Article/Features

And the winners are…

29 May 2018

  • Reading time • 2 minutes
  • More like this

Seesaw warmly congratulates the winners of the 2017 Performing Arts WA Awards!

BEST NEWCOMER 2017
Georgina Cramond – Interrupting A Crisis, The Blue Room Theatre & Ribs

BEST NEW WORK 2017
Coma Land – Will O’Mahony

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE) 2017
St John Cowcher – My Robot, Barking Gecko Theatre Company

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE) 2017
Alison van Reeken – Let The Right One In, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (MALE) 2017
Brendan Ewing – The Eisteddfod, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST ACTOR (FEMALE) 2017
Adriane Daff – The Irresistible, Side Pony Productions & The Last Great Hunt

BEST DESIGN 2017
Jonathon Oxlade – Set & Costume – The Irresistible, Side Pony Productions & The Last Great Hunt

BEST MUSIC 2017
Rachael Dease – Composition & Sound Design – Let The Right One In, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST DIRECTOR
Jeffrey Jay Fowler – The Eisteddfod, Black Swan State Theatre Company

BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Laika: A Staged Radio Play – The Blue Room Theatre & Second Chance Theatre

BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
The Eisteddfod – Black Swan State Theatre Company

Want to know more about the PAWA Awards? Read Seesaw’s interview with PAWA secretary and Awards committee member Nick Maclaine here.

Pictured top: The 2017 PAWA Awards winners. Photo: Monica Defendi Photography.

Like what you're reading? Support Seesaw.

Author —
seesawmag

Past Articles

Read Next

  • Urinetown. Image by Mark Flower Awards spotlight for WA performers
    Article

    Awards spotlight for WA performers

    24 March 2026

    The annual Performing Arts WA Awards event celebrates the State’s live-performance professionals next month – and includes a new award in honour of arts champion, the late Georgia Malone.

    Reading time • 5 minutesCommunity
  • Heath Ledger hiatus for fly system
    Article

    Heath Ledger hiatus for fly system

    18 November 2025

    Theatre workers welcome a long-awaited replacement of the State Theatre Centre’s malfunctioning fly system, but major companies face more than a year of reduced capacity. Victoria Laurie reports.

    Reading time • 4 minutesTheatre
  • Vale David Zampatti The A to Zed of reviewers | Vale David Zampatti
    Article

    The A to Zed of reviewers | Vale David Zampatti

    1 October 2024

    We pay tribute to the late David Zampatti, a foundational Seesaw contributor whose love for artists and their work found fine expression as Perth’s leading theatre critic.

    Reading time • 7 minutesTheatre

Leave a comment

Cleaver Street Studio

Cleaver Street Studio

 

Cleaver Street Studio