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2014 Nominations 2014 NOMINATIONS Best Costume Design Catherine Martin Strictly Ballroom The Musical Global Creatures Gabriela Tylesova Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Sydney Theatre Company Gabriela Tylesova The Turk In Italy Opera Australia Roger Kirk The King & I Opera Australia & John Frost Best Lighting Design Geoff Cobham Pinocchio Windmill Theatre and State Theatre Company of South Australia Matt Scott Nixon In China Victorian Opera Nick Schlieper Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Sydney Theatre Company Nigel Levings The King & I Opera Australia & John Frost Best Music Direction Andrew Worboys Sweet Charity Luckiest Productions & Neil Gooding Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co. Fabian Russell Nixon In China Victorian Opera Nicolette Fraillon Cinderella The Australian Ballet Pietari Inkinen The Melbourne Ring Cycle Opera Australia Best Original Score David Chisholm The Bloody Chamber Malthouse Theatre David Page & Paul Mac ‘Blak’ Bangarra Dance Theatre Iain Grandage When Time Stops Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre Jethro Woodward Pinocchio Windmill Theatre & State Theatre Company of South Australia Nick Wales AM I Produced by Shaun Parker & Company in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, Sydney Festival, Adelaide Festival and Melbourne Festival. Best Scenic Design Brian Thomson The King & I Opera Australia & John Frost Gabriela Tylesova Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Sydney Theatre Company Jonathan Oxlade Pinocchio Windmill Theatre & State Theatre Company of South Australia Robert Cousins The Melbourne Ring Cycle Opera Australia Best Sound Design Jessica James-Moody Sweet Charity Luckiest Productions & Neil Gooding Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co. Jethro Woodward The Bloody Chamber Malthouse Theatre Michael Waters The King & I Opera Australia and John Frost Tony David Cray Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour Madama Butterfly Opera Australia Best Australian Contemporary Concert Tame Impala Tame Impala & Chugg Entertainment Australian Chamber Orchestra featuring The Presets Australian Chamber Orchestra,The Presets, Destination NSW and Sydney Opera House Hunters & Collectors Hunters & Collectors, Frontier Touring and Roundhouse Entertainment Flume – Infinity Prism Tour Flume, Future Classic, Lunatic Entertainment & Chugg Entertainment Best Contemporary Music Festival Bluesfest Byron Bay 2014 Bluesfest Vivid LIVE Destination NSW and Sydney Opera House Laneway Festival 2014 Lunatic Entertainment & Chugg Entertainment The Falls Music & Arts Festival Ash Sounds Pty Ltd Best International Contemporary Concert The Mrs Carter Show World Tour starring Beyonce Beyonce & Live Nation Eddie Vedder Eddie Vedder & Chugg Entertainment Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 2014 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band & Frontier Touring The Truth About Love Tour P!nk & Live Nation Best Direction of an Opera Chas Rader-Sheiber Orlando Hobart Baroque Neil Armfield The Melbourne Ring Cycle Opera Australia Roger Hodgmann Nixon In China Victorian Opera Simon Phillips The Turk In Italy Opera Australia Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera Eva Jinhee Kong Nixon In China Victorian Opera Jacqueline Dark The Melbourne Ring Cycle Opera Australia Miriam Gordon-Stewart The Melbourne Ring Cycle Opera Australia Best Female Performer in an Opera Christine Goerke Elektra Sydney Symphony Orchestra Emma Matthews The Turk In Italy Opera Australia Jessica Pratt La Traviata Victorian Opera Kathryn Lewek Orlando Hobart Baroque Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera Andrew Collis Cinderella Opera Queensland Daniel Sumegi The Melbourne Ring Cycle Opera Australia Mario Bellanova La Traviata State Opera of South Australia, New Zealand Opera, Opera Queensland Warwick Fyfe The Melbourne Ring Cycle Opera Australia Best Male Performer in an Opera Barry Ryan Nixon In China Victorian Opera Riccardo Massi La Forza del Destino Opera Australia Stefan Vinke The Melbourne Ring Cycle Opera Australia Terje Stensvold The Melbourne Ring Cycle Opera Australia Yonghoon Lee Tosca Opera Australia Best Opera The Turk In Italy Opera Australia The Melbourne Ring Cycle Opera Australia La Traviata State Opera of South Australia, New Zealand Opera, Opera Queensland Nixon In China Victorian Opera Best Chamber and/or Instrumental Ensemble Concert The Jerusalem Project Melbourne Recital Centre and Sydney Opera House Tokyo String Quartet Musica Viva Australia Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin Sydney Festival Murray Perahia in Recital Sydney Symphony Orchestra Best Symphony Orchestra Concert Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Arts Centre Melbourne, Perth Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre and Sydney Opera House Bach Christmas Oratorio Australian Chamber Orchestra War Requiem Sydney Symphony Orchestra Asher Fisch Conducts and Plays Mozart West Australian Symphony Orchestra Best Individual Classical Music Performance Andreas Scholl Andreas Scholl sings Vivaldi Australian Chamber Orchestra Julia Lezhneva Julia Lezhneva with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Hobart Baroque Mariss Jansons Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Arts Centre Melbourne, Perth Concert Hall, Queensland Performing Arts Centre and Sydney Opera House Murray Perahia Murray Perahia Melbourne Recital Centre in association with Sydney Symphony Orchestra Best Comedy Performer Ronny Chieng Chieng Reaction Century Entertainment Sam Simmons Sam Simmons - Death Of A Sails-Man Token Events The Boy With Tape On His Face The Boy With Tape on His Face: More Tape Live Nation & Gag Reflex Tom Gleeson Tom Gleeson - Quality Token Events Best Cabaret Performer Jerick Hoffer (as Jinkx Monsoon) The Vaudevillians starring Jinkx Monsoon Strut & Fret Production House Lady Rizo Lady Rizo Presented by Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Sydney Festival Sarah Ward Yana Alana Between The Cracks Ebony Bott at fortyfivedownstairs Tommy Bradson REG Adelaide Cabaret Festival Best Ballet or Dance Work Sadeh21 Adelaide Festival & Perth International Arts Festival Bolshoi Ballet – The Bright Stream Queensland Performing Arts Centre Chroma The Australian Ballet Ballet At The Quarry: Radio and Juliet West Australian Ballet Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production Daniel Jaber Nought Australian Dance Theatre Garry Stewart Monument The Australian Ballet Natalie Weir When Time Stops Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre Rafael Bonachela Les Illuminations Co-commissioned by Sydney Dance Company and Sydney Opera House Stephanie Lake A Small Prometheus Melbourne Festival, Arts House and Insite Arts Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production Charmene Yap '2 in D Minor' as part of 'Interplay' Sydney Dance Company Dalisa Pigram Gudirr Gudirr Produced by Marrugeku. Presented by Sydney Festival Fiona Evans Onegin West Australian Ballet Lucinda Dunn OAM Manon The Australian Ballet Best Male Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production Andre Santos Russell Kerr's Peter Pan West Australian Ballet Daniel Gaudiello Cinderella The Australian Ballet James Vu Anh Pham 247 Days Chunky Move Kimball Wong Nought Australian Dance Theatre Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production Opus Circa. A Nuits de Fourvière production/ Département du Rhône, coproduced with Les Théâtres de la ville de Luxembourg, GREC Festival of Barcelona, Le Cirque-Théâtre d’Elbeuf, Dusseldorf Festival, Barbican Theatre, CACCV Espace Jean Legendre-Compiegne. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government’s Major Festivals Initiative, managed by the Australia Council its arts funding and advisory body, in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, Brisbane Festival, Perth International Arts Festival and Melbourne Festival. Whelping Box Branch Nebula, Matt Prest & Clare Britton, produced by Intimate Spectacle & Performing Lines, presented by Performance Space & Arts House A Midsummer Night's Dream (As You Like It) Perth International Arts Festival Circus Under My Bed Sydney Opera House, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Arts Centre Melbourne, The Flying Fruit Fly Circus Best Regional Touring Production G Australian Dance Theatre Jack Charles vs The Crown Ilbijerri Theatre Company Djuki Mala Chooky Dancers Happy As Larry Shaun Parker & Company Best Presentation for Children Miss Ophelia Arts Centre Melbourne and Sydney Opera House Storm Boy Barking Gecko Theatre Company & Sydney Theatre Company Wulamanayuwi & the Seven Pamanui Darwin Festival & Performing Lines The House Where Winter Lives Perth International Arts Festival Pinocchio Windmill Theatre & State Theatre Company of South Australia Best Direction of a Play Andrew Upton Waiting For Godot Sydney Theatre Company Ivo Van Hove Roman Tragedies Adelaide Festival Michael Kantor The Shadow King Malthouse Theatre in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals - Adelaide Festival, Brisbane Festival, Melbourne Festival, Perth International Arts Festival and Sydney Festival. Sam Strong The Floating World Griffin Theatre Company Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play Elizabeth Debicki The Maids Sydney Theatre Company Robyn Nevin Angels In America Belvoir Susan Prior Small and Tired Belvoir Zahra Newman The Government Inspector Belvoir & Malthouse Theatre Best Female Actor in a Play Alison Whyte The Bloody Chamber Malthouse Theatre Cate Blanchett The Maids Sydney Theatre Company Ursula Yovich Mother Courage and Her Children Queensland Theatre Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre Zahra
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