CAT AWARDS 2018 NOMINATIONS
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BEST SET FOR A PLAY
Sam Lloyd (design), Eric Haslam and Geoff Philpott (construction) and Nikki Bath (scenic design)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay
Quentin Mitchell (designer) and Russell Brown (set coordinator)
Arms and the Man, Canberra Repertory Society
Chris Zuber (designer) and Russell Brown (set coordinator)
Dr Frankenstein, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra
Cate Clelland (designer) and Russell Brown (set coordinator)
Happy Birthday, Wanda June, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra
Chris Baldock (design) and Russell Brown (set coordinator)
One Man, Two Guvnors, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra
Megan Cartwright and Donna Sullivan
Stories in the Dark, Hawker College, Canberra
Terry Brady (design), John Causer, Sue Causer and Annie Holcombe (construction and painting)
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, CMS Productions, Moss Vale
BEST SET FOR A MUSICAL, VARIETY OR DANCE PRODUCTION
Tim McLaren
Cats, Albury Wodonga Theatre Company
Chris Zuber
Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Adam Loughlin, Janet Cunningham and Mark Dixon
Into The Woods, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Amanda Knott and Stu Thompson
Mary Poppins Jr, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra
Andrew Colley, Shane Summerton, Phil Egan and Troy Newham
Shrek the Musical Jr, Carillon Junior Theatrical Society, Bathurst
Heath Neville, Don Hillam, Simon Aventi, Warren Bock and Jamie Gibbs
The Addams Family, Marian Catholic College, Griffith
BEST COSTUMES FOR A PLAY
Anna Senior
Arms and the Man
and
Dr Frankenstein, Canberra Repertory Society
Helen Wojtas
Happy Birthday, Wanda June, Canberra Repertory Society
Helen Drum
One Man, Two Guvnors, Canberra Repertory Society
Wendy Ramage Jones and Ron Russell
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, CMS Productions, Moss Vale
BEST COSTUMES FOR A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW
Sophie Rose King
A Chorus Line
and
The Little Mermaid, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Jennie Norberry
Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Cody Winward
Les Miserables, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Julia Armstrong and Rosie Lake
Mary Poppins, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Debbie Rose
Noor, Coota Bollywood All Stars, Cootamundra
Fiona Leach
Shrek the Musical, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
BEST COSTUMES FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION
Robyn Whitby
Aladdin Jr, Spectrum Theatre Group, Merimbula
Joanne Crowe, Ann Philippe and Denise Hiser
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Chevalier College, Bowral
Ange Fewtrell and Karen Malen
James and the Giant Peach, Child Players ACT, Canberra
Sharon Lockhart
Shrek the Musical Jr, Carillon Junior Theatrical Society, Bathurst
The costume team
Southern Stars: Iconic, NSW Department of Education, Albion Park
Gillian Clark
The Addams Family, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral
BEST LIGHTING
Martyn Lloyd
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay
Andrew Gordon
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Chevalier College, Bowral
Chris Ellyard
Dr Frankenstein, Canberra Repertory Society
Carl Markin and Grant Pegg
Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Adam Loughlin
Into The Woods, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
The makeup team
Cats, Albury Wodonga Theatre Company
Sian Phillips
The Creature’s makeup, Dr Frankenstein, Canberra Repertory Society
The makeup and costume teams
Makeup and costumes for the statues, Mary Poppins, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Michael van Baast
Video and sound, Noor, Coota Bollywood All Stars, Cootamundra
Ewan
Orchestrations developed from piano score, Oh! What A Lovely War!, Canberra Repertory Society
Sarea Coates, Jessica Coates and Karen Malam
Dragon puppet design and construction, Shrek the Musical, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Monique Barrios
Makeup, The Addams Family, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral
The flying and construction teams
Flying of the ship and crew, The Little Mermaid, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Paul Hamilton
Electrified costumes for Ursula, Flotsam and Jetsam, The Little Mermaid, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
JOHN THOMSON MAGIC MOMENT OF THEATRE
Australian Defence Force Academy Performing Arts Company, Canberra
Sharpay and Ryan’s reveal, after hiding in the lockers in High School Musical
BYTESized Productions, Albury Wodonga
Sonny emerging from telephone box wearing roller skates in Xanadu Jr
Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra
Dropping of backdrop and reveal of the nooses at end of play in The Crucible
Molong Players
Swimming training for the Sydney Olympics in Naughty at Forty
Orange Theatre Company
Entrance of Rufus the dog in Legally Blonde
Queanbeyan School Education Area Arts Festival
Phones lighting up performers’ faces at end of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’, Karabar High School in Anything Goes
So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Underwater swimming scenes in The Little Mermaid
Wagga Wagga School of Arts Inc SOACT
Anna Swift (as the Tea Lady) interaction with the audience (“Watch your feet!”) during a crowded and rapid exit with the tea trolley in Dinkum Assorted
BEST ORIGINAL WORK
Matthew Webster
Original music, Dr Frankenstein, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra
Patrick Feeney and the writing team
Original Script, Freaky M.I. Day, ANU Med Revue, Canberra
John Fraser
Original script, ’Hands Up Who’s Not Here’, Take Two, Spectrum Theatre Group, Merimbula
BEST ORIGINAL WORK FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION
Rebekah Rose and Koebi Faumui
‘Seasons of Love’, Step into the Limelight: Our Land, People and Stories, ACT Education Directorate
Bartholomew Bunk
Original music, The Crucible, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra
Stephen Gersbach, Frederick Klein and senior students
Concept development and original music, Vita Leben, Canberra Grammar School
BEST ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY
The cast
Dinkum Assorted, Wagga Wagga School of Arts Inc SOACT
The cast
Vocal ensemble in the incidental music, Dr Frankenstein, Canberra Repertory Society
Alex Tonkin and Alex McGuire
Leo Clark and Jack Gable in Leading Ladies, John XXIII College Dramatic Society, Canberra
Haya Arzidin and Gryce Harrison
Perihan and Karim in ‘War/Kiss’, TenX10 playfest: Personal Persuasions, Wagga Wagga School of Arts Inc SOACT
Claire Paton and Sophie Tallis
Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest, NUTS, Canberra
The cast
The Vicar of Dibley, Boxboards Theatre, Leura
The chorus
Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?, Oxley College, Bowral
BEST ENSEMBLE IN A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL
Akira Mandla, Aidan Bairstow, Sam Cringle, Joey Gardiner and Benjamin Philp
The Wickersham Brothers, Seussical Jr, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra
The chorus
Seussical Jr, Trinity Anglican College Albury
Makenzie Bonney, Lara Weber and Kayleigh Weissel
Fiona, Teen Fiona and Young Fiona in ‘I know It’s Today’, Shrek the Musical Jr, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
The principal cast
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Oxley College, Bowral
Oliver Roach, William Knight, Andrew May, Ben Maslin and Charlie Gill
The Braxton Brothers, The Best Shot, Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, Orange
The choir
Xanadu Jr, BYTESized Productions, Albury Wodonga
BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL
The cast
A Chorus Line, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
The cast
Cats, Albury Wodonga Theatre Company
The ensemble
Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Christie Green, Shevaun Brown, Christa Radley and Kimberly Harris
Barb, Brooke, Tasha and Amy, Motherhood the Musical, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society
The fairy tale characters
Shrek the Musical, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
James MacAlpine and Nelson Bowler
Flotsam and Jetsam, The Little Mermaid, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
The ensemble
The Wedding Singer, Queanbeyan Players, Queanbeyan
BEST YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Into The Woods
Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Southern Stars: Iconic
Southern Stars Performing Company Orchestra, NSW Department of Education
Step into the Limelight: Our Land, People and Stories
Senior Concert Band, ACT Education Directorate
The Pirates of Penzance
Canberra Grammar School
BEST ORCHESTRA
A Chorus Line
So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Cats
Albury Wodonga Theatre Company
Heathers
Dramatic Productions, Canberra
High School Musical
Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange
Les Miserables
Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Oh! What A Lovely War!
Canberra Repertory Society
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Oxley College, Bowral
PATRICIA KELSON ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD
Shannon Parnell
Music and lyrics, Foxes – the Musical, Ribix Productions, Canberra
Richard King
Coach Bolton, High School Musical, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange
Mikayla Brady, Corey Goodberg and Alexander Smith
Student directors, Seussical Jr, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra
Gabriella Heron
Young Fiona, Shrek the Musical, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Finn Dunne
Pugsley, The Addams Family, Yass High School
Emma Sollis
First time choreographing a musical, The Wedding Singer, Queanbeyan Players, Queanbeyan
BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Griff Brindley
Doctor Watson in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Chevalier College, Bowral
Lewis Gardiner
Sir Henry Baskerville in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Chevalier College, Bowral
Sam Malone
Mr Stapleton in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Chevalier College, Bowral
Nick Dyball
Paul Ryan in Happy Birthday, Wanda June, Canberra Repertory Society
Ethan Cowie
The Earthworm in James and the Giant Peach, Child Players ACT, Canberra
BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Kirby Golding
Mal Beineke in The Addams Family, The Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong
Lachlan Mills
Lucas Beineke in The Addams Family, The Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong
Travis Neale
Uncle Fester in The Addams Family, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral
Jack Bolton
Sergeant of Police in The Pirates of Penzance, Canberra Grammar School
Mitchell Clarke
Danny in Xanadu Jr, BYTESized Productions, Albury Wodonga
BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Beatrice McRobbie
Dr McCann/Nurse Malloy in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Chevalier College, Bowral
Gussie King
Miss Stapleton in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Chevalier College, Bowral
Jemima Roberts
Lucy/Daisy/German Maid/Woman with baby in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Chevalier College, Bowral
Jemima Phillips
Wanda June in Happy Birthday, Wanda June, Canberra Repertory Society
BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Samantha Quilliam
Lady Marmalade in Disco Inferno, St Edmund’s College and St Clare’s College, Canberra
Madeleine Betts
Heather Duke in Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Mikayla Brady
Heather McNamara in Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Brodie Fraser
Jack’s Mother in Into The Woods, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Chloe Dishon
Mayzie LaBird in Seussical Jr, Trinity Anglican College Albury
Olivia Smith
Mayzie LaBird in Seussical Jr, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra
Alixandra Lovic
Alice Beineke in The Addams Family, The Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong
Audrey Varguese
Malpomene in Xanadu Jr, BYTESized Productions, Albury Wodonga
Joely Schmutter
Calliope in Xanadu Jr, BYTESized Productions, Albury Wodonga
BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Reuben Bacon
Sherlock Holmes in Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Chevalier College, Bowral
Noah Gorrell
Danny in ‘Getting This Close’ in The Best of Four, Canberra Grammar School
Jack Curry
John Proctor in The Crucible, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra
Lachlan Moore
Frank Sparrow in Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?, Oxley College, Bowral
BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Jade Breen
Narrator in James and the Giant Peach, Child Players ACT, Canberra
Charlotte Gee
Ouiser in Steel Magnolias, Canberra Girls Grammar School
Xanthe Allen
Shelby in Steel Magnolias, Canberra Girls Grammar School
Mikayla Brady
Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra
Sophia Marzano
Abigail Williams in The Crucible, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra
BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Joshua Nicholls
Tom in Disco Inferno, St Edmund’s College and St Clare’s College, Canberra
Lachlan Mills
Marius in Les Miserables, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
John Whinfield
George Banks in Mary Poppins Jr, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra
Arthur Hull
The Cat in the Hat in Seussical Jr, Trinity Anglican College Albury,
Josh Beckett
Horton the Elephant in Seussical Jr, Trinity Anglican College Albury
Daniel Van Klooster
Donkey in Shrek the Musical Jr, Carillon Junior Theatrical Society, Bathurst
Bejae Ingate
Gomez Addams in The Addams Family, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral
Charlie Hansen
Willhelm Kadoc in The Best Shot, Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, Orange
Jayden Chitsaka
Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, Brindabella Christian College, Canberra
BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Sophie Highmore
Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
and
Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins Jr, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra
Annabelle Scobie
The Witch in Into The Woods, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Paige Davis
Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical Jr, Trinity Anglican College Albury
Makenzie Bonney
Princess Fiona in Shrek the Musical Jr, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Darcy Fisher
Wednesday in The Addams Family, The Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong
Chelsea Bonanno
Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Canberra Grammar School
BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE
The tap ensemble
42nd Street, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Intermediate & Senior Performance Class
‘Time Turner’, Mischief Managed, Classical Ballet Centre Canberra, Canberra
Lillian Grant
Belatrix Lestrange, Mischief Managed, Classical Ballet Centre Canberra
Seagulls tap dance
The Little Mermaid, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
‘Diary of a Taxi Driver’
The Silver Screen, Eden Dance Academy, Queanbeyan
National Teams
‘The Greatest Show’, The Wiz … from Aus, “Legs” Dance, Canberra
BEST VARIETY PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE
Gabriella Gross and dancers
The Drug Rep in ‘Roxy’ in Freaky M.I. Day, ANU Med Revue, Canberra
Jason El Brihi
Defibrillator in Freaky M.I. Day, ANU Med Revue, Canberra
Phillip Mackenzie
‘Gertude’s Sweetheart’ in Paper Cuts, Budding Theatre, Canberra
Tia Gray
‘Blackbird’ in Soaring, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan
Ruby Hawken with Backing Vocalists and the Featured Vocal Ensemble
‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, Southern Stars: Iconic, NSW Department of Education
Zeke Cameron, Tana Lagaíaia, Lachlan Morgan, Lachlan Moss and the DisABILITY Ensemble
‘Redback on the Toilet Seat’, Southern Stars: Iconic, NSW Department of Education
Wassa Wassa
Red Hill Primary School, in ‘Yole’, Step into the Limelight: Our Land, People and Stories, ACT Education Directorate
BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
David Bennett
Colonel Looseleaf Harper in Happy Birthday, Wanda June, Canberra Repertory Society
Brenton Cleaves
Alan Dangle in One Man, Two Guvnors, Canberra Repertory Society
Michael Cooper
Alfie in One Man, Two Guvnors, Canberra Repertory Society
Paul Sweeney
Charlie ‘The Duck’ Clench in One Man, Two Guvnors, Canberra Repertory Society
Michael Turczynski
Johnnie Dowd in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, CMS Productions, Moss Vale
BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Carl Erle
Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Cowra Musical and Dramatic Society
Pierce Jackson
Kurt Kelly in Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Pip Carroll
Ram Sweeney in Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Lloyd McDonald
Thenardier in Les Miserables, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Scott Bowcher
Enjolras in Les Miserables, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
David Santolin
George in The Wedding Singer, Queanbeyan Players, Queanbeyan
BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Antonia Kitzel
Catherine in Arms and the Man, Canberra Repertory Society
Isha Menon
Louka in Arms and the Man, Canberra Repertory Society
Holly Ross
Pauline Clench in One Man, Two Guvnors, Canberra Repertory Society
Steph Roberts
Dolly in One Man, Two Guvnors, Canberra Repertory Society
Di Johnson
Gloria Clements in ‘Hands Up Who’s Not Here’, Take Two, Spectrum Theatre Group, Merimbula
BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Charlotte Gearside
Heather Chandler in Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Chelsea Heaney
Martha Dunnstock and Pauline Fleming in Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Jane McIntosh
Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Tegan Braithwaite
Dragon in Shrek the Musical, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Lauren Nihill
Rosie in The Wedding Singer, Queanbeyan Players
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Joel Hutchings
The Man/Captain Bluntschli in Arms and the Man, Canberra Repertory Society
Michael Sparks
The Creature in Dr Frankenstein, Canberra Repertory Society
Arran McKenna
Francis Henshall in One Man, Two Guvnors, Canberra Repertory Society
Patrick Galen-Mules
Stanley Stubbers in One Man, Two Guvnors, Canberra Repertory Society
Duncan McAulay
Barney in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, CMS Productions, Moss Vale
Dylan Van Den Berg
Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest, NUTS, Canberra
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Jarrad West
Julian Marsh in 42nd Street, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Will Huang
Jason Dean in Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Nathan Lomas
Valjean in Les Miserables, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Joel Hutchings
Donkey in Shrek the Musical, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Martin Searles
Lord Farquaad in Shrek the Musical, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Max Gambale
Shrek in Shrek the Musical, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Dave Smith
Robbie Hart in The Wedding Singer, Queanbeyan Players
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Jenna Roberts
Victoria in Dr Frankenstein, Canberra Repertory Society
Jess Waterhouse
Penelope Ryan in Happy Birthday, Wanda June, Canberra Repertory Society
Meaghan Stewart
Rachel Crabbe in One Man, Two Guvnors, Canberra Repertory Society
Ali Rapp
Olive in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, CMS Productions, Moss Vale
Candy Burgess
Irene in ‘A Lady of Letters’ in Talking Heads, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay
Narell Murdoch
Susan in ‘Bed Among the Lentils’ in Talking Heads, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay
Claudia Harris
Vivian Bearing in Wit, NUTS, Canberra
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Louiza Blomfield
Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Tegan Braithwaite
Rose in Dogfight, ANU Musical Theatre Company, Canberra
Belle Nicol
Veronica Sawyer in Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Briannah Gorden
Cosette in Les Miserables
and
Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Jane McIntosh
Fantine in Les Miserables, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Tanya Boyle
Ursula in The Little Mermaid, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER
Michelle Heine
42nd Street
and
Shrek the Musical, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Teegan McKeen
A Chorus Line, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Susan Vaccaro
Cats, Albury Wodonga Theatre Company, Albury
Nathan Rutups
Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION
Margaret Thomas
Disco Inferno, St Edmund’s College and St Clare’s College, Canberra
Peter Hayward and Ruth Ellevsen
Into The Woods, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Michelle Mordecai and Jessie Swan
Seussical Jr, Trinity Anglican College Albury
Jane McIntosh
Shrek the Musical Jr, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Alison Cronan and Stephen Barrett
Soaring, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan
Peter Copeland
Southern Stars: Iconic, NSW Department of Education, Albion Park
Dominic Lindsay
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Oxley College, Bowral
BEST DIRECTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL
Janet Cunningham
Into The Woods, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Petrina Mansfield
Mary Poppins Jr, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra
Emma Mancer
Seussical Jr, Trinity Anglican College Albury
Phil Cunich
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Oxley College, Bowral
Mandy Bransgrove
The Addams Family, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral
Romko Hordynsky
The Best Shot, Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, Orange
Lachlan Murray and Lauren Schmutter
Xanadu Jr, BYTESized Productions, Albury Wodonga
BEST DIRECTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY
Kate Price
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Chevalier College, Bowral
Joe Woodward
The Crucible, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra
Phil Cunich
Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?, Oxley College, Bowral
BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION
Nicholas Griffin
42nd Street, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Peter Copeland
A Chorus Line, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Damien Jones
Cats, Albury Wodonga Theatre Company
Matthew Webster
Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Merrin Ross
Les Miserables, Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Katrina Tang
Shrek the Musical, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
Jordan Best
Dr Frankenstein, Canberra Repertory Society
Cate Clelland
Happy Birthday, Wanda June, Canberra Repertory Society
Chris Baldock
One Man, Two Guvnors, Canberra Repertory Society
Matthew Barry
The Vicar of Dibley, Boxboards Theatre, Leura
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW
Chris Baldock
42nd Street, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Amy Copeland
A Chorus Line, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Tim McLaren
Cats, Albury Wodonga Theatre Company
Kelly Roberts and Grant Pegg
Heathers, Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Christa Radley, Christie Green and Shevaun Brown
Motherhood the Musical, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society
Ylaria Rogers
Shrek the Musical, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Peter Hayward
Southern Stars: Iconic, NSW Department of Education
BEST DANCE PRODUCTION
Mischief Managed
Classical Ballet Centre Canberra, Canberra
The Wiz … from Aus
“Legs” Dance, Canberra
BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Chevalier College, Bowral
The Crucible
Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra
Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?
Oxley College, Bowral
BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL
Into The Woods
Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Mary Poppins Jr
St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra
Seussical Jr
Trinity Anglican College Albury
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Oxley College, Bowral
The Addams Family
Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral
The Best Shot
Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, Orange
Xanadu Jr
BYTESized Productions, Albury Wodonga
BEST PRODUCTION OF A VARIETY SHOW
Freaky M.I. Day
ANU Med Revue, Canberra
Soaring
Karabar High School, Queanbeyan
Southern Stars: Iconic
NSW Department of Education
BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
Dr Frankenstein
Canberra Repertory Society
Happy Birthday, Wanda June
Canberra Repertory Society
One Man, Two Guvnors
Canberra Repertory Society
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
CMS Productions, Moss Vale
Talking Heads
Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay
The Vicar of Dibley
Boxboards Theatre, Leura
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
42nd Street
Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
A Chorus Line
So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Cats
Albury Wodonga Theatre Company
Heathers
Dramatic Productions, Canberra
Mary Poppins
Albatross Musical Theatre Company, Nowra
Shrek the Musical
Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
CAT AWARDS COMMENDATION
NOTE: This is a non-award category.
The CAT Awards commends the following companies and acknowledges the special contribution they have made over the last year to theatre and to the community.
St John Paul II College, Canberra
For inagural production of The Greatest Show: A Vaudeville, marking the ‘coming of age of performing arts in the college’
“Legs” Dance, Canberra
For inclusiveness of parents and special needs groups
ANU Med Revue, Canberra
For donating proceeds of Freaky M.I. Day to Companion House
Australian Defence Force Academy Performing Arts Company, Canberra
For donating all proceeds from High School Musical to Legacy
Dramatic Productions, Canberra
For raising over $12,500 for local charities through proportion of takings from Heathers
Michael Sparks, Canberra Repertory Society
For participating in the Leukemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave while preparing for the role of the Creature in Dr Frankenstein, raising $1,200 which he donated in honour of Naoné Carrol
Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society
For strong community engagement in attracting community support and council funding
Queanbeyan Players
For raising money for Headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation during production of Godspell
Wagga Wagga School of Arts Inc SOACT
Celebrating tenth anniversary of annual TenX10 Festival