2017 Winners

CAT AWARDS 2017 WINNERS

MARY PORTER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIP
Jesse Challis, Albury

BEST SET FOR A PLAY (Sponsored by Financial Index)
Chris Baldock
A View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory Society

BEST SET FOR A MUSICAL, VARIETY OR DANCE PRODUCTION (Sponsored by Muriel Wilkinson)
Tim Hawkins
Beauty and the Beast, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

BEST COSTUMES FOR A PLAY
Sam Lloyd
A Murder is Announced, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

BEST COSTUMES FOR A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW
Sophie Rose King
Beauty and the Beast, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

BEST COSTUMES FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION
The costume team
Neverland, Classical Ballet Centre Canberra

BEST LIGHTING
Chris Ellyard
A View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory Society

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Shiva Prakash and Michael Li
Video production, Bedside Story, ANU Med Revue, Canberra

JOHN THOMSON MAGIC MOMENT OF THEATRE
Reveal of the dead spirits
Slaves, Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, Orange

BEST ORIGINAL WORK
Matthew Webster
Original music, Wait Until Dark, Canberra Repertory Society

BEST ORIGINAL WORK FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION
Bartholomew Bunk, Charlie Curry, Jack Curry, Nick Philp, Luke Wheelwright, Michael Wilson
Music, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY (Sponsored by Living Simply)
The cast
The Vagina Monologues, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL (Sponsored by Living Simply)
The ensemble
Chicago, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

BEST ORCHESTRA FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION (Sponsored by Sarah Byrne)
Mary Poppins
Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong

BEST ORCHESTRA
Chicago
So Popera Productions, Wollongong

PATRICIA KELSON ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD
James Whalan
First time musical direction, 9 to 5, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Max Etherington
As Grandpa Joe in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Child Players ACT, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Liam Jackson
As Corny Collins in Hairspray Jr, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY
Sophie Marzano
As Mrs Beaver in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Steph Maclaine
As Miss Hannigan in Annie, Canberra Girls Grammar School
AND
Teadora Avramovic
As Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Oliver Durbidge
As Hamlet in Hamlet, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY
Zara McCann
As Gertrude in Hamlet, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Matthew Hearne
As Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Molly Stewart
As Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins, Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong
AND
Meaghan Stewart
As Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Dramatic Productions, Canberra

BEST VARIETY PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE (Sponsored by AMB)
Kirsten Busby
In ‘Time to Say Goodbye’, Step Into the Limelight: Inspire, ACT Education Directorate

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE (Sponsored by Jim and Heather Leedman)
Jessica Potter
As Cinderella, Cinderella and Other Fractured Fairy Tales, ‘Legs’ Dance, Canberra

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY (Sponsored by Living Simply)
Sandy Glass
As Earl ‘Brother Boy’ Ingram in Sordid Lives, Spectrum Theatre Group, Merimbula

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL (Sponsored by Bags to Go)
Tim Stiles
As Uncle Fester in The Addams Family, The Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY (Sponsored by Living Simply)
Myf Thompson
As Dora Bunner in A Murder is Announced, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Joanne Darby
As Madame Morrible in Wicked, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY (Sponsored by National Capital Motors)
Knox Peden
As Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory Society

JON ENGLISH BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Gordon Nicholson
As Gomez Addams in The Addams Family, The Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY (Sponsored by Queanbeyan Players)
Jenna Roberts
As Suzy Henderson in Wait Until Dark, Canberra Repertory Society

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL (Sponsored by Mark Santos and Anthony Hill)
Anastasia Feneri
As Roxie Hart in Chicago, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER (Sponsored by Richards Consulting)
Teegan McKeen
Chicago, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION (Sponsored by Sarah Byrne)
Natalie Guile
Annie, Canberra Girls Grammar School

BEST DIRECTOR OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY (Sponsored by Blumer’s Lawyers)
Joe Woodward
Hamlet, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST DIRECTOR OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL (Sponsored by Blumer’s Lawyers)
Crystal Mahon
Rock of Ages, Hawker College, Canberra

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR (Sponsored by Peter and Marjory Kobold)
Peter Copeland
Chicago, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY (Sponsored by Stage Whispers and DSP)
Chris Baldock
A View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory Society

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW (Sponsored by Mr and Mrs Keith Crowe)
Amy Copeland
Chicago, So Popera Productions, Wollongong

BEST DANCE PRODUCTION (Sponsored by Michael and Joan Mary O’Brien)
Neverland
Classical Ballet Centre

BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL (Sponsored by Blumer’s Lawyers)
Mary Poppins
Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong

BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY (Sponsored by Blumer’s Lawyers)
Hamlet
Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST PRODUCTION OF A VARIETY SHOW
Step Into the Limelight: Inspire
ACT Education Directorate

BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY (Sponsored by Capital Country Holiday Park)
A View from the Bridge
Canberra Repertory Society

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL (Sponsored by the NSW Government)
Chicago
So Popera Productions, Wollongong
AND
Wicked
Orange Theatre Company

SILVER CAT (Sponsored by the ACT Government)
Fiona Leach
For outstanding achievement in costume design
for numerous companies and across a range of styles, and for contribution to the community through the Cook Collective

GOLD CAT (Sponsored by the NSW Government)
Sam Lloyd
For outstanding achievement in the areas of set design, costume design, direction and performance for the Bay Theatre Players

CAT AWARDS COMMENDATIONS

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.

ANU Med Revue, Canberra
Donating all proceeds of Bedside Story to Companion House assisting survivors of torture and trauma

Queanbeyan Players
Fifty years contributing to quality theatre in Queanbeyan and the ACT

Albury Wodonga Theatre Company
Fifty years of contributing to quality theatre in Albury Wodonga

The Cook Collective: the Free-Rain, Phoenix Players and Supa costume teams
For donating materials and time towards a range of aid projects involving sewing clothing and reusable sanitary items for underprivileged women and girls

Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral
For supporting White Ribbon in its campaign against violence towards women, through performances of The Vagina Monologues, and for successfully presenting a rarely done and challenging piece of theatre, and achieving high production and performance standards

Dramatic Productions
For raising over $4,000 for a variety of Canberra charities and community groups by donating a percentage of the takings from the run of Sweeney Todd