Welcome to my Best of 2018. After reviewing 188 shows this year, I once again put myself through the extremely painful task of creating a list of names, trying so hard not to expand beyond the 5 winners per category. I keep telling myself that the number is arbitrary, and that I should just bloody well add all the names I want, but eventually it is invariably revealed, that I’m undeniably a sucker for rules and boundaries. So I hold my breath and click delete on amazing people, in order that this personal selection becomes a digestible summary of the year, and not a documentation of each and every wonderful memory that I have retained. I love you all… those who make the shows, those who see the shows, and those who care enough to come read what I have to say. So, here’s what I think…

Suzy x

♥ Avant Garde Angels
The bravest and most creative.

• Being Dead (Don Quixote) (MKA Theatre / Doppelgangster)
• Get Her Outta Here (107 Projects)
• Wyrd: The Season Of The Witch (Ninefold)
• Håmlet – A New Australian Play (Bondi Feast)
• The Maids (Glitterbomb)

♥ Quirky Questers
The most colourful characters.

• Wil King in Strangers In Between
• Eliza Sanders in Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.
• Henrietta Amevor in The Rolling Stone
• Gideon Payten-Griffiths in Wyrd: The Season Of The Witch
• Catherine Moore in Unqualified

♥ Design Doyennes
For sound, lights, sets and costumes.

• My Urrwai (Performing Lines)
• Metamorphoses (Apocalypse Theatre Company)
• Visiting Hours (Kings Cross Theatre)
• The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui (Sydney Theatre Company)
• Blackie Blackie Brown (Sydney Theatre Company)

♥ Musical Marvels
Outstanding performers in musical theatre.

• Zahra Newman in The Book Of Mormon
• Ryan Gonzalez in In The Heights & Jersey Boys
• Jane Watt in Gypsy
• Euan Doidge in Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
• Aaron Tsindos in The Overcoat

♥ Best Supporting Actors

• Damon Manns in The Rolling Stone
• Tara Morice in The Harp In The South
• Lloyd Allison-Young in Nell Gwynn and The Lieutenant Of Inishmore
• Jeremi Campese in Yen
• Romney Stanton in Scarecrow

♥ Best Ensembles

• Metamorphoses (Apocalypse Theatre Company)
• The Wolves (Red Line Productions)
• Single Asian Female (La Boite Theatre Company)
• The Rolling Stone (Outhouse Theatre Company)
• Stupid Fucking Bird (New Theatre)

♥ Best Actors (Comedy)

• Kate Cheel in Home Invasion
• Yalin Ozucelik in Sami In Paradise
• Bishanyia Vincent in Nell Gwynn
• Zahra Newman in random
• Claire Lovering in The Feather In The Web

♥ Best Actors (Drama)

• Ghenoa Gela in My Urrwai
• Hugo Weaving in The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui
• Justin Amankwah in The Flick
• Sarah Snook in Saint Joan
• Wayne Blair in The Long Forgotten Dream

♥ Best New Writing

• Michelle Law for Single Asian Female
• Nakkiah Lui for Blackie Blackie Brown
• Brooke Robinson for Good Cook. Friendly. Clean.
• Kate Mulvany for The Harp In The South
• H Lawrence Sumner for The Long Forgotten Dream

♥ Best Directors

• Dino Dimitradis for Metamorphoses
• Kip Williams for The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui and The Harp In The South
• Imara Savage for Saint Joan
• Warwick Doddrell for Stupid Fucking Bird
• Rachel Chant for Love

♥ Shows Of The Year
The mighty Top 10.

• Metamorphoses (Apocalypse Theatre Company)
• The Flick (Outhouse Theatre Company)
• Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (House Of Sand)
• In The Heights (Blue Saint Productions)
• The Book of Mormon (Sydney Lyric Theatre)
• The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui (Sydney Theatre Company)
• Saint Joan (Sydney Theatre Company)
• Stupid Fucking Bird (New Theatre)
• random (Belvoir St Theatre)
• The Overcoat (25A Belvoir St Theatre)

 

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