Green Room Awards

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Green Room Awards
Current: 2022
Awarded forExcellence in
  • Cabaret
  • dance
  • drama
  • fringe theatre
  • musical theatre
  • opera
LocationAustralia (Melbourne)
Presented byGreen Room Awards Association
Established1982
Website http://www.greenroom.org.au   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Green Room Awards are peer awards which recognise excellence in Cabaret, Dance, Theatre Companies, Independent Theatre, Musical Theatre, Contemporary and Experimental Performance and Opera in Melbourne. [1] [2]

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The awards were started in 1982 when Blair Edgar and Steven Tandy formed the Green Room Awards Association. The inaugural awards ceremony was held in 1984 at the Melbourne Concert Hall. The association today is composed of members of Melbourne's performing arts community, including journalists, performers, writers, directors, choreographers, academics, theatre technicians and administrators.

The current patron of the association is Dr Liz Jones AO. Former patrons include Uncle Jack Charles, Rachel Griffiths and David Atkins. Previous winners include Dale Ferguson, David Hersey, Stephen Baynes, Greg Horsman, Eddie Perfect, Laurie Cadevida, Stephen Daldry, Genevieve Lemon, Michael Dameski, Julian Gavin, and Steve Mouzakis.

As at April 2023, the President of the Association is Anton Berezin, Vice President Dean Drieberg, Secretary Weng Yi Wong and Treasurer Emily Harvey.

The 2023 Ceremony, the Association's 40th, took place at Melbourne's Capitol Theatre to a sell-out audience on May 29, 2023.

Award categories

Recipients

Recipients of the Production award in each category include the following, with the year relating to the year of the award ceremony:

Theatre companies

Independent theatre

Music theatre

Opera

Cabaret

Dance

Contemporary and experimental performance

Lifetime Achievement Award

Recipients include (year added where found): [15]

See also

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