The people and productions nominated and victorious in this year's awards.and nominees
Special Tribute Award: Garry Hynes
Best Supporting Actor
Frank McCusker as JJ in the Abbey Theatre production in association with Noel Pearson of Defender of the Faith by Stuart Carolan at the Peacock.
Also nominated:
Aidan Kelly as Guard in the Abbey Theatre production of The Burial at Thebes by Sophocles, translated by Seamus Heaney, and as Parolles in the Classic Stage Ireland production in association with The Helix of All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare.
Vincent McCabe as Eddie in the Rough Magic production of Take Me Away by Gerald Murphy and as Christy in the Axis Ballymun production of From These Green Heights by Dermot Bolger.
Aaron Monaghan as Harvey Duff in the Abbey Theatre production of The Shaughraun by Dion Boucicault.
Best Supporting Actress
Aisling O'Sullivan as Widow Quinn in the DruidSynge production of The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge.
Also nominated:
Lisa Lambe as Philomena O'Shea in the Rough Magic production, in association with the Dublin Theatre Festival, of Improbable Frequency by Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter.
Sharon McCoy as Ophelia in the Spellbound Theatre Company production of The Marowitz Hamlet by Charles Marowitz.
Máire Ní Ghráinne as Biddy in the Abbey Theatre production of Finders Keepers by Peter Sheridan at the Peacock
Best Set Designer
Monica Frawley for the Abbey Theatre production of Heavenly Bodies by Stewart Parker at the Peacock.
Also nominated:
Alan Farquharson for the Rough Magic production in association with Dublin Theatre Festival of Improbable Frequency by Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter.
Dara McGee for the Taibhdhearc na Gaillimhe production of An Béal Bocht by Myles na gCopaleen.
Ferdia Murphy for the Lane Productions in association with Gúna Nua production of Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies, and for the Ouroboros production of Amadeus by Peter Shaffer.
Best Lighting Designer
Ian Scott for the Abbey Theatre production of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by Frank McGuinness.
Also nominated:
Aedín Cosgrove for the Pan Pan production of Mac-beth 7 by Gavin Quinn.
Eamon Fox for the Second Age Theatre Company production of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, and for the Calypso production of Five Kinds of Silence by Shelagh Stephenson.
Matt Frey for the Corn Exchange production of Dublin by Lamplight by Michael West in collaboration with the company.
Best Costume Designer
Kathy Strachan for the Rough Magic production in association with Dublin Theatre Festival of Improbable Frequency by Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter, and for the DruidSynge production of The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge.
Also nominated:
Sinead Cuthbert for the Corn Exchange production of Dublin by Lamplight by Michael West in collaboration with the company and for the Ouroboros production of Amadeus by Peter Shaffer.
Diego Pitarch for the Kabosh Theatre Company production of Todd! The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Karl Wallace and Conor Mitchell.
Chisato Yoshimi for the Storytellers Theatre Company production in association with Cork Opera House of Rashomon by Ivor Benjamin.
Best Production
Rough Magic in association with Dublin Theatre Festival for Improbable Frequency by Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter, directed by Lynne Parker. Award collected by Loughlin Deegan.
Also nominated:
DruidSynge for The Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge, directed by Garry Hynes.
Pan Pan for Mac-beth 7 by Gavin Quinn.
Performance Corporation & Kilkenny Arts Festival for Dr Ledbetter's Experiment by Tom Swift, directed by Jo Mangan
Best Opera Production
Opera Ireland for Orfeo ed Euridice by Christoph W Gluck, directed by David Bolger. Award collected by Dieter Kaegi.
Also nominated:
Castleward Opera production of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Tom Hawkes.
Opera Ireland for Jenùfa by Leo Janáèek, directed by Jiøi Nekvasil.
Opera Theatre Company for The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten, directed by Adrian Osmond.
Best New Play
Dermot Bolger for From These Green Heights, which was produced by Axis Ballymun.
Also nominated:
Stuart Carolan for Defender of the Faith, which was produced by the Abbey Theatre in association with Noel Pearson at the Peacock
Michael Duke for Revenge, which was produced by Tinderbox Theatre Company.
Johnny Hanrahan for Crystal, which was produced by Meridian Theatre Company.
Judges' Special Award
Bewley's Café Theatre for providing a central, accessible venue for new writing over many years. Award collected by Michael James Ford.
Also nominated:
Meridian Theatre Company and National Sculpture Factory for their inventive and large scale collaboration.
Croon Fíbín for its original and imaginative productions in Irish for young audiences.
Loose Canon for H, its powerful re-imagining of Hamlet.
The Abbey and Ireland for its programme of 18 productions and play readings with ancillary events during Dublin Theatre Festival.
Best Actor
Stanley Townsend as John in the Gate Theatre and Royal Court Theatre production of Shining City by Conor McPherson.
Also nominated:
Mark O'Halloran as Martyn Wallace in the Corn Exchange production of Dublin by Lamplight, by Michael West, in collaboration with the company.
Donal O'Kelly as JJ Staines in the Donal O'Kelly Productions and Bewley's Café Theatre production of Jimmy Joyced by Donal O'Kelly.
George Seremba as Sam in the Calypso production of Master Harold and the Boys by Athol Fugard.
Best Actress
Marie Mullen as Mary Byrne and Mary Doul in the DruidSynge productions of The Tinker's Wedding and The Well of the Saints by John Millington Synge.
Also nominated:
Dawn Bradfield as Eliza Doolittle in the Gate Theatre production of Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw.
Ingrid Craigie as Anna in the B*spoke Theatre Company production of Boston Marriage by David Mamet.
Sheila Flitton as Mag in the Livin' Dred production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh.
Best Director
Lynne Parker for the Rough Magic production in association with Dublin Theatre Festival of Improbable Frequency by Arthur Riordan and Bell Helicopter and for the Abbey production of Heavenly Bodies by Stewart Parker at the Peacock.
Also nominated:
Joe Dowling for the Gate Theatre production of Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel.
Liam Halligan for the Storytellers Theatre Company production in association with Cork Opera House of Rashomon by Ivor Benjamin and for the Quare Hawks and The Civic Theatre production of Speaking in Tongues by Andrew Bovell.
Conall Morrison for the Abbey Theatre production of The Dandy Dolls by George Fitzmaurice at the Peacock.