1988

Gold Matilda Award Winners

Jennifer Flowers
performances - Hedda Gabler, The Lady Aoi, Butts in the Borsht

Sue Rider
devising and directing - The Matilda Women

Eugene Gilfedder
versatile contribution to theatre, musical composition and direction, performance - Hamlet

Robert Arthur
directing - Too Young For Ghosts, Hamlet

David Walters
lighting - Les Liaisons Dangeureuses, The Sentimental Bloke, A Different Drummer

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Anna Pike - performance
Sally McKenzie - performance
Russell Kiefel - performance
Bill Haycock - stage design
Rick Billinghurst - directing
Anthony Phelan - performance

1989

Gold Matilda Award Winners

David Brown
acting - Romeo and Juliet, The Perfectionist
Bruce Auld, stage design - QTC

Jim Vilè
vital contribution to the enrichment of pro-am theatre in Brisbane

Rod Wissler
performance - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Mark Radvan
directing - Equus

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Veronica Neave - performance as Juliet
Ian Leigh-Cooper - solid contribution to Brisbane theatre as director and actor
David Clendinning - extraordinary versatility in performance
Christen O'Leary - refreshing new talent in Brisbane theatre - The Threepenny Opera, Tokyo Rose
Errol O'Neill - interpretation of The Christian Brothers

Special Commendation

Queensland Performing Arts Trust - The Soldier's Tale