The 25th Annual Robert Finley Award Results

Held on Sunday 12th December 1999 at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco. For the performance year of 1999. There were performances of excerpts from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers — Roleystone Theatre, Who Says Murder — Garrick Theatre, The Importance of Being Earnest — Melville Thetare Company, Fiddler on the Roof — Stirling Players, Nuts — KADS, Five Women in the Same Dress — Blak Yak, Gulls — Garrick Theatre, and The World Goes Round — Playlovers.

Where nominees are listed, the winners are marked in bold.

Second-place Musical

The World Goes Round — Playlovers

Robert Finley Award for Best Musical

Nunsenes — KADS

Third-place Play

Lost in Yonkers — Playlovers

Second-place Play

Theatre Dead White Males — Roleystone Theatre

Robert Finley Award for Best Play

Nuts — KADS

Sheila Buchanan Club Encouragement Award

Blak Yak

Adjudication Certificates

For dedication and achievement, Inmates for Life — Riverbank Prison

For excellence in ensemble work, Nuts — KADS

For excellence in set interpretation, Outside Edge — Harbour Theatre

For consistency in effective set design — Garrick Theatre

For creative stage effects, Bullshot Crummond — Wanneroo Repertory

For creation of atmosphere and effective use of stage, The Importance of Being Earnest — Melville Theatre Company

For FOH reflecting the spirit of every production — KADS

For sense of time and place, 84 Charing Cross Road — Stirling Players

For well managed properties/excellent attention to detail, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers — Roleystone Theatre

For total theatrical experience and excellent use of audience participation, Nunsense — KADS

For chorus direction and performance, Fiddler on the Roof — Stirling Players

For innovative musical arrangement, Hot Mikado — Playlovers