| Year
|
Title
|
Production company(ies)
|
2002
(2nd)
|
Hi-5 Alive
|
International Concert Attractions, Kids Like Us Productions and Channel 9
|
| Mad, Bad and Spooky
|
Sydney Festival and Theatre of Image
|
| Mice – A Cheesy Little Musical
|
Barking Gecko Theatre Company
|
| The Sign of the Seahorse
|
Playbox and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
|
2003
(3rd)
|
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Fish
|
Windmill Performing Arts
|
| Aesop and His Fables
|
Barking Gecko Theatre Company
|
| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
|
Malcolm C. Cookie & Associates
|
| Out of the Blue
|
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
|
2004
(4th)
|
The Happy Prince
|
Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image
|
| H2O - A Fantastical Voyage
|
Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
|
| Hidden Dragons
|
Barking Gecko Theatre Company
|
| Santa's Kingdom
|
David Atkins Enterprises, Garry Van Egmond Enterprises and International Concert Attractions
|
2005
(5th)
|
Riverland
|
| Gamegirl
|
Arena Theatre Company
|
| Possum Magic - The Musical
|
Garry Ginivan Attractions in association with the Arts Centre
|
| The Red Tree
|
2006
(6th)
|
'Stella and the Moon Man'
|
Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image with Sydney Theatre Company and Australian Youth Orchestra
|
| The Green Sheep
|
Windmill Performing Arts
|
| Rabbit
|
Buzz Dance Theatre
|
| Space Magic
|
Hi-5 Productions
|
2007
(7th)
|
Jackie French's Hitler's Daughter
|
Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People
|
| The Adventures of Snugglepot & Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom
|
Windmill Performing Arts and Company B in association with Sydney Festival, Perth International Arts Festival & Adelaide Festival Centre
|
| Emily Loves to Bounce!
|
Patch Theatre Company
|
| The Fairies Live on Stage
|
Andrew Kay & Associates, GGA & ABC
|
2008
(8th)
|
Mr McGee and the Biting Flea
|
Patch Theatre Company
|
| My Grandma lived in Gooligulch
|
Gooligulch Productions in association with Garry Ginivan Attractions
|
| Hoods
|
Real T.V.
|
| Cat
|
Windmill Performing Arts
|
2009
(9th)
|
The Promise
|
The Flying Fruit Fly Circus
|
| Angelina's Star Performance performed by the English National Ballet
|
The Arts Centre
|
| The Clockwork Forest
|
Windmill and Brink Productions
|
| Just Macbeth!
|
Bell Shakespeare
|
2010
(10th)
|
Thursday's Child
|
Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People
|
| The Wizard of Oz
|
Windmill Theatre
|
| The Shape of a Girl
|
Sydney Opera House
|
| The Book of Everything
|
Company B Belvoir and Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image
|
2011
(11th)
|
Me and My Shadow
|
Patch Theatre Company
|
| GRUG
|
Windmill Theatre and Queensland Performing Arts Centre
|
| Dinosaur Petting Zoo
|
Erth Visual & Physical Inc. presented by Ten Days on the Island
|
| Wombat Stew
|
Garry Ginivan Attractions in association with Regional Arts Victoria
|
2012
(12th)
|
Boats
|
Terrapin Puppet Theatre
|
| White
|
Arts Centre Melbourne, Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Festival Centre, Windmill Theatre Company and Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
|
| The Red Tree
|
Barking Gecko Theatre Company and Perth International Arts Festival
|
| Statespeare
|
shake & stir theatre co
|
2013
(13th)
|
School Dance
|
Windmill Theatre
|
| Cautionary Tales for Children
|
Arena Theatre Company
|
| The Yard
|
CAPTIVATE and Shaun Parker & Company
|
| How High the Sky
|
Polyglot Theatre
|
2014
(14th)[3]
|
| Pinocchio
|
Windmill Theatre and State Theatre Company of South Australia
|
| Storm Boy
|
Barking Gecko Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company
|
| Miss Ophelia
|
Arts Centre Melbourne and Sydney Opera House
|
| The House Where Winter Lives
|
Punchdrunk and Perth International Arts Festival
|
| Wulamanayuwi & the Seven Pamanui
|
Darwin Festival and Performing Lines
|
2015
(15th)[4]
|
| The Rabbits
|
An Opera Australia and Barking Gecko Theatre Company co- production. In association with West Australian Opera. Commissioned by Perth International Arts Festival and Melbourne Festival
|
| Pete The Sheep
|
Monkey Baa Theatre Company
|
| Hans Christian, You Must Be an Angel
|
Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne
|
| Carnival of the Animals
|
Circa and QPAC's Out of the Box Festival
|
2016
(16th)[5]
|
| Bambert's Book of Lost Stories
|
Barking Gecko Theatre Company
|
| The Young King
|
Slingsby Theatre Company
|
| Oddysea
|
Sensorium Theatre and Performing Lines WA
|
| ROALD DAHL'S Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts
|
shake & stir theatre co
|
2017
(17th)[6]
|
| Jump First, Ask Later
|
Powerhouse Youth Theatre and Force Majeure
|
| In a Deep Dark Forest
|
The Inhabitors and Arts Centre Melbourne
|
| Cerita Anak (Child's Story)
|
Polyglot Theatre and Papermoon Puppet Theatre, presented by Arts Centre Melbourne and Asia TOPA
|
| New Owner
|
The Last Great Hunt
|
2018
(18th)[7]
|
| Emil and the Detectives
|
Slingsby
|
| JUNK
|
Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Sydney Opera House and the Arts Centre Melbourne
|
| Tetris
|
DreamBIG Children's Festival 2017, Adelaide Festival Centre and Arch 8
|
| The Secret Life of Suitcases
|
Arts Centre Melbourne, Ailie Cohen Puppet Maker and the Unicorn Theatre, London
|
2019
(19th)[8]
|
| Robot Song
|
Arena Theatre Company
|
| Wolfgang's Magical Musical Circus
|
Circa
|
| Baba Yaga
|
Windmill Theatre Company and Imaginate
|
| A Call to Dance
|
Amrita Hepi and Performing Lines
|