Cal Doyle-Scott and company. Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Peewee Productions, Canberra

All-professional productions are excluded and only amateur and pro–am productions will be considered. Amateur and pro–am theatre-restaurant-style productions will be considered in the Best Musical or Best Play categories as appropriate.

As community theatre companies enter the Awards, any notable achievement within their production can be nominated for award—regardless of the professional status of some of their personnel.

School productions, having their own production categories—including the new school acting categories—are, however, eligible for consideration in other production categories.

There is no limit to the number of categories in which a production can receive nominations, nor is there a limit to the number of times a company can appear in the final nomination list for any category.

The Judges will usually make only one Award in each category. Where they are desirable, we have made joint Awards.

Of course, as most judges are practicing performers or production personnel, their role is ineligible for an Award. Other aspects of the productions in which they are involved are eligible for consideration.

Categories are reconsidered annually and have evolved since 1994 to include the 35 awards this year—that truly celebrate the achievements of our region’s theatre companies.