The Auckland Showdown Awards is an annual event celebrating the work of school productions all around Auckland.

The cast and crew of both school productions for 2023 – ‘Into the Woods’ and ‘As You Like It’ – were excited to receive an impressive number of nominations this year. Here are the categories and nominations across both shows:

Best Costume Design – Molly Smith and the Westlake costume team (Into the Woods)

Best Properties – Aurelie Kerbellec, Christine Bader, Nick Brown (Into the Woods)

Best Lighting Design – Alek Ristic & William Sole (Into the Woods)

Best Sound Design – Brad Jansen & Ian Wang (Into the Woods)

Best Set Design – for Into the Woods: Nick Brown, Warwick Robinson, Carla Owen, Dudley Young, Kerry Carson & Jo Blackwell

Best Stage Management – for Into the Woods: Kasey Hani Lui & Michael Wassell 

Best Vocal Performance – The Cast of Into the Woods

Best Performance in a Minor Role (play) – Corey Snape & Dominic Shaw

Best Performance in a Minor Role (musical) – Sachin Subramaniam 

Best Performance in a Supporting Role (play) – Caitlin Spear, Dominic Smith & Kavita Teles 

Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Musical) – Elijah Bycroft, Gabby Galao, Saniel Dones, Emilie Murphy & Othniel Dones

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Musical) – Arnav Pillai, Katie Brown & Michelle Hendra 

Best Dance Performance by a Cast – The cast of Into the Woods 

Best Ensemble in a Musical – The cast of Into the Woods

Best Ensemble in a Play – The cast of As You Like It

Best Choreography in a Musical – Nick Brown & Darren Royston 

Best Musical Direction – Warwick Robinson 

Best Direction of a Play – MJ Milburn

Best Direction of a Musical – Nick Brown 

Outstanding Play – As You Like It

Outstanding Musical – Into the Woods

Auckland Live Outstanding Production of 2023 – Into the Woods and As You Like It.