The Robert Finley Award for Best Musical

Winner

Fiddler on the Roof, Murray Music & Drama
directed by Carole Dhu

Runner-Up

Xanadu, Koorliny Arts Centre

Third Place

Young Frankenstein, Koorliny Arts Centre

Remaining Top 5 Musicals

Annie, Koorliny Arts Centre
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, South West Opera Company

The Robert Finley Award for Best Play

Winner

Twelve Angry Men, Melville Theatre
directed by Vanessa Jensen

Runner-Up

The Trip to Bountiful, Roleystone Theatre

Third Place

Sordid Lives, Playlovers

Remaining Top 10 Plays

Broken Glass, Graduate Dramatic Society
Cranford, Garrick Theatre
Dinner with Friends, Old Mill Theatre
It’s All Greek To Me, Old Mill Theatre
Relative Values, Melville Theatre
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, KADS
Wife After Death, Melville Theatre

Best Youth Production

Snap, Primadonna Productions

The Susan Hayward Award for Director of a Play

Winner

Vanessa Jensen, 12 Angry Men, Melville Theatre

Other Nominees

Kim Martin, The Trip to Bountiful, Roleystone Theatre
Barry Park, Broken Glass, Graduate Dramatic Society
David Gardette, Sordid Lives, Playlovers
Timothy Edwards and Michael McAllan, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, KADS

The Mary Webb Award for Director of a Musical

Winner

Ryan Taaffe, Xanadu, Koorliny Arts Centre

Other Nominees

Carole Dhu, Fiddler on the Roof, Murray Music & Drama
Brad Tudor, Young Frankenstein, Koorliny Arts Centre
Neroli Burton, Kiss Me, Kate, Darlington Theatre Players
Glen Perks, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, South West Opera Company

Best Choreographer

Winner

Hillary Readings, Xanadu, Koorliny Arts Centre

Other Nominees

Hillary Readings, Young Frankenstein, Koorliny Arts Centre
Carole Dhu, Fiddler on the Roof, Murray Music & Drama
Allen Blachford, Cinderella, Koorliny Arts Centre
Ellie Bickford, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Murray Music & Drama

Best Musical Director

Winner

Kate McIntosh, Xanadu, Koorliny Arts Centre

Other Nominees

Kate McIntosh and Taui Pinker, Young Frankenstein, Koorliny Arts Centre
Merle Brown, Fiddler on the Roof, Murray Music & Drama
Krispin Maesalu, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Roleystone Theatre
Justin Friend, Kiss Me, Kate, Darlington Theatre Players

Best Actress in a Play

Winner

Kerry Goode, Cranford, Garrick Theatre

Other Nominees

Kylie Isaia, Macbeth, Darlington Theatre Players
Patricia Bona, The Trip to Bountiful, Roleystone Theatre
Susan Lynch, Relative Values, Melville Theatre
Sharon Menzies, Wife After Death, Melville Theatre

Best Actor in a Play

Winner

Andrew Baker, Sordid Lives, Playlovers

Other Nominees

Michael Dornan, Dinner with Friends, Old Mill Theatre
Joe Isaia, Macbeth, Darlington Theatre Players
Kim Taylor, It’s All Greek to Me, Old Mill Theatre
Joe Tareha, The Glass Menagerie, Old Mill Theatre

Best Musical Theatre Performer — Female

Winner

Madeleine Shaw, Cinderella, Koorliny Arts Centre

Other Nominees

Jen Edwards, Nunsense II: The Second Coming, Wanneroo Repertory
Kimberley Harris, Xanadu, Koorliny Arts Centre
Nyree Hughes, Kiss Me, Kate, Darlington Theatre Players
Katherine Friend, Kiss Me, Kate, Darlington Theatre Players

Best Musical Theatre Performer — Male

Winner

Paul Treasure, Fiddler on the Roof, Murray Music & Drama

Other Nominees

Drue Goodwin, Xanadu, Koorliny Arts Centre
Chris Gerrish, Kiss Me, Kate, Darlington Theatre Players
Grant Malcolm, Aladdin, Graduate Dramatic Society
Neil Cartmell, The Wizard of Oz, Old Mill Theatre

Other than Lead Female in a Play

Winner

Sharon Greenock, Relative Values, Melville Theatre

Other Nominees

Ursula Johnson, Laying the Ghost, Stirling Players
Krysia Wiechecki, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Garrick Theatre
Kate O’ Sullivan, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, KADS
Rachael Maher, Mutts, ARENA Arts & Entertainment

Other than Lead Male in a Play

Winner

Stuart Porter, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, KADS

Other Nominees

Jordan Holloway, Subscription to Love, Playlovers
Willy Smeets, 12 Angry Men, Melville Theatre
Kim Taylor, Relative Values, Melville Theatre
Geoff Rumsey, Outward Bound, KADS

Other than Lead Female in a Musical

Winner

Elethea Sartorelli, Xanadu, Koorliny Arts Centre

Other Nominees

Lea Tunbridge, Fiddler on the Roof, Murray Music & Drama
Kimberley Harris, Annie, Koorliny Arts Centre
Suzy Wiseman, Fiddler on the Roof, Murray Music & Drama
Madeleine Shaw, The Hatpin, Old Mill Theatre

Other than Lead Male in a Musical

Winner

Daniel Burton, Young Frankenstein, Koorliny Arts Centre

Other Nominees

Luke Pisano, Fiddler on the Roof, Murray Music & Drama
Yarno Pyne, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, South West Opera Company
Peter Heyworth, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, South West Opera Company
Mark Thompson, Cinderella, Koorliny Arts Centre

The Yvonne Lynch Breakthrough Award

James Parker, Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, Graduate Dramatic Society

The Brian Maddocks Award for Youth in a Play

Winner

Juliett Greenock, Relative Values, Melville Theatre

Other Nominees

Liam Borbas, A House That Jack Built, Roleystone Theatre
Elizabeth Offer, So Much to Tell You, Garrick Theatre
Seamus Harrison, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roleystone Theatre
Stephanie Shaw, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roleystone Theatre

The Veronica Overton-Low Award for Youth in a Musical

Winner

Luke Pisano,  Fiddler on the Roof, Murray Music & Drama

Other Nominees

Christie McGarrity, Annie, Koorliny Arts Centre
Mekyja Jenkins, Little Women, Schmick Productions
Grace Dennis-Sayer, Cinderella, Koorliny Arts Centre
Hamish Halket, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, South West Opera Company

The David Crewes Award for Set (Play)

Winner

Cranford, Garrick Theatre

Other Nominees

The Trip to Bountiful, Roleystone Theatre
Relative Values, Melville Theatre
Spike Heels, Melville Theatre
Sordid Lives, Playlovers

Best Set (Musical)

Winner

Nunsense II: The Second Coming, Wanneroo Repertory

Other Nominees

The Great American Trailer Musical, Roleystone Theatre
Xanadu, Koorliny Arts Centre
Kiss Me, Kate, Darlington Theatre Players
Aladdin, Graduate Dramatic Society

The Brenda Stanley Award for Costumes (Play)

Winner

Macbeth, Darlington Theatre Players

Other Nominees

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Garrick Theatre
Cranford, Garrick Theatre
Sordid Lives, Playlovers
Miranda, Garrick Theatre

Best Costumes (Musical)

Winner

The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Roleystone Theatre

Other Nominees

Fiddler on the Roof, Murray Music & Drama
Beauty and the Beast, South West Opera Company
Xanadu, Koorliny Arts Centre
Cinderella, Koorliny Arts Centre

Hywell Williams Award for Technical Achievement

Johnno Beckett, Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, Graduate Dramatic Society

Yvonne Hough-Neilson Adjudicators’ Award

Douglas Sutherland-Bruce, as overall director of the Shakespeare Anniversary Festival

Sheila Buchanan Achievement Award

Primadonna Productions

Elizabeth Crewes Front of House Award

Irish Theatre Players

The “Norma” Award

Emma Davis

ITA President’s Cup

Playlovers
East Waikiki Primary School
Susan Hicks

Adjudicators’ Certificates

Simon James and Linda Redman, for the development and operation of complex sound effects in The Hound of the Baskervilles, ARENA Arts & Entertainment.

Timothy Edwards and Michael McAllan, for their blocking, choreography and use of stage in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, KADS.

Kian and Caiden Cartmell, for their cute and energetic portrayal of munchkins in The Wizard of Oz, Old Mill Theatre.

Sophie Parkinson-Stewart, for her moving and, at times, haunting cello playing during Broken Glass, Graduate Dramatic Society.

Bowen Parks, Brad Ikin, Simone Hughes, Daniel Graham and Allan Blakeney, for their delightful gargoyles in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, South West Opera Company.

Lynda Stubbs, for Cinderella’s ball gown transformation in Cinderella, Koorliny Arts Centre.

David Bain, for the scale of his development as an accomplished actor, culminating in his convincing portrayal as McDuff in Macbeth, Darlington Theatre Players.

Oliver Kaiser, for his entertaining banter during his half-time raffle ticket selling, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roleystone Theatre.

Tarryn Harris, for her splendid and creative debut as a director in Relative Values, Melville Theatre.

Sean Bullock, for his short movie “The Siren of the Desert” which was used so effectively as the opening to Relative Values, Melville Theatre.

Best Pantomime, Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp, Graduate Dramatic Society.

Best Shakespeare Play, Macbeth, Darlington Theatre Players.

Jon Lambert, for dancing successfully in high platform shoes during his performance as The Monster in Young Frankenstein, Koorliny Arts Centre

Barbara Lovell and Ross Bertinshaw, for successfully managing more than 60 sound cues, including television and music cues, in Don Parties On, Melville Theatre

Garrick Theatre, for fine ensemble cast in Cranford.

Matthew Manning for his “The Show Must Go On” attitude after breaking his foot during Oliver!, Mandurah Little Theatre

Tim Prosser, for painting the stunning backdrop in The Hatpin, Old Mill Theatre.

Irish Theatre Players, for their newcomers.