Professional categories
Production: A Property of the Clan (Freewheels)
Actress: Julie Kirby, Stories of Her Life (University Drama)
Actor: Mark Newland, A Property of the Clan
Director: Barney Langford, Disorder: I Heard They Did It For Kicks (2 Til 5)
Technical achievement: Sharon Raschke, piano accompaniment, South Pacific (NDAC)
Open category
New play written for a Newcastlecompany: Nick Enright, A Property of the Clan
Non-professional categories
Dramatic production: Disorder: I Heard They Did It For Kicks
Musical production: South Pacific (NDAC)
Actress (two awards): Janet Gillam, Woman in Mind (Newcastle Repertory) and Susie Porter, Henceforward . . . (University Drama)
Actor (three awards): Robert Dalton, A Hard God (NDAC), Michael Saunders, South Pacific, and Michael Single, The Venetian Twins (Newcastle Repertory)
Director: Frank Lind and Betty Lind, South Pacific
Technical achievement: Doreen Severn, costume design, The Venetian Twins
Commonwealth Bank award for outstanding achievement in Newcastle theatre Brian Joyce, for his courage and determination in nurturing and developing A Property of the Clan
THE YEAR
* The awards were held at Newcastle Workers Club, while the Civic was being refurbished.