2013 will mark Greenroom’s third annual Groundling Awards.
It’s time to have your say in which artists, creatives and companies you enjoyed most in Queensland-produced professional theatre during what was a great year – 2012. There are a few rules to keep things focussed. You can read these in Eligibility below.
The Groundlings ask you – the theatre community – to have your say in the nominating and the final voting process. We’d only ask that you follow the ‘play fair’ rules in nominating and voting only once. You can read all about this in the Nominating Process and the Voting Process below.
If you’d like to be reminded of some of the great shows and people involved in making them during 2012 check out Greenroom’s slide-show.
Thanks for joining in and Happy New Year from us all.
Kate
Eligibility
- Greenroom’s focus, as per its byline, is on professional theatre in Queensland. Amateur, community and student theatre productions are not eligible for a Groundling award. Please also note that students currently enrolled in a professional training program are not eligible for an individual award. Nominations will not be considered.
- Please note that Groundlings will only be awarded to Queensland theatre-makers. Yes, we’re proudly parochial.
- Co-productions qualify but only insofar as nominees are Queensland residents. There is a separate category for the Best Co-production anyway.
Last year, and in response to some comments, we asked our readership to assist with creating meaningful categories. You can read all about that here.
2012 Categories
- Outstanding Contribution by an Actor
- Outstanding Contribution by an Actress
- Outstanding Contribution by a Director
- Outstanding Contribution to Set Design
- Outstanding Contribution to Costume Design
- Outstanding Contribution to Lighting Design
- Outstanding Contribution to Sound Design or Composition
- Outstanding Contribution to Multimedia Design
- Outstanding Contribution to Innovative Theatre Practice
- Best New Play in an Inaugural Queensland Season
- Best Production
- Best Musical Theatre Production
- Best Co-Production
- Outstanding Contribution to Queensland theatre
The Nominating Process
- Go to the nomination page or hit the big, green button on the top right of every page here on Greenroom. It will take you to the Nominating Page where you will find a listing of all categories pre-printed for your convenience.
- Fill in up to (3) three nominees in all or just in some categories. Order doesn’t matter.
- ‘Body of work’ may be a better way to describe the work of an individual artist or creative who has worked on at least 3 (three) individual projects/productions in the year. Nominate your ‘top three’ if you choose this option.
- Individuals and companies may nominate themselves – but only once, please!
- When you are finished, click the submit button at the bottom of the submission form page. Your submission will be acknowledged and go to the database.
- Nominations close at midnight on 31 January, 2013. Greenroom will then total all the nominations in the database.
- The 3 (three) highest-scoring nominees in each of the 14 categories will be published on Greenroom on or about 1st February.
The Voting Process
- Greenroom will publish a link to the virtual ballot box on 1 February and invite readers to vote for their choice from the highest-scoring nominees. Voting will close on 13th February at a time TBA.
- Results will be available on Greenroom on February 14, 2013. The day has significance!
- To avoid any taint of conflict of interest, Greenroom will not be nominating or casting any votes.
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