Matilda Awards recognise stage excellence

The late Carol Burns received a posthumous Gold Matilda at the awards ceremony in Brisbane on Monday night.
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The late Carol Burns in QTC’s Happy Days; photo by  Rob Maccoll

For the first time since the Matilda Awards were established in 1987 with the aim of recognising and celebrating the excellence of southeast Queensland’s theatre industry, a single award has been presented in the Gold Matilda category.

In another first, that award was presented posthumously to the late Carol Burns, a much-loved stage and screen actor who died late last year aged 68.

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