ICON AND ACTEWAGL CAT AWARDS 2016 NOMINATIONS

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BEST SET DESIGNER FOR A PLAY

Andrew Kay
Uncle Vanya, Canberra Repertory Society

Brian Sudding
Play on, Queanbeyan City Council

Christiane Nowak
Playhouse Creatures, Pigeonhole Productions, Canberra

Don Ezard
Educating Rita, On 4 Young and Old, Burradoo

Quentin Mitchell
Witness for the Prosecution, Canberra Repertory Society

Scott Halls and Bruce Buchanan
Lend Me a Tenor, Orange Theatre Company

 

BEST SET DESIGNER FOR A MUSICAL, VARIETY OR DANCE PRODUCTION

Chris Zuber
Spring Awakening, Phoenix Players, Canberra

Gowrie Varma
Sweeney Todd, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Heath Neville
Grease, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Janet Cunningham
Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Lachlan Murray
Shrek the Musical Jr, BYTEsized Productions, Albury Wodonga

Mal, Donna and Amy Copeland
The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

Trevor Carroll and Scott Halls
Mary Poppins, Orange Theatre Company

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER FOR A PLAY

Anna Senior
She Stoops to Conquer, Canberra Repertory Society

Anne Kay
Playhouse Creatures, Pigeonhole Productions, Canberra

Heather Spong
Uncle Vanya, Canberra Repertory Society

Helen Drum
Witness for the Prosecution, Canberra Repertory Society

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER FOR A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW

Anna Senior
The Threepenny Opera, Canberra Repertory Society

Carla Marks|
Mor Bani, Bollywood Dimensions Studio, Canberra

Cate Clelland
The Little Mermaid, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Gabrielle Fraser and Di Johnson
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dreamcoat Productions, Merimbula

Jennie Norberry
Spring Awakening, Phoenix Players, Canberra

Jessica Grantham-Lee
The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

Mim Miley-Read
Beauty and the Beast, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Helen Poulos, Manola Zanetti et al
Alice, Aria Dance Academy, Queanbeyan

Janet Cunningham, Catherine Phillpott and Jessica Grantham
Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Wollongong

Jo Howard
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Kathryne Eden
On the Mantelpiece, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

Lorraine Bennett
Wonderland, Classical Ballet Centre Canberra, Canberra

The “Legs” teachers
Legs on Broadway, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

 

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Chris Ellyard
Macbeth, Canberra Repertory Society

Hamish McConchie
Spring Awakening, Phoenix Players, Canberra

John Matkovic
Grease, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Lachlan O’Dea and Peter Copeland
Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Stuart Thompson
Sweeney Todd, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

 

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

David Bunting
Researching, purchasing and developing the flying rig, Mary Poppins, Orange Theatre Company

Jennifer Hoy
Artwork, MPR – My Partner Rules, Molong Players

Sarah Bradbury
Masks, The Lion King Jr, Trinity Anglican College Albury, Albury

Brindabella Christian College, CAnberra
Scenic artwork (backdrops), Alice Through the Looking Glass

Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
Design and construction of the ship, The Little Mermaid

Thompson Quan Wing
(From Mackillop Fencing Club) Sword fight direction, Hamlet, Canberra Grammar School

 

JOHN THOMSON MAGIC MOMENT OF THEATRE

Appearance of Perry the newsagent
MPR – My Partner Rules, Molong Players

Cinderella’s costume change
Cinderella, New and Used Productions, Mittagong

Disappearance of the witches
Macbeth, Canberra Repertory Society

Elphaba taking flight
Wicked, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Max’s costume change to red suit
The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

Razz revealed playing the saxophone
Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

 

BEST ORIGINAL WORK

Fiona D’mello, Andy Hua and team
Script and lyrics, Murder She Prescribed, ANU Med Revue, Canberra

Lucy Matthews
Script and music, The Last Time: A Story of Love, Lust and Desperation, Acoustic Theatre, Canberra

Louise Rostron
Script, Baby Boomers: The Musical, BB Ensemble, Canberra

Matthew Webster
Music, Playhouse Creatures, Pigeonhole Productions, Canberra

Peter Tucker
Script, ‘The Threepenny Macbeth’ in tenX10 playfest, Wagga Wagga School of Arts Inc SOACT

Rachel Hogan
Adaptation of Machiavelli’s La Mandragola and The Prince in An Audience With Machiavelli, Spread the Wyrd, Canberra

Tim Hansen
Soundscape, Macbeth, Canberra Repertory Society

 

BEST ORIGINAL WORK FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Jeremy Boulton
Music, Ash Girl, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Kathryn McLeod
Script, The Living End, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

Laura Van der Zwart and Tasma Hunt
Willy and Wayne’s comedy routine, The Accused, Narrabundah College, Canberra

 

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY

Kate Blackhurst (Hecate), Michelle Lea Cooper, Antonia Kitzel, Kayla Ciceran, Lauren Aitken, Ella Horton and Alex McPherson
The Witches, Macbeth, Canberra Repertory Society

Rachel Gregg, Lynne Lindsay, Valerie Warry, Brigid Gregg, Sue Causer and Kirsty Clancy
The Calendar Girls, Calendar Girls, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

Sue Barnes, Joy Rule, Angela Bennet, Kerry Provan, Lois Terry and Sue Lanham
The Calendar Girls, Calendar Girls, Young Theatre Company

The cast
Noises Off, Canberra Repertory Society

The cast
Playhouse Creatures, Pigeonhole Productions, Canberra

The cast
Stories in the Dark, Bay Theatre Players Youth Theatre Group, Batemans Bay

The cast
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

 

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL

Djembe Group
The Lion King Jr, Trinity Anglican College Albury, Albury

Jeremy Brown, Tristan Foon, Michael Jordan, David Leigh, Peter Smith, Tony D’Abrera
‘Rock Island’, The Music Man, Queanbeyan Players

Sally Carter, Henry McElroy, Grace Srzich, Ella Worsely, Max Bloomfield and Alex Reid
The Grandparents, Howlin’, Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, Orange

The cast
Nunsense II: The Second Coming, Paragon Players, Wagga Wagga

The ensemble cast
Wicked, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

The Mersisters
The Little Mermaid, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

The students
Spring Awakening, Phoenix Players, Canberra

 

BEST ORCHESTRA FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Ash Girl
Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Wollongong

Grease
Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Legally Blonde
Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Wollongong

On the Mantelpiece
Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

The Addams Family
Lyneham High School, Canberra

 

BEST ORCHESTRA

Catch Me If You Can
Dramatic Productions, Canberra

Godspell
Dubbo Theatre Company

Hairspray
Orange Theatre Company

Next to Normal
Phoenix Players, Canberra

Rock of Ages
Bidgee Theatre Productions, Wagga Wagga

Sweeney Todd
ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

The Last Five Years
Albury Wodonga Theatre Company

The Producers
So Popera Productions, Wollongong

 

PATRICIA KELSON ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD

Angus McKean
Drummer, Nunsense II: The Second Coming, Paragon Players, Wagga Wagga

Bianca Riggio
Emily Bennett, Mr Bennett’s Bride, Cowra Musical and Dramatic Society

Birdee Sideris
As Ariel, Footloose, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society

Chelsea Neish
As Alice in Alice Through the Looking Glass, Brindabella Christian College, Canberra

Jackson Gibb
Singing and ensemble work, Godspell, Dubbo Theatre Company

Lara Cristofani
‘Quiet’ from Matilda, Canberra Youth Talent Show, Budding Theatre, Canberra

Liam Jackson
Dancing and focus and energy in the ensemble, The Music Man, Queanbeyan Players

Luca Yi
As Benjamin, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dreamcoat Productions, Merimbula
AND
As Pugsley Addams, The Addams Family, Spectrum Theatre Group, Merimbula

Mae Walker
As Miranda, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Cooma Little Theatre

Olivia Smith
As The Duchess, Alice, Aria Dance Academy

Patricia Manley
As Pimple, She Stoops to Conquer, Canberra Repertory Society

Polly Taylor
As Ursula, The Little Mermaid, Carillon Junior Theatrical Society, Bathurst

Thomas Whitelaw
Percussion, The Addams Family, Lyneham High School, Canberra

 

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Ben Burgess
As Teddy Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Callum Wilson
As Mr Kingston in The Accused, Narrabundah College, Canberra

Jack Andrighetto
As Henry in Cosi, Canberra Grammar School

Jack Curry
As Razz in Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Liam Ellis
As Frederick Fellowes/Phillip Brent in Noises Off, Marist College, Canberra

 

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Gordon Suthers
As Coach Barrett in Howlin’, Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, Orange

Lachlan Grogan
As Callahan in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Matthew Hearne
As Warner in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Mitch Clarke
As Farquaad in Shrek the Musical Jr, BYTEsized Productions, Albury Wodonga

Patrick Galen-Mules
As Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra

Pip Carroll
As Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra

 

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Anna Di Dio
As Cherry in Cosi, Canberra Grammar School

Brodie Ackroyd
As Pamela in The Thirty-Nine Steps, Chevalier College, Bowral

Jessica Fellows
As Dab-Dab the Duck in Dr Dolittle’s Circus, Child Players ACT, Canberra

Lily O’Sullivan
As Sadness in Ash Girl, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Tegan Sharp
As Ruth in Cosi, Canberra Grammar School

 

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Anastasia Feneri
As Vivienne in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Billie Miles
As Sharpay Evans in High School Musical, St Edmund’s College, Canberra

Imogen Smee
As Margot in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Jessica Charbachi
As Paulette in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Kaitlin Nihill
As Natalie Goodman in Next to Normal, Phoenix Players, Canberra

Kashmira Mohamed Zagor
As Ilse in Spring Awakening, Phoenix Players, Canberra

Maisie Lyon
As Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family, Lyneham High School, Canberra

Mia Healey
As Catherine in Pippin, Oxley College, Bowral

 

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Corey Goodberg
As Ishmael Leseur in Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Daniel Talanine
As Lewis in Cosi, Canberra Grammar School

Duncan Brown
As Truffaldino in The Servant of Two Masters, Trinity Anglican College Albury, Albury

Jack Andrighetto
As Hamlet in Hamlet, Canberra Grammar School

Joshua Hammond
As Roy in Cosi, Canberra Grammar School

Lewis Hargrave
As Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Patrick Holman
As Richard Hannay in The Thirty-Nine Steps, Chevalier College, Bowral

 

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Annabelle Scobie
As Anna in Stories in the Dark, Bay Theatre Players Youth Theatre Group, Batemans Bay

Kaela Weine
As Ashgirl in Ash Girl, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Nicola Wetselaar
As Jennifer Mitchell in The Accused, Narrabundah College, Canberra

Phoebe Price
As Ashgirl in Ash Girl, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Pip Blunn
As Dotty Otley/Mrs Clackett in Noises Off, Marist College, Canberra

 

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Jack Martin
As Danny in Grease, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Jeremy Boulton
As Emmet in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Oscar McLaughlin
As Rhino in Howlin’, Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, Orange

Peter Gedeon
As Gomez Addams in The Addams Family, Lyneham High School, Canberra

Pip Carroll
As Troy Bolton in High School Musical, Pied Piper Productions, Canberra
AND
As Moritz in Spring Awakening, Phoenix Players, Canberra

 

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Claire Allan
As Leading Player in Pippin, Oxley College, Bowral

Giorgia De Paoli
As Sandy in Grease, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Jane Watkins
As Morticia Addams in The Addams Family, Lyneham High School, Canberra

Kaitlin Nihill
As Belle in Beauty and the Beast, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra
AND
As Wendla in Spring Awakening, Phoenix Players, Canberra

Talia Sigsworth
As Elle in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

 

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE

‘Bound’
Members of the 14 and under Performance Troupe, Something Old, Something New – Something Borrowed (Something Blue), Eden Dance Academy, Queanbeyan

Tap solo
John Truscott, Legs on Broadway, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

The Caterpillar
Melissa Fawke, Wonderland, Classical Ballet Centre Canberra, Canberra

‘Something Rotten’
National Team, Legs on Broadway, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

‘Gladiator Art Pop’
Senior National Team, Legs on Broadway, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

‘I Hope I Get It’
Senior Performance Group , The Nutcracker & The Best of Broadway, GDance Academy, Canberra

‘May the Best Hand Win’
Ballet Grade 3/4/Pointe, Alice, Aria Dance Academy, Queanbeyan

 

BEST VARIETY PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE

Cathryn Youings
As Scarlet in Murder She Prescribed, ANU Med Revue, Canberra

Kaitlin Nihill
In ‘The Girl in 14G’, Canberra Youth Talent Show, Budding Theatre, Canberra

‘Message in a Bottle’
On the Mantelpiece, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

‘Romeo and Juliet’
On the Mantelpiece, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

Samuel Moore
As Detective Grey in Murder She Prescribed, ANU Med Revue, Canberra

‘The Bedside Tango’
Murder She Prescribed, ANU Med Revue, Canberra

 

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Brendan Kelly
As Tim Allgood in Noises Off, Canberra Repertory Society

Cameron Thomas
As Macduff in Macbeth, Canberra Repertory Society

George Pulley
As Charles Marlow in She Stoops to Conquer, Canberra Repertory Society

Jack Foster
As Ariel in The Tempest, NUTS, Canberra

Neil McLeod
As Telegin in Uncle Vanya, Canberra Repertory Society

Shane Douthie
As Mr Hamilton in Fawlty Towers, The Other Theatre Company, Albury

 

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Fraser Findlay
As Sebastian in The Little Mermaid
AND
As Dr Dillamond in Wicked, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Jonathan Garland
As Frank Abagnale Senior in Catch Me If You Can, Dramatic Productions, Canberra

Nelson Bowler
As Carmen Ghia in The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

Steve Amosa
As The Wizard in Wicked, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Tony Falla
As Scuttle in The Little Mermaid, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Will Collett
As Anthony in Sweeney Todd, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Alice Ferguson
As Marina in Uncle Vanya
AND
As Janet Mackenzie in Witness for the Prosecution, Canberra Repertory Society

Elaine Noon
As Mrs Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra

Kate Harris
As Constance Neville in She Stoops to Conquer, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra

Rose Sexton
As Mrs Richards in Fawlty Towers, The Other Theatre Company, Albury

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Alex Halls
As Mrs Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins, Orange Theatre Company, Orange

Amy Jenkins
As Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra
AND
As Johanna in Sweeney Todd, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Bronwyn Sullivan
As Madame Morrible in Wicked, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Helen McFarlane
As Jenny Diver in The Threepenny Opera, Canberra Repertory Society

Louiza Blomfield
As Ursula in The Little Mermaid, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Michelle Klemke
As Rose Brice in Funny Girl, Supa Productions, Canberra

 

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Adam Salter
As Tony Lumpkin in She Stoops to Conquer, Canberra Repertory Society

Andrew Forbes
As Frank in Educating Rita, On 4 Young and Old, Burradoo

Arran McKenna
As Frederick Fellowes/Philip Brent in Noises Off, Canberra Repertory Society

Lewis Meegan
As Garry Lejuene/Roger Tramplemain in Noises Off, Canberra Repertory Society

Peter Fock
As Machiavelli in ‘The Prince’, An Audience With Machiavelli, Spread the Wyrd, Canberra

 

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Alexander Clubb
As Frank Abagnale Junior in Catch Me If You Can, Dramatic Productions, Canberra

Allyn Smith
As Jesus in Godspell, Dubbo Theatre Company

Callum Bodman
As Melchior in Spring Awakening, Phoenix Players, Canberra

Daniel Downing
As Leo Bloom in The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

Jesse Zammit
As Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dreamcoat Productions, Merimbula

Scott Radburn
As Max Bialystock in The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

Spencer Cliff
As Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Alex Rapp
As Rita in Educating Rita, On 4 Young and Old, Burradoo

Bonnie Owen
As Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Griffith & Regional Association for the Performing Arts (GRAPA)

Emma Wood
As Romaine in Witness for the Prosecution, Canberra Repertory Society

Jenna Roberts
As Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Canberra Repertory Society

Lainie Hart
As Dotty Otley/Mrs Clackett in Noises Off
AND
As Yelena in Uncle Vanya, Canberra Repertory Society

Yanina Clifton
As Sofya in Uncle Vanya, Canberra Repertory Society

Zoe Priest
As Kate Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer, Canberra Repertory Society

 

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Georgie Juszczyk
As Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Hayley Fragnito
As The Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dreamcoat Productions, Merimbula

Justine Hogan
As Sherrie Christian in Rock of Ages, Bidgee Theatre Productions, Wagga Wagga

Kirrah Amosa
As Elphaba in Wicked, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Philippa Murphy
As Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, Supa Productions, Canberra

Vanessa de Jager
As Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, Supa Productions, Canberra

 

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Faith Peters
Grease, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Michelle Heine
The Little Mermaid,
AND
Wicked, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

The choreograpy team
On the Mantelpiece, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

Rosie Goderie
Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Teagan McKeen
The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

 

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Matthew Segrave
Grease, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Ruth Ellevsen
Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Stephen Barrett
On the Mantelpiece, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

Timothy Bowyer
The Addams Family, Lyneham High School, Canberra

 

BEST DIRECTOR OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY

Emma Wood
The Accused, Narrabundah College, Canberra

Joe Woodward
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Kate Price
The Thirty-Nine Steps, Chevalier College, Bowral

Pip Carroll
Ishmael and the Return of the Dugongs, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Simon Hughes
Hamlet, Canberra Grammar School, Canberra

 

BEST DIRECTOR OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL

Don Hillam
Grease, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Janet Cunningham
Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Petrina Mansfield
The Living End, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

Romko Hordynsky
Howlin’, Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, Orange

 

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Aaron Kernaghan
The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

David Willis
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Dreamcoat Productions, Merimbula

Katrina Tang
Sweeney Todd, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Nicholas Griffin
The Little Mermaid
AND
Wicked, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Nichole Ingram
Rock of Ages, Bidgee Theatre Productions, Wagga Wagga

Rhys Madigan
Next to Normal, Phoenix Players, Canberra

 

BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

Cate Clelland
Noises Off, Canberra Repertory Society

Geoffrey Borny
Uncle Vanya, Canberra Repertory Society

Jordan Best
Playhouse Creatures, Pigeonhole Productions, Canberra

Michael Turczynski
Educating Rita, On 4 Young and Old, Burradoo

Tony Turner
She Stoops to Conquer, Canberra Repertory Society

 

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW

Amy Copeland
The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

Andy Hua and Fiona D’mello
Murder She Prescribed, ANU Med Revue, Canberra

Gowrie Varma
Sweeney Todd, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Grant Pegg and Kelly Roberts
Spring Awakening, Phoenix Players, Canberra

Kelda McManus
Next to Normal, Phoenix Players, Canberra

 

BEST DANCE PRODUCTION

Legs on Broadway
“Legs” Dance, Canberra

Mor Bani
Bollywood Dimensions Studio, Canberra

The Nutcracker & The Best of Broadway
GDance Academy, Canberra

Wonderland
Classical Ballet Centre Canberra, Canberra

 

BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL

Grease
Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Howlin’
Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, Orange

Legally Blonde
Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

The Addams Family
Lyneham High School, Canberra

 

BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY

Hamlet
Canberra Grammar School

The Accused
Narrabundah College, Canberra

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

The Thirty-Nine Steps
Chevalier College, Bowral

 

BEST PRODUCTION OF A VARIETY SHOW

Canberra Youth Talent Show
Budding Theatre, Canberra

Murder She Prescribed
ANU Med Revue, Canberra

On the Mantelpiece
Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

Step Into the Limelight
ACT Education and Training Directorate

 

BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

Educating Rita
On 4 Young and Old, Burradoo

Noises Off
Canberra Repertory Society

Playhouse Creatures
Pigeonhole Productions, Canberra

She Stoops to Conquer
Canberra Repertory Society

Uncle Vanya
Canberra Repertory Society

Witness for the Prosecution
Canberra Repertory Society

 

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

Next to Normal
Phoenix Players, Canberra

Spring Awakening
Phoenix Players, Canberra

Sweeney Todd
ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

The Little Mermaid
Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

The Producers
So Popera Productions, Wollongong

Wicked
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.

Carillon Junior Theatrical Society, Bathurst
The Little Mermaid
For creating opportunities in the performing arts for children in the Bathurst region

Dreamcoat Productions, Merimbula
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
For donating all profits to the Sapphire Coast Advocates for Social Justice to assist them in their work

Trinity Anglican College Albury
The Lion King Jr
For involving every child in the school in years 3 to 6

Queanbeyan School Education Area Arts Festival
Discovery
For providing opportunities for students in the Queanbeyan area to participate in theatre

ACT Education and Training Directorate
Step Into the Limelight
For providing opportunities for students in the ACT to participate in theatre

Phoenix Players, Canberra
Next to Normal and Spring Awakening
For adventurous programming and for raising awareness of mental health and youth issues

Young Theatre Company
Calendar Girls
For raising money for Can Assist

Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral
Calendar Girls
For raising money for Can Assist