The 36th Annual Robert Finley Award Results

Musicals

The Mary Webb Award for Best Director of a Musical

John Milson for Jonah — Playlovers

Lorna Mackie for Reefer Madness — Blak Yak

Ryan Taaffe for Jesus Christ Superstar — Wanneroo Repertory

Kimberley Shaw for Spamalot — Playlovers

Best Musical Director

Alistair Smith for Jonah — Playlovers

Tim How for Altar Boyz — Mesh Theatre

Matt Austin for Reefer Madness — Blak Yak

Andrew Dobosz for My Fair Lady — Darlington Theatre Players

Matt Austin for Into the Woods — Roleystone Theatre

Kate McIntosh for Jesus Christ Superstar — Wanneroo Repertory

Best Choreographer

Kylie Baker for Altar Boyz — Mesh Theatre

Joanne Neesham for Reefer Madness — Blak Yak

Jess Dunn for Devil Downtown — University Dramatic Society

Hillary Readings for Jesus Christ Superstar — Wanneroo Repertory

Kristen Twynham-Perkins for Spamalot — Playlovers

Best Musical Theatre Performer - Male

Allan Schintu in My Fair Lady — Darlington Theatre Players

Tyler Jones in Spamalot — Playlovers

Travis Hooper in Sound of Music — Stage Left

Rod Worth in Jonah — Playlovers

Jon Lambert in Honk — Nine Lives Productions

Tyler Jones in Jonah — Playlovers

Best Musical Theatre Performer - Female

Cassandra Kotchie in My Fair Lady — Darlington Theatre Players

Charlotte Devenport in Devil Downtown — University Dramatic Society

Carolyn Latter in Jonah — Playlovers

Kerryn Lockhart in Sound of Music — Stage Left

Louisa Fitzhardinge in Reefer Madness — Blak Yak

Best Breakthrough in a Musical

Charlotte Devenport in Devil Downtown — University Dramatic Society

Charlie Darlington in Malice in Wunderland — Darlington Theatre Players

Imogen Guest in Sound of Music — Stage Left

Alistair Smith in Sound of Music — Stage Left

Emma Davis in Nine — Roleystone Theatre

Veronica Overton -Low award for Youth in a Musical

Scott Blachford in Honk — Nine Lives Productions

Ashlea Tunbridge in Honk — Nine Lives Productions

Charlie Darlington in Malice in Wunderland — Darlington Theatre Players

Tess Hutchinson in Delicious House — Mesh Theatre

Best Costumes in a Musical

Spamalot — Playlovers

Mame — Murray Music and Drama Club

Honk — Nine Lives Productions

Jonah — Playlovers

My Fair Lady — Darlington Theatre Players

Best Set Design and Construction in a Musical

Spamalot — Playlovers

Into the Woods — Roleystone Theatre

Jonah — Playlovers

Nine — Roleystone Theatre

My Fair Lady — Darlington Theatre Players

Third-placed Musical

Devil Downtown — University Dramatic Society

Second-placed Musical

Altar Boyz — Mesh Theatre

Robert Finley Award for Best Musical

Jonah — Playlovers

Plays

The Susan Hayward Award for Best Director of a Play

Jane Sherwood for The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds — Phoenix Theatre

Jeff Hansen for The Return — Melville Theatre Company

Matt Longman for The Pillowman — Playlovers

Paul Treasure for The Importance of Being Earnest — Kwinana Theatre Workshop

Kim Angus for Lipstick Dreams — Murray Music and Drama Club

Best Actor in a Play

Adam Shuttleworth in The Return — Melville Theatre Company

Darragh Joyce in Philadelphia Here I Come — Irish Theatre Players

Alan Kennedy in The Woman in Black — Stirling Players

Joe Isaia in Days in the Dark — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Rory Mitchell in 16 Words for Water — Garrick Theatre

Best Actress in a Play

Georgina Gayler in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Claire Fleming in My Brilliant Career — Goldfields Repertory

Melinda Sklennars in The Importance of Being Earnest — Kwinana Theatre Workshop

Kylie Isaia in Days in the Dark — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Judith Laudehr in Jigsaws — Kwinana Theatre Workshop

Best Other Than Lead - Male

Paul Montague in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Tim Prosser in Female Transport — Old Mill Theatre

Skyler Ellis in Away — Old Mill Theatre

Jessie Way in The Return — Melville Theatre Company

Phil Lord in Away — Old Mill Theatre

Best Other Than Lead - Female

Penny Searle in The Return — Melville Theatre Company

Georgina Gayler in Lady Windemere's Fan — Old Mill Theatre

Kerri Hilton in With Friends Like These — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Natalie Burbidge in Lipstick Dreams — Murray Music and Drama Club

Mia Martin in All the King's Women — Arena Arts Entertainment

Yvonne Lynch Award for Breakthrough in a Play

Paul Abbott in One Weekend in Dallas — Roleystone Theatre

Glen Whisson for A Lovely Lobster Tale — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Rob Sharp in A Boy's Life — Melville Theatre Company

Peigi Mehegan in Brown Bread — Irish Theatre Players

Maryanne Burke in Robin Hood — Garrick Theatre

Brian Maddocks Award for Youth in a Play

Melissa Kiiveri in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds — Phoenix Theatre

Jessica Mews in The Pillowman — Playlovers

Milissa Kiiveri in Female Transport — Old Mill Theatre

Callum Fletcher in The Pillowman — Playlovers

Brenda Stanley Award for Costumes in a Play

Darling Buds of May — Darlington Theatre Players

Men Of Stone — Stage Left

Lipstick Dreams — Murray Music and Drama Club

With Friends Like These — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — The Graduate Dramatic Society

David Crewes Award for Set Design and Construction in a Play

Darling Buds of May — Darlington Theatre Players

With Friends Like These — The Graduate Dramatic Society

The Importance of Being Earnest — Kwinana Theatre Workshop

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — The Graduate Dramatic Society

Strictly Murder — Melville Theatre Company

Third-placed Play

The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds — Phoenix Theatre

Second-placed Play

The Pillowman — Playlovers

Robert Finley Award for Best Play

The Return — Melville Theatre Company

Special Awards

Adjudicators

The Sheila Buchanan Achievement Award

Blak Yak

The Elizabeth Crewes Award for Front of House for a Musical

Darlington Theatre Players

ITA

ITA Life Members

Brenda Stanley

ITA Hall of Fame

Norma Davis

Alisa Travers

Kimberley Shaw

Adjudication Certificates

For excellence in ensemble acting, Jesus Christ Superstar — Wanneroo Repertory

For being consistently excellent throughout the year in a variety of roles, Tyler Jones

For design, attention to detail and creation of an atmosphere for the ascot scene, Marjorie DeCaux for My Fair Lady — Darlington Theatre Players

For continuing to support new musical work, University Dramatic Society for Devil Downtown

For a wonderful first direction of a large scale musical, Lorna Mackie for Reefer Madness

For outstanding make up design and application, Honk — Nine Lives Production

For their audio-visual work, Altar Boyz — Mesh Theatre

For contribution to community theatre in regional areas, Kerryn Lockhart

For an aesthetically pleasing set, Stephen Carr for Nine — Roleystone Theatre

For a great ensemble, Days in the Dark — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

For great use of a difficult space, Arsenic and Old Lace — Blak Yak

For the children, Darling Buds of May — Darlington Theatre Players

For breathing life into stone, Greg Lantree for Men of Stone — Stage Left

For great character business, Kerry Goode  in Play On — Wanneroo Repertory

For technical work, The Return — Melville Theatre Company

For props, Strictly Murder — Melville Theatre Company

Andrew Warwick and Veronica Fourie, Burnt Piano — Garrick Theatre

For excellent ensemble work, Lipstick Dreams — Murray Music and Drama Club

For a working lift, Are You Being Served — Darlington Theatre Players

For physicality, Ray Egan in The Sorting Room — Garrick Theatre