It was one big drama-filled party last night at the Irish Times Theatre Awards, with the new venue – a dimly-lit but packed out Vicar street – pronounced a roaring success. The winners were gracious and glamorous, some taking the opportunity to speak with admirable pasison about their profession and their anger at the threat to its survival presented by the severe cuts in arts funding. For today’s print coverage of the winners, click here. I’m also printing the full list of winners below. There’ll be plenty more in the Irish Times pages tomorrow, but in the meantime, bualadh bos to all the winners and thank you all for some wonderful shows last year.

Best Production

No Worst There Is None by The Stomach Box in association with Poetry Ireland.

Directed by Dylan Tighe, Composed by Seán Óg, Scenography by Phil MacMahon 

Best actor

Denis Conway as The Irish Man in the  Druid Theatre’s production of The Gigli Concert by Tom Murphy, directed by Garry Hynes

Best actress

Stella McCusker as Mag in the Lyric Theatre production of The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, directed by Richard Croxford

Best Supporting Actor

Bryan Burroughs for Barabbas’ production of Johnny Patterson: The Singing Irish Clown by Little John Nee, directed by Raymond Keane

Best supporting actress

Maeve Fitzgerald as Woman in Anú’s production of Basin with text by Gary Duggan and Jessica Traynor, directed by Louise Lowe

Best Director

Annie Ryan for Corn Exchange Theatre’s production of Freefall by Michael West

Best New Play

Michael West for Freefall produced by Corn Exchange Theatre

Best Lighting

Sínead Wallace for Landmarks production of Knives in Hens by David Harrower, directed by Alan Gilsenan

Best Sound

Ben Delaney and Conor Linehan for the Abbey Theatre production of The Last Days of a Reluctant Tyrant by Tom Murphy, directed by Conall Morison

Best Costume

Rodrigo Rodriguez for The Core Dublin production of The Trojan Women by Euripides, directed by Rodrigo Rodriguez and Alan King

Best Set

Maree Kearns for Nomad in association with Livin’ Dred ‘s production of Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme by Frank McGuinness, directed by Padraic McIntyre

Best Opera

Wexford Opera Festival for The Ghosts of Versailles by John Corigliano, directed by James Robinson

Judges Special Award

For her leadership in the National Campaign for the Arts, Tania Banotti

Special Tribute Award

Tomas MacAnna – actor, playwright and former artistic director of The Abbey Theatre