| Year | Title | Production compan(y/ies) |
|---|
2010 (10th) |
| Richard III | Melbourne Theatre Company |
| August: Osage County | Melbourne Theatre Company |
| Happy Days | Malthouse Theatre |
| The Book of Everything | Company B Belvoir and Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image |
2011 (11th) |
| The Wild Duck | Belvoir |
| The Diary of a Madman | Belvoir |
| Uncle Vanya | Sydney Theatre Company and Bell Shakespeare |
| Do not go gentle | fortyfivedownstairs |
2012 (12th) |
| Ganesh Versus the Third Reich | Back to Back Theatre, Malthouse Theatre and Melbourne Festival |
| Neighbourhood Watch | Belvoir |
| The Boys | Griffin Theatre Company and Sydney Festival |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Melbourne Theatre Company |
2013 (13th) |
| The Secret River | Sydney Theatre Company, The Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, Sydney Festival, The Centenary of Canberra, Perth International Arts Festival |
| Medea | Belvoir and Australian Theatre for Young People |
| Death of a Salesman | Belvoir |
| Hedda Gabler | State Theatre Company of South Australia |
2014 (14th) |
| Angels in America | Belvoir |
| Roman Tragedies | Toneelgroep Amsterdam presented by Adelaide Festival in association with Adelaide Festival Centre |
| 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) |
| Waiting for Godot | Sydney Theatre Company |
2015 (15th) |
| The Glass Menagerie | Belvoir |
| Calpurnia Descending | Malthouse Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company |
| Suddenly Last Summer | Sydney Theatre Company |
| Endgame | Sydney Theatre Company |
2016 (16th) |
| The Bleeding Tree | Griffin Theatre Company |
| North by Northwest | Melbourne Theatre Company and Kay + McLean Productions by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures |
| Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster | Performing Lines and Nicola Gunn |
| Prize Fighter | La Boite Theatre Company and Brisbane Festival |
2017 (17th) |
| The Drover's Wife | Belvoir |
| Jasper Jones | Melbourne Theatre Company |
| Once in Royal David's City | Queensland Theatre and Black Swan State Theatre Company |
| Things I Know To Be True | State Theatre Company of South Australia and Frantic Assembly |
2018 (18th) |
| The Children | Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company |
| The Irresistible | Side Pony Productions and The Last Great Hunt |
| The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man | Malthouse Theatre |
| Black is the New White | Sydney Theatre Company |
| The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | Sydney Theatre Company |
| Laser Beak Man | Brisbane Festival, La Boite Theatre Company and Dead Puppet Society in association with PowerArts |
2019 (19th) [4] [5] |
| Counting and Cracking | Belvoir and Co-Curious |
| Blackie Blackie Brown: The Traditional Owner of Death | Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre |
| The Harp in the South: Part One and Part Two | Sydney Theatre Company |
| Song for a Weary Throat | Rawcus |
| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts One and Two) | Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, and Michael Cassel |
| The Second Woman | Nat Randall and Anna Breckon and Performing Lines |