The 35th Annual Robert Finley Award Results

Musicals

Best Director of a Musical

Stephen Carr for Sweeney Todd — Roleystone Theatre

James Marzec and Kristian Barron for Greenwicks — University Dramatic Society

Kimberley Shaw for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Playlovers

Carole Dhu for The Producers — Murray Music and Drama

Claire Nichols for The Wedding Singer — Mesh Theatre

Karen Tropiano for Nunsense — Wanneroo Repertory

Best Musical Director

Matt Austin for Sweeney Todd — Roleystone Theatre

John McPherson for Greenwicks — University Dramatic Society

Deborah Rogers and David Gray for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Playlovers

Matt Austin for The Wedding Singer — Mesh Thetare

Kate McIntosh for Little Shop of Horrors — Wanneroo Repertory

Sarah Cosstick and Matt Austin for Assassins — Roleystone Theatre

Lyn Brown for Nunsense — Wanneroo Repertory

Best Choreographer

Jessica Dunn for Greenwicks — University Dramatic Society

Kristen Twynam-Perkins for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Playlovers

Rebecca Boddy for Jesus Christ Superstar — Mandurah Little Theatre

Kylie Baker for The Wedding Singer — Mesh Theatre

Eilannin Dhu and Zoe Jay for Oklahoma! — Murray Music and Drama Club

Lauchlan Bain and Leesa Crosby for The Wiz — Darlington Theatre Players

Moira D’Souza for The Producers — Murray Music and Drama Club

Polly Waugh for Nunsense — Wanneroo Repertory

Best Musical Theatre Performer - Male

Scott Burns as Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd — Roleystone Theatre

James Marzec in Greenwicks — University Dramatic Society

Jason Arrow in Jesus Christ Superstar — Mandurah Little Theatre

Lauchlan Bain in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Playlovers

Joshua Brant in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Playlovers

Tyler Jones in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Playlovers

Owen Measday in Assassins — Roleystone Theatre

Tim How in Assassins — Roleystone Theatre

Owen Measday in Sweeney Todd — Roleystone Theatre

Gareth Jay in Oklahoma! — Murray Music and Drama Club

Best Musical Theatre Performer - Female

Lindsay McNab as Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd — Roleystone Theatre

Tamara Woolrych in 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Playlovers

Bec Daniels in The Wedding Singer — Mesh Theatre

Zoe Jay in Oklahoma! — Murray Music and Drama Club

Breeahn Jones in Ruthless — Playlovers

Casey Edwards in Sweeney Todd — Roleystone Theatre

Jenni Crook in Nunsense — Wanneroo Repertory

Mahalia Bowles in Nunsense — Wanneroo Repertory

Best Costumes

The Producers — Murray Music and Drama Club

Tutankamun — Darlington Theatre Players

I Hate Hamlet — Playlovers

Flapper — Stirling Players

Ruthless — Playlovers

Nunsense — Wanneroo Repertory

She Stoops To Conquer — GRADS

The Admirable Chrichton — Garrick Theatre

Third-placed Musical

Greenwicks — University Dramatic Society

Second-placed Musical

Nunsense — Wanneroo Repertory

Robert Finley Award for Best Musical

Sweeny Todd — Roleystone Theatre

Plays

Best Director of a Play

John Milson for The Talented Mr Ripley — Playlovers

James Hough-Neilson for I Hate Hamlet — Playlovers

Dannielle Ashton for A Streetcar Named Desire — Old Mill Theatre

Sue Lynch for The Shape of Things — Old Mill Theatre

Theo Messenger for Northanger Abbey — Arena Arts and Entertainment

Kim Martin for The Crucible — Roleystone Theatre

Stephen Lee for She Stoops To Conquer — The Graduate Dramatic SocietyGRADS

Julian Canny for The Young Ones — Stage Left Theatre Troupe

Best Actor in a Play

Izaak Lim as Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr Ripley — Playlovers

Michael Hogden in I Hate Hamlet — Playlovers

Phil Van Oyen in The Young Ones — Stage Left Theatre Troupe

Kevin Blair in The Young Ones — Stage Left Theatre Troupe

Alex Jones in Sleuth — Harbour Theatre

Stephen Roberts in A Streetcar Named Desire — Old Mill Theatre

Ron Tait in The Haunting of Daniel Gartrell — Stark Raven Theatre Company

Tom Walding in The Shape of Things — Old Mill Theatre

James Graham in The Crucible — Roleystone Theatre

Eliot McCann in Blackbird — Blak Yak Theatre

Best Actress in a Play

Jenny McCann as Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire — Old Mill Theatre

Ruth Strutt in Stand and Deliver — Darlington Theatre Players

Amy Welsh in The American Plan — Melville Theatre Company

Grace Edwards in The Crucible — Roleystone Theatre

Sjaan Bosman in The Shape of Things — Old Mill Theatre

Lisa Van Oyen in Educating Rita — Stage Left Theatre Troupe

Kyla Jones in We Happy Few — Old Mill Theatre

Erin Hutchinson in A Night on the Tiles — Old Mill Theatre

Bonnie Coyle in A Night on the Tiles — Old Mill Theatre

Best Other Than Lead – Male

Tim How in Sweeney Todd — Roleystone Theatre

Barry Park in The Merchant of Venice — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Christopher Grabski in Greenwicks — University Dramatic Society

Michael Bayliss in The Unexpected Guest — Garrick Theatre

Mark Blades in The Crucible — Roleystone Theatre

Manuao TeAotonga in The American Plan — Melville Theatre Company

David Bruce in The Shape of Things — Old Mill Theatre

Matthew Longman in The Talented Mr Ripley — Playlovers

Ray Condy in Dad's Army — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Julian Canny in Disco Inferno — Stage Left Theatre Troupe

Best Other Than Lead – Female

Gemma Northover in A Streetcar Named Desire — Old Mill Theatre

Leah Maher in Romeo and Juliet — Old Mill Theatre

Krysia Weichecki in Romeo and Juliet — Old Mill Theatre

Michele Acott in Tiptoe Through the Tombstones — Garrick Theatre

Bonnie Coyle in We Happy Few — Old Mill Theatre

Beverley Lawrence in The History Boys — Playlovers

Laverne Kirton in Stand and Deliver — Darlington Theatre Players

Kirsty McDonald in Stand and Deliver — Darlington Theatre Players

Jessica Messenger in Northanger Abbey — Arena Arts and Entertainment

Kerri Hilton in She Stoops To Conquer — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Yvonne Lynch Outstanding Breakthrough Performance Award

Joshua Haines for pianist in Oklahoma! — Murray Music and Drama Club

Emma Stevenson for Assassins — Roleystone Theatre

Michael Bayliss for The Unexpected Guest — Garrick Theatre

Mahalia Bowles for Nunsense — Wanneroo Repertory

Tyler Jones for Ruthless — Playlovers

Julian Canny for The Young Ones — Stage Left Theatre Troupe

Brian Maddocks Award for Youth

Beth Shaw for audio operations for 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Playlovers

Demi Nancarrow for Months on End — Murray Music and Drama Club

Sam Tye for The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole — Stirling Players

Josh Money for Tutankamun — Darlington Theatre Players

Bianca Summers for Tutankamun — Darlington Theatre Players

Mahalia Bowles for Nunsense — Wanneroo Repertory

Chelsea Burns for Blackbeard — Bunbury Musical Comedy

David Crewes Award for Set Design and Construction

The Young Ones — Stage Left Theatre Troupe

I Hate Hamlet — Playlovers

A Streetcar Named Desire — Old Mill Theatre

The Shape of Things — Old Mill Theatre

A Night on the Tiles — Old Mill Theatre

The Talented Mr Ripley — Playlovers

Nunsense — Wanneroo Repertory

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee — Playlovers

Sweeney Todd — Roleystone

The Wedding Singer — Mesh Theatre

Third-placed Play

The Shape of Things — Melville Theatre Company

Second-placed Play

A Streetcar Named Desire — Old Mill Theatre

Robert Finley Award for Best Play

The Talented Mr Ripley — Playlovers

Special Awards

Adjudicators

The Sheila Buchanan Achievement Award

Murray Music and Drama Club

The Elizabeth Crewes Award for Front of House

Playlovers

ITA

ITA Life Members

Penny Searle

Adjudication Certificates

For outstanding delivery of dialogue in a foreign language, David Wallace in Assassins — Roleystone Theatre

For best performance (other than human), Pixie Bowles in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾ — Stirling Players

For outstanding choreography and dance dream scene, Oklahoma! — Murray Music and Drama Club

For community spirit, Jeff Watkins

For club spirit, Jeff Hansen

For triple threat, Lauchlan Bain

For wording for the love of a lamp, Graeme Johnson for Absent Friends — Melville Theatre Company

For blue/cold makeup applied to Elijah Melvin (Kevin), who had been shut in the freezer, Courtney Hudson for Greenwicks — University Dramatic Society

For most appetising aroma during a performance, Sue Hayward for Look Who’s Talking — Kwinana Theatre Workshop

For best stand-in performance, Jo Sterkenburg in Move Over Mrs Markham — Harbour Theatre

For best comic ensemble, Nunsense — Wanneroo Repertory

For excellence in scriptwriting & musical composition, James Marzec & John McPherson for Greenwicks — University Dramatic Society