AWGIE Award for Music Theatre
Year Recipient Writer ( s ) Recipient Work Nominees
2003 Hilary Bell The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Ruysch -
2004 Jonathan Biggins with Ignatius Jones & Philip Scott Orpheus in the Underworld Dean Bryant for Jumpin ' the Q
2005 Jonathan Biggins , Drew Forsythe & Phil Scott The Republic of Myopia -
2006 Melvyn Morrow Shakespearean Idol Melvyn Morrow with John Michael Howson and David Mitchell for Dusty
2007 Janis Balodis Electric Lenin Melissa Reeves for Tough Girls
2008 Sean Peter Everythings Fucked -
2009 Not awarded
2010 Sue Smith Rembrandts Wife Tracy Harvey and Doug Macleod for Call Girl the Musical
2011 Cathryn Strickland The Musical Child Sarah Carradine for The Cockatoos
2012 Not awarded
2013 Not awarded
2014 Not awarded
2015 Nicki Bloom Little Bird -
2016 Lally Katz The Rabbits -
2017 Danny Ginges with Philip Foxman Atomic -
2018 PJ Hogan with Kate Miller-Heidke & Keir Nuttall ( lyrics ) and Benny Andersson , Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson ( lyrics ) Muriel 's Wedding the Musical Alana Valentine with Ursula Yovich for Barbara and the Camp Dogs Stephen Vizard for Vigil
2019 Not awarded
The AWGIE Award for Music Theatre is awarded by the Australian Writers Guild at the annual AWGIE Awards for Australian performance writing . The award is for the script/text , lyrics or book of works written for the theatre in which music plays an integral part , such as opera libretti , musicals , revue , musical theatre , theatre restaurant and original cabaret . To be eligible , works must have had their first formal production in the previous year . [ 1 ]
The AWGIE Award for Music Theatre is awarded by the Australian Writers Guild at the annual AWGIE Awards for Australian performance writing. The award is for the script/text, lyrics or book of works written for the theatre in which music plays an integral part, such as opera libretti, musicals, revue, musical theatre, theatre restaurant and original cabaret. To be eligible, works must have had their first formal production in the previous year.