2013, the verdict

THEATRE

Event(s) of the Year Peter Pan; Forget Me Not – Belvoir Mrs Warren’s Profession – STC The Bull, The Moon and the Coronet of Stars – Griffin Henry 4 – Bell Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice – Sydney Shakespeare Company Songs with Orchestra – Lior & Nigel Westlake, with Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Honourable Mention Angels in America – Belvoir One Scientific Mystery, or Why Did The Aborigines Eat Captain Cook? – VHS Productions Rust and Bone – Griffin Summertime in the Garden of Eden – Griffin Bushpig – Bagabus inc (part of Sydney Fringe Festival) Top Girls – New Theatre
Best (New) Play Forget Me Not, Tom Holloway The Bull, The Moon and the Coronet of Stars, Van Badham One Scientific Mystery, or Why Did The Aborigines Eat Captain Cook?, Victoria Haralabidou Hinterland, Jane Bodie	The Flat Award Phédre – Bell Shakespeare Persona – Belvoir A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Bell Shakespeare Hamlet (with Toby Schmitz) – Belvoir
The Almost Award Jerusalem – New Theatre Return to Earth – Griffin	The ‘Love Me Tender’ Award Small and Tired – Belvoir
The Game-Changer Romeo and Juliet – STC

FILMS

Film(s) of the Year A Gun in Each Hand Frances Ha Rust and Bone Die Vermessung der Welt	Honourable Mention Django Unchained Blue Jasmine Stories We Tell
Dishonourable Mention Les Misérables The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Life of Pi	The Empty Shell Award Anna Karenina Much Ado About Nothing Great Expectations About Time
The Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster Cloud Atlas	The Tim Winton Award Tim Winton’s The Turning
The Most Restrained Deployment of Trademark Style Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby

BOOKS

Book(s) of the Year The Light Between Oceans, M.L. Stedman Moranthology; How To Be A Woman, Caitlin Moran Letters to the End of Love, Yvette Walker The Flame Alphabet, Sam Marcus The Adjacent, Christopher Priest xo Orpheus, edited by Karen Bernheimer

Honourable Mention Burning Bright, Tracy Chevalier Strawberry Fields, Marina Lewycka 84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff The Universe vs. Alex Woods, Gavin Extence