The 38th Annual Robert Finley Award Results

Youth Productions

Top Five Youth Productions (In No Particular Order)

Almost Oklahoma — Darlington Theatre Players 

The Messenger — Midnite Youth Theatre Company 

Peter Pan — Mandurah Little Theatre 

Of Mice and Men — Midnite Youth Theatre Company 

Tales from the Arabian Nights — Midnite Youth Theatre Company 

Best Youth Production

Of Mice and Men — Midnite Youth Theatre Company

Musicals

Top Five Musicals (In No Particular Order)

Avenue Q — Roleystone Theatre 

Falling to the Top — Playlovers 

Sunset Boulevard — Wanneroo Repertory 

Hairspray — Stray Cats Theatre Company 

Falsettos — Old Mill Theatre

The Mary Webb Award for Best Director of a Musical

John Milson for Falsettos — Old Mill Thetare 

Cat Baxter for Seussical the Musical — Koorliny Arts Centre 

Robert Benson-Parry for Sunset Boulevard — Wanneroo Repertory 

Karen Francis for Hairspray — Stray Cats Theatre Company 

Tyler Jones for Falling to the Top — Playlovers 

Best Musical Director

Alistair Smith for Falsettos — Old Mill Theatre 

MJ Bell for The Rink — Playlovers 

Stephanie Lewendon-Lowe for Avenue Q — Roleystone Theatre 

Kate McIntosh for Sunset Boulevard — Wanneroo Repertory 

Robert Woods for Falling to the Top — Playlovers 

Best Choreographer

Melissa Smith for Hairspray — Stray Cats Theatre Company 

Carole Dhu for Eurobeat—Almost Eurovision — Murray Music & Drama 

Michelle Durrant for Eurobeat—Almost Eurovision — Bunbury Musical Comedy Group 

Tammie Rafferty for Falling to the Top — Playlovers 

Kristen Twynam-Perkins for Almost Oklahoma — Darlington Theatre Players 

Best Musical Theatre Performer - Make

Manuao TeAotonga in Falling to the Top — Playlovers 

Simon Brett in Avenue Q — Roleystone Theatre 

Sam Chadwick in Hairspray — Stray Cats Theatre Company 

Phillip Hutton in Peter Pan — Mandurah Little Theatre 

Jack McKenzie in Seussical the Musical — Koorliny Arts Centre 

Best Musical Theatre Performer - Female

Sharon Kiely in Falsettos — Old Mill Theatre 

Kimberley Harris in Falling to the Top — Playlovers 

Rachel Monamy in Sunset Boulevard — Wanneroo Repertory 

Mirella Renel in The Rink — Playlovers 

Elethea Sartorelli in Seussical the Musical — Koorliny Arts Centre 

Best Other Than Lead - Male

Craig Griffen in Hairspray — Stray Cats Theatre Company 

Chris Bedding in Falling from the Top — Playlovers 

Tate Bennett in Hairspray — Stray Cats Theatre Company 

Brian Dennison in Avenue Q — Roleystone Theatre 

Jack McKenzie in Hairspray — Stray Cats Theatre Company 

Best Other Than Lead - Female

Georgia McGivern in Hairspray — Stray Cats Theatre Company 

Tarryn Bullock in Jack the Ripper — Koorliny Arts Centre 

Victoria Luxton ­in Jack the Ripper — Koorliny Arts Centre 

Kristen Wilding in Scrooge — Melville Theatre Company

The Veronica Overton-Low Award for Youth in a Musical

Sam Ferguson in Hairspray — Stray Cats Theatre Company 

Welland Joyce in Falsettos — Old Mill Theatre

Kate Sisory in The Rink — Playlovers

Maddison Thomas and Bianca Thomas in Dick Whittington and His Cat — Primadonna Productions

The Terry McAuley Award for Best Costumes in a Musical

Eurobeat—Almost Eurovision — Bunbury Musical Comedy Group 

All for One — Murray Music and Drama Club

Hairspray — Stray Cats Theatre Company 

Jack the Ripper — Koorliny Arts Centre 

Seussical the Musical — Koorliny Arts Centre 

Best Set in a Musical

The Rink — Playlovers 

Almost Oklahoma — Darlington Theatre Players 

Avenue Q — Roleystone Theatre 

Jack the Ripper — Koorliny Arts Centre 

Seussical the Musical — Koorliny Arts Centre 

Third-placed Musical

Sunset Boulevard — Wanneroo Repertory 

Second-placed Musical

Hairspray — Stray Cats Theatre Company 

Robert Finley Award for Best Musical

Falsettos — Old Mill Theatre

Plays

Top Ten Plays (In No Particular Order)

Flesh Wounds — Old Mill Theatre 

Blithe Spirit — Roleystone Theatre 

Calendar Girls — Garrick Theatre 

Candles in the Rain — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society 

Death Trap — Garrick Theatre

Cash on Delivery — Wanneroo Repertory 

Hedda Gabler — Melville Theatre Company

M Butterfly — The Graduate Dramatic Society 

Parramatta Girls — Old Mill Theatre 

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Old Mill Theatre 

The Susan Hayward Award for Best Director of a Play

Barry Park for M Butterfly — The Graduate Dramatic Society 

Alice Dale for Deathtrap — Garrick Theatre 

James Hough-Neilson for Hobson’s Choice — Playlovers 

Garry Lawrence for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Old Mill Theatre 

Jess Messenger for Flesh Wounds — Old Mill Theatre 

Best Actor in a Play

Charles McComb in M. Butterfly — The Graduate Dramatic Society 

Bryn Coldrick in Much Ado About Nothing — Roleystone Theatre 

Joe Isaia in Deathtrap — Garrick Theatre 

Eliot McCann in M. Butterfly — The Graduate Dramatic Society 

Garry T Saunders in Habeas Corpus — The Graduate Dramatic Society 

Best Actress in a Play

Beverly Lawrence in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Old Mill Theatre 

Sally Barendse in Plaza Suite — Old Mill Theatre 

Bonnie Coyle in Flesh Wounds — Old Mill Theatre 

Jodie Hansen in The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? — Melville Theatre Company 

Stella Young in Calendar Girls — Esperance Theatre Guild 

Best Other Than Lead - Male

Jack Walker in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest — Phoenix Theatre 

Jonathan Best in Love’s Labour’s Lost — The Graduate Dramatic Society 

Andrew Brown in Cash on Delivery — Wanneroo Repertory 

Alex Littlewood in Face to Face — Stirling Players 

Adam Salathiel in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest — Phoenix Theatre 

Best Other Than Lead - Female

Deb Matthews in Summer of the Seventeenth Doll — Margaret River Theatre Group 

Nina Deasley in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest — Phoenix Theatre 

Liz Hoffman in Habeas Corpus — The Graduate Dramatic Society 

Rosemary Longhurst in Hedda Gabler — Melville Theatre Company 

Carmen Miles in Hedda Gabler ­— Melville Theatre Company

The Brian Maddocks Award for Youth in a Play

Ellis Ormonde in Of Mice and Men — Midnite Youth Theatre Company

Sam Elias in Tales from the Arabian Nights — Midnite Youth Theatre Company 

Andrew Lawrence in Francis — Midnite Youth Theatre Company 

James Sier in Tales from the Arabian Nights — Midnite Youth Theatre Company 

Thomas Williams in Francis — Midnite Youth Theatre Company 

The Brenda Stanley Award for Best Costumes in a Play

Love’s Labour’s Lost — The Graduate Dramatic Society 

Hedda Gabler — Melville Theatre Company 

M. Butterfly — The Graduate Dramatic Society 

Much Ado About Nothing — Roleystone Theatre 

When We Are Married — Wanneroo Repertory 

The David Crewes Award for Best Set in a Play

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll — Margaret River Theatre Group 

Deathtrap — Garrick Theatre 

Hobson’s Choice — Playlovers 

Rookery Nook — Darlington Theatre Players 

Translations — Irish Theatre Players 

Third-placed Play

Flesh Wounds — Old Mill Theatre 

Second-placed Play

Death Trap — Garrick Theatre

Robert Finley Award for Best Play

M Butterfly — The Graduate Dramatic Society 

Special Awards

Adjudicators

The Shiela Buchanan Achievement Award

Old Mill Theatre

The Yvonne Lynch Breakthrough Award

Meg McKibben for Sunset Boulevard — Wanneroo Repertory 

The Hywell Williams Award for Technical Achievement in a Play

Macbeth@Metros — Midnite Youth Theatre Company 

The Elizabeth Crewes Award for Front of House for a Musical

Phoenix Theatre 

ITA

ITA Life Members

Jeff Hansen

Paul Treasure

The Norma Davis Award

Stirling Players

Adjudication Certificates

For Creation of Atmosphere, Jack the Ripper — Koorliny Arts Centre

For the witches song, Peter Carr in The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of Macbeth — Kwinana Theatre Workshop

For stage appeal, Maddison and Bianca Thomas in Seussical the Musical — Koorliny Arts Centre

For atmosphere and lighting in the cellar, Hobson’s Choice — Playlovers

For characterisation for playing the dog, Giancono Groppooli in The Messenger — Midnite Youth Theatre Company

For innovative venue choice, Francis — Midnite Youth Theatre Company

For timing and delivery, Dinda Hargrave, Emma Truffett & Erin Hight in Much Ado About Nothing — Roleystone Theatre

For ensemble work, Parramatta Girls — Old Mill Theatre

For technical effects and creation of atmosphere, Calendar Girls — Esperance Theatre Guild

For washing machine effect, Cash on Delivery — Wanneroo Repertory

For encouragement award and diversity of roles, Andrew Brown — Wanneroo Repertory

For creation of atmosphere for the Bosnian gunmen, Eurobeat – Almost Eurovision — Murray Music and Drama Club

For the tree, Love’s Labour’s Lost — The Graduate Dramatic Society

For hairstyles, Jodi Edom for Boston Marriage — Roleystone Theatre

For atmosphere and music, Translations — Irish Theatre Players

For encouragement in direction, Brendan Ellis for Face to Face — Stirling Players

For ensemble playing, Calendar Girls — Garrick Theatre

For characterisation and rapport, Kim Taylor and Noel O’Neill in Candles in the Rain — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

For innovative programme/souvenir, Calendar Girls — Garrick Theatre