Professional categories
Production: Don’t Pay! Don’t Pay! (HVTC)
Actress: Ruth Cracknell, Machiavelli, Machiavelli (HVTC)
Actor: Andrew Martin, What If You Died Tomorrow (HVTC)
Director: Ian B. Watson, Don’t Pay! Don’t Pay!
Technical achievement: Derrick Cox, production design, The Real Thing (HVTC)
Non-professional categories
Dramatic production: Bert and Maisy (Newcastle Repertory)
Musical production: Under Review (Newcastle Repertory)
Actress (two awards): Tracy Cowan, Gypsy (Metropolitan Players) and Celia Ireland, As You Like It (Newcastle Repertory)
Actor: Tom White, Bert and Maisy
Director: Jane Goodall, The Bedbug (University Drama)
Technical achievement: Paul Zorzi, musical direction, Under Review
Commonwealth Bank award for outstanding achievement in Newcastle theatre Derrick Cox and Brent McGregor, set concept and design, The Real Thing