The 32nd Annual Robert Finley Award Results
Held on Saturday January 20th 2007 at Penrhos Performing Arts Centre in Como. For the performance year of December 2005 to November 2006. The host for the evening was Craig Williams. The awards were supported by Rotarty Club of Cannington & Storm the Stage. 46 productions and of those 35 are plays and 11 musicals.
Where nominees are listed, the winners are marked in bold.
Musicals
Best Musical Theatre Performer - Male
Alex McLennan in Seussical — Playlovers
Best Musical Theatre Performer - Female
Sonni Byrne in South Pacific — Old Mill Theatre
Best Costumes
The Judas Kiss — Playlovers
Alice in Wonderland — Kwinana Theatre Workshop
Seussical — Playlovers
Best Set
The Judas Kiss — Playlovers
Cemetery Club — Darlington Theatre Players
The Spiders Web — Old Mill Theatre
Teahouse of the August Moon — Roleystone Theatre
Month of Sundays — Harbour Theatre
Second-placed Musical
South Pacific — Old Mill Theatre
Robert Finley Award for Best Musical
Suessical — Playlovers
Plays
Best Director
Stephen Lee for A Midsummer Night’s Dream — The Graduate Dramatic Society
James Hough Neilson for Judas Kiss — Playlovers
Dean Schulze for Dinner — Playlovers
Claudette Ridout for Month of Sundays — Harbour Theatre
Best Actor
Scott Sheridan in A Midsummer Night’s Dream — The Graduate Dramatic Society
Peter Clark in Judas Kiss — Playlovers
Chris Jukes in Round and Round the Garden — Old Mill Theatre
Best Actress
Alex Desebrook in A Midsummer Night’s Dream — The Graduate Dramatic Society
Julia Dalby in A Midsummer Night’s Dream — The Graduate Dramatic Society
Sue Darge in Dinner — Playlovers
Best Other Than Lead - Male
Michael Balmer in Judas Kiss — Playlovers
George McCabe in Judas Kiss — Playlovers
Rodney Verminj in Cemetery Club — Darlington Theatre Players
Nic Donald in Insignificance — Garrick Theatre
Best Other Than Lead - Female
Priscilla Busher in Teahouse of the August Moon — Roleystone Theatre
Shannyn Nicholas in Dinner — Playlovers
Jacqui Warner in Cemetery Club — Darlington Theatre Players
Rosemary Longhurst in Month of Sundays — Harbour Theatre
Third-placed Play
Dinner — Playlovers
Second-placed Play
A Midsummer Night’s Dream — The Graduate Dramatic Society
Robert Finley Award for Best Play
The Judas Kiss — Playlovers
Special Awards
Adjudicators
The Shiela Buchanan Achievement Award
For consistent innovation in set design and construction — Roleystone Theatre
The Elizabeth Crewes Award for Front of House
Stirling Players
Adjudication Certificates
For attention to detail, Richard Coleman — Darlington Theatre Players
For technical effort in lighting and sound, Amy Tyeres for The Diary of Anne Frank — Phoenix Theatre
Adjudication Certificates
For impressive commitment to set design and dressing for several productions in 2007, Tim Prosser
For an impressive achievement in lighting, Journey’s End — Goldfields Repertory
For ambitious set dressing, Black Books — Blak Yak
For achievement in makeup, House of Frankenstein — Garrick Theatre
For an impressive achievement in technical wizardry, Eurobeat — Playlovers
For ensemble work, Necessary Targets — Old Mill Theatre
For outstanding attention to detail and continuity in costuming, Journey’s End — Goldfields Repertory
For creation of atmosphere, Bus Stop — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society
For achievement in sound, My Very Own Story — Andrew Dobosz
For artistic use of lighting, The Vagina Monologues — Playlovers
For innovative staging and presentation, Picasso’s Women — Blak Yak Theatre