Results of the 40th Annual Robert Finley Awards 2014
Held on Saturday 17th January 2015 at the Heath Ledger Theatre at the State Theatre Centre. For the performance year of December 2013 to November 2014.
Where nominees are listed, the winners are marked in bold.
Youth Productions
Best Youth Production
Snap — Primadonna Productions
Musicals
Top Five Musicals (In No Particular Order)
Xanadu — Koorliny Arts Centre
Annie — Koorliny Arts Centre
Fiddler on the Roof — Murray Music and Drama Club
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — South West Opera Company
Young Frankenstein — Koorliny Arts Centre
The Mary Webb Award for Best Director of a Musical
Ryan Taaffe for Xanadu — Koorliny Arts Centre
Carole Dhu for Fiddler on the Roof — Murray Music and Drama Club
Brad Tudor for Young Frankenstein — Koorliny Arts Centre
Neroli Burton for Kiss Me, Kate — Darlington Theatre Players
Glen Perks for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — South West Opera Company
Best Musical Director
Kate McIntosh for Xanadu — Koorliny Arts Centre
Kate McIntosh and Taui Pinker for Young Frankenstein — Koorliny Arts Centre
Merle Brown for Fiddler on the Roof — Murray Music and Drama Club
Krispin Maesalu for The Great American Trailer Park Musical — Roleystone Theatre
Justin Friend for Kiss Me, Kate — Darlington Theatre Players
Best Choreographer
Hillary Readings for Xanadu — Koorliny Arts Centre
Hillary Readings for Young Frankenstein — Koorliny Arts Centre
Carole Dhu for Fiddler on the Roof — Murray Music and Drama Club
Allen Blachford for Cinderella — Koorliny Arts Centre
Ellie Bickford for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas — Murray Music and Drama Club
Musical Theatre Performer — Male
Paul Treasure in Fiddler on the Roof — Murray Music and Drama Club
Drue Goodwin in Xanadu — Koorliny Arts Centre
Chris Gerrish in Kiss Me, Kate — Darlington Theatre Players
Grant Malcolm in Aladdin — The Graduate Dramatic Society
Neil Cartmell in The Wizard of Oz — Old Mill Theatre
Musical Theatre Performer — Female
Madeleine Shaw in Cinderella — Koorliny Arts Centre
Jen Edwards in Nunsense II: The Second Coming — Wanneroo Repertory
Kimberley Harris in Xanadu — Koorliny Arts Centre
Nyree Hughes in Kiss Me, Kate — Darlington Theatre Players
Katherine Friend in Kiss Me, Kate — Darlington Theatre Players
Other than Lead Male in a Musical
Daniel Burton in Young Frankenstein — Koorliny Arts Centre
Luke Pisano in Fiddler on the Roof — Murray Music & Drama
Yarno Pyne in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — South West Opera Company
Peter Heyworth in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — South West Opera Company
Mark Thompson in Cinderella — Koorliny Arts Centre
Other than Lead Female in a Musical
Elethea Sartorelli in Xanadu — Koorliny Arts Centre
Lea Tunbridge in Fiddler on the Roof — Murray Music and Drama Club
Kimberley Harris in Annie — Koorliny Arts Centre
Suzy Wiseman in Fiddler on the Roof — Murray Music and Drama Club
Madeleine Shaw in The Hatpin — Old Mill Theatre
The Veronica Overton-Low Award for Youth in a Musical
Luke Pisano in Fiddler on the Roof — Murray Music and Drama Club
Christie McGarrity in Annie — Koorliny Arts Centre
Mekyja Jenkins in Little Women — Schmick Productions
Grace Dennis-Sayer in Cinderella — Koorliny Arts Centre
Hamish Halket in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — South West Opera Company
Best Costumes in a Musical
The Great American Trailer Park Musical — Roleystone Theatre
Fiddler on the Roof — Murray Music and Drama Club
Beauty and the Beast — South West Opera Company
Xanadu — Koorliny Arts Centre
Cinderella — Koorliny Arts Centre
Best Set in a Musical
Nunsense II: The Second Coming — Wanneroo Repertory
The Great American Trailer Musical — Roleystone Theatre
Xanadu — Koorliny Arts Centre
Kiss Me, Kate — Darlington Theatre Players
Aladdin — The Graduate Dramatic Society
Third-placed Musical
Young Frankenstein — Koorliny Arts Centre
Second-placed Musical
Xanadu — Koorliny Arts Centre
Robert Finley Award for Best Musical
Fiddler on the Roof — Murray Music and Drama Club
Plays
Top Ten Plays (In No Particular Order)
Broken Glass — The Graduate Dramatic Society
Twelve Angry Men — Melville Theatre Company
Cranford — Garrick Theatre
Dinner with Friends — Old Mill Theatre
It’s All Greek To Me — Old Mill Theatre
Sordid Lives — Playlovers
Relative Values — Melville Theatre Company
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — KADS
The Trip to Bountiful — Roleystone Theatre
Wife After Death — Melville Theatre Company
The Susan Hayward Award for Best Director of a Play
Vanessa Jensen for 12 Angry Men — Melville Theatre Company
Kim Martin for The Trip to Bountiful — Roleystone Theatre
Barry Park for Broken Glass — The Graduate Dramatic Society
David Gardette for Sordid Lives — Playlovers
Timothy Edwards and Michael McAllan for The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — KADS
Best Actor in a Play
Andrew Baker in Sordid Lives — Playlovers
Michael Dornan in Dinner with Friends — Old Mill Theatre
Joe Isaia in Macbeth — Darlington Theatre Players
Kim Taylor in It’s All Greek to Me — Old Mill Theatre
Joe Tareha in The Glass Menagerie — Old Mill Theatre
Best Actress in a Play
Kerry Goode in Cranford — Garrick Theatre
Kylie Isaia in Macbeth — Darlington Theatre Players
Patricia Bona in The Trip to Bountiful — Roleystone Theatre
Susan Lynch in Relative Values — Melville Theatre Company
Sharon Menzies in Wife After Death — Melville Theatre Club
Other than Lead Male in a Play
Stuart Porter in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — KADS
Jordan Holloway in Subscription to Love — Playlovers
Willy Smeets in 12 Angry Men — Melville Theatre Company
Kim Taylor in Relative Values — Melville Theatre Company
Geoff Rumsey in Outward Bound — KADS
Other than Lead Female in a Play
Sharon Greenock in Relative Values — Melville Theatre Company
Ursula Johnson in Laying the Ghost — Stirling Players
Krysia Wiechecki in A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Garrick Theatre
Kate O’ Sullivan in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — KADS
Rachael Maher in Mutts — ARENA Arts & Entertainment
The Brian Maddocks Award for Youth in a Play
Juliett Greenock in Relative Values — Melville Theatre
Liam Borbas in A House That Jack Built — Roleystone Theatre
Elizabeth Offer in So Much to Tell You — Garrick Theatre
Seamus Harrison in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — Roleystone Theatre
Stephanie Shaw in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — Roleystone Theatre
The Brenda Stanley Award for Best Costumes in a Play
Macbeth — Darlington Theatre Players
A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Garrick Theatre
Cranford — Garrick Theatre
Sordid Lives — Playlovers
Miranda — Garrick Theatre
The David Crewes Award for Best Set in a Play
Cranford — Garrick Theatre
The Trip to Bountiful — Roleystone Theatre
Relative Values — Melville Theatre Company
Spike Heels — Melville Theatre Company
Sordid Lives — Playlovers
Third-placed Play
Sordid Lives — Playlovers
Second-placed Play
The Trip to Bountiful — Roleystone Theatre
Robert Finley Award for Best Play
Twelve Angry Men — Melville Theatre Company
Special Awards
Adjudicators
The Shiela Buchanan Achievement Award
Primadonna Productions
The Yvonne Hough Neilsen Award
Douglas Sutherland-Bruce, as overall director of the Shakespeare Anniversary Festival
The Elizabeth Crewes Award for Front of House
Irish Theatre Players
The Hywell Williams Award for Technical Achievement
Johnno Beckett, Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, Graduate Dramatic Society
The Yvonne Lynch Breakthrough Award
James Parker, Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, Graduate Dramatic Society
ITA
The Norma Davis Award
Emma Davis
ITA President’s Cup
Playlovers
East Waikiki Primary School
Susan Hicks
Adjudication Certificates
For the development and operation of complex sound effects, Simon James and Linda Redman for The Hound of the Baskervilles — ARENA Arts & Entertainment
For their blocking, choreography and use of stage, Timothy Edwards and Michael McAllan in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — KADS.
For their cute and energetic portrayal of munchkins, Kian and Caiden Cartmell in The Wizard of Oz — Old Mill Theatre
For her moving and, at times, haunting cello playing, Sophie Parkinson-Stewart in Broken Glass — The Graduate Dramatic Society
For their delightful gargoyles, Bowen Parks, Brad Ikin, Simone Hughes, Daniel Graham and Allan Blakeney in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast — South West Opera Company.
For Cinderella’s ball gown transformation, Lynda Stubbs for Cinderella — Koorliny Arts Centre
For the scale of his development as an accomplished actor, David Bain as MacDuff in Macbeth — Darlington Theatre Players
For his entertaining banter during his half-time raffle ticket selling, Oliver Kaiser in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory — Roleystone Theatre
For her splendid and creative debut as a director, Tarryn Harris for Relative Values — Melville Theatre
For his short movie “The Siren of the Desert” which was used so effectively as the opening, Sean Bullock for Relative Values — Melville Theatre Company
For dancing successfully in high platform shoes during his performance, Jon Lambert as The Monster in Young Frankenstein — Koorliny Arts Centre
For successfully managing more than 60 sound cues, including television and music cues, Barbara Lovell and Ross Bertinshaw for Don Parties On — Melville Theatre Company
For fine ensemble cast, Cranford — Garrick Theatre
For his “The Show Must Go On” attitude after breaking his foot, Matthew Manning in Oliver! — Mandurah Little Theatre
For painting the stunning backdrop, Tim Prosser for The Hatpin — Old Mill Theatre
For their newcomers — Irish Theatre Players
Best Pantomime
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp — The Graduate Dramatic Society
Best Shakespeare Play
Macbeth — Darlington Theatre Players