winners and nominees.
Best Actor: Owen Roe for Petruchio in the Rough Magic production of The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, as Director in the Gate production of Catastrophe, by Samuel Beckett and Helge in the Gate production of Festen, a dramatisation by David Eldridge.
Also nominated: Aidan Kelly for The Howie Lee in the Abbey Theatre production of Howie the Rookie, by Mark O'Rowe and for Austin in the Abbey Theatre production of True West, by Sam Shepard; Michael Gambon for Joe in the Gate Theatre production of Eh Joe, by Samuel Beckett; Ian McDiarmid for Teddy in the Gate Theatre production of Faith Healer, by Brian Friel.
Best actress: Jane Brennan for Alice in the Abbey Theatre production of Alice Trilogy, by Tom Murphy.
Also nominated: Ingrid Craigie for Grace in the Gate Theatre production of Faith Healer, by Brian Friel; Derbhle Crotty for Natalya Petrovna in the Abbey Theatre production of A Month in the Country, by Ivan Turgenev, in a version by Brian Friel and for various roles in the Corn Exchange production of Everyday, by Michael West; Alison McKenna for Jessica in the B*spoke production of Hysteria, by Terry Johnson.
Best Supporting actor: Declan Conlon for Michel Aleksandrovich Rakitin in the Abbey Theatre production of A Month in the Country, by Ivan Turgenev, in a version by Brian Friel.
Also nominated: Garrett Lombard for Joe Lacey in the Druid Theatre production of The Year of the Hiker, by John B Keane; Malcolm Adams for Grumio in the Rough Magic production of The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare; Darragh Kelly for Gremio in the Rough Magic production of The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare.
Best Supporting Actress: Mary Murray for Al in the Abbey Theatre production of Alice Trilogy, by Tom Murphy.
Also nominated: Elaine Symons for Vera Aleksandrovna in the Abbey Theatre production of A Month in the Country, by Ivan Turgenev, in a version by Brian Friel; Fiona Bell for Lizaveta Bogdanovna in the Abbey Theatre production of A Month in the Country, by Ivan Turgenev, in a version by Brian Friel; Deirdre Donnelly for Mother in the Rough Magic production of Dream of Autumn, by Jon Fosse, translated by Kim Danbaek.
Best Director: Atom Egoyan for the Gate Theatre production of Eh Joe, by Samuel Beckett.
Also nominated: Lynne Parker for the Rough Magic production of The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare; Selina Cartmell for the Gate production of Catastrophe, by Samuel Beckett and the Gate production of Festen, a dramatisation by David Eldridge; Jimmy Fay for the Abbey Theatre production of Howie the Rookie, by Mark O'Rowe and for the Abbey Theatre production of True West, by Sam Shepard.
Best Designer/Set: Sabine Dargent for the B*spoke production of Hysteria, by Terry Johnson and for the Druid Theatre production of The Walworth Farce, by Enda Walsh.
Also nominated: Monica Frawley for the Prime Cut production of Endgame, by Samuel Beckett and for the Rough Magic production of The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare; Eileen Diss for the Gate Theatre production of Come and Go, by Samuel Beckett and the Gate Theatre production of Eh Joe, by Samuel Beckett; Ferdia Murphy for the Abbey Theatre production of True West, by Sam Shepard and for the Abbey Theatre production of The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Best Designer/Costume: Monica Frawley for the Rough Magic production of The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare.
Also nominated: Léonore McDonagh for the Gate Theatre production of Come and Go, by Samuel Beckett and the Abbey Theatre production of The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Joe Vanek for the Wexford Festival Opera production of Transformations, by Conrad Susa; Carol Betera for the Team Educational Theatre Company production of How High is Up?, by Brendan Murray
Best Designer/Lighting: Rupert Murray for the Gate Theatre productions of Catastrophe and Play, by Samuel Beckett and for the Rough Magic production of The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare.
Also nominated: Paul Keogan for the Kilkenny Arts Festival production of The Old Tune and Night, by Robert Pinget, (The Old Tune in an English version by Samuel Beckett), and for the Wexford Festival Opera production of Transformations, by Conrad Susa; James McConnell for the Gate Theatre production of Eh Joe, by Samuel Beckett; Sarah Jane Shiels for the Loose Cannon production of The Duchess of Malfi, by John Webster. Best Production: Rough Magic for The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, directed by Lynne Parker.
Also nominated: Gate Theatre for Eh Joe by Samuel Beckett, directed by Atom Egoyan; Abbey Theatre for A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev, in a version by Brian Friel, directed by Jason Byrne; Gate Theatre for Festen, a dramatisation by David Eldridge, directed by Selina Cartmell.
Best Opera Production: Wexford Festival Opera for Transformations, directed by Michael Barker-Caven.
Also nominated: Opera Ireland for Faust, by Gounod, directed by Dieter Kaegi; Castleward Opera Festival for La Bohème, by Puccini, directed by Tom Hawkes; Opera 2005 for The Barber of Seville, by Rossini, directed by Thomas de Mallet Burgess.
Best New Play: Tom Murphy for Alice Trilogy, produced by the Abbey Theatre. Also nominated: Donal O'Kelly for Operation Easter, produced by Calypso; Enda Walsh for The Walworth Farce, produced by Druid Theatre Company; Lisa McGee for Girls and Dolls, produced by Tinderbox.
Judges' Special Award: Fishamble for Whereabouts and its imaginative use of Temple Bar to create innovative site-specific theatre.
Also nominated: Pan Pan for The Playboy of the Western World in China and Ireland and its exciting and original collaboration between different theatrical traditions; Beckett Centenary Festival for its extraordinary vision and professionalism in celebrating one of Ireland's greatest playwrights; Dublin Fringe Festival for its creation of a new and fresh image for fringe theatre across the city.