DUESBURY’S CAT AWARDS –  WINNERS 2002

Best Set Designer (Play)
Quentin Mitchell
Brighton Beach Memoirs, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra, ACT

Best Set Designer (Musical)
Brian Sudding and Cherylynn Holmes
Oliver!, Alpha Theatre, Canberra, ACT

Best Costumes (Play)
Gwyneth Roberts
Hamlette, Theatre Onset, Bega, NSW

Best Costumes (Musical)
Ritva Jokinen and team
The Mikado, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay, NSW

Technical Achievement
Lauren Bayly-Jones and Christian Doran (Video)
A Tribute to Black ,The Nineteenth Hole Theatre Productions, Canberra, ACT
AND
David Crowley and team (Makeup)
Alice in Wonderland, Bay Theatre Players Youth Group, Batemans Bay, NSW

Magic Moment
Lighted oars
Big Gig: Leap Of Faith, Narooma High School, Narooma, NSW

Achievement
Jenny O’Meara – Chief organizer of Big Gig 1992 –2002
Narooma High School, Narooma, NSW

Encouragement
Govind Hodgson
Gormenghast, In Theatre, Bega, NSW

Actor in any role in a school play
Juan Pablo Casetta
Heartbreak Kid, Marist College, Canberra, ACT

Actress in any role in a school play
Ingrid Parker
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Oxley College, Bowral, NSW

Actor in any role in a school musical
Alex Korytnyj
Evie and the Birdman, Oxley College, Bowral, NSW

Actress in any role in a school musical
Lara Pigott
Evie and the Birdman, Oxley College, Bowral, NSW

Ensemble
The Cast
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery, Yass Repertory Society, Yass, NSW

ACTEW AGL New Talent
Nathan Hillman
The Mikado, CAMRA, Canberra, ACT
AND
Dan Jobson
Brighton Beach Memoirs, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra, ACT

Best Original Work
George Huitker
Damage, Huitker Movement Theatre, Canberra, ACT

Best School Play
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Oxley College, Bowral, NSW

Best School Musical
The Wizard of Oz
Frensham, Mittagong

Best Variety Show
The 28th Old Time Music Hall
Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra, ACT

Best Play
Twelve Angry Men
New Century Productions, Canberra, ACT

Best Musical
West Side Story
Canberra Philharmonic Society, Canberra, ACT

Best performance in a variety show
David Cannell
The 28th Old Time Music Hall, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra, ACT

Best actor in a supporting role (Play)
Robert de Fries
Twelve Angry Men, New Century Productions, Canberra, ACT

Best actress in a supporting role (Play)
Rachel Tyson
Things We Do For Love, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra, ACT

Best actor in a supporting role (Musical)
Mark Galvin
Les Misérables, Orange Theatre Company, Orange, NSW

Best actress in a supporting role (Musical)
Kirrily Cornwell
Les Misérables,Canberra Philharmonic Society, Canberra, ACT

Best actor in a play
Duncan Ley
Endgame, Papermoon, Canberra, NSW
AND
Mike Smith
The Sum of Us, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra, ACT

Best actress in a play
Christa de Jager
Things We Do For Love, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra, ACT

Best actor in a musical
Rodney Beaver
Me and My Girl, Supa Productions, Canberra, ACT

Best actress in a musical
Sarah Carvalho
West Side Story, Canberra Philharmonic Society, Canberra, ACT

Best choreographer
Francis Gumley and Sharon McCutcheon
Now Showing, The Milton Ulladulla Entertainers, Ulladulla, NSW

Best Musical Director
Rose Shorney
Barnum, Supa Productions, Canberra, ACT

Best Director of a play
Rodney Delaney
The Sum of Us, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra, ACT

Best Director of a musical
Phil Cunich
Evie and the Birdman, Oxley College, Bowral, NSW

Kate Peters Award (for outstanding contribution to theatrical appreciation in the community)
Norma Roach, Queanbeyan, NSW

Gold Cat Award (for outstanding achievement simultaneously in many categories)
George Huitker, Canberra, ACT