The Green Room Awards are Australian peer awards which recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, theatre companies, independent theatre, musical theatre, contemporary and experimental performance, and opera. The awards, which were established in 1982, are based in Melbourne, Victoria.

History

The Green Room Awards were established in 1982 by a group of theatre people, with the inaugural awards ceremony held in 1983. Blair Edgar and Steven Tandy formed the Green Room Awards Association. The Association's 40th awards ceremony, took place at Melbourne's Capitol Theatre to a sell-out audience on 29 May 2023.

Description

Association

The Green Room Awards Association is composed of members of Melbourne's performing arts community, including journalists, performers, writers, directors, choreographers, academics, theatre technicians and administrators. It is based in Melbourne, Victoria.

Awards

The Green Room Awards recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, theatre companies, independent theatre, musical theatre, contemporary and experimental performance, and opera.

Governance and people

The current patron of the association is Liz Jones. Former patrons include Uncle Jack Charles, Rachel Griffiths, and David Atkins. As at April 2023, the president of the association is Anton Berezin, vice president Dean Drieberg, secretary Weng Yi Wong and treasurer Emily Harvey.

Award categories

As of 2013, award categories include:

Theatre (companies)

Theatre (independent)

Music theatre

Opera

Dance

Cabaret

Alternative and hybrid performance

Named awards

Several named awards can be given:

Recipients

Previous winners of the awards include Dale Ferguson, David Hersey, Stephen Baynes, Greg Horsman, Eddie Perfect, Laurie Cadevida, Stephen Daldry, Genevieve Lemon, Michael Dameski, Julian Gavin, and Steve Mouzakis. 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

Music theatre - independent

Opera

Cabaret

Dance

Contemporary and experimental performance

Lifetime Achievement Award

Recipients include (year added where found):