Professional categories
Production: Essington Lewis: I Am Work (HVTC)
Actress: No award (too few female roles)
Actor: Vic Rooney, Essington Lewis: I Am Work
Director: Aarne Neeme, Essington Lewis: I Am Work
Technical achievement: Adam Lindberg, set design, Gary’s House (HVTC and Eureka Theatre)
Open category
New play written for a Newcastlecompany: Louise Walpole, Babylon (Tantrum Theatre)
Non-professional categories
Dramatic production: Lend Me a Tenor (Newcastle Repertory)
Musical production: Jesus Christ Superstar (Novocastrian Productions)
Actress in a drama or comedy: Janet Gillam, Money and Friends (Newcastle Repertory)
Actor in a drama or comedy: Ewen Sutherland, The One Day of the Year (NDAC)
Actress in a musical: Tracy Cowan, High Society (Metropolitan)
Actor in a musical: Derek Dowding, Oliver! (Opera Hunter and YPT)
Director: Carl Caulfield, Hitler Dances (University Drama)
Technical achievement: Kristy Mansfield, choreography, 42nd Street (Metropolitan)
Newcastle City Council award for outstanding achievement in Newcastle theatre Ross Fiddes (composer) and Paul Kavanagh (librettist) for their work-in-progress, Abelard and Heloise
THE YEAR
* The record number of eligable shows was this year with 90 eligable shows.
* This was a year when the bicentenary celebration of the discovery of the site of Newcastle by Lieutenant John Shortland saw extra money available for theatre works.