The 33rd Annual Robert Finley Award Results

Musicals

Top Six Musicals (In No Particular Order)

Jesus Christ Superstar — Darlington Theatre Players

Blood Brothers — Melville Theatre Company

Eurobeat — Playlovers

By Jeeves — Roleystone Theatre

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying — WA Stage School

Cabaret — Wanneroo Repertory

Best Director

Katy Mitton for My Very Own Story — Darlington Theatre Players

Kim Martin for The Club — Roleystone Theatre

Les Ashenden for The Owl and the Pussycat — Kwinana Theatre Workshop

Ailsa Travers for Man and Boy — Garrick Theatre

Sue Hayward for Vagina Monologues — Playlovers

Siobhan O’Gara for Necessary Targets — Old Mill Theatre

Pat Stroud for A Hard God — Harbour Theatre

Kimberley Shaw for Eurobeat — Playlovers

Best Musical Director

Craig Dalton for Cabaret — Wanneroo Repertory Club

Priscilla Busher for By Jeeves — Murray Music and Drama Club

Kate McIntosh for Jesus Christ Superstar — Darlington Theatre Players

Best Musical Theatre Performer

Dixie Farinosi in Cabaret — Wanneroo Repertory

Priscilla Busher in Music Man — Murray Music and Drama Club

Eddie Stowers in Jesus Christ Superstar — Darlington Theatre Players

Tim How in By Jeeves — Roleystone Theatre

Cynthia Fenton in Eurobeat — Playlovers

Tamara Woolrych in Eurobeat — Playlovers

Third-placed Musical

By Jeeves — Roleystone Theatre

Second-placed Musical

Eurobeat — Playlovers

Robert Finley Award for Best Musical

Cabaret — Wanneroo Repertory

Plays

Top Ten Plays (In No Particular Order)

The One Day of the Year — Stirling Players

The Vagina Monologues — Playlovers

Art — Old Mill Theatre

Pride and Prejudice — Melville Theatre Company

The Vagina Monologues — Mandurah Little Theatre

Bus Stop — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Birthday Party — The Graduate Dramatic Society

The Importance of Being Earnest — The Graduate Dramatic Society

My Very Own Story — Darlington Theatre Players

Picasso’s Women — Blak Yak

Best Actor in a Play

Dean Schulze in Art — Old Mill Theatre

Bryn Coldrick in Black Books — Blak Yak

Nathan Da Cunha in Blood Brothers — Melville Theatre Company

Tim Prosser in One Day of the Year — Stirling Players

Leon Ousby in Owl and the Pussycat — Kwinana Theatre Workshop

Wayne Garton in Man and Boy — Garrick Theatre

Best Actress in a Play

Analisa Bell in Vagina Monologues — Playlovers

Gemma Northover in Picasso's Women — Blak Yak

Val Riches in Navigating — Melville Theatre Company

Jacqui Warner in Birthday Party — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Clare Pintenge in Owl and the Pussycat — Kwinana Theatre Workshop

Best Other Than Lead - Male

Scott Northover in Black Books — Blak Yak

Alan Kennedy in A Hard God — Harbour Theatre

David Bruce in The Importance of Being Ernest — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Tim Nolan in Orphans — Old Mill Theatre

Matt Longman in A Hard God — Harbour Theatre

David Gregory in The Birthday Party — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Andrew Milne in Pride and Prejudice — Melville Theatre Company

Best Other Than Lead - Female

Jayma Knudsen in Pride and Prejudice — Melville Theatre Company

Jacqui Warner in Romeo and Juliet — Darlington Theatre Players

Rosemary Longhurst in Necessary Targets — Old Mill Theatre

Elizabeth Jansen in Vagina Monologues — Playlovers

Olivia Darby in Quality Street — Garrick Theatre

Best Costumes

Eurobeat — Playlovers

Journey's End — Goldfields Repertory

Pride and Prejudice — Melville Theatre Company

Romeo and Juliet — Darlington Theatre Players

Cabaret — Wanneroo Repertory Club

House of Frankenstein — Garrick Theatre

Camelot — Stirling Players

Best Set

Journeys End — Goldfields Repertory Club

Orphans — Old Mill Theatre

Habeus Corpus — Wanneroo Repertory Club

A Passionate Woman — Melville Theatre Company

Man and Boy — Garrick Theatre

Cabaret — Wanneroo Repertory Club

Playlovers — Out of Order

Third-placed Play

Picasso’s Women — Blak Yak Theatre

Second-placed Play

The Vagina Monologues — Playlovers

Robert Finley Award for Best Play

My Very Own Story — Darlington Theatre Players

Special Awards

Adjudicators

The Shiela Buchanan Achievement Award

All Productions in 2007 — Melville Theatre Company

Elizabeth Crewes Award for Front of House

Murray Music and Drama Club

Brian Maddocks Adjudicators Youth Theatre Award

How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying — WA Stage School

Best Newcomer

Nathan Da Cunha for Blood Brothers — Melville Theatre Company

David Holle for Journey's End — Goldfields Repertory

ITA

ITA Life Members

Kimberley Shaw

Kerri Hilton

ITA Hall of Fame

Joey Leonard (inaugural inductee)

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