TELSTRA COUNTRY WIDE CAT AWARDS –  WINNERS 2005

BEST SET DESIGNER (PLAY)
Russell Brown
Proof, Canberra Repertory

BEST SET DESIGNER (MUSICAL)
Belinda Anyos and Lyndelle Ramsay
Seussical  – The Musical, Phoenix Players, Canberra

MAGIC MOMENT OF THEATRE
Costume transformation of Lucy Goleby
Don’t Dress for Dinner, Centrepiece Theatre, Canberra

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER (PLAY)
Naomi Clegg
The Crucible, University Theatre Ensemble, Wagga Wagga

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER (MUSICAL)
Ron Russell and Linda Sparkes
My Fair Lady, Highlands Theatre Group, Mittagong

BEST ORIGINAL WORK
Peter J. Casey for the song ‘Every Year’
Many Happy Returns, Canberra Philharmonic Society

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER
Ben van Rijswijk
The Caretaker, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Simon Wall for knife throwing trick
The Pajama Game, Queanbeyan Players

BEST ENSEMBLE
The Cast
Children of the Black Skirt, Stromlo High School, Canberra

BEST CHORUS
Little Shop of Horrors
Phoenix Players, Canberra

THE PATRICIA KELSON ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD
The Band
Return to the Forbidden Planet, Lyneham High School, Canberra

HEALTHPACT QUALITY OF LIFE AWARD
The Secret Life of Michael McLaren
Canberra Gang Show

BEST ACTOR IN ANY ROLE IN A SCHOOL/YOUTH PLAY
Mark Hassall as Lt. Col. Nathan Jessep
A Few Good Men, Marist College, Canberra

BEST ACTOR IN ANY ROLE IN A SCHOOL/YOUTH MUSICAL
Cameron Lam as Harry MacAffee
Bye Bye Birdie, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange

BEST ACTRESS IN ANY ROLE IN A SCHOOL/YOUTH PLAY
Kelly Royds as Nora Helmer
A Doll’s House, Oxley College, Bowral

BEST ACTRESS IN ANY ROLE IN A SCHOOL/YOUTH MUSICAL
Kaili Witherdin as Rosie Alvarez
Bye Bye Birdie, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange

BEST PERFORMANCE IN A VARIETY SHOW
Roger Beckmann performing ‘Colonel Bogey plays Tchaikovsky’
Beyond the Fringe, The Players Company, Canberra

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER
Eloise Knight
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Chevalier College, Bowral

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A PLAY
Phil O’Brien as Aylott
A Month of Sundays, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A PLAY
Emma Strand as Claire
Proof, Canberra Repertory

BEST CONTRIBUTION BY AN ACT SENIOR
Fay Butcher

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACT SENIOR
Graham Robertson as Cooper
A Month of Sundays, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Greg Ballantyne as Willard Hewitt
Footloose the Musical, Parkes Musical and Dramatic Society

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Barbara Denham as Fraulein Schneider
Cabaret, Canberra Philharmonic Society

BEST SCHOOL / YOUTH MUSICAL
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
Chevalier College, Bowral

BEST SCHOOL / YOUTH PLAY
Children of the Black Skirt
Stromlo High School, Canberra

BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY
Helen Perris and Maria Kelliher
Children of the Black Skirt, Stromlo High School, Canberra

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Graham Robertson as Cooper
A Month of Sundays, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Ellen Caesar as Catherine
Proof, Canberra Repertory

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Monica Waples
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Chevalier College, Bowral

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW
Belinda Anyos
Seussical  – The Musical, Phoenix Players, Canberra

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Adam Moynihan as Horton
Seussical  – The Musical, Phoenix Players, Canberra

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Kimberly Warren as Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane, Carillon Theatrical Society, Bathurst

BEST VARIETY SHOW
Many Happy Returns
Canberra Philharmonic Society

BEST PLAY
A Month of Sundays
Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST MUSICAL
Seussical  – The Musical
Phoenix Players, Canberra

COMMUNITY THEATRE AWARD
Andrew Gray for 20 years of directing youth theatre in Bega

GOLD CAT AWARD
Rhys Holden