Special Awards

Adjudicators

The Shiela Buchanan Achievement Award

For a year of Australian plays — Old Mill Theatre

The Yvonne Hough Neilsen Award

For consistently high quality of musicals over several years — Koorliny Arts Centre

The Yvonne Lynch Breakthrough Award

Gab Nash in Cinderella — South West Opera Company

Brandon Williams-West in Beauty and the Beast — Koorliny Arts Centre

Claudia Van Zeller in Gypsy — Stirling Players

Ruth Bennett in The Musical of Musicals — Koorliny Arts Centre

Jesse McGinn in Hail Mary — Old Mill Theatre

The Elizabeth Crewes Award for Front of House

Phoenix Theatre

Garrick Theatre

Irish Theatre Players

Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Murray Music and Drama

The Hywell Williams Award for Technical Achievement

A Man of No Importance — Playlovers

Minefields and Miniskirts — Harbour Theatre

Noises Off — Serial Productions

It’s My Party And I’ll Die If I Want To — Darlington

Equus — Melville Theatre Company

ITA

The Norma Davis Award

Ryan Taffe

Adjudicators Certificates

For their terrific and amusing on-stage partnership, Ashley Garner and Luis Barnes in 13 —Playlovers

For the dramatic horse headpieces, Nicola Gredzuik for Equus — Melville Theatre Company

For their salute to the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing, Susan Vincent and Kerry Goode for Garrick Salutes Gallipoli

For his development as a powerful and believeable character actor, Rhett Clarke in The Rainmaker — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

For her quality acting over several years and across a diversity of roles, Susan Lynch

For generating an outstanding audience reaction with its humour and staging, Noises Off — Serial Productions

For the authentic costumes, set and period atmosphere created, The One Day of the Year — Old Mill Theatre

For the technical wizardry and timing precision behind the clock, It’s My Party And I’ll Die if I Want To — Darlington Theatre Players

For his engaging writing in the historical drama, Carl Pomfret in The First Henry — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

For continued excellence in writing and directing end of year pantomimes, Stephen Lee —The Graduate Dramatic Society

For outstanding interaction with an audience in the pantomime, Barry Park in Babes in the Wood — The Graduate Dramatic Society

For the colourful and inventive sequence The Great Writer, Stacey Gay & Claire Thomas in Snoopy the Musical — Wanneroo Repertory

For her enthusiastic and focused performance, Indi Thompson in Bats — Primadonna Productions.

For her energy, charisma and exceptional stage presence, Megan Kerr in Zombie Prom — Dark Psychic Productions.

For an imaginative and effective lighting design, Kath Carney for Jigsaws —Old Mill Theatre

To the backstage crew responsible for the significant scene changes, The Rainmaker — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

To the two young men responsible for operating a man-eating plant so beautifully and so professionally, Cooper Jenkins and Gabriel Eaton in Little Shop of Horrors — St Norbert College

For wonderful stage presence, Mikayla Wyartt and Luke Newman in Bonnie and Clyde — Murray Music and Drama Club

For the beautiful carriage that made such an impact, Deb Prentice for Cinderella — South West Opera Company

For his amazing work with a scrim backstage, Jon Lambert

For her compelling and effective music, Toni Maree Olton for Minefields and Miniskirts — Harbour Theatre

‘The Show Must Go On’, the cast of The Darling Buds of May — Wanneroo Repertory

For a very engaging performance as the grandmother, Lea Turnbridge in The Wedding Singer — Murray Music and Drama Club

For their creation of atmosphere, Basin Street Blues — Darlington Theatre Players

For setting the atmosphere so beautifully before the show, Tim Edwards for Picasso at Lapin Agile — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

For the opening sequence, Fred Petersen for Silhouette — Garrick Theatre

For the creation of a beautiful Ferris wheel, David Nelson — Wanneroo Repertory