Congratulations to the ShoGo companies who made the shortlist of the Ruby Awards, Arts SA's equivalent to the Oscars.

Best Work category: Australian Dance Theatre (Be Your Self), Slingsby (Man Covets Bird), Windmill Theatre (The Wizard of Oz)

Innovation category: Patch Theatre Company (Me and My Shadow)

Sustained contribution by an individual category: Australian Dance Theatre's Garry Stewart

Sustained contribution by an organisation/group category: Restless Dance Theatre

Community impact under $100,000 category: Southern Youth Theatre Ensemble (Party House: On Tour)

Community impact over $100,000: Windmill Theatre and Mimili Anangu Schools Partnership

This is the fifth year that the "Rubys" have been held, and award entries were so strong that the judges decided to present individual prizes for best new work and best event. In addition, this is the inaugural year of the Geoff Crowhurst Memorial Award.

Click here for the entire shortlist of nominees.

There are no listed nominees for the coveted Premier's lifetime achievement award - which will be announced, along with all 2010 winners, on Thursday 2 September 2010.

Congratulations to all the ShoGo companies and creatives who are 2010 Helpmann Awards nominees!

These include: Windmill Theatre (Wizard of Oz), State Theatre Company of South Australia (King Lear), State Opera of South Australia (The Flying Dutchman) and Brink Productions' Chris Drummond (Best Direction of an Opera for the work he did on SOSA's The Flying Dutchman). Click here to read about all nominees throughout Australia.