2023 Anywhere Awards
The 2023 Anywhere Awards celebrate the shows, locations and people that embrace the Anywhere ethos of performance in nooks and crannies anywhere done with ambition and clarity of idea and implementation. Shows that entertain, that engage, that explore and break down the traditional approaches to performances, shows with relevant and refreshing takes on topics and ideas.
The awards are based on reviewer, industry and Anywhere Festival team feedback, but most importantly on audience feedback in the voting forms.
The number of votes is also important and as always, we factor in the capacity of a show so that an amazing show with a capacity of twenty people is considered equally with an amazing show with a capacity of four hundred people.
Weekly awards were revealed following each week of the festival in Moreton Bay and Brisbane and weekly winners are eligible for the remaining Anywhere Awards.
Voting for all Anywhere Awards closed Sunday 11 June, with nominees announced Wednesday 14 June and all Anywhere Awards to be announced at the Anywhere Awards and Festival Wrap Event on Saturday 24 June.
Weekly Anywhere Awards
Week 1 Anywhere Award
Blind In The Rabbit Hole presented by Screech Arts at CPL Ashgrove
Week 2 Anywhere Award
A Drop Too Many presented by Maxi Mossman at Cannon Hill Anglican College
Week 3 Anywhere Award
Into The Light presented by DIVE Theatre Collective at The Paint Factory Yeronga
Week 4 Anywhere Award
Class of ’89 presented by Add Lib at YMCA Mango Hill
Week 5 Anywhere Award
Turning Point presented by 6 Mangrove Productions at Bribie Island Recreational Hall
Awards By Genre
2023 Anywhere Award for Cabaret and Musical Theatre
Nominee 1 Beverly Kills Presents: Heaven and Hell at Christ Church in Milton
Nominee 2 Eco Worrier presented by Hannah Gwatkin at the Queensland Wilderness Society in West End
Nominee 3 The Human Centipede Parody Musical presented by Synergy Production Co. at the Paint Factory in Yeronga
Nominee 4 Whistling Past The Graveyard presented by Leah Cotterell and Narelle McCoy at South Brisbane Cemetary
2023 Anywhere Award for Comedy
Nominee 1 - Chased by Rainbows presented by Blue Roo Theatre at the Fringe Brisbane Building in South Brisbane
Nominee 2 - Class of ‘89 presented by Add Lib at YMCA Mango Hill
Nominee 3 - How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse presented by ON Theatre at St Laurence’s College in South Brisbane
Nominee 4 - The Importance of Being Wasted presented by Act/React at Fringe Brisbane Building in South Brisbane and Hip Hops Brewers in Brendale
2023 Anywhere Award for Dance and Circus
Nominee 1 - PPL Power presented by Connect Dance Ensemble at Archerfield Airport Terminal
Nominee 2 - Dancing In D-Bay presented by Moreton Bay Regional Council at Deception Bay Community Hall
Nominee 3 - Scottish Ceilidh Dance presented by The Ceilidh Clan at The Hills District Community Centre
Nominee 4 - Tipsy History presented by Glitter Martini at Thirsty Chiefs in North Lakes and Hiker Brewing Co. in Salisbury
2023 Anywhere Award for Immersive / Participatory
Nominee 1 - Banshee’s Luck presented by Andrew Gillanders at The Paint Factory in Yeronga
Nominee 2 - Introversion 101 presented by SHLT Theatre at The Paint Factory in Yeronga
Nominee 3 - The Reunion presented by Minerva Theatre Co. at Blute’s Bar in Fortitude Valley and The Hills District Community Centre
Nominee 4 - Turning Point presented by 6 Mangrove Productions at the Bribie Island Recreational Hall
2023 Anywhere Award for Music
Nominee 1 - Broadway by The Beach presented by Redcliffe Musical Theatre & ROAR Academy
Nominee 2 - Black Light Sessions presented by Electric Moon at Australian Modern in Carina.
Nominee 3 - Mermaid Avenue and the Deon Powter Band at Thirsty Chiefs in North Lakes
Nominee 4 - K-Mak at the Planetarium in Mt Coot-ha
2023 Anywhere Award for Spoken Word and Ideas
Nominee 1 - Down To The Sea presented by Ann E Stewart at Redcliffe Museum
Nominee 2 - Beachmere Revisited presented by Karen Wallwork at Beach Shak Cafe
Nominee 3 - The Wayward Brothers Return presented by The Wayward Brothers at Albany Creek Library & Woodford Library
Nominee 4 - The Mirror Sphere presented by Guy Lobwein at QUT E Block in Kelvin Grove
2023 Anywhere Award for Theatre
Nominee 1 34 Scenes About The Weather presented by Lunch Friend at The Paint Factory in Yeronga
Nominee 2 A Drop Too Many presented by Maxi Mossman at Cannon Hill Anglican College
Nominee 3 13: The Play presented by Kaelan Glanville at Australian Acting Academy HQ Carpark, Paddington
Nominee 4 Polis and Panathenaia presented by Flaming Carnations at VENTSpace in South Brisbane
Nominee 5 Fast Food by Morgan Rose presented by Underground Theatre Company at MainCourse Building 21, University of Queensland in the empty chicken shop.
Nominee 6 Killing Quality Time presented by Kia-Lea Cathcart at an Apartment in Windsor
Awards for a location
2023 Anywhere Award for a location
Nominee 1 - The Paint Factory, Yeronga
Nominee 2 - Australian Modern, Carina
Nominee 3 - YMCA Mango Hill
Nominee 4 - Thirsty Chiefs, North Lakes
Anywhere Festival Pick of 2023
Anywhere Festival Pick 2023 Anywhere Award
Nominee 1 - 34 Scenes About The Weather presented by Lunch Friend at the Paint Factory in Yeronga
Nominee 2 - Class of ‘89 presented by by Add Lib at the YMCA Mango Hill
Nominee 3 - Into The Light presented by D.I.V.E Theatre Collective at the Paint Factory in Yeronga
Nominee 4 - Turning Point presented by 6 Mangrove Productions at the Bribie Island Recreational Hall
Revisit the 2022 Anywhere Awards Event
Head back to EC Venues in Fortitude Valley in June 2022 to hear from some of the Anywhere Award recipients in this Vox Pop video
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