1988

Gold Matilda Award Winners

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

Sue Rider for devising and directing - The Matilda Women

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

Robert Arthur for directing - Too Young For Ghosts, Hamlet

David Walters for 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 for acting - Romeo and Juliet, The Perfectionist

Bruce Auld for stage design - QTC

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

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

Mark Radvan for 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