CAT AWARDS – WINNERS 1998
Best Set
Russell Brown
Murder Among Friends, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra, ACT
Best Costumes
Cathie Clelland
Old Time Music Hall, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra, ACT
Best Choreography
Katelyn Keys
A Chorus Line, Supa Productions, Canberra, ACT
Magic Moment
Postcard Opening
A Christmas Carol, Nowra Players, Nowra, NSW
Special Award for Achievement
Russell Brown
For continuing contributions to Canberra Repertory Society at Theatre 3: set design, new foyer and MC of Old Time Music Hall
Special Encouragement Award
Kim Johnson
For writing and directing Young Theatre Company’s Flight 069
Best School Production
Hamlet, Lake Ginninderra College, Canberra, ACT
Director: Alanna Maclean
Best Play
Cosi, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra, ACT
Director: Anne Somes
AND
Cosi, Cootamundra Amateur Dramatic Arts Society, Cootamundra, NSW
Director: Aaron Gelbart
Best Musical
A Chorus Line, Supa Productions, Canberra, ACT
Director: Sue Belsham; Musical Director: Paul Belsham
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
John Coles
Cosi, Cootamundra Amateur Dramatic Arts Society, Cootamundra, NSW
Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Mollie Sinclair
Lend Me A Tenor, Nowra Players, Nowra, NSW
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Christopher Mason
Camelot, Hosrep, Canberra, ACT
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Erica Bowron
Carousel, Canberra Philharmonic Society, Canberra, ACT
Best Actor in a Play
George Huitker
Cosi, Free Rain Theatre Company, Canberra, ACT
Best Actress in a Play
Maggie Smith
Arsenic and Old Lace, Yass Repertory Society, Yass, NSW
Best Actor in a Musical
Lawrence Hinwood
A Christmas Carol Nowra Players, Nowra, NSW
Best Actress in a Musical
Anne Cleary
Ma Baker’s Tonic, Crookwell Amateur Dramatic Society, Crookwell, NSW
AND
Rebecca Stewart
D’Arc, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay, NSW
Best Musical Director
Ian McLean
Carousel, Canberra Philharmonic Society, Canberra, ACT
Best Director of A Play
Alanna Maclean
Hamlet, Lake Ginninderra College, Canberra, ACT
Best Director of A Musical
Sue Belsham
A Chorus Line, Supa Productions, Canberra, ACT
Kate Peters Award (for outstanding contribution to theatrical appreciation in the community)
Rosemary Hyde for Canberra Repertory Society’s Old Time Music Hall