Professional categories
Production: Essington Lewis: I Am Work (HVTC)
Actress in a leading role: Lorrie Cruickshank, No Names, No Pack Drill (HVTC)
Actor in a leading role: Vic Rooney, Essington Lewis: I Am Work and John Doyle, Habeas Corpus (HVTC), tie
Actress in a supporting role: Julie Kirby, The Playboy of the Western World (HVTC)
Actor in a supporting role: David Wood, Essington Lewis: I Am Work
Director: Aarne Neeme, Essington Lewis: I Am Work
Technical achievement: Brian Nickless, set design, Essington Lewis: I Am Work
Non-professional categories
Production: Five Finger Exercise (Newcastle Repertory)
Actress in a leading role: Betty Griffiths, Five Finger Exercise
Actor in a leading role: Richard Davies, Five Finger Exercise
Actress in a supporting role: Donna Eagle, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Newcastle College of Advanced Education)
Actor in a supporting role: Gary MacLean, The Mystery Plays (Newcastle University English Department)
Director: Peter Bloomfield, Five Finger Exercise
Technical achievement: Ian Partland and Steve Harris, set design, Beyond Mozambique (University Drama)
Special award William and Elizabeth Ford, for their immeasurable contribution to children’s theatre inNewcastle
Special award John O’Donoghue, playwright, Essington Lewis: I Am Work