Swenson | | |
| 2016 ||||||
| Gold Matilda Award | Dead Puppet Society celebrating their exceptional body of work | Best Mainstage Production | Switzerland (QTC) | Best Independent Production | Viral (Shock Therapy Productions) |
| Best Male Actor | Matthew Backer: Switzerland | Best Female Actor | Andrea Moor: Switzerland | Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Julian Curtis: True West |
| Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Emily Weir: Tartuffe | Best Director | David Morton: The Wider Earth | Best Set Design | Leah Shelton:Terror Australis |
| Best Lighting Design | Jason Glenwright: Carrie: The Musical | Best Costume Design | David Morton & Aaron Barton:The Wider Earth | Best Sound Design / Composition | Tony Brumpton (Sound Design), Lior & Tony Buchen (Composition) The Wider Earth |
| Best Audio Visual Design | Justin Harrison (AV Design) & Anna Straker (Illustration):The Wider Earth | Best New Australian Work - Brisbane City Council) | Bastard Territory: Bastard Territory | Bille Brown award for Best Emerging Artist | Emily Weir:Tartuffe |
| Best Musical or Cabaret | Carrie: The Musical (Brisbane Powerhouse and Wax Lyrical Productions) | | | | |
| 2017 ||||||
| Gold Matilda Award | Playlab | Best Mainstage Production | Blue Bones (Playlab in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse) | Best Independent Production | The Forwards (Shock Therapy Productions, Zeal & Brisbane Powerhouse) |
| Best Male Actor | Colin Smith, An Octoroon (Queensland Theatre & Brisbane Festival) | Best Female Actor | Merlynn Tong, Blue Bones (Playlab in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse) | Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Anthony Standish, An Octoroon (Queensland Theatre & Brisbane Festival) |
| Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Elise Greig, Swallow (EG & Metro Arts) and Helen O'Leary, Swallow (EG & Metro Arts) | Best Director | Ian Lawson, Blue Bones (Playlab in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse) | Best Set Design | Josh McIntosh, American Idiot (shake & stir theatre co & QPAC) |
| Best Lighting Design | David Walters, Blue Bones (Playlab in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse) | Best Costume Design | GUSH: Bianca Mackail, Mayu Muto, Celia White & Anna Yen, Monsteria (GUSH, Vulcana Women's Circus & Brisbane Powerhouse) | Best Sound Design / Composition | Tony Brumpton & Sam Cromack (Ball Park Music), Laser Beak Man (Dead Puppet Society, Brisbane Festival & La Boite) |
| Best Audio Visual Design | Nathan Sibthorpe, Blue Bones (Playlab in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse) | Best New Australian Work - Brisbane City Council) | Blue Bones, by Merlynn Tong | Bille Brown award for Best Emerging Artist | Meg Bowden, The Winter's Tale (Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble) |
| Best Musical or Cabaret | American Idiot (shake & stir theatre co and QPAC) | | | | |
| 2018 ||||||
| Gold Matilda Award | Debase Productions | Best Mainstage Production | Prize Fighter (La Boite & Brisbane Festival) and The Longest Minute (Jute, Debase and Queensland Theatre) | Best Independent Production | The Sound of a Finished Kiss, Now Look Here and Electric Moon |
| Best Male Actor | Paul Bishop, Poison | Best Female Actor | Noni Hazlehurst, Mother | Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Jackson McGovern, The Owl and the Pussycat |
| Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Andrea Moor, Hedda | Best Director | Natano Fa’anana and Bridget Boyle, We Live Here | Best Set Design | Josh McIntosh, A Christmas Carol |
| Best Lighting Design | David Walters, Nearer the Gods | Best Costume Design | Penny Challen, The Owl and the Pussycat | Best Sound Design / Composition | Babushka, Happily Ever After |
| Best Audio Visual Design | No award | Best New Australian Work - Brisbane City Council) | Crunch Time, Counterpilot | Bille Brown award for Best Emerging Artist | Carly Skelton, The Hatpin |
| Best Musical or Cabaret | The Sound of a Finished Kiss, Now Look Here and Electric Moon in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse | Lifetime Achievement | Rosemary Walker | | |
| 2019 ||||||
| Gold Matilda Award | Shake & Stir | Best Mainstage Production | Death of a Salesman, Queensland Theatre | Best Independent Production | La Silhouette, Sui Ensemble |
| Best Male Actor | Richard Lund, Kelly | Best Female Actor | Amy Ingram, Cinderella | Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Thomas Larkin, Death of a Salesman |
| Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Susie French, Girl's Guide to World War | Best Director | Daniel Evans, Cinderella | Best Set Design | Josh McIntosh, Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts |
| Best Lighting Design | Geoff Squires, Inside Out | Best Costume Design | Libby McDonnell, Orpheus and Eurydice | Best Sound Design / Composition | Luke Smiles and Anna Whitaker, Throttle |
| Best Video Design | Craig Wilkinson (video) and Jon Weber (illustrations), Fantastic Mr Fox | Best New Australian Work – Brisbane City Council) | Girl's Guide to World War, Katy Forde (book and lyrics) and Aleathea Monsour (composer) | Bille Brown award for the Best Emerging Artist | Gina Tay Limpus, The Tempest and La Silhouette |
| Best Musical or Cabaret | Fangirls, Queensland Theatre and Belvoir in association with ATYP | | | | |