Queensland Theatre Company dominated the 38th Matilda Awards on Monday night, claiming multiple major honours as the state’s performing arts sector gathered at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre Playhouse to celebrate the standout productions of 2025.

Hosted in the QPAC Playhouse, the annual award ceremony recognised excellence across mainstage, independent and regional productions, highlighting the breadth of theatre-making across the state.

In his first full year as Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre, Daniel Evans led the company to a commanding showing. Its production of A Few Good Men emerged as one of the night’s biggest winners, taking out the QPAC Award for Best Mainstage Production.

Queensland Theatre’s A Few Good Men. Photo © Stephen Henry

Evans won Best Direction for the work, while Courtney Cavallaro was named Best Leading Performer in a Mainstage Production and Reagan Mannix won Best Supporting Performer – Mainstage Production.

Design and technical awards also flowed to the production, with Mike Willmett (Best Composition and/or Sound Design) and Ben Hughes...