Matilda Awards

09/12/2024

Save the date!
The 2024 Matilda Awards ceremony will be held on 24 February 2025 at Brisbane Powerhouse. Put this important event in your calendar, and keep an eye on our socials for booking details coming soon in the new year.

We look forward to celebrating with you at the 37th Matilda Awards!

24/10/2024

🌟 The Matilda Awards Executive Committee is thrilled to welcome our newest member, Nigel Lavender. With extensive experience in theatre and community engagement both in Queensland and the UK, Nigel is a fantastic addition to our team.

Before moving to Australia in 2008, Nigel had a distinguished theatre career at venues like Theatre Royal Stratford East and Lyric Hammersmith. From 2008 to 2018, he served as Executive Director of Queensland Music Festival, where he transformed lives through music. Since then, he founded Momentum Arts, leading impactful projects like The Big Anxiety and various initiatives for regional theatre.

Nigel is also a Peer Assessor for Arts Queensland and the Federal Office for the Arts, and he proudly calls Yuggera country near Ipswich home with his family.

Welcome aboard, Nigel! We can't wait to see the incredible impact you'll make.

15/10/2024

Nominations are opening soon for the 2024 Behind the Scenes Award.

Now is the time to start considering if there is someone you would like to honour for their outstanding work behind the scenes. This could include, but is not limited to: stage managers, assistant stage managers, production managers, sound, lighting or video operators, marketing, finance, managers or members of the administration team.

Learn more about the Behind the Scenes Award here: http://bit.ly/3A0ZGME

05/06/2024

Joining the Executive Committee is Ruth Atkinson.

Ruth is an independent Creative Producer based in Toowoomba working with RAVA Productions and the Curious Arts Festival. She is CEO/Owner of Visual Focus, an audio-visual integration and events company based in Toowoomba.

Ruth was previously appointed to the Creative Business Champions (2021/22), a program to mentor creatives in the business of the Arts, through the Regional Arts Services Network (RASN), and provides mentorship in strategic direction and projects planning for Queensland artists and their communities.

Formerly Director at the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts (2008-2016), Ruth founded the Fresh Ground artist-in-residence program supporting the development of over 90 Queensland performing arts productions.

Ruth holds an M.B.A. and Post Graduate qualifications in Arts and Cultural Management and a Bachelor of Business (Marketing).

11/04/2024

DEADLINE EXTENEDED TO 7 MAY

The Matilda Awards Executive Committee is calling for Expressions of Interest from individuals with a passion for the arts to join our dynamic team.

Established in 1987, The Matilda Awards recognise, celebrate, and promote Queensland’s theatre and performing arts sector.
The Matilda Awards are managed and operated by committed individuals who give their time as members of either the Judging Panel or Executive Committee.

If you would like to join the Executive Committee, we are particularly interested in individuals with management / operational skills in website, ticketing and box office,
event and production management, and social media.

Please send a brief EOI to [email protected] noting your experience in management, media and/or the performing arts, with particular reference to the skills listed above, and your reasons for wishing to join the Matilda Awards team.

Please submit your EOI by Tuesday, 7 May.

The Matilda Awards acknowledges the many tradional custodians of Country throughout Queensland. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present, and emerging.

09/04/2024

A very warm welcome to the newest members of our Judging Panel, Thea Raveneau and Alexandra Ellen, and a welcome back to Shane Pike who returns the the Judging Panel after a short hiatus.

Read their bios and find out more about our judges by visting the Matilda Awards website: https://www.matildaawards.com.au/people

The Matilda Awards acknowledges the many traditional custodians of Country throughout Queensland. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging.



Thea Raveneau Alexandra Ellen

08/04/2024

It was wonderful to catch up with the team at Crossroad Arts Inc with Julieanne Gilbert Member for Mackay following multiple wins and nominations at the prestigious Matilda Awards
Brendan Bortelli is Crossroad Art’s ambassador and artist in residence who has travelled to Japan and the US to exhibit his 2 and 3D photographic works.
What makes Brendon’s many achievements – including Young Australian of the Year in 1989 - all the more remarkable are his sight and hearing impairments.
Brendan is contributing to the Miles Government and Arts Queensland Elevate 2042 Legacy strategy roundtable later this month to help grow industry inclusivity and more good jobs for disabled artists and arts workers.

07/04/2024

‘Bugger. Maybe you aren’t Rain Man. Maybe you’re more of a Drizzle Boy.’

Drizzle Boy loves space. So does his companion, Space Bear, and his hero, Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. The stars are far away from a world that unforgivingly pokes and prods him. Until Drizzle Boy is brought back to earth by Juliet, who enters his orbit on the first day of university. How does one figure out romance, when social etiquette already seems arbitrary? Who makes the rules? Who enforces them? And why should any of that matter, when your world is conjoined with the vast infinitude of outer space?

Ryan Enniss’ award-winning Drizzle Boy, first staged at Queensland Theatre, is the first Australian play written by an autistic playwright about an autistic protagonist.

✨ Winner of the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award 2022-23
✨ Shortlisted for 2023 Matilda Awards Best Direction, Best Composition and/or Sound Design, Best Mainstage Production, The Lord Mayor’s Award for Best New Australian Work

‘A true celebration of humanity without limits or stereotypes’ — Theatre Travels

‘Such a refreshing, important and honest exploration of how a neurodivergent person can experience the world’ — Theatre Haus

24/03/2024

21/03/2024

Thank you Arts Hub for a great article about the Matilda Award winning Breathe In. Crossroad Arts Inc

'Breathe In' by Brenden Borellini, Georgia Cranko, Alison Richardson and Crossroad Arts is a prime example of powerful theatre informed by lived experience.

20/03/2024

We need your feedback! Whether you were an audience member or a nominee, we’d love to hear from you about your experience at this year’s awards. Please fill out the survey here:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6WzjUhyW4Y1qclSAuk_jIe7xsrq2AsV55cLsEM5_79CPFJw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR0qGVfXcwhX-vny2xhVoBlzkSdw2sCdO5F8yDuBkwMxUC8lZL7wQw5oU1o_aem_AfjUUqy3kSqe5ecaQlYpnQOLQdoINSBDSx3iUBRS27572PBAibbGGbq-OQ1vHBf9osg

📸: Bulimba Studios of Pink Flamingo Brisbane

07/03/2024

07/03/2024

What a delight to be Musical Director for the Matilda Awards 2024. Red hot band, amazing co-performers and a lot of love in the room for the makers of live theatre. 😍 BRISBANE POWERHOUSE

04/03/2024

A wonderful interview with Matilda Award winner Chenoa Deemal.

First Nations actor Chenoa Deemal has won a Matilda Award for 'Best Performance in a Leading Role’

04/03/2024

Thanks ArtsHub for the mention.

Professional development for musicians, writers and creative leaders, plus grants supporting mental health at Fringe and finalists of Asia Pacific Arts Awards.