The Northern Territory Performing Arts Awards (NTPAAs) has today announced its 2026 nominees. Celebrating the talent of NT’s performing arts community, the awards will be announced on 10 August during Darwin Festival.

Netanela Mizrahi. Photo courtesy of Darwin Symphony Orchestra.

This year’s awards see five nominations for the Production of the Year Award. Darwin Symphony Orchestra’s word premiere performance of Wuyal’s Journey, a compositional collaboration between Composer-in-Residence Netanela Mizarahi and Rirratjiŋu songman Banula Marika has been recognised, as has educational music-theatre work Gene Tree: Listen. Now. Again  and Lankan Dance Academy’s celebratory Wes and Pahimpath Ceremony

Two Brown’s Mart productions – Gary Owen’s Greek myth-inspired Iphigenia in Splott and Jeffrey Jawy Fowler and Sara Reuben’s The Present – are also up for the award.

The Performer of the Year finalists are Alyson Evans (Iphigenia in Splott), Kamaron Arthur (Frank-n-Furter, Rocky Horror) and Harley Mason (Billy Flynn in Darwin Musical Theatre’s Chicago the Musical).

Dancers Amalia Baker and Anuhas Methnuka Bandara Rathnayake, singer and guitarist Calum Murrapuma McKenzie and advocate, creative and producer Jules Gabor are recognised for this year’s Young Achiever Award.

Technician Brad Fawcett, comedian Briant Clark, Artback NT’s General Manager Kelly Blumberg and artist and audiovisual technician...