The 31st Robert Finley Awards Results

Musicals

Best Musical Director

Merle Brown for Les Misérables — Murray Music and Drama Club

Nick Choo for Follow the Light — CAT Productions

Best Musical Theatre Performer

Nyree Hughes in Anything Goes — Darlington Theatre Players

David Bowyer in Follow the Light — CAT Productions

Shaun Reid in Les Miserables — Murray Music and Drama Club

David McGuire in The Full Monty — Playlovers

Danielle Cashmore in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas — Goldfields Repertory

Anne Marie Manuel in Follow the Light — CAT Productions

Best Costumes

Arsenic and Old Lace — Playlovers

Les Misérables — Murray Music and Drama Club

Narnia — Stirling Theatre

Servant of Two Masters — Garrick Theatre

Best Set

Arsenic and Old Lace — Playlovers

Dangerous Obsession — Melville Theatre Company

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas — Goldfields Repertory

Caught in the Net — Garrick Theatre

Female Transport — Phoenix Theatre

Caravan — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Servant of Two Masters — Garrick Theatre

Second-placed Musical

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas — Goldfields Repertory

Follow the Light — CAT Productions

Robert Finley Award for Best Musical

Les Misérables — Murray Music and Drama Club

Plays

Top Twelve Plays (In No Particular Order)

Beyond a Joke — Harbour Theatre

Veronica’s Room — Goldfields Repertory

Picasso at the Lapin Agile — Blak Yak

Plaza Suite — KADS

What the Butler Saw — The Graduate Dramatic Society

There’s A Girl In My Soup — Old Mill Theatre

Caught in the Net — Garrick Theatre

Falling from Grace — Old Mill Theatre

Caravan — KADS

Red Roses and Petrol — Irish Theatre Players

The Winter’s Tale — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Breaking Legs — KADS

Best Director

Fred Petersen for Caught in the Net — Garrick Theatre

Teresa Felvus for Beyond a Joke — Harbour Theatre

Noel O’Neill for Breaking Legs — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Stephen Lee for What the Butler Saw — GRADS

Best Actor

Grant Malcolm in What the Butler Saw — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Peter Niblett in Breaking Legs — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Stephen Lee in The Winter’s Tale — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Mike Anthony Sheehy in Red Roses and Petrol — The Irish Theatre

Best Actress

Shirley Welch in The Winter’s Tale — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Dannielle Ashton in Veronica’s Room — Goldfields Repertory

Annette Backshall in Breaking Legs — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Sue Hicks in Beyond a Joke — Harbour Theatre

Best Other Than Lead - Male

Graham Miles in Caught in the Net — Garrick Theatre

Jason Seperic in The Winters Tale — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Leon Ousby in Beyond a Joke — Harbour Theatre

David Young in Arsenic and Old Lace — Playlovers

Best Other Than Lead - Female

Jenny McCann in The Winters Tale — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Sally Bruce in Play it Again Sam — Old Mill Theatre

Jessyca Hutchins in What the Butler Saw — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Franchesca Meahan in Fallen Angels — Darlington Theatre Players

Third-placed Play

The Winter’s Tale — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Second-placed Play

Red Roses and Petrol — The Irish Theatre

Robert Finley Award for Best Play

What The Butler Saw — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Special Awards

Adjudicators

The Shiela Buchanan Achievement Award

For the tenacity and the drive needed to create a brand new theatre company — Phoenix Theatre

The Elizabeth Crewes Award

For always creating a wonderful ambience for all of their shows — Stirling Theatre

Best Emerging Talent

Alison Kish in The Philadelphia Story — Old Mill Theatre

Anna Luisa Peluso in Caravan — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Lauren Tucker in Caught in the Net — Garrick Theatre

Shireena Pereira in Les Misérables — Murray Music and Drama Club

Adjudicators Certificate

For overall construction, both writing and music, Nick Choo for Follow the Light