The 23rd annual Adelaide Critics Circle awards were presented at a ceremony at Holden Street Theatres on Thursday 12 December at 6 pm. The Guest Speaker at the Awards was Mitchell Butel, Artistic Director, State Theatre South Australia. Winners received a framed certificate of achievement. The Awards were made possible by the support of the Independent Arts Foundation and the members of the Adelaide Critics Circle.
Individual Award – Professional Theatre
Mark Saturno, actor – A View From The Bridge (State Theatre Company of South Australia)
Group Award – Professional Theatre, shared between three nominees:
Adelaide Baroque – body of work, Bakehouse Theatre – body of work and advocacy of new work, and Joh Hartog Productions – Brilliant Traces
Emerging Artist of the Year Award
Maiah Stewardson, actor – A View from the Bridge (State Theatre Company of South Australia)
Independent Arts Foundation Award for Innovation
Patch Theatre – Zoom
Individual Award – Amateur or Community Theatre
Matt Houston, actor – Don Juan in Soho (University of Adelaide Theatre Guild)
Group Award – Amateur or Community Theatre
University of Adelaide Theatre Guild – Jerusalem
Visual Arts Award
Pierre Mukeba
Lifetime Achievement Award
Jane Rossetto