The JC Williamson Award (formerly the James Cassius Award) is the foremost honour that the Australian live entertainment industry can bestow. In awarding the JC Williamson Award, LPA recognises individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the Australian live entertainment and performing arts industry and shaped the future of our industry for the better.
This prestigious and coveted Award is named after the one and only James Cassius (JC) Williamson, who established the company that went on to dominate the Australian theatre scene for much of the 20th century. At its height, JC Williamson’s (‘The Firm’) were one of the great theatre entrepreneurs and venue- owning dynasties in the Australian live entertainment industry.