23rd canberra area theatre awards 2017 nominations · 2017-12-19 · 6 2017 canberra area heatre...

23RDCANBERRA AREA

THEATRE AWARDS 2017

NominationsMonday 18 December 2017

Theatre 3, Canberra ACT

2017GALA AWARDS NIGHT

For information and bookings, see our websitewww.catawards.com.au

Hosted by Ian MacLean AM CSC and Simon Gallaher

Canberra Theatre6 pm Saturday 17 February 2018

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CONTENTS

CAT AWARDS RULES AND DEFINITIONS .................................................5Best Set for a Play ..................................................................................6Best Set for a Musical, Variety or Dance Production ....................................6Best Costumes for a Play .........................................................................7Best Costumes for a Musical or Variety Show .............................................7Best Costumes for a School or Youth Production ..........................................8Best Lighting ..........................................................................................8Technical Achievement ............................................................................9John Thomson Magic Moment of Theatre ...................................................9Best Original Work ............................................................................... 10Best Original Work for a School or Youth Production ................................. 10Best Ensemble in a Play ..........................................................................11Best Ensemble in a Musical .....................................................................11Best Orchestra for a School or Youth Production ....................................... 12Best Orchestra ..................................................................................... 12Patricia Kelson Encouragement Award ..................................................... 13Best Youth Actor in a Featured Role in a Play ............................................ 13Best Youth Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical ...................................... 14Best Youth Actress in a Featured Role in a Play ......................................... 14Best Youth Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical .................................... 15Best Youth Actor in a Leading Role in a Play............................................. 15Best Youth Actress in a Leading Role in a Play .......................................... 16Best Youth Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical ....................................... 16Best Youth Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical ..................................... 17Best Variety Performance by an Individual or Ensemble .............................. 18Best Dance Performance by an Individual or Ensemble .............................. 19Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play .................................................... 19Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical ...............................................20Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Play ..................................................20Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical ............................................. 21

2017GALA AWARDS NIGHT

For information and bookings, see our websitewww.catawards.com.au

Hosted by Ian MacLean AM CSC and Simon Gallaher

Canberra Theatre6 pm Saturday 17 February 2018

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Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play ..................................................... 21Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical ................................................ 22Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Play ................................................... 22Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical .............................................. 23Best Choreographer .............................................................................. 24Best Musical Director for a School or Youth Production .............................. 24Best Director of a School or Youth Play .................................................... 24Best Director of a School or Youth Musical ............................................... 25Best Musical Director ............................................................................ 25Best Director of a Play ........................................................................... 26Best Director of a Musical or Variety Show............................................... 26Best Dance Production .......................................................................... 26Best Production of a School or Youth Musical ........................................... 27Best Production of a School or Youth Play ................................................ 27Best Production of a Variety Show........................................................... 27Best Production of a Play ....................................................................... 28Best Production of a Musical .................................................................. 28CAT Awards Commendation .................................................................. 29

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CAT AWARDS RULES AND DEFINITIONS

Scope of the AwardsFully-professional productions are excluded and only amateur and pro–am productions will be considered.Professional inputPersonnel who are engaged on a fully professional basis in any capacity are not eligible for an award. For the purposes of the CAT Awards, a professional is someone who is being paid at or near Equity rates and/or who makes their living predominantly as (or is recognised as) a theatre professional, including performer, director, designer or technician.Youth productions and categories‘Youth’ is considered to finish at the end of high school, therefore university theatre companies are considered in open categories.School and youth productions are also eligible for nomination in open categories that do not have a corresponding youth category.Young people performing children’s roles in non-youth productions (for example, Oliver, Annie, young Peter Allen) are eligible for awards in youth performance categories.Adults appearing in a school or youth production are eligible for awards in the open categories, not the youth categories.Lead vs featured rolesIn deciding whether a role is leading or featured, the judges are guided by how they are defined in the website stageagent.com.Number of nominations in each categoryThere is no limit to the number of categories in which a production can receive nominations, nor is there a limit to the number of times a company can appear in the final nomination list for any category.The judges will usually make only six nominations and one award in each category. However if the standard is particularly high in some categories we may make more than six nominations, and may make joint awards.Judges participating in productionsJudges are not expected to withdraw from active participation in productions. However, if they are involved in a production, their contribution is not eligible for an award.Judges take no part in discussions or decisions on shows with which they are associated and leave the room during any such discussion.Judges act as individuals and not as representative of any company that they are associated with.


BEST SET FOR A PLAY

Sam LloydA Murder is Announced, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans BayChris BaldockA View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory SocietyCate ClellandAustralia Day, Canberra Repertory SocietyIan CrokerTrelawny of the ‘Wells’, Canberra Repertory SocietyMichael SparksWait Until Dark, Canberra Repertory SocietyMatthew BarryYes, Prime Minister, Boxboards Theatre, Leura

BEST SET FOR A MUSICAL, VARIETY OR DANCE PRODUCTION

Glenda SpikerAnnie, Canberra Girls Grammar SchoolTim HawkinsBeauty and the Beast, So Popera Productions, WollongongAmy, Mal and Donna CopelandChicago, So Popera Productions, WollongongNell FraserInto The Woods, ANU Interhall Productions, CanberraAdam Loughlin, Janet Cunningham and Saxon ReynoldsLes Miserables, Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsBrian SuddingThe Addams Family, The Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council

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BEST COSTUMES FOR A PLAY

Sam LloydA Murder is Announced, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans BayHelen DrumA View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory SocietyRon RussellBlackadder, On 4 Young and Old, BurradooFiona LeachThe 39 Steps, Canberra Repertory SocietyAnna SeniorTrelawny of the ‘Wells’, Canberra Repertory Society

BEST COSTUMES FOR A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW

Sophie Rose KingBeauty and the BeastANDChicago, So Popera Productions, WollongongCatherine HuangGrease, Australian Defence Force Academy Performing Arts Company, CanberraHope DisherInto The Woods, New and Used Productions, MittagongChristine Pawlicki and Barbara DenhamThe Addams Family, The Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional CouncilAngie MasonThe Pirates of Penzance, Orange Theatre Company


BEST COSTUMES FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Ange Fewtrell and Karen MalamCharlie and the Chocolate Factory, Child Players ACT, CanberraThe ‘Legs’ teachersCinderella and Other Fractured Fairy Tales, ‘Legs’ Dance, CanberraAmelia BlackHairspray Jr, St Mary MacKillop College, CanberraJo HowardHamlet, Daramalan Theatre CompanyANDThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Daramalan Theatre Company, CanberraThe costume teamNeverland, Classical Ballet Centre CanberraAileen PriestSlaves, Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, OrangeAnn Philippe, Joanne Crowe and Denise HiserThe Mikado, Chevalier College, Bowral

BEST LIGHTING

Chris EllyardA View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory SocietyCynthia Jolley-RogersAustralia DayANDWait Until Dark, Canberra Repertory Society

Adam LoughlinLes Miserables, Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsPeter FordhamMurder in the Cathedral, Griffith & Regional Association for the Performing Arts (GRAPA)

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TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Shiva Prakash and Michael LiVideo production, Bedside Story, ANU Med Revue, CanberraSteve McGrath and Dick BoardmanDesign, rigging and flying of the car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Parkes Musical & Dramatic SocietyBertram O’Brien, Pat Mortlock and Nigel PalfremanOpening video, Eddies on Broadway, St Edmund’s College, CanberraThe CompanyMagic effects, Into The Woods, ANU Interhall Productions, CanberraChristine Trull, Galen Ashley and Catherine DillonStage management, Step Into the Limelight: Inspire, ACT Education Directorate

JOHN THOMSON MAGIC MOMENT OF THEATRE

Glitter shower over the audience during ‘Razzle Dazzle’Chicago, So Popera Productions, WollongongWink from Rapunzel’s PrinceInto The Woods, New and Used Productions, MittagongThe entry of the Toy SoldiersNeverland, Classical Ballet Centre CanberraReveal of the dead spiritsSlaves, Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, OrangeThe arrow through the appleThe Addams Family, The Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional CouncilFiyero flying in by rope a la TarzanWicked, Wagga Wagga Civic TheatreThe way the broom flew in to Elphaba from offstageWicked, Albury Wodonga Theatre Company


BEST ORIGINAL WORK

Jeevan Haikerwal and Giordano BorzuolaOriginal script and music, Lenin: A Rock Opera, Fenner Hall, CanberraGreg GouldScript, The Inheritance, Budding Theatre, CanberraKitty MalamAdaptation of story, The Snow Queen, Child Players ACT, Canberra

Matthew WebsterOriginal music, Wait Until Dark, Canberra Repertory Society

BEST ORIGINAL WORK FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Gundaroo Public School‘Ali Baba’, Anthology: Queanbeyan School Education Area Arts Festival, Queanbeyan School Education AreaChris Walsh and Bartholomew BunkSong settings for Ophelia’s song, Hamlet, Daramalan Theatre Company, CanberraAinslie School‘Share the Love’, Step Into the Limelight: Inspire, ACT Education Directorate, CanberraBartholomew Bunk, Charlie Curry, Jack Curry, Nick Philp, Luke Wheelwright, Michael WilsonMusic, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

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BEST ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY

The Greek ChorusA View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory SocietyThe vocal ensembleStories in the Dark, Oxley College, BowralGeorgi Lamond, Jordan Johnson, Rachel Reinits and Grace Juhasz‘The Checkout’, tenX10 playfest, Wagga Wagga School of Arts Inc SOACTThe castThe Laramie Project, Narrabundah College, CanberraThe ensemble castThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Daramalan Theatre Company, CanberraThe castThe Vagina Monologues, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL

Angie Drooger, Brittni Carroll and Erin O’LearyAs Violet, Judy and Doralee, 9 to 5, Parkes Musical & Dramatic SocietyThe ensembleChicago, So Popera Productions, WollongongHarry Coady, Dan Hunter and Jack MahloKemnebi’s groupies, Slaves, Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, OrangeThe policemenThe Pirates of Penzance, Orange Theatre CompanyThe ensembleWicked, Orange Theatre CompanyThe ensembleWicked, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre


BEST ORCHESTRA FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

AnnieCanberra Girls Grammar SchoolHigh School MusicalKarabar High School, QueanbeyanMary PoppinsIllawarra Grammar School, WollongongThe Senior Concert BandStep Into the Limelight: Inspire, ACT Education Directorate

BEST ORCHESTRA

Beauty and the BeastSo Popera Productions, WollongongChicagoSo Popera Productions, WollongongGuys and DollsQueanbeyan PlayersInto The WoodsANU Interhall Productions, CanberraSweeney ToddDramatic Productions, CanberraThe Pirates of PenzanceOrange Theatre CompanyWickedOrange Theatre Company

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PATRICIA KELSON ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD

James WhalanFirst time musical direction, 9 to 5, Parkes Musical & Dramatic SocietyIliana Xirakis‘Body Love’ dance, Canberra Youth Talent Show, Budding Theatre, CanberraSara Foster‘Everyone Wants to Rule the World’ dance, Canberra Youth Talent Show, Budding Theatre, CanberraJeevan Haikerwal and Giordano BorzuolaScript and music, Lenin: A Rock Opera, Fenner Hall, CanberraSaphyre FarrellyLittle Cosette, Les Miserables, Free-Rain Theatre Company, CanberraHarrison ButlerSeveral roles, The Laramie Project, Narrabundah College, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Jamie BoydAs Mike Teevee in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Child Players ACT, CanberraMax EtheringtonAs Grandpa Joe in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Child Players ACT, CanberraNoah GorrellAs The Professor in Emil and the Detectives, Canberra Grammar SchoolFreddie KleinAs Lord Alfred Douglas in Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Canberra Grammar SchoolCedric HelyAs Father in The Book of Everything, Oxley College, Bowral


BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Mitchell ClarkeAs Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast Jr, BYTESized Productions, Albury WodongaLiam JacksonAs Corny Collins in Hairspray Jr, St Mary MacKillop College, CanberraANDAs Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd, Dramatic Productions, CanberraJoshua HintonAs Enjolras in Les Miserables, Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsCallum DohertyAs Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family, The Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional CouncilNick BerminghamAs The Mikado in The Mikado, Chevalier College, BowralLeonidas KatsanisAs Prospero in The Night Circus, Batemans Bay High School, Batemans Bay

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Emily JoeAs the Shopkeeper in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Child Players ACT, CanberraMaia SchyvensAs Violet in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Child Players ACT, CanberraGabby StewartAs Ophelia in Hamlet, Daramalan Theatre Company, CanberraElla MoranAs Margot in The Book of Everything, Oxley College, BowralFreya KenayAs Mother in The Book of Everything, Oxley College, BowralSophie MarzanoAs Mrs Beaver in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

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BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Anna KhanAs Grace in Annie, Canberra Girls Grammar SchoolSteph MaclaineAs Miss Hannigan in Annie, Canberra Girls Grammar SchoolCharlotte KayAs Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast Jr, BYTESized Productions, Albury WodongaLaura EvansAs Penny Pingleton in Hairspray Jr, St Mary MacKillop College, CanberraSophie HighmoreAs Amber Von Tussle in Hairspray Jr, St Mary MacKillop College, CanberraEloise O’ConnellAs Ms Darbus in High School Musical, Trinity Anglican College AlburyTeadora AvramovicAs Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables, Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsMikayla KerrisonAs Regina Mckaig in Rock of Ages, Hawker College, CanberraSusie ToddAs Justice Charlier in Rock of Ages, Hawker College, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Isaac WetherellAs Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Child Players ACT, CanberraOliver DurbidgeAs Hamlet in Hamlet, Daramalan Theatre Company, CanberraJack RankinAs Flote in Red Noses, Marist College, CanberraBen CanuteAs Tomas in Act 2 of Stories in the Dark, Oxley College, BowralMitchell LathamAs Thomas in The Book of Everything, Oxley College, Bowral


BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Giselle HeronAs Charlie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Child Players ACT, CanberraJade BreenAs Charlie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Child Players ACT, CanberraZara McCannAs Gertrude in Hamlet, Daramalan Theatre Company, CanberraSienna KnowlesAs Anna in Act 1 of Stories in the Dark, Oxley College, Bowral

Eva MackeviciusAs Anna in Act 2 of Stories in the Dark, Oxley College, Bowral

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Noah CairnduffAs Edna Turnblad in Hairspray Jr, St Mary MacKillop College, CanberraJesse ChallisAs Troy Bolton in High School Musical, Trinity Anglican College AlburyMatthew HearneAs Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsZacariah EllevsenAs Marius in Les Miserables, Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsByron LeitchAs Bert in Mary Poppins, Illawarra Grammar School, Wollongong

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BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Christie Tiyce-MathewsAs Belle in Beauty and the Beast Jr, BYTESized Productions, Albury WodongaIndia CornwellAs Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray Jr, St Mary MacKillop College, CanberraSiena ElchaarAs Eponine in Les Miserables, Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsTylah HeaneyAs Fantine in Les Miserables, Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsMolly StewartAs Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins, Illawarra Grammar School, WollongongIneka VoigtAs Drew Boley in Rock of Ages, Hawker College, CanberraMeaghan StewartAs Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Dramatic Productions, CanberraMonique GrimaAs Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Orange Theatre Company


BEST VARIETY PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE

Med Revue BandIn ‘Soul Bossa Nova’, Bedside Story, ANU Med Revue, CanberraEmma Gaynor & Heidi BirkbyIn ‘Stepsisters’ Lament’, Cinderella and Other Fractured Fairy Tales, “Legs” Dance, CanberraConnor HoganIn ‘Drifting’ guitar solo, Staged, Karabar High School, QueanbeyanKirsten BusbyIn ‘Time to Say Goodbye’, Step Into the Limelight: Inspire, ACT Education DirectorateWassa WassaRed Hill Primary School in ‘Yole’, Step Into the Limelight: Inspire, ACT Education DirectorateMark BoltonIn ‘Press Pray’, tenX10 playfest, Wagga Wagga School of Arts Inc SOACTJaiden McCartneyIn Poi Balls routine, The Night Circus, Batemans Bay High SchoolRiley Wade and Emma StammersIn Double trapeze act, The Night Circus, Batemans Bay High School

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BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE

Senior Dance Ensemble‘Bushfire’, Anthology: Queanbeyan School Education Area Arts Festival, Queanbeyan School Education AreaThe dance ensembleBeauty and the Beast, So Popera Productions, WollongongAiden Perry and Mia Cachia‘Fix You’ dance, Canberra Youth Talent Show, Budding Theatre, CanberraJessica PotterAs Cinderella, Cinderella and Other Fractured Fairy Tales, ‘Legs’ Dance, CanberraSenior National Team‘Addams Family Dream’, ‘Fractured Alice’ and ‘War’, Cinderella and Other Fractured Fairy Tales, ‘Legs’ Dance, CanberraJohn Truscott‘Singin’ in the rain’, Eddies on Broadway, St Edmund’s College, CanberraThe Performance Class‘Fairies’, Neverland, Classical Ballet Centre Canberra

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Chris ZuberAs Marco in A View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory SocietySilas DarbyAs General von Schmelling in ‘Allo ‘Allo, Wagga Wagga School of Arts Inc SOACTNeil McLeodAs Wally in Australia Day, Canberra Repertory SocietySandy GlassAs Earl ‘Brother Boy’ Ingram in Sordid Lives, Spectrum Theatre Group, MerimbulaJerry HearnAs Sir William Gower in Trelawny of the ‘Wells’, Canberra Repertory SocietyJohn DwyerAs Jim Hacker in Yes, Prime Minister, Boxboards Theatre, Leura


BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Ben WilsonAs Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls, Queanbeyan PlayersGreg SollisAs Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Ickle Pickle Productions, CanberraTim StilesAs Uncle Fester in The Addams Family, The Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional CouncilKevin JonesAs Major-General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Orange Theatre CompanyGraham SattlerAs The Wizard in Wicked, Orange Theatre CompanyGrant WestcottAs Dr Dillamond in Wicked, Orange Theatre CompanyJack MartinAs Fiyero in Wicked, Griffith Regional Theatre

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Myf ThompsonAs Dora Bunner in A Murder is Announced, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans BayMel DongeAs Helga in ‘Allo ‘Allo, Wagga Wagga School of Arts Inc SOACTMicki BeckettAs Maree in Australia Day, Canberra Repertory SocietyAlice FergusonAs Miss Trafalgar Gower in Trelawny of the ‘Wells’, Canberra Repertory SocietyAnnabel FouldsAs Gloria in Wait Until Dark, Canberra Repertory Society

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BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Anne-Marie FanningAs Mrs Potts in Beauty and the Beast, So Popera Productions, WollongongTaylor CableAs Madame de la Grande Bouche in Beauty and the Beast, So Popera Productions, WollongongRachel ThorntonAs Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family, The Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional CouncilAlexandra RichardsAs Nessarose in Wicked, Wagga Wagga Civic TheatreCatherine LitchfieldAs Madame Morrible in Wicked, Orange Theatre CompanyJenny EllisAs Madame Morrible in Wicked, Griffith Regional TheatreJoanne DarbyAs Madame Morrible in Wicked, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Alexander ClubbAs Rodolpho in A View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory SocietyKnox PedenAs Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory SocietyPat GallagherAs Brian in Australia Day, Canberra Repertory SocietyMichael TurczynskiAs Edmund Blackadder in Blackadder, On 4 Young and Old, BurradooMatthew BarryAs Sir Humphrey Appleby in Yes, Prime Minister, Boxboards Theatre, Leura


BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Anthony SwadlingAs Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Queanbeyan PlayersRyan KitchensAs Jack in Into The Woods, ANU Interhall Productions, CanberraDavid PearsonAs Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd, Dramatic Productions, CanberraGordon NicholsonAs Gomez Addams in The Addams Family, The Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional CouncilAlan MoxeyAs Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance, Orange Theatre CompanyJoel BeldhamAs Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, Orange Theatre Company

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Candy BurgessAs Miss Marple in A Murder is Announced, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans BayKaren VickeryAs Beatrice Carbone in A View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory SocietyKarina HudsonAs Catherine Carbone in A View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory SocietyJess WaterhouseAs Emily Essington in The Inheritance, Budding Theatre, CanberraJenna RobertsAs Suzy Henderson in Wait Until Dark, Canberra Repertory Society

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BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Kimmie JonceskiAs Belle in Beauty and the Beast, So Popera Productions, WollongongAnastasia FeneriAs Roxie Hart in Chicago, So Popera Productions, WollongongAmy JenkinsAs The Baker’s Wife in Into The Woods, ANU Interhall Productions, CanberraEllie DowlingAs The Witch in Into The Woods, ANU Interhall Productions, CanberraRebecca CecilAs Little Red Riding Hood in Into The Woods, ANU Interhall Productions, CanberraLainie HartAs Morticia Addams in The Addams Family, The Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional CouncilAnnemarie HillermannAs Galinda in Wicked, Orange Theatre CompanyDeanna FarnellAs Elphaba in Wicked, Griffith Regional TheatreMeredith AdamsAs Elphaba in Wicked, Wagga Wagga Civic TheatreSally CollinsAs Elphaba in Wicked, Orange Theatre CompanySimone CrossleyAs Galinda in Wicked, Griffith Regional TheatreSiobhon McSweeneyAs Galinda in Wicked, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre


BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Teegan McKeenBeauty and the Beast, So Popera ProductionsANDChicago, So Popera Productions, WollongongLisa CollinsThe Pirates of Penzance, Orange Theatre CompanyJamie SchmichWicked, Orange Theatre CompanyKathryn FisherWicked, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Natalie GuileAnnie, Canberra Girls Grammar SchoolAmy HowesMary Poppins, Illawarra Grammar School, WollongongRomko HordynskySlaves, Kinross Wolaroi Preparatory School, OrangeKate CunichStories in the Dark, Oxley College, Bowral

BEST DIRECTOR OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY

BJ AnyosCharlie and the Chocolate Factory, Child Players ACT, CanberraJoe WoodwardHamlet, Daramalan Theatre Company, CanberraPhil CunichStories in the DarkANDThe Book of Everything, Oxley College, BowralLucy CronanThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

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BEST DIRECTOR OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL

Fiona MahlAnnie, Canberra Girls Grammar SchoolLachlan MurrayBeauty and the Beast Jr, BYTESized Productions, Albury WodongaJanet CunninghamLes Miserables, Wollongong High School of the Performing ArtsJacqui HitchcockMary Poppins, Illawarra Grammar School, WollongongCrystal MahonRock of Ages, Hawker College, Canberra

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Peter CopelandBeauty and the BeastANDChicago, So Popera Productions, WollongongJenna HintonGuys and Dolls, Queanbeyan PlayersKatrina TangInto The Woods, ANU Interhall Productions, CanberraNicholas GriffinLes Miserables, Free-Rain Theatre Company, CanberraLeonard Weiss and Elizabeth AlfordSweeney Todd, Dramatic Productions, CanberraAnnalie McRaeThe Pirates of Penzance, Orange Theatre CompanyAmy Denford and Graham SattlerWicked, Orange Theatre Company


BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

Chris BaldockA View from the Bridge, Canberra Repertory SocietyCate ClellandAustralia Day, Canberra Repertory SocietyAmber LittleSordid Lives, Spectrum Theatre Group, MerimbulaFiona JowettThe Vagina Monologues, Pigs Fly Productions, BowralBen Wilson-HillYes, Prime Minister, Boxboards Theatre, Leura

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW

Amy CopelandBeauty and the BeastANDChicago, So Popera Productions, WollongongSpencer CliffInto The Woods, ANU Interhall Productions, CanberraTim MayThe Pirates of Penzance, Orange Theatre CompanyBruce BuchananWicked, Orange Theatre CompanyDon HillamWicked, Griffith Regional Theatre

BEST DANCE PRODUCTION

Cinderella and Other Fractured Fairy Tales“Legs” Dance, CanberraNeverlandClassical Ballet Centre

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BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL

AnnieCanberra Girls Grammar SchoolHairspray JrSt Mary MacKillop College, CanberraLes MiserablesWollongong High School of the Performing ArtsMary PoppinsIllawarra Grammar School, WollongongRock of AgesHawker College, Canberra

BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY

Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryChild Players ACT, CanberraGross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar WildeCanberra Grammar SchoolHamletDaramalan Theatre Company, CanberraThe Book of EverythingOxley College, BowralThe Lion, the Witch and the WardrobeDaramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST PRODUCTION OF A VARIETY SHOW

Bedside StoryANU Med Revue, CanberraStep Into the Limelight: InspireACT Education DirectoratetenX10 playfestWagga Wagga School of Arts Inc SOACT


BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

A View from the BridgeCanberra Repertory SocietyAustralia DayCanberra Repertory SocietyThe Vagina MonologuesPigs Fly Productions, BowralWait Until DarkCanberra Repertory SocietyYes, Prime MinisterBoxboards Theatre, Leura

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

Beauty and the BeastSo Popera Productions, WollongongChicagoSo Popera Productions, WollongongInto The WoodsANU Interhall Productions, CanberraSweeney ToddDramatic Productions, CanberraThe Addams FamilyThe Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional CouncilThe Pirates of PenzanceOrange Theatre CompanyWickedGriffith Regional TheatreWickedOrange Theatre Company

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CAT AWARDS COMMENDATION

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, CanberraDonating all proceeds of Bedside Story to Companion House assisting survivors of torture and trauma

Queanbeyan PlayersFifty years contributing to quality theatre in Queanbeyan and the ACT

Albury Wodonga Theatre CompanyFifty years of contributing to quality theatre in Albury Wodonga

The Cook Collective: the Free-Rain, Phoenix Players and Supa costume teamsFor 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, BowralFor 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 ProductionsFor 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

Thank you to our sponsors

A SPECIAL THANK YOUFriends of the CAT AWARDS for their sponsorship and continuing support

Mr and Mrs Bob WinnelPeter and Marjory Kobold

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Manny Notaras, The Notaras GroupJohn Barilaro MP, NSW Government

Jim and Heather Leedman

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