About the Green Room Awards
The Green Room Awards were established in 1982, with our first Awards Ceremony taking place in 1984 celebrating works seen in 1983. In the over four decades since, the Green Room Awards have become Narrm’s premier peer-presented performing arts industry awards.
Each year our eight art form panels recognise outstanding achievements in productions from Cabaret, Contemporary & Experimental Performance, Dance, Independent Theatre, Music Theatre, Opera, and Theatre Companies.
The awards acknowledge the contributions of the many, diverse artists and technicians who work on stage, back stage, in the grid and in the pit.
Our patron
Dr. Liz Jones, AO
DR LIZ JONES, AO has worked as a performance artist at La Mama with the ensemble led by Lloyd Jones continuously since 1973.
In 1995 Liz was awarded the 1994 Kenneth Myer Medallion for the Performing Arts. In 2000 she was awarded the Sidney Myer “Facilitator’s” Award and in 2001 Liz received the Green Room Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2002 she was placed on The Victorian Women’s Honour Roll and in 2008 received the Dorothy Crawford AWGIE for her contribution to playwriting. She received the 2018 Australia Council Award for Theatre and in 2019 was presented with The Sue Natrass Award by Live Performance Australia.
On March 31st 2023 Liz stood down as Artistic Director and CEO of La Mama.
Our People
President
Scott Gooding
(he/him)
Vice president
Ryan Hamilton
(he/they)
Secretary
Jade Smith
(she/her)
Treasurer
Flick
(they/them)
Ordinary Member
Seamus Allan
(he/him)
Ordinary Member
Claudia Harris
(she/they)
Meet the Panels
We award work across eight different art forms, and each art form has it’s own panel of practitioners who assess work across the year.
These are our current panels and panellists:
- Cabaret
- Opera
- Dance
- Contemporary & Experimental Performance
- Independent Theatre
- Theatre Companies
- Musical Theatre (Independent)
- Musical Theatre (Commercial & Funded)
We are always on the lookout for new panellists, as our panel members reach tenure. To express interest in joining a panel, please submit this form.
Life Members
- 1993 — Blair Edgar OAM (founding member)
- 1993 — Steven Tandy (founding member)
- 1994 — Irene Mitchell (1905 – 1995)
- 1994 — Lady Pamela Travers (1899 – 1996)
- 1995 — Lady ‘Viola’ Tait AM (1911 – 2002)
- 1996 — Pamela Ruskin (1920 – 2010)
- 1996 — Anne Fraser (1928-2005)
- 2000 — Frank van Straten OAM (1936-2024)
- 2001 — Paul Hammond FRAD OAM (1922 – 2010)
- 2008 — Geoffrey Milne (1945 – 2013)
- 2011 — Dr Mark Williams
- 2013 — Martin Croft
- 2013 — Will Conyers
- 2016 — Chris Thompson (1959 – 2026)
- 2017 — Chris Boyd
- 2025 — Judith Roberts
Past Presidents
- 1983-1985 — Steven Tandy
- 1985-1990 — Prof. John Rickard
- 1990-1994 — Hugo Leschen
- 1994-1999 — Beverly Dunn
- 2000-2002 — Rob Meldrum
- 2002-2005 — Will Conyers
- 2005-2010 — Dr Mark Williams
- 2010-2011 — Richard Watts
- 2011-2012 — Tim Stitz
- 2012-2015 — Chris Thompson
- 2016-2020 — Prof. Hilary Glow
- 2021-2022 — Eugyeene Teh and Sapidah Kian
- 2022- 2025 — Anton Berezin
- 2025-2026 — Brendan Daynes
- 2026-2027 — Scott Gooding