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The Green Room Awards Association today announced the nominations for the 2007 Awards for excellence on the Melbourne stage. In a year that marks the 25th anniversary of the Awards, the recipients will be announced in a ceremony on Sunday, 20 April at The Arts Centre.

The nominations, which were announced on Melbourne’s annual Theatre Day, cover the full spectrum of performance with this year expected to be one of the most competitive in its 25-year history. 2007 was a big and very diverse year on the Melbourne stage where audiences not only welcomed local productions, but also embraced those originating from interstate or overseas, a number of which were coproductions with Melbourne companies.

One of the most hotly contested categories this year is Music Theatre where the battle of the musicals remains fierce between the imported musicals re-created here, Miss Saigon (8 nominations) and Spamalot (9 nominations), and our own home-grown hits - Keating! (6 nominations) and Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical (8 nominations).

“The audiences for 2007 were delighted, thrilled and engaged by a huge variety of work by performers at the top of their game in venues from the Arts Centre and the CBD theatres to the twinkle in the Australian theatre tiara, La Mama in Carlton. Great theatre is happening out there every night of the week in Melbourne. Put down the remote and get out your front door” said Dr Mark Williams, President of the Green Room Awards Association.

The Green Room voting year is from January 1st to December 31st each year. The nominations and awards are made by the Green Room membership of industry professionals, via sub-committees for each discipline.


FULL LIST OF 2007 NOMINEES - GREEN ROOM AWARDS

Music Theatre
Cabaret
Dance
Opera
Theatre (Independent)
Theatre (New Form)
Theatre (Companies)
Association Awards



::MUSIC THEATRE::

DIRECTION AND STAGING
Laurence Connor (Direction) - Miss Saigon
Neil Armfield (Direction) - Keating!
Simon Phillips (Direction) - Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical
Mike Nichols (Direction) - Spamalot
Michael Kantor and Cast (Direction) - Sleeping Beauty

COSTUME AND/OR SET DESIGN
Andreane Neotou (Costume) - Miss Saigon
Adrian Vaux (Set) - Miss Saigon
Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner (Costumes) - Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical
Brian Thomson (Set) - Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical
Tim Hatley (Set and Costume) - Spamalot

LIGHTING, SOUND, A/V DESIGN
David Hersey (Lighting) - Miss Saigon
Peter Grubb (Sound) - Miss Saigon
Damien Cooper (Lighting) - Keating!
Hugh Vanstone (Lighting) - Spamalot
Nick Schlieper (Lighting) - Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical

CHOREOGRAPHY IN A MUSICAL
Geoffrey Garratt and Bob Avian - Miss Saigon
Ross Coleman - Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical
Casey Nicholaw - Spamalot

MUSICAL DIRECTION AND/OR ORCHESTRATIONS
Guy Simpson (Musical Direction) - Miss Saigon
William David Brohn (Orchestrations) - Miss Saigon
Stephen “Spud” Murphy (Musical Direction and Orchestrations) - Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical
Peter Casey (Musical Direction) - Spamalot
Sue Goessling (Musical Direction) - Mary Bryant

MALE ARTIST IN A FEATURED ROLE
Eddie Perfect (John Hewson/Alexander Downer) - Keating!
Terry Serio (Bob Hawke/John Howard) - Keating!
Derek Metzger (Patsy) - Spamalot
Thern Reynolds (Billy Lawlor) - 42nd Street
Mark Conaghan (Historian/Prince Herbert) - Spamalot

FEMALE ARTIST IN A LEADING ROLE
Laurie Cadevida (Kim) - Miss Saigon
Ana Marina (Christine) - The Phantom of the Opera
Sharon Millerchip (Charity) - Sweet Charity
Donna Lee (The Dubbo Housewife) - Menopause the Musical
Lucinda Shaw (Lady of the Lake) - Spamalot

MALE ARTIST IN A LEADING ROLE
Mitchell Butel (Noble Egglestone and All the Men in Bell’s Life) - Little Me
Leo Tavarro Valdez (The Engineer) - Miss Saigon
Tony Sheldon (Bernadette) - Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical
Mike McLeish (Paul Keating) - Keating!
Bille Brown (King Arthur) - Spamalot

ENSEMBLE / FEATURED ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
The Divas - Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical
Ensemble - Keating!

BEST PRODUCTION
Keating!
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert The Musical
Miss Saigon
Spamalot


::CABARET::

BEST SHOW
Barry Humphries & Friends - Back With A Vengeance!
Yana Alana And Tha Paranas - Bite Me
Meow Meow - Meow Meow Beyond Beyond Glamour: The Remix
Michael Dalley & Paul McCarthy - Intimate Apparel
The Beautiful Losers - Fresh Filth

BEST ARTISTE
Meow Meow - Meow Meow Beyond Beyond Glamour: The Remix
Barry Humphries - Barry Humphries & Friends - Back With A Vengeance!
Sarah Ward - Yana Alana And Tha Paranas - Bite Me
Queenie Van Der Zandt - I Get The Music In You

MUSICAL DIRECTION
Paul Grabowsky - Meow Meow Beyond Beyond Glamour: The Remix
Sarah Ward, Bec Matthews, Frances Evans & Ania Reynolds - Yana Alana And Tha Paranas - Bite Me
The Beautiful Losers - Fresh Filth
Tripod - How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch

BEST ORIGINAL SONGS
Tripod - How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch
Sally Bourne - The Sally Bourne Identity
Sarah Ward, Bec Matthews, Frances Evans & Ania Reynolds - Yana Alana And Tha Paranas - Bite Me

BEST ENSEMBLE
Tripod - How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch
The Beautiful Losers - Fresh Filth
Yana Alana And Tha Paranas - Bite Me
Intimate Apparel

DIRECTION
Paul McCarthy - The Needle and the Damage Done
Anni Davey - Yana Alana And Tha Paranas - Bite Me

INNOVATIVE USE OF FORM
The Needle and the Damage Done
How to Train an Attack Dog from Scratch


::DANCE::

BETTY POUNDER AWARD FOR ORIGINAL CHOREOGRAPHY
Stephen Baynes - Constant Variants (from New Romantics triple bill - Australian Ballet)
Antony Hamilton - The Counting (from Pieces for Small Spaces - Lucy Gerin Inc.)

CONCEPT AND REALISATION
Bec Reid and Luke George - Home (Stompin Youth)
Bec Reid - 180 Seconds in Heaven and Hell (North Melbourne Arts House)
Angus Cerini - Chapters from the Pandemic (Atmosphere Dance)
Lucy Guerin - Pieces for Small Spaces (Lucy Guerin Inc)

DANCE ENSEMBLE
The Cast - This Show is About People (Shaun Parker/ Marguerite Pepper/Melbourne International Arts Festival)
The Cast - 42nd Street (The Production Company)
BalletLab - Brindabella
Lucy Guerin Inc - Aether
The Australian Ballet - Les Presages

MUSIC COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE FOR DANCE
Mara Kiek and Llew Kiek - This Show is About People (Shaun Parker/ Marguerite Pepper/Melbourne International Arts Festival)
David Chisholm - Brindabella (BalletLab)
Kelly Ryall - Chapters from the Pandemic

DESIGN FOR DANCE
Genevieve Dugard - Emeret Lu (Bangara Dance Theatre)
Robert Cousins - This Show is about People (Shaun Parker/ Marguerite Pepper/Melbourne International Arts Festival)
Tatyana Van Walsum - Symphonie Fantasique (from Destinies double bill - Australian Ballet)

LIGHTING FOR DANCE
Niklas Pajanti - This Show Is About People (Shaun Parker/ Marguerite Pepper/Melbourne International Arts Festival)
Bluebottle 3 - Brindabella (BalletLab)

MALE DANCER
Connor Dowling - Ever After Ever (Sydney Dance Company)
Nobuo Fujino - Le Corsaire (Australian Ballet)
Joseph Janusaitis (The Don) - Don Quixote (Australian Ballet)
Robert Curran - Year’s work with the Australian Ballet

FEMALE DANCER
Yolande Brown - True Stories (Bangarra Dance Theatre)
Stephanie Lake - Year's Work (Aether, Pieces for Small Spaces)
Jane Casson - Year’s Work with the Australian Ballet
Madeleine Eastoe (Clara) - The Nutcracker (Australian Ballet)
Brooke Stamp - Brindabella (BalletLab)


::OPERA::

PRODUCTION
Rusalka - Opera Australia
Crossing Live - Chamber Made
The Tales of Hoffmann - Opera Australia
Alcina - Opera Australia
The Love of the Nightingale - Victorian Opera

DIRECTION
Justin Way - Alcina (Opera Australia)
Olivia Fuchs - Rusalka (Opera Australia)
Ariette Taylor - Crossing Live (Chamber Made)
Lindy Hume - The Love of the Nightingale (Victorian Opera)

DESIGN
Niki Turner - Rusalka (Opera Australia)
Roger Kirk - The Tales of Hoffmann (Opera Australia)
Shaun Gurton - Crossing Live (Chamber Made)
Andrew Hays and Kimm Kovak - Alcina (Opera Australia)

LIGHTING
Matt Scott - Orphee and Eurydice (Victorian Opera)
Bruno Poet - Rusalka (Opera Australia)
Nick Schlieper - Il Trovatore (Opera Australia)
Damien Cooper - Alcina (Opera Australia)

MALE ARTIST IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Kanen Breen (Nathanael/Cochenille) - The Tales of Hoffmann (Opera Australia)
James Egglestone (Captain/Hippolytus/Narrator) - The Love of the Nightingale (Victorian Opera)
Barry Ryan (Gamekeeper) - Rusalka (Opera Australia)
Jud Arthur (Ferrando) - Il Trovatore (Opera Australia)

FEMALE ARTIST IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Milijana Nikolic (The Voice of Antonia’s Mother) - The Tales of Hoffmann (Opera Australia)
Sian Pendry (The Kitchen Boy) - Rusalka (Opera Australia)
Dominica Matthews (Nicklause) - The Tales of Hoffmann (Opera Australia)
Sue Braatvedt (The Princess) - Suor Angelica (Melbourne Opera)
Sarah Crane (Hero) - The Love of the Nightingale (Victorian Opera)

MALE ARTIST IN A LEADING ROLE
Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Don Giovanni) - Don Giovanni (Opera Australia)
Doug McNicol (Tereus) - The Love of the Nightingale (Victorian Opera)
John Pringle (Leporello) - Don Giovanni (Opera Australia)
Luke Gabbedy (Figaro) - The Barber of Seville (Opera Australia)
Roy Best (Turiddu) - Cavalleria Rusticana (Melbourne Opera)

FEMALE ARTIST IN A LEADING ROLE
Sally Matthews (Rusalka) - Rusalka (Opera Australia)
Dimity Shepherd (Paula Day) - Crossing Live (Chamber Made)
Catherine Carby (Ruggiero) - Alcina (Opera Australia)
Joanna Cole (Angelica) - Suor Angelica (Melbourne Opera)
Emma Matthews (Stella/Olympia/Giulietta/Antonia) - The Tales of Hoffmann (Opera Australia)

CONDUCTOR
Antony Walker - Alcina (Opera Australia)
Giovanni Reggioli - Il Trovatore (Opera Australia)
Richard Gill - The Love of the Nightingale (Victorian Opera)
Greg Hocking - Carmen (Melbourne Opera)

BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK
Richard Mills and Timberlake Wertenbaker - The Love of the Nightingale (Victorian Opera)
Bryony Marks and Matt Saville - Crossing Live (Chamber Made)

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE OPERATIC ART FORM
To be announced at the ceremony on 20 April 2008


::THEATRE (INDEPENDENT)::

SET AND/OR COSTUME DESIGN
Amanda Johnson (Set) - Asylum (Here Theatre/La Mama)
Jolyon James, Mark Winter, Simon Stone (Set) and Mel Page (Costumes) - Spring Awakening (The Hayloft Project)
Dayna Morrissey (Set) - White With Wire Wheels (Union House Theatre)
Bryony Jackson, Willoh S Weiland (Set) - Antidote (LUPA/art)
Anna Tregloan (Set) - Holiday (Ranter’s Theatre)

LIGHTING DESIGN
Niklas Pajanti - Holiday (Ranters Theatre)
Bronwyn Pringle - Letters from Animals (Here Theatre/The Store Room Theatre Workshop)
Philip Peck - Antidote (LUPA/art)

SOUND DESIGN
David Franzke - Holiday (Ranters Theatre)
Jess Ipkendanz - The Kreutzer Sonata and Raising the Dead (Night Train Productions at La Mama)
Darrin Verhagen - Antidote (LUPA/art)

SOLO PERFORMER – ONE PERSON SHOW
James Pratt (Sebastian Flange) - They Shoot Poets, Don’t They! (Iron Dog Productions/La Mama)
David Tredinnick - (The Pilot Version of) Something to Die For (The Store Room Theatre Workshop)
Humphrey Bower - Raising the Dead and The Kreutzer Sonata (Night Train Production at La Mama)
Josephine Lange - Her Secret Face (La Mama)
Kate Kendall - The Lover (The Stork Hotel)

MALE PERFORMER
Kevin Hopkins (Mark) - Osama the Hero (La Mama/The Rabble)
Peter King (Gayev) - The Cherry Orchard (Actors Anonymous)
Paul Lum (Performer) - Holiday (Ranters Theatre)
Patrick Moffat (Performer) - Holiday (Ranters Theatre)
Luke Mullins (Elliot) - Mercury Fur (Little Death Productions/Theatre Works company initiative programme)

FEMALE PERFORMER
Wahibe Moussa (Mahala/Afghan Woman) - Homebody/Kabul (Theatre@Risk)
Gillian Murray (Ranayevska) - The Cherry Orchard (Actors Anonymous)
Zoe Ellerton-Ashley (Sally Banner) - The Chapel Perilous (La Mama)
Georgina Capper (Shelley/Vulture) - Letters from Animals (Store Room Theatre Workshop)
Mikaela Martin - Antidote (LUPA/art)

DIRECTION
Vanessa Chapple - Her Secret Face (La Mama)
Paulo Castro - B-File (La Mama)
Adriano Cortese - Holiday (Ranters Theatre)
Susie Dee - White With Wire Wheels (Union House Theatre)
Rochelle Whyte - Antidote (LUPA/art)

PRODUCTION
Raising the Dead - Humphrey Bower and Jess Ipkendanz (Night Train Productions at La Mama)
B-File - Paulo Castro (at La Mama)
Holiday - Ranters Theatre
The Kreutzer Sonata - Night Train Productions at La Mama
Antidote - Rochelle Whyte (LUPA/art)


::THEATRE (NEW FORM)::

OUTSTANDING VISUAL DESIGN AND SPATIAL CONCEPTUALISATION
Emilie Barrie (Costumes) - Hunger
Talya Chalef (Spatial Conceptualisation) - In Other Words
Marg Horwell (Set and Spatial Conceptualisation) - Chapters from the Pandemic
Sarah Kriegler and Jacob Williams (Set and Puppetry) - Apples and Ladders
Gaelle Mellis (Set) - Cake

OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN
Rachel Burke - Chapters from the Pandemic
Paul Jackson - Black
Paul Lim - Detest (This Thousand Years I Shall Not Weep)
Andrew Livingstone - Cake

OUTSTANDING VIDEO – SCENOGRAPHY
Michael Carmody - Chapters from the Pandemic
Suzon Fuks - Quivering: A Matter of Life and Death
Alex Gibson - Senseless

OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN / MUSIC
Kelly Ryall - Chapters from the Pandemic
Jethro Woodward - Hunger
Aaron Cuthbert - Operation
Rob Stewart - Senseless
Julie Robson, Catherine Mundy & Brett Collery - The Quivering

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE
Angus Cerini - Detest (This Thousand Years I Shall Not Weep)
Luke Elliot - Crossing Live
Ensemble of Actors - The Controlled Falling Project
Sam Routledge - Operation
Jo Stone - The B File

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION
Small Metal Objects - Back to Back Theatre
Detest (This Thousand Years I Shall Not Weep) - Doubletap Productions and La Mama
Black - Malthouse Theatre
Hunger - Rawcus Theatre


::THEATRE (COMPANIES)::

STAGE DESIGN
Anna Tregloan - Criminology (Malthouse Theatre)
Michael Scott-Mitchell - Ying Tong (Sydney Theatre Company presented by Melbourne Theatre Company)
Dale Ferguson - Body of work
Stephen Curtis - The Government Inspector (Bell Shakespeare Company)
Anna Borghesi - The Spook (Malthouse Theatre)

MUSIC AND/OR SOUND DESIGN
Jeremy Silver (Sound) - Ying Tong (Sydney Theatre Company presented by Melbourne Theatre Company)
Jethro Woodward (Sound) - Criminology (Malthouse Theatre)
Barrie Kosky (Music) - The Tell-Tale Heart (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne International Arts Festival)
John Rodgers (Music) & Russell Goldsmith (Sound) - Exit the King (Malthouse Theatre/Belvoir Street Theatre)
Christian Leavesley & Phil Rolfe (Sound) - OT Chronicles (Malthouse Theatre)

LIGHTING DESIGN
Damien Cooper - Body of work
Paul Jackson - Body of work
Matt Scott - The Pillowman (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Kerry Saxby - Thom Pain (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Richard Dinnen - The Spook (Malthouse Theatre)

MALE ACTOR
Jonathan Biggins (Peter Sellers) - Ying Tong (Sydney Theatre Company presented by Melbourne Theatre Company)
Martin Sharpe (Jason/Alex) - Rabbithole/The Little Dog Laughed (Red Stitch)
Martin Neidermair (A Man) The Tell-Tale Heart (Malthouse Theatre/Melbourne International Arts Festival)
Geoffrey Rush (King Berenger) - Exit the King (Malthouse Theatre/Belvoir Street Theatre)
Bill Zappa (Mayor/Mayor’s Wife & 11 other characters) - The Government Inspector (Bell Shakespeare Company)

FEMALE ACTOR
Alison Bell (Honey/Sleeping Beauty/Young Wife/Communist Librarian & Policewoman) - Body of work
Bojana Novakovic (Una) - Criminology (Malthouse Theatre)
Kat Stewart (Diane) - The Little Dog Laughed (Red Stitch)
Sarah Pierse (Lia) - Enlightenment (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Maria Theodorakis (Eli) - The Spook (Malthouse Theatre)

DIRECTION
Richard Cottrell - Ying Tong (Sydney Theatre Company presented by Melbourne Theatre Company)
Neil Armfield - Exit the King (Malthouse Theatre/Belvoir Street Theatre)
John Bell - The Government Inspector (Bell Shakespeare Company)
Barrie Kosky - The Tell-Tale Heart (Malthouse Theatre/Melbourne International Arts Festival)
Peter Evans - The History Boys (Melbourne Theatre Company)

PRODUCTION
Ying Tong - Sydney Theatre Company presented by Melbourne Theatre Company
The History Boys - Melbourne Theatre Company
The Government Inspector - Bell Shakespeare Company
The Tell-Tale Heart - Malthouse Theatre/Melbourne International Arts Festival
Exit the King - Belvoir St Theatre / Malthouse Theatre


::ASSOCIATION AWARDS::

BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WRITING
Holiday - Raimondo Cortese
I Love You Bro - Adam Cass
The Ghost Writer - Ross Mueller
The Fag from Zagreb - Lally Katz
(The Pilot Version of) Something to Die For - Ross Mueller

TO BE ANNOUNCED AT THE CEREMONY ON 20 APRIL 2008
Dame Joan Hammond Award for a Singer with Vocal Promise
Technical Achievement Award
John Truscott Award for Excellence in Design

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO BE ANNOUNCED ON 1 APRIL 2008