Archives: 1990s

An archive of past Matilda Award recipients by year.

1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999


 

1990

Gold Matilda Award Winners

David Clendinning
translating - A Month In The Country, performances - The Venetian Twins, Lost Weekend

Dale Ferguson
stage design - Top Silk, A Month In The Country

Bill Haycock
stage design - Legend, The Glass Menagerie, Brief Lives

Aubrey Mellor
contribution to the development of Queensland theatre

Anthony Phelan
performance - A Month In The Country, Top Silk

 

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Beth Armstron - performance
David Bell - directing
Sally McKenzie - performance
Veronica Neave - performance
David Walters - lighting
Rod Wissler - performance
Joss McWilliam - performance

Special Commendation

Queensland Performing Arts Trust - Legend

 

 

1991

Gold Matilda Award Winners

David Bell
directing - The Game of Love and Chance, Bouncers

Aubrey Mellor
directing - Money and Friends

Bryan Nason
artistic direction - Grin 'n' Tonic, directing - Gilgamesh

Anthony Phelan
performance - Essington Lewis - I Am Work, The Game of Love and Chance

Sue Rider
directing - Mrs Klein, devising and directing - Dancing on the Walls Of Paris

 

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Charles Barry - performance
Jennifer Flowers - performance
Eugene Gilfedder - performance
Bill Haycock - stage design
Sally McKenzie - performance
Veronica Neave - performance
Christen O'Leary - performance
Seymour Productions - body of work

 

Special Commendation

Babette Stephens - a lifetime of service to Queensland theatre 

 
 
 

1992

Gold Matilda Award Winners

Bille Brown
performance - Twelfth Night

Jonathan Hardy
performance - Twelfth Night

Jennifer Flowers
performance - A Cheery Soul, Twelfth Night, Hotel Sorrento, 
directing - The Idiot

Veronica Neave
performance - Twelfth Night, The Idiot

David Berthold
directing - The Heidi Chronicles, co-directing - Hotel Sorrento

 

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Andrew Buchanan - performance, The Adman
Anthony Phelan - performance
Peter Lamb - performance, The Idiot
Jennifer Blocksidge - performance
David Walters - lighting
Dale Ferguson - stage design
Bill Haycock - stage design

 

Special Commendations

John Kotzas and Queensland Performing Arts Trus - Out of the Box
La Boite Theatre - The Idiot

 

1993

Gold Matilda Awards Winners

Brenna Lee-Cooney
establishment - Fractal Theatre Company, directing - The Orestaeia

Sue Rider
directing - Vita!

Dale Ferguson
stage design - Romeo & Juliet, The Shaughraun

Andrew Buchanan
performance - Romeo & Juliet, Summer of the Aliens, The Waking Hour

Jonathan Hardy
performance - Romeo & Juliet, The Shaughraun

 

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Angie Quick
David Clendinning
Eugene Gilfedder
Caroline Kennison - performance, Vita: A Fantasy
Siobhan Lawless - performance, Diving For Pearls

 

Special Commendation

David Bell, David Walters and Bill Haycock - creatingThe Waking Hour for Queensland Performing Arts Trust 

 
 
 

1994

Gold Matilda Award Winners

Andrew Buchanan
performances - The Taming of the Shrew, Cosi

Michael Futcher
peformance - Grendel

Kevin Hides
performances - Cosi, Cyrano de Bergerac

Caroline Kennison
performance - Dancing at Lughnasa

Peter Lamb
performances - Coriolanus, Theo An Illumination of the Life of Van Gogh

 

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Hilary Beaton, script - No Strings Attached
Irena Haze, performances - Coriolanus, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Romance of Orpheus
Charles Barry, performance - The Taming of the Shrew
Karen Crone, performances - Cosi, No Strings Attached
shared highly commended between Leah Purcell & Christopher Morris, performance - Low

 

Outstanding Contribution to the Local Scene

John Kotzas, artistic director Out of the Box
Sue Rider, consistent high standards for la Boite theatre

 

Special Award for Services to the QLD Theatre Industry

Alan Edwards

 

1995

Gold Matilda Award Winners

Andrew Buchanan
performances - Hamlet

John Batchelor
performances - Christmas at Turkey Beach, Mill Fire

Elise Greig
performances - Mill Fire, Honour

Philip Dean
script - Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls

Jacqui Carroll
leadership and direction - Frank Theatre

 

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Gael Ballantyne, performance - The Cavalcaders
Deborah Mailman, performance - The Seven Stages of Grieving
Peter Lamb, performance
Andrew McGahan, script - Bait
Liz Buchanan, performance - Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls
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 Commendations

Bryan Nason, Grin & Tonic Theatre Troupe and its repertory season of four Shakespeare plays
Michael Futcher & Helen Howard, Matrix Theatre
Metro Arts, Experimetro programme 

 
 
 
 

1996

Gold Matilda Award Winners

Caroline Kennison
performances - Skylight, Simpatico

Jennifer Flowers
performance - Supermarket Pavane

Glenn Francis
design - Skylight, Love Child, There Goes The Neighbourhood, Supermarket Pavane, The Dreamers, Romeo& Juliet

Lewis Jones
direction - Someone To Watch Over Me, Bouncers

Danny Murphy
performances - Olenna, Abigail's Party, There Goes The Neighbourhood

 

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Michael Futcher
Charles Barry
Bill Haycock
Rachel Konyi
Matt Scott

 

Best Production

Sweeney Todd - Queensland Theatre Company

 

Special Commendations

Brisbane Festival's community programme for supporting and promoting local theatre 

 

1997

Gold Matilda Award Winners

Elaine Acworth
playwright - Solitary Animals

John Batchelor
performance - Sweet Phoebe, Oz Shorts

Greg Clarke
design - Oz Shorts

Paul Denny
performance - Scar

Robyn Nevin
performance - Masterclass, directing - Summer Rain, After The Ball

 

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Anna Yen, writing, directing, performance
Deborah Mailman, performance
Lorraine Dalu, performance
Elise Greig, performance
Stephen Davis, writing
Anthony Weigh, performance

 

Special Commendations

Wesley Enoch, services to indigenous theatre
John Kotzas, Stage X Festival 

 


 

1998

Matilda Award Winners

Helen Howard & Michael Futcher
writing - A Beautiful Life

Dale Ferguson
design - The Marriage of Figaro

David Brown
writing, directing - Kill Everything You Love

Nicola Scott
performance - Sweet Panic

Russell Dykstra
performance & writing - Children of the Devil

 

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Margery Forde, writing - X-Stacy

 

1999

Matilda Award Winners

Bille Brown
performance - The Judas Kiss

Brenna Lee-Cooney
directing - Decadence, Dracula

Wesley Enoch
books, lyrics, directing - The Sunshine Club

Eugene Gilfedder
performance - Decadence, The Tempest, Vertigo and The Virginia, Dracula

Kate Stewart
set design - Hamlet, He Died With A Felafel In His Hand

 

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Angela Campbell, performance - Vertigo and the Virginia
Jennifer Flowers, performance - Georgia
Damien Garvey, performance - The Big Picture
Stephen Grives, performance - Antigone
Roxanne McDonald, performance - Romeo and Juliet, Goin' To The Island, The Sunshine Club
Jill Shearer, writing - Georgia
Kaye Stevenson, performance - Hildegard

 

Special Awards

Jim Vilè and Katie Williams, directing and producing Cathedrals Week
Queensland Theatre Company, developing and producing The Sunshine Club by Wesley Enoch and John Rodgers