ACTEWAGL CAT AWARD NOMINATIONS 2014

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BEST SET DESIGNER FOR A PLAY

Adam Lindberg
The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Oxley College, Bowral

Andrew Kay
Blithe Spirit, Canberra Repertory Society

Don Ezard
The Importance of Being Earnest, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

Gowrie Varma and Ellie Greenwood
One Flea Spare, NUTS, Canberra

Ian Croker
Equus, Canberra Repertory Society

Michael Sparks
Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society

BEST SET DESIGNER FOR A MUSICAL

Brian Sudding
Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

Don Hillam and Heath Neville
The Wiz, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Mark Bell
Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Matt Burgess
Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Romko Hordynsky
Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

Steve Walsh
Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Wayne Shepherd
Seussical The Musical, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER FOR A PLAY

Anna Senior
Blithe Spirit, Canberra Repertory Society

Emma Sekuless
Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society

Gowrie Varma, Ellie Greenwood and Amanda Vincent
One Flea Spare, NUTS, Canberra

Helen Drum
Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra

Linda Rose-James
The Importance of Being Earnest, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER FOR A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW

Belinda McGrath
The Pirates of Penzance, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society

Fiona Leach
Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Miriam Miley-Read
Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

The costume team
Oz the Great and Powerful, Kim Harvey School of Dance, Canberra

Sam Lloyd
Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Suzan Cooper
La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

The “Legs” teachers
Movies Musicals and Legends, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Aileen Priest
Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

Angela Mason
Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Catherine Phillpott
The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Jenny Light
The Addams Family, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

Jo Dennis
Motley Hue, Wagga Wagga High School

Jo Howard
The Little Mermaid, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Linda Rose-James
Willow Blues, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral

Lydia McNamara
The Little Mermaid, Shooting Star Talent, Wagga Wagga

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Adam Boon
Seussical The Musical, Livid Productions, Albury

Adam Loughlin, Andrew Banovich and Lachlan O’Dea
The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Blake Thomas and Peter Telford
Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Eric Renno and John Matkovic
The Wiz, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Hamish McConchie
Forbidden Broadway, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
and
Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

Phil Goodwin
La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Aaron Grugan
Incidental musical arrangements, King Lear, Griffith & Regional Association for
the Performing Arts, (GRAPA)

Claire Mackey
Hair and makeup, The Addams Family, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

Coleman Grehan
Sound design and soundscape, Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?,
Canberra Youth Theatre

Jo Howard
Portrait painting and scenic design, The Taming of the Shrew, Daramalan
Theatre Company, Canberra

Kavita Jogia and Emma Spencer
Make-up, The Little Mermaid, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Russell Brown
Design and construction of the tortoise and the furniture, Arcadia
and
Ghostly manifestations, Blithe Spirit, Canberra Repertory Society

Maria Stewart
Stage management, Step into the Limelight: Signs, ACT Education and Training
Directorate, Canberra

JOHN THOMSON MAGIC MOMENT of THEATRE

The ghost scene
Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

The dwarves
Gundaroo Public School, Rewind, Queanbeyan School Education Area Arts
Festival

Jack Worthing attacking Algernon with a lily in Act II
The Importance of Being Earnest, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

Paper boys selling programs in foyer
Chicago, Orange Theatre Company

The shrinking witch
The Wizard Of Oz, Brindabella Christian College, Canberra

The reveal of the Rokitelly Man
The Rokitelly Man, Ickle Pickle Productions and Dramatic Productions, Canberra

‘Thing’ collecting the tickets at the box office
The Addams Family, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

BEST ORIGINAL WORK

Andrew Hackwill
Music, The Rokitelly Man, Ickle Pickle Productions and Dramatic Productions,
Canberra

Kate Vigo
Songwriting, Heroes, The Other Theatre Company, Albury

Kirsty Budding
Script for ‘Teach Me to Care’ in Nothing is Sacred
and
The Fairytale Channel, Budding Theatre, Canberra

Lara Dodds-Eden
Original music, The Fairytale Channel, Budding Theatre, Canberra

The script-writing team
Original script and lyrics, Caecal Weapon 2: The Rise of Salmonella, ANU
Med Revue, Canberra

BEST ORIGINAL WORK FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Angus Lamb and Chloe Harpley
Original script, Motley Hue, Wagga Wagga High School

John Batterham
Original libretto and music, Moonflower, Lyneham High School, Canberra

Oliver Levi-Malouf
Original music and soundscape, The Taming of the Shrew, Daramalan Theatre
Company, Canberra

Rhys Coles
Music and lyrics, ‘Tell me a lie’, Step into the Limelight: Signs, ACT Education
and Training Directorate

Romko Hordynsky
Script, lyrics and music, Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School
Preparatory School, Orange

Year 11 Music 2 students
Original music, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wollongong High School of the
Performing Arts

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY

The cast
Cosi, John XXIII Dramatic Society, Canberra

The cast
Heroes, The Other Theatre Company, Albury

The cast
One Flea Spare, NUTS, Canberra

The chorus of campers
Away, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre

The Greek Chorus
How I Learned to Drive, NUTS, Canberra

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL

Charlie Hartwright and Thomas Rapp
As Zhong and Feng, Willow Blues, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council
(SHYAC), Bowral

Les Cagelles
La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Louiza Blomfield, Kelly Roberts and Vanessa de Jager
As Alex, Jane and Sukie, The Witches of Eastwick, Supa Productions, Canberra

Luc Nelson and Jonty King-Christopher
As Featherby and Winchester, Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School
Preparatory School, Orange

The cast and pianist
Rude, Crude and Musical, Newstar Theatrical, Wollongong

The cheerleaders
High School Musical, The Illawarra Youth Arts Project, Wollongong

The ensemble
Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

Vanessa de Jager, Laura Dawson and Kirrah Amosa
As Margot, Serena and Pilar, Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company,
Canberra

BEST ORCHESTRA FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Seussical The Musical
Trinity Christian School, Canberra

Seussical The Musical
Orange Theatre Company

The Pirates of Penzance
Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

The Power
Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

The Wedding Singer
Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange

The Wiz
Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Step into the Limelight: Signs
Senior Concert Band, ACT Education and Training Directorate

BEST ORCHESTRA

Chicago
Orange Theatre Company

La Cage aux Folles
Supa Productions, Canberra

Legally Blonde
Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Legally Blonde
MoonGlow Productions, Wollongong

Shout! The Legend of the Wild One
Dubbo Theatre Company, Dubbo

Sunset Boulevard
Queanbeyan City Council, Queanbeyan

The Witches of Eastwick
Supa Productions, Canberra

PATRICIA KELSON ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD

Craig Drayton
Jenkins, The Butler Did It, Cowra Musical and Dramatic Society

Harley Drake
Gomez, The Addams Family, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

Jim Kretschmer
Eden Dance Academy Concert, Eden Dance Academy, Queanbeyan

Lachlan Roberts
The Drunk in the Park, Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory
School, Orange

Madeline Hans
Mabel, The Pirates of Penzance, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society

Matthew Bradley
Percussionist, The Power, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

Mia Cachia
Movies Musicals and Legends, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

Nathalie Cerritelli
Script, Love Me for Me, Canberra High School

Nick Anyos
Directing, The Witches, Child Players ACT, Canberra

Zac Medved
Oz the Great and Powerful, Kim Harvey School of Dance, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Andrew McGregor
As Howard in Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Christopher Brookhouse
As Paul in Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Jacob Sgouros
As Horace in School for Wives, Chevalier College, Bowral

Luther Canute
As Laughter in The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Oxley College, Bowral

Nelson Bowler
As Bottom/Pyramus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wollongong High School
of the Performing Arts

Nick Watson
As Bruno in The Witches, Child Players ACT, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Joey Thomas
As George in The Wedding Singer, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange

Nelson Bowler
As Sergeant of Police in The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of
the Performing Arts

Nick Chenery
As The Moonflower in Moonflower, Lyneham High School, Canberra

Pippin Carroll
As Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

William Pankhurst
As The Mayor in Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Zachary Vella
As Chang in Willow Blues, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC),
Bowral

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Gina Morrison
As Trania in The Taming of the Shrew, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Holly Ross
As Erica’s Mum in Hating Alison Ashley, Merici College, Canberra

Melissa Nuttall
As Ethel in Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Mikayla Lewis
As Rosalind Hay in Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Sophie McGregor
As Old Woman in School for Wives, Chevalier College, Bowral

Zoe Binder
As Nurse 3 in The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Oxley College, Bowral

Zoe Swan
As Grandmother in The Witches, Child Players ACT, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Annie Kruger
As Scarecrow in The Wizard Of Oz, Brindabella Christian College, Canberra

Belle Nicol
As Smitty in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Lake
Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Billie Miles
As Ariel in Return to the Forbidden Planet, St Edmund’s College, Canberra

Courtney White
As Wednesday in The Addams Family, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

Giorgia De Paoli
As Addaperle in The Wiz, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Janae Rosa
As Evilene in The Wiz, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Meaghan Stewart
As Ursula in The Little Mermaid, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Olivia Pannell
As Taylor in High School Musical, The Illawarra Youth Arts Project, Wollongong

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Daniel Stevenson
As George Hay in Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Jack Mahon
As Hubert in It Runs in the Family, Marist College, Canberra

Jamie Boyd
As Boy in The Witches, Child Players ACT, Canberra

Lachlan Norton
As Arnolphe in School for Wives, Chevalier College, Bowral

Pippin Carroll
As Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Daramalan Theatre Company,
Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Belle Nicol
As Charlotte Hay in Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Daisy O’Malley Welby
As Erica Yurken in Hating Alison Ashley, Merici College, Canberra

Emma Bailey
As Narrator in The Witches, Child Players ACT, Canberra

Natalie Whalley
As Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Olivia Hewson
As Kira Kelly in Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?, Canberra Youth
Theatre

Shayd Flegg
As Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wollongong High School of the
Performing Arts

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Andrew McGregor
As JP Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Lake
Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Beau Campbell
As Horton the Elephant in Seussical The Musical, Trinity Christian School,
Canberra

Dominic Howard
As Doctor Ivory in Motley Hue, Wagga Wagga High School

Jack Dodds
As The Cat in the Hat in Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company,
Orange

Jeremy Boulton
As Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the
Performing Arts

Joshua Cheney
As Robbie Hart in The Wedding Singer, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange

William Rawson
As Crondike in Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory
School, Orange

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Alice Litchfield
As Julia Sullivan in The Wedding Singer, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange

Annalivia Keaveny
As Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the
Performing Arts

Carly Wilson
As The Cat in the Hat in Seussical The Musical, Trinity Christian School,
Canberra

Emma Gaston
As Ariel in The Little Mermaid, BYTEsized Productions, Albury Wodonga

Hannah Minto
As Serena in Fame, Gungahlin College, Canberra

Isabella Tinsley
As Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Shooting Star Talent, Wagga Wagga

Kashmira Mohamed Zagor
As Abani in Moonflower, Lyneham High School, Canberra

Meg McCallum
As Annie in Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Michelle Lindsay
As Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Zara McCann
As Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST VARIETY PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE

Geri Brown
As Ringmaster in The Molong Rouge, Molong Players

Justine Hogan and Michael Whittington
‘You are So Beautiful To Me’ in Wagga Wagga Takes Two, SFP Productions, Wagga Wagga

Karabah High School
‘Good Morning Vietnam’ in Rewind, Queanbeyan School Education Area Arts Festival
and
‘Earth Song’ in The Power, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

ANU Med Revue
‘Hello I am a med student’ in Caecal Weapon 2: The Rise of Salmonella

ACT Education and Training Directorate
The Tongans in Step into the Limelight: Signs

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE

Elliott Dunn
Various roles in Oz the Great and Powerful, Kim Harvey School of Dance, Canberra

Olivia Hendry
As Theodora in Oz the Great and Powerful, Kim Harvey School of Dance, Canberra

Robbie Lawrence
Various roles in Movies Musicals and Legends, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

Senior and Advanced Senior Hip-hop team
‘Dangerous’, Movies Musicals and Legends, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

Senior Dance Ensemble
‘Speeches that changed the world’, Rewind, Queanbeyan School Education Area Arts Festival

Senior National Team
‘They don’t care about us’, Movies Musicals and Legends, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Bob Coles
As Dad in Caught in the Net, Cooma Little Theatre

Colin Milner
As Ezra Chater in Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society

Daniel Costello
As King Ludwig in Summer Wonderland, Milton Follies, Milton

Dylan Van Den Berg
As Leo in In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, NUTS, Canberra

Ian Croker
As Frank Strang in Equus, Canberra Repertory Society

Jim Adamik
As Bill Fordham in August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Michael Sparks
As Charlie Aiken in August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Michael Turczynski
As Manuel in Fawlty Towers, On 4 Young and Old, Burradoo

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

AJ Proudford
As Not Dead Fred and Prince Herbert in Spamalot, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Brian Kavanagh
As Callahan in Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Dooley Thompson
As Sergeant of Police in The Pirates of Penzance, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society

Fraser Findlay
As Jacob in La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Jay Post
As Rooster in Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Matthew Sykes
As French Taunter, Herbert’s Father and the Black Knight in Spamalot, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Stuart Morgan
As Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid, Shooting Star Talent, Wagga Wagga

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Amy Dearden
As Annelle in Steel Magnolias, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society

Amy Dunham
As Annelle in Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society

Andrea Close
As Barbara Fordham in August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Antonella Salvestro
As Coral in Away, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre

Brigid Gregg
As Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

Cara Irvine
In ‘Teach Me to Care’ and ‘For the Love of My Country’ in Nothing is Sacred
and
as The Evil Queen in The Fairytale Channel, Budding Theatre, Canberra

Hannah Ley
As Madame Defarge, Mr Stryver and others in A Tale of Two Cities, Queanbeyan City Council

Helen McFarlane
As Lady Croom in Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society

Liz Bradley
As Mattie Fay Aiken in August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
and
as Clairee in Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Eliza Shephard
As Patsy in Spamalot, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Jacinta Bentley
As Marmee March in Little Women the Musical, The Carrington Players, Bathurst

Jenna Roberts
As Paulette in Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Judith Colquhoun
As Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, Queanbeyan Players

Krystle Innes
As A Messenger in L’Orfeo, ANU School of Music, Canberra

Narell Murdoch
As Miss Hannigan in Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Tamina Koehne-Drube
As Anne in La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Vanessa de Jager
As Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Benjamin Hardy
As Alan Strang in Equus, Canberra Repertory Society

Bernie Maxwell
As Lear in King Lear, Griffith & Regional Association for the Performing Arts (GRAPA), Griffith

David Preston
As Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

Dylan Van Den Berg
As Uncle Peck in How I Learned to Drive, NUTS, Canberra

Matthew Barton
As Septimus Hodge in Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society

Nigel Griffiths
As John Smith in Caught in the Net, Cooma Little Theatre

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Allyn Smith
As Johnny O’Keefe in Shout! The Legend of the Wild One, Dubbo Theatre Company

Barry Patterson
As Billy Flynn in Chicago, Orange Theatre Company

Ben O’Reilly
As Albin/Zaza in La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Daniel Wells
As Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

James Whalan
As Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society

Jarrad West
As Georges in La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Josh Hayward
As Man in Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone, Mudgee Performing Arts Society

Matt Burgess
As Daddy Warbucks in Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Amelia Green
As Thomasina Coverly in Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society

Emma Wood
As Ruth Condomine in Blithe Spirit, Canberra Repertory Society

Evie Hall
As Mrs Givings in In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, NUTS, Canberra

Karen Vickery
As Violet Weston in August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
and
as M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society

Lainie Hart
As Olivia in Twelfth Night, Canberra Repertory Society

Lauren Atkin
As Li’l Bit in How I Learned to Drive, NUTS, Canberra

Liberty Thirsk
As Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Bronwyn Sullivan
As Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

Cassandra Pudney
As Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical The Musical, Livid Productions, Albury

Halimah Kyrgios
In Forbidden Broadway, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Jasmin Hyde
As Roxy Hart in Chicago, Orange Theatre Company

Jo Gibb
As Marianne in Shout! The Legend of the Wild One, Dubbo Theatre Company

Mikayla Williams
As Elle in Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Olivia Fisher
As Jo March in Little Women the Musical, The Carrington Players, Bathurst

Tanya Boyle
As Elle in Legally Blonde, MoonGlow Productions, Wollongong

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER FOR A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW

Ben Purser
Spamalot, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Ellie Colvin and Jessica Dunn
The Little Mermaid, Shooting Star Talent, Wagga Wagga

Jamie Kaye
Chicago, Orange Theatre Company

Jasmin Brun-Hyde
Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Kathryn Fisher
Motley Hue, Wagga Wagga High School

Michelle Heine
Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Rosanna Goderie
The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Alison Cronan
The Power, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

Alison Evans
Seussical The Musical, Trinity Christian School, Canberra

Emily Carroll
Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Matthew Segrave
The Wiz, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Ruth Ellevsen
The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

BEST DIRECTOR OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY

Emily Tutin
Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Nicola Tyndale-Biscoe
‘Girl’s Like That’, Studio Underground, Canberra Youth Theatre

Phil Cunich
The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Oxley College, Bowral

Tamzin Nugent
Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?, Canberra Youth Theatre

BEST DIRECTOR OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL

Don Hillam
The Wiz, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Emily Carroll and Rebecca Brown
Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Janet Cunningham
The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Lucy Smith
The Little Mermaid, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Mandy Bransgrove
Willow Blues, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral

Romko Hordynsky
Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Amy Coad
Chicago, Orange Theatre Company

David Wall
Wagga Wagga Takes Two, SFP Productions, Wagga Wagga

Nicholas Griffin
Forbidden Broadway
and
Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Rose Shorney
La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Sharon Tree
Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

Aarne Neeme
Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society

Cate Clelland
August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Gowrie Varma and Ellie Greenwood
One Flea Spare, NUTS, Canberra

Jordan Best
Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society

Karen Vickery
‘All in the Timing’, Studio Underground, Canberra Youth Theatre

Nikita Waldron
Cosi, John XXIII Dramatic Society, Canberra

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW

Candy Burgess
Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Derek Walker
Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Garrick Smith
La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Juran Jones
Rude, Crude and Musical, Newstar Theatrical, Wollongong

Milly Cooper
Spamalot, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Wayne Shepherd
Seussical The Musical, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra

BEST DANCE PRODUCTION

Eden Dance Academy Concert
Eden Dance Academy, Queanbeyan

Movies Musicals and Legends
“Legs” Dance, Canberra

Oz the Great and Powerful
Kim Harvey School of Dance, Canberra

BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL

Ghost of a Chance
Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

Motley Hue
Wagga Wagga High School

Seussical The Musical
Orange Theatre Company

The Little Mermaid
Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

The Little Mermaid
Shooting Star Talent, Wagga Wagga

The Pirates of Penzance
Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

The Wedding Singer
Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange

The Wiz
Marian Catholic College, Griffith

BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY

It Runs in the Family
Marist College, Canberra

Moon Over Buffalo
Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

The Wonderful World of Dissocia
Oxley College, Bowral

Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?
Canberra Youth Theatre

Girl’s Like That
Studio Underground, Canberra Youth Theatre, Canberra

BEST PRODUCTION OF A VARIETY SHOW

Caecal Weapon 2: The Rise of Salmonella
ANU Med Revue, Canberra

Nothing is Sacred
Budding Theatre, Canberra

Rewind
Queanbeyan School Education Area Arts Festival

Rude, Crude and Musical
Newstar Theatrical, Wollongong

The Molong Rouge
Molong Players

The Power
Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

August Osage County
Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Blithe Spirit
Canberra Repertory Society

Cosi
John XXIII Dramatic Society, Canberra

How I Learned to Drive
NUTS, Canberra

Steel Magnolias
Canberra Repertory Society

The Importance of Being Earnest
Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

Annie
Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Chicago
Orange Theatre Company

Forbidden Broadway
Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

La Cage aux Folles
Supa Productions, Canberra

Legally Blonde
Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Spamalot
ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Sunset Boulevard
Queanbeyan City Council

BEST CONTRIBUTION (ON OR OFF STAGE) BY A SENIOR

Angela Mason
Seussical The Musical
and
Chicago, Orange Theatre Company

Barbara Denham
La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra
and
A Tale of Two Cities, Queanbeyan City Council

Jim and Joyce Brindle
Caught in the Net, Cooma Little Theatre

Liz Bradley
Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society
and
August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Phil Birch-Marston
Nothing is Sacred, Budding Theatre, Canberra

Wayne Shepherd
Seussical The Musical, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY AWARD

On 4 Young and Old, Burradoo
Fawlty Towers
For donating proceeds to local charities BDCU Children’s Foundation, Can Assist and Batyr

The Other Theatre Company, Albury
Heroes
For highlighting men’s physical and mental health issues

Spectrum Theatre Group, Merimbula
For providing community theatre for 40 years and for donating money towards construction of a new theatre in Merimbula

Kaleidoscope Productions, Queanbeyan
Job Pilgrim
For donating proceeds to Home in Queanbeyan, providing accommodation for men and women with enduring mental illness who are at risk of homelessness

The Illawarra Youth Arts Project
High School Musical
For providing a supportive and caring environment for young people in the Illawarra that encourages participation in all areas of the creative arts

ACTEWAGL GOLD CAT AWARD

Will be announced at the Gala Awards Night