DUESBURY’S CAT AWARDS – WINNERS 2003
BEST SET DESIGNER (PLAY)
Adrienne Conway
The One Day of the Year, The Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay, NSW
BEST SET DESIGNER (MUSICAL)
Robert Lloyd
Pippin, Oxley College, Bowral, NSW
BEST COSTUME DESIGNER (PLAY)
Di Nicol and Dilys Warner
Dimboola, School of Arts Community Theatre, Wagga Wagga, NSW
BEST COSTUME DESIGNER (MUSICAL)
Joy Burgess and Lucinda Dazos
Pippin, Oxley College, Bowral, NSW
AND
Fiona Hale
The Mikado, Queanbeyan Players, Queanbeyan, NSW
BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER
Peter Huntington
Pippin, Oxley College, Bowral, NSW
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Jan Wawrzynczak, Ben Hamey and Dylan Mordike (Multimedia and effects)
Welcome to the Machine, Huitker Movement Theatre, Canberra
MAGIC MOMENT
1st gunshot
Sleuth, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra
BEST ORIGINAL WORK
Duncan Ley
In Cold Light, New Century Productions, Canberra
BEST PLAY
The One Day of the Year
The Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay, NSW
BEST MUSICAL
Chicago
Canberra Philharmonic Society, Canberra
BEST VARIETY SHOW
The 29th Old Time Music Hall
Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra
BEST SCHOOL PLAY
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Radford College, Canberra
BEST SCHOOL MUSICAL
Pippin
Oxley College, Bowral, NSW
ACHIEVEMENT
Raphael Wong
For transcription and additional arrangements for 15 piece orchestra and vocal score, Big – the Musical, Radford College, Canberra
MOST PROMISING NEW TALENT
(not appeared before in any show entered for CAT Awards)
Jo Murray as Roxie Hart
Chicago, Canberra Philharmonic Society, Canberra
ENCOURAGEMENT
Natalya Tachechi
Cancerto, Narooma High School, Narooma, NSW
ENSEMBLE
The Cast
You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, Canberra Philharmonic Society, Canberra
ACTOR IN ANY ROLE IN A SCHOOL PLAY
Nick Smith as the Inspector
Shaken Not Stirred Shakespeare, Marist College, Canberra
ACTOR IN ANY ROLE IN A SCHOOL MUSICAL
Josh Reece as Pippin
Pippin, Oxley College, Bowral, NSW
ACTRESS IN ANY ROLE IN A SCHOOL PLAY
Janice Farrer as Antonia
The Merchant of Venice, Lake Arts (Lake Ginninderra College), Canberra
ACTRESS IN ANY ROLE IN A SCHOOL MUSICAL
Ingrid Parker as Leading Player
Pippin, Oxley College, Bowral, NSW
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY SHOW (Individual or Ensemble)
Steven Bardwell and Julie McEhlone in the Ventriloquist Act
The 29th Old Time Music Hall, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (PLAY)
Duncan Ley as The Prince of Wales
The Madness of George III, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MUSICAL)
Brian Irvine as Cinderella’s Prince
Into The Woods, Orange Theatre Company, Orange, NSW
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (PLAY)
Katie Harris as Mayella Ewell
To Kill a Mockingbird, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MUSICAL)
Sue Causer as Mme Thenardier
Les Misérables, Highlands Theatre Group, Bowral, NSW
AND
Anna Nugent as Eponine
Les Misérables, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay, NSW
BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
Ian Croker as George III
The Madness of George III, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Damian Haas as Billy Flynn, Chicago
Canberra Philharmonic Society, Canberra
BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Bronwyn Grannall as Annie Wilkes
Misery, Huitker Movement Theatre, Canberra
BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Rachael Thoms as The Witch
Into The Woods. Orange Theatre Company, Orange, NSW
BEST CHOREOGRAPER
Katelyn Keys
Chicago, Canberra Philharmonic Society, Canberra
BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Mike Butcher
Les Misérables, Highlands Theatre Group, Mittagong, NSW
BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Diane Minihan
The One Day of the Year, The Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay, NSW
BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW
Robert Graham
Pippin, Oxley College, Bowral, NSW
KATE PETERS AWARD
Cowra Musical and Dramatic Society
For their outstanding contribution to theatrical appreciation in the community over 40 years
AND
Anne Somes
For her outstanding contribution to theatrical appreciation in the community through her work, particularly with young people
GOLD CAT AWARD for outstanding achievement simultaneously in many categories
Ian Croker
For acting in a drama, performing in a musical, set design and scenic painting.