CATEGORIES

Judged Awards

Judges Awards
Awarded by each Judge individually for an achievement that has captured his/her notice but has not been nominated for a major award.

Awarded by the full Judging Panel
Junior Performer (performer 18 years and under)
Note: in some years a Male Junior Performer and Female Junior Performer may be awarded

Junior Production
For a production by a Member Company where the focus is on junior performers and 100% of the cast is eighteen (18) or under as of the first performance.

Dancer’s Award

Design (Peter Blizzard-Allen Award)
For a unique design element, awarded to any aspect of a production

Gladys Moncrieff Award for Outstanding New Talent

Technical Achievement (Nigel Wallis Award)
For a consistently high level of technical achievement and integration in concept, design and operation of scenery, lighting, sound, special effects and continuity.

Lighting

Cameo Performance

Costumes (Hazel Rodgers Award)

Settings (Grahame Murphy Award)

Male Performer in a Supporting Role

Female Performer in a Supporting Role

Male Performer in a Leading Role (Harold Burrows Award)

Female Performer in a Leading Role (Doreen Burrows Award)

Choreography

Musical Direction

Director of the Year (Vin Foster Award)

Production of the Year

Other Awards
The Guild Committee, based on submissions by Member Companies and other interested parties, confer the following Awards. We request all companies and other interested persons in the musical theatre community to tell us of individuals you think may be worthy of these important recognitions.

Edith Harrhy Award for Outstanding Service to Musical Theatre
There are numerous people associated with musical theatre who have unstintingly given of their expertise, time and energy to the promotion and advancement of not only this art form but also to assist many people to further their artistic careers or simply to gain enjoyment from it. Edith Harrhy, who died in 1975, was one of those people who devoted a great deal of her life doing just that, and this award acknowledges her outstanding musical life. The Award is for outstanding service to the musical theatre contributed in an honorary capacity.

Special Awards
For notable contribution to Musical Theatre.

Musicians’Award
Instigated in 1991, acknowledging Musicians whose dedication is paramount and essential to the productions staged by music theatre companies. Whilst in the main their services do not come freely, they subscribe their talent and expertise without which companies could not operate. The all-important rehearsal pianist is normally recruited from amongst their ranks. The award is not granted in recognition of a particular performance but acknowledges the recipient’s years of service or expertise