Results of the 42nd Annual Robert Finley Awards 2016

Musicals

Top Five Musicals (In No Particular Order)

Spamalot — Koorliny Arts Centre

Bad Girls — Blak Yak

The Witches of Eastwick — 9 Lives Productions

The Little Mermaid — Koorliny Arts Centre

Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat — Primadonna Productions

The Mary Webb Award for Best Director of a Musical

Brad Tudor and Natalie Burbage for The Little Mermaid — Koorliny Arts Centre

Joe Isaia for Footloose — Darlington Theatre Players

Lorna Mackie for Bad Girls — Blak Yak

Jethro Pidd for Spamalot — Koorliny

Brad Tudor for The Witches of Eastwick — 9 Lives Theatrical Production Company

Best Musical Director

Lyn Brown for Blitz — Wanneroo Repertory Club

Jo Bennett for The Little Mermaid — Koorliny Arts Centre

Taui Pinker for Spamalot — Koorliny

Suzanne Kosowitz for Footloose — Darlington Theatre Players

Josh Haines for The Witches of Eastwick — 9 Lives Theatrical Production Company

Best Choreographer

Maddison Price for The Witches of Eastwick — 9 Lives Productions

Anita Telkamp for The Little Mermaid — Koorliny Arts Centre

Amber Southall for A Little Princess — Playlovers

Elysia Addison and Ashleigh Riley for In the Spotlight — Murray Music and Drama Club

Joanna Tyler and Therese Cruise for Bad Girls — Blak Yak

Best Actor in a Musical

Mitch Lawrence in Spamalot — Koorliny Arts Centre

Gareth Jay in Sweeney Todd — Murray Music and Drama Club

Tom Hutton in Bad Girls — Blak Yak

Paul Hayward in The Witches of Eastwick — 9 Lives Theatrical Production Company

Richard Hadler in Scrooge the Panto — Darlington Theatre Players

Best Actress in a Musical

Shanice Palfrey as Ariel in The Little Mermaid — Koorliny Arts Centre

Sian Dhu in Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat —Primadonna Productions

Samantha Ferguson in Sweeney Todd — Murray Music and Drama Club

Joanna Tyler in Bad Girls — Blak Yak

Susan Vincent in Blitz — Wanneroo Repertory

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

Chris Ball as Willard in Footloose — Darlington Theatre Players

John Taylor in Footloose — Darlington Theatre Company

Daniel Burton in The Little Mermaid — Koorliny Arts Centre

Charlie Darlington in You're A Good Man Charlie Brown — Garrick Theatre Club

Jon Lambert in Spamalot — Koorliny Arts Centre

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical

Rachel Monamy in Spamalot — Koorliny

Sophia Matthews as Becky in A Little Princess — Playlovers

Tracy Noble in The Little Mermaid — Koorliny Arts Centre

Lisa Skrypichayko in Bad Girls — Blak Yak

Cat Rippon in The Witches of Eastwick — 9 Lives Theatrical Production Company

The Veronica Overton-Low Award for Youth in a Musical

Sophia Matthews as Becky in A Little Princess — Playlovers

Stephanie Shaw as Sara Crewe in A Little Princess — Playlovers

Jasmine Dos Santos as Sara Crewe in A Little Princess — Playlovers

Christie McGarrity in Shrek Jnr — Roleystone Theatre

Matthew Manning in Sweeney Todd — Murray Music and Drama Club

Best Costumes in a Musical

The Little Mermaid — Koorliny Arts Centre

Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat — Primadonna Productions

Old Time Music Hall — Wanneroo Repertory

Spamalot — Koorliny Arts Centre

The Addams Family — Phoenix Theatre

Best Set in a Musical

Footloose — Darlington Theatre Players

Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat — Primadonna Productions

Bad Girls — Blak Yak

Witches of Eastwick — 9 Lives Theatrical Production Company

Addams Family — Phoenix Theatre Inc

Third-placed Musical

The Witches of Eastwick — 9 Lives Productions

Second-placed Musical

Spamalot — Koorliny Arts Centre

Robert Finley Award for Best Musical

The Little Mermaid — Koorliny Arts Centre

Plays

Top Ten Plays (In No Particular Order)

Shirley Valentine — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Gaslight — Wanneroo Repertory Club

Habit of Art — Old Mill Theatre

Tuesdays with Morrie — Stirling Players

The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband — Harbour Theatre

One Man, Two Guvnors —Melville Theatre Company

The Foreigner — Darlington Theatre Players

The Memory of Water — Playlovers

Honour — Old Mill Theatre

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

The Susan Hayward Award for Best Director of a Play

Ryan Taaffe for Tuesdays With Morrie — Stirling Theatre

Alide Chaney for The Memory of Water — Playlovers

Robert Warner for The Foreigner — Darlington Theatre Players

Peter Kirkwood and Nicola Bond for The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband — Harbour Theatre

Karen Tropiano for Gaslight — Wanneroo Repertory

Best Actor in a Play

Alan Kennedy as Morrie Schwartz in Tuesdays With Morrie — Stirling Players

Jeff Hansen in Tuesdays With Morrie — Stirling Players

Justin Freind in Habit of Art — Old Mill Theatre

Joe Isaia in The Foreigner — Darlington Theatre Players

Chris Bedding in One Man, Two Guvners — Melville Theatre Company

Best Actress in a Play

Jenny Howard McCann as Shirley in Shirley Valentine – Kalamunda Dramatic Society

Michelle Varley as Mary in The Memory of Water — Playlovers

Emma Shaw in Skylight — Wanneroo Repertory

Sandra Sando in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

Meredith Hunter in The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband — Harbour Theatre

Best Supporting Actor in a Play

Cal Silberstein in The Habit of Art — Old Mill Theatre

Stanley O'Neill in The Plough and the Stars — Irish Theatre Players

Barry Park in The Habit of Art — Old Mill Theatre

Blake Prosser in The Foreigner — Darlington Theatre Players

Sean Bullock in One Man, Two Guvners — Melville Theatre Company

Best Supporting Actress in a Play

Cordelia Clarke as Laura in The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband — Harbour Theatre

Anastatia Ward as Teresa in The Memory of Water — Playlovers

Sharon Menzies in Barefoot in the Park — Melville Theatre Company

Pip Tompson in One Man, Two Guvnors — Melville Theatre Company

Siobhan Vincent in Touch and Go — Garrick Theatre Club

The Brian Maddocks Award for Youth in a Play

George O’Doherty as Phlegm in The Trolleys — Playlovers

Leo Rimmer as River in The Trolleys — Playlovers

Gemma Vu as Baby May in The Trolleys — Playlovers

Niall Coyle in Lord of the Flies — Harbour Theatre

Jamie Buttery in Lord of the Flies — Harbour Theatre

The Brenda Stanley Award for Best Costumes in a Play

Wyrd Sisters — Darlington Theatre Players

The Memory of Water — Playlovers

Gaslight — Wanneroo Repertory

The Plough and the Stars — Irish Theatre Players

Barefoot in the Park — Melville Theatre Company

The David Crewes Award for Best Set in a Play

The Foreigner — Darlington Theatre Players

Gaslight — Wanneroo Repertory

Run For Your Wife — Wanneroo Repertory

Skylight — Wanneroo Repertory

One Man, Two Guvners — Melville Theatre Company

Third-placed Play

Shirley Valentine — Kalamunda Dramatic Society

Second-placed Play

The Foreigner — Darlington Theatre Players

Robert Finley Award for Best Play

Tuesdays With Morrie — Stirling Players

Adjudicators Certificates

For the Heely Wheely Shoes, The Little Mermaid — Koorliny Arts Centre

For the “Beyonce” performance from the “Old Ladies”, What’s New Pussycat — Primadonna Productions

For the atmosphere, Gaslight — Wanneroo Repertory Club

For make up, Lisa Watts for Tuesdays with Morrie — Stirling Players

For the real food, Darling Buds of May — Ellenbrook Theatre Company

For lighting and ocean effects, And Then There Were None — Garrick Theatre

For the fairytale characters, Liam Telcik, Tom Matthews, Atiya Bradwood in Shrek Jr — Roleystone Theatre

For the ensemble, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat — Primadonna Productions

For a diverse body of work this year, Georgina Hamer

For make up, Yvette Drager for TheCat and The Canary —Roleystone Theatre

For set dressing and lighting, Under the Blue Sky — Melville Theatre Company

For the soundscape, Lord of the Flies — Harbour Theatre

For set dressing, Enchanted April — Wild Capers Theatre, Dunsborough

For lighting, Prepare to Meet Thy Tomb — Garrick Theatre

For the curtain call, Prepare to Meet Thy Tomb — Garrick Theatre

For an excellent performance, Finn Malet in The Little Mermaid — Koorliny Arts Centre

For an excellent use of space, lighting and voice, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice — Kalamunda Amateur Dramatic Society

For continuing to produce work under adversity — Playlovers

For a diverse body of work this year, Richard Hadler

For the impressive falls and prat falls, Don Callison in One Man, Two Guvnors — Melville Theatre Company

For the humorous prone position, Touch and Go — Garrick Theatre

‘The show must go on’, Charlie Darlington for Little Shop of Horrors — Roleystone Theatre.

For rapport, Alan Morris and Jarrod Buttery in The Love List — Harbour Theatre

For comic flair, Marine Kelly in What’s New Pussycat — Primadonna Productions