2014, the verdict

THEATRE

Event(s) of the Year The Seagull – STCSA, Adelaide Festival Tartuffe; Henry V – Bell Shakespeare William Shakespeare’s Reservoir Dogs – Russall S. Beattie at The Vanguard Children of the Sun – Sydney Theatre Company Once – Melbourne Theatre Company, Gordon/Frost
Honourable Mention On The Shore of the Wide World – Pantsguys & Griffin Independent Noises Off; Switzerland – Sydney Theatre Company Jump for Jordan – Griffin Theatre Company Antigone: The Burial at Thebes – Furies Platonov – ATYP, MopHead & Catnip Productions The Legend of King O’Malley – Don’t Look Away Sweeney Todd – New Theatre A Streetcar Named Desire – Young Vic (NTLive)
Dishonourable Mention Cain and Abel – THE RABBLE, Belvoir Hedda Gabler – Belvoir Nora – Belvoir Oedipus Rex – Belvoir Rupert – Melbourne Theatre Company, David Sparrow Productions Truth, Beauty and A Picture of You – Hayes Theatre Company
Best (New) Play Jump for Jordan, Donna Abela The Effect, Lucy Prebble Procne & Tereus, Saro Lusty-Cavallari Joan, Again, Paul Gilchrist	Shakesproud Henry V (dir. Damien Ryan) William Shakespeare’s Reservoir Dogs (dir. Steven Hopley) All’s Well That Ends Well (dir. Damien Ryan) Richard III (dir. Mark Kilmurry)
The Red Curtain Award for Most Prodigious Use of Red Curtains Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin & Co. – Strictly Ballroom The Musical
The Most Restrained Deployment of Trademark Style Benedict Andrews, A Streetcar Named Desire (Young Vic; NTLive)

FILMS

Film(s) of the Year Her Only Lovers Left Alive How To Train Your Dragon 2 Paddington
Honourable Mention The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her God Help The Girl 20,000 Days on Earth Pride Jimmy’s Hall
Dishonourable Mention Blue Is The Warmest Colour The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him	The Empty Shell Award Mr Turner
The ‘Didn’t Live Up To The Hype’ Award The Book Thief	The Break-neck Award The Grand Budapest Hotel

BOOKS

Book(s) of the Year A Dead Man in Deptford; Shakespeare, Anthony Burgess The Double, José Saramago Labyrinths, Jorge Luis Borges Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel Hopscotch, Julio Cortázar

Honourable Mention Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell The Tunnel, Ernesto Sábato Nothing Like The Sun, Anthony Burgess The Secret History, Donna Tartt

The Six Months In A Book Award Hopscotch, Julio Cortázar