Archives: 1990s
An archive of past Matilda Award recipients by year.
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