Professional categories
Production: Banana Peel Moon (Freewheels)
Actress: Katinka Smit, Oleanna (Flying Teapot Theatre)
Actor: David Wood, S.A.O. (Freewheels)
Director: Aarne Neeme, S.A.O.
Technical achievement: Don McEwen, set design, Banana Peel Moon
Open category
New play written for a Newcastlecompany: Mark Reedman, Steel Street Blues (2 Til 5 and Workers Cultural Action Committee)
Non-professional categories
Dramatic production: Steel Street Blues
Musical production: Godspell (NDAC)
One-act production: Countdown (University Drama)
Actress (two awards): Alison Cox, Me and My Girl (NDAC), and Dawn Richmond, Blithe Spirit (Intimate)
Actor (two awards): Glenn Horne, Me and My Girl, and Jon Purdy, The Flaw (2 Til 5)
Director: Sharon McMillan and Bonnie McMillan, D-Tension (Tandem Theatre for Youth)
Technical achievement: Brian Lowe, set design, God’s Favourite (Intimate)
Newcastle City Council award for outstanding achievement in Newcastle theatre 2 Til 5 Youth Theatre, for a year-long program that reached out to help disadvantaged young people as well as entertaining audiences