List of winners.
BEST ACTOR: Nick Dunning as King Philip II in the Rough Magic production of Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller.
Also nominated: Dan Gordon for his performance in the Lyric Theatre production of To be Sure by Tim Loane; Anthony Calf as Mikhail Astrov in the Gate Theatre production of Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, in a version by Brian Friel; Aiden Gillen as Teach in the Gate Theatre production of American Buffalo by David Mamet.
BEST ACTRESS: Eileen Walsh as B in the Abbey production of Terminus by Mark O'Rowe.
Also nominated: Karen Ardiff as Persephone, Calliope, Agave, Hestia in the Crazy Dog Audio Theatre production of The Stuff of Myth by Roger Gregg, and for Helene Hanff in the Andrews Lane production of 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff; Ingrid Craigie as Micheleine in the Raw production of Splendour by Abi Morgan, in association with Project Arts Centre; Nuala Hayes as Baby in the Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe production of Scath an Oilc, translated by Peadar Ó Cúláin from John McGahern's The Power of Darkness.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Rory Keenan as Ronan in the Landmark production of The Last Days of the Celtic Tiger by Paul Howard
Also nominated: Dafydd O'Shea as Cliff Lewis in the Serendipity production of Look Back in Anger by John Osborne; Domhnall Gleeson as Bobby in Gate Theatre production of American Buffalo by David Mamet; Michael Esper as Edmond in the Druid production of Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Eleanor Methven as Mary in the Abbey Theatre production of Saved by Edward Bond.
Also nominated: Angeline Ball as Widow Quin in the Abbey Theatre production of The Playboy of the Western World by JM Synge, in a new version by Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle; Jane Brennan as Gilma in the Raw production of Splendour by Abi Morgan, in association with Project Arts Centre; Kathy Rose O'Brien as Lori in the Druid production of Leaves by Lucy Caldwell.
BEST DIRECTOR: Jimmy Fay for the Abbey Theatre production of Saved by Edward Bond.
Also nominated: Rachel West for Raw in association with Project Arts Centre for the production of Splendour by Abi Morgan; Mark Lambert for the Mask production of Caught in the Net by Ray Cooney; Tom Creed for the Rough Magic production of Attempts on her Life by Martin Crimp.
BEST DESIGNER/COSTUME: Caroline Bronwen Hughes for the Second Age production of Othello by William Shakespeare.
Also nominated: Sinéad Cuthbert for the Landmark/Helix co-production of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, adapted for stage by Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy; Petra Bhreatnach for the Theatrecorp/Townhall Theatre production of Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca;
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BEST DESIGNER/SET: Paul Keogan for Opera Ireland's production of Dead Man Walking by Jake Heggie.
Also nominated: Sabine D'Argent for the Barabbas production of Circus, and the Kabosh production of To Have and to Hold by Fergal McElherron; Carol Betera for the Second Age production of Othello by William Shakespeare; Paul O'Mahony for the Rough Magic production of Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller, in a version by Mike Poulton.
BEST DESIGNER/LIGHTING: Sinéad Wallace for the Rough Magic production of Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller, and the Abbey Theatre production of Saved by Edward Bond.
Also nominated: Paul Keogan for Corcadorca's production of Woyzeck by Georg Büchner, and for Wexford Festival Opera's production of Der Silbersee by Kurt Weill; Nick McCall for the Prime Cut production of Scenes from the Big Picture by Owen McCafferty; Marcus Costello for the Locus Theatre Company in association with Teater Ta Tar production of Same, Same but Different.
BEST PRODUCTION: Rough Magic for Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller, in a version by Mike Poulton, directed by Lynne Parker.
Also nominated: Corcadorca for Woyzeck by Georg Büchner, directed by Pat Kiernan; Rough Magic seeds3 for Caligula by Albert Camus, in a version by David Greig, directed by Conor Hanratty; Prime Cut for Scenes from the Big Picture by Owen McCafferty, directed by Conall Morrison.
BEST OPERA PRODUCTION: The Gate Theatre production of Sweeney Todd by Hugh Wheeler, in an adaptation by Christopher Bond, directed by Selina Cartmell.
Also nominated: Wexford Festival Opera for The Tragedy of Carmen by Georges Bizet, adapted by Peter Brook, Marius Constant and Jean-Claude Carrière and directed by Andrew Steggall; Opera Ireland's production of Dead Man Walking by Jake Heggie, directed by Thomas de Mallet Burgess.
BEST NEW PLAY: Seán McLoughlin for Noah and the Tower Flower, produced by Fishamble.
Also nominated: Mark O'Rowe for Terminus, produced by the Abbey; Michael Harding for The Tinkers Curse, produced by the Livin' Dred Theatre Company; Sebastian Barry for The Pride of Parnell Street, produced by Fishamble.
JUDGES' SPECIAL AWARD: Bairbre Ní Chaoimh for aligning contemporary Irish theatre with a passionate commitment to human rights.
Also nominated: Pat Moylan and Andrews Lane Theatre for nurturing independent companies, new writers and other theatre artists over the last quarter of a century; Nomad Theatre Network and Livin' Dred Theatre Company for their midlands touring initiative, production and tour of Tom Murphy's Conversations on a Homecoming; Pat Kinevane for Forgotten, produced by Fishamble, a researched performance piece exploring the plight of older people.