1990

Gold Matilda Award Winners

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

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

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

Aubrey Mellor for contribution to the development of Queensland theatre

Anthony Phelan for 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 for directing - The Game of Love and Chance, Bouncers

Aubrey Mellor for directing - Money and Friends

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

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

Sue Rider for 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 for performance - Twelfth Night

Jonathan Hardy for performance - Twelfth Night

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

Veronica Neave for performance - Twelfth Night, The Idiot

David Berthold for 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 Trust - Out of the Box
La Boite Theatre - The Idiot

1993

Gold Matilda Awards Winners

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

Sue Rider for directing - Vita!

Dale Ferguson for stage design - Romeo & Juliet, The Shaughraun

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

Jonathan Hardy for 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 - creating The Waking Hour for Queensland Performing Arts Trust 

1994

Gold Matilda Award Winners

Andrew Buchanan for performances - The Taming of the Shrew, Cosi

Michael Futcher for peformance - Grendel

Kevin Hides for performances - Cosi, Cyrano de Bergerac

Caroline Kennison for performance - Dancing at Lughnasa

Peter Lamb for 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 for performances - Hamlet

John Batchelor for performances - Christmas at Turkey Beach, Mill Fire

Elise Greig for performances - Mill Fire, Honour

Philip Dean for script - Long Gone Lonesome Cowgirls

Jacqui Carroll for 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 for performances - Skylight, Simpatico

Jennifer Flowers for performance - Supermarket Pavane

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

Lewis Jones for direction - Someone To Watch Over Me, Bouncers

Danny Murphy for 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 for playwright - Solitary Animals

John Batchelor for performance - Sweet Phoebe, Oz Shorts

Greg Clarke for design - Oz Shorts

Paul Denny for performance - Scar

Robyn Nevin for 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 for writing - A Beautiful Life

Dale Ferguson for design - The Marriage of Figaro

David Brown for writing, directing - Kill Everything You Love

Nicola Scott for performance - Sweet Panic

Russell Dykstra for performance & writing - Children of the Devil

Silver Matilda Awardees & Nominees

Matilda Commendations

Margery Forde, writing - X-Stacy

1999

Matilda Award Winners

Bille Brown for performance - The Judas Kiss

Brenna Lee-Cooney for directing - Decadence, Dracula

Wesley Enoch for books, lyrics, directing - The Sunshine Club

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

Kate Stewart for 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