It was an afternoon of glitz and glamour for Wellington theatre as the Fringe New Zealand Stellar Awards were handed out last Sunday. Big Congratulations !!! to the BodyCartography Project who were the overall winners at Fringe 2003 with their dance and music ensemble, LAGOON (right). It was an afternoon of glitz and glamour for Wellington theatre as the Fringe New Zealand Stellar Awards were handed out last Sunday. Big Congratulations !!! to the BodyCartography Project who were the overall winners at Fringe 2003 with their dance and music ensemble, LAGOON (right).The BodyCartography performance attracted hundreds of people to its Saturday show at Frank Kitts lagoon. They scooped the Pelorus Trust Creativity Award worth $2000 and are also the recipients of the Lampton Harbour Management Outdoor Award. These awards come on top of the two awards the BodyCartography won at the 2002 Fringe Festival.

Festival Director Tim Renner said the judges had "impossibly" hard choices to make because "the Fringe Festival has been full of awesome works."

Te Ao Marama also picked up two awards for its show The Awakening World. It received the V Most Energetic Performance Award and the Producer Award.

The full list of winners is:

- Multimedia Award: Artbruit - Dislocation (Silence)
- Amba Music Award: Godiva Productions - Blue Eyes
- Radio Active Hot New Thing Award: Jamie McCaskill - Wassup Bro
- Base Two Primo Promo Award: Oily Rag Theatre - Potted
- Dance Award: Throw Disposable Choreography - Radio
- Macs Breweries Costume Fashion Award: Kiwi Circus Adventure - Paua Girls
- Breathe Communications Production Design Award: Midnight Laughter by Alyx Duncan and Maria Dabrowska.
- Technical Excellence Award ArrRghT by Regan Gentry
- Single Hander Award: Fern Hill and Other Dylan Thomas by Guy Masterton
- Comedy Award: Micetro by the Improv Bandits
- Visual Art Award: Wings by Carolina Prato-Casanova
- Theatre Award: Perfect Pool by AkeAke Theatre Company.

The Stella Fringe Awards signals the end of the three-week theatre and performance festival, which Mr Renner said was very successful.