2012 - CAT Awards · 2017-03-14 · 2012 Canberra Area Theatre Awards 1 Judges’ Choice Awards This year we have introduced a new type of award – the Judges' Choice Awards. Each

2012 CANBERRA AREA THEATRE AWARDS

NOMINATIONS

10 December 2012

2012 CANBERRA AREA THEATRE AWARDS

Gala Awards Night Saturday 16 February 2013 at 7 pm

Llewellyn Hall, ANU School of Music

Hosted by Mark Grentell and Jamie Way

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2012 Canberra Area Theatre Awards 1

Judges’ Choice Awards

This year we have introduced a new type of award – the Judges' Choice Awards. Each judge selects one aspect of the year’s productions that they personally want to recognise. It could be for a favourite performance, a single moment or song, or a particularly impressive technical achievement. It could be for a full show, an individual or a team, on-stage or backstage or front of house. And it could be for contributions to performances that do not fit into the 46 existing categories. The awards are made without nomination and are announced at the Nominations function.

Phoenix Players For their well-designed, easily readable and interesting program that suited the period of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Awarded by Edwin Briggs

Canberra Youth Theatre For their confronting yet engaging performance of 4.48 Psychosis revealing the issue of young female suicide Awarded by Barry Casey

Christopher McNee For his stand-out performance as Private Willis in Iolanthe for Queanbeyan Players Awarded by Dave Evans

Krystle Innes For her exhilarating and exuberant performance as Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray for Canberra Philharmonic Society Awarded by Ian Mclean AM CSC

Ewan Putnam For programming of the synthesisers for Supa Productions' War of the Worlds Awarded by Chris Neal

Laura Pearce For her innovative and excellent choreography in Cats for Free-Rain Theatre Company Awarded by Terry O'Connor

Lachlan Ruffy For the stagecraft demonstrated across his multiple performances with many companies Awarded by Charles Oliver

2 Nominations

Sophie Benassi For directing two casts of the same production to a consistently high standard in Steel Magnolias for Canberra Girls Grammar School Awarded by Stephen Pike

Canberra Repertory Society For 80 years of committed theatre-making in the Canberra community, culminating in 2012's program of productions, several of an especially high standard Awarded by Oliver Raymond OAM

Michelle Norris For her stage presence and exquisite dance execution Awarded by Jacquelyn Richards

Daniel Cotton For his performance as pianist and accompanist in Karabar High School's Reflections Awarded by Norma Robertson

Max Gambale For the passionate interpretation he brought to the role of Captain Smith in Titanic the Musical for Supa Productions Awarded by Rose Shorney Bryson Grenfell For an exceptional performance by a young artist in the commedia dell'arte genre as Truffaldino in The Servant of Two Masters by Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Awarded by Anne Somes

Supa Productions For the experience of their stadium-style, classic-rock multimedia spectacular, War of the Worlds Awarded by David Whitbread

Daniel Simpson For his outstanding performance on lead guitar in the band for Show Me the Money by Narooma High School Awarded by Don Whitbread OAM

Rosaleen Cox For her stellar performance as Alice Tinker in The Vicar of Dibley for Albury Wodonga Theatre Company Awarded by Coralie Wood OAM


Best Set Designer for a Play

Andrew Kay Lost in Yonkers and Pride and Prejudice, Canberra Repertory Society Hanna Sandgren 4.48 Psychosis, Canberra Youth Theatre Jim and Joy Brindle Run for your Wife, Cooma Little Theatre Sam Lloyd Seasons Greetings, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay Wayne Shepherd Speaking in Tongues, Canberra Repertory Society The Year 10 Art Class Steel Magnolias, Canberra Girls Grammar School Best Set Designer for a Musical

Barbara Gellatly (designer) and Heather Powell (scenic artist) The Pirates of Penzance, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay Bruce Buchanan Mame, Orange Theatre Company Gordon Streek Les Miserables, Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour Ian Macdonald The Venetian Twins, Canberra Repertory Society Romko Hordynsky Robbin' the Rich, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange Wendy Glover (concept) and Mal, Donna and Amy Copeland (construction and artistry) Crazy for You, MoonGlow Productions, Wollongong Best Costume Designer for a Play

Euroa Little Theatre and Christine Greig 'Allo 'Allo, Dubbo Theatre Company Fiona Leach The Velveteen Rabbit and To Kill a Mockingbird, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Judi Sando and Kylie Dolan Pride and Prejudice, Canberra Repertory Society Monica Bird Lost in Yonkers, Canberra Repertory Society Robyn Whitby Travelling North, Spectrum Theatre Group, Merimbula

4 Nominations

Best Costume Designer for a Musical

Angela Mason, Janice Harris and Madeleine Fisher Singin' in the Rain, Orange Theatre Company Angie Mason Mame, Orange Theatre Company Fiona Leach Cats and Chicago, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Ritva Jokinen The Pirates of Penzance, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay Suzan Cooper Titanic the Musical, Supa Productions, Canberra The company Jungle Fever and Kitten of the Year, Miss Kitka's House of Burlesque, Canberra Best Costume Designer for a School or Youth Production

Ann Phillipe and Joanne Crowe Grimm Tales, Chevalier College, Bowral Chelsea Wright Seussical The Musical, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra Cindy Hereth and Sarea Coates The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Child Players ACT, Canberra David Budden, Donna Birchall, Linda Fisher, Kim Gilbank, Philippa Hogg, Rebecca Jaques, Janine Kermode, Annie King-Christopher, Melissa Morgan and Pauline Solari The Wizard Of Oz, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange Jane Coppin The Sign of the Seahorse, Moruya Public School Jeed, Helen Symons, Tanya Taylor, Julie Shaw and Jane Nemec Colour, Legs Dance Studio, Canberra Jo Howard The Tempest, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra


Best Lighting Designer

Adrian Rytir Cats, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Hair, Queanbeyan City Council and Titanic the Musical, Supa Productions, Canberra Cynthia Jolley-Rogers Speaking in Tongues, Canberra Repertory Society Michael Foley Insomniac Attack, Canberra Youth Theatre Peter Telford Mame, Orange Theatre Company and Robbin' the Rich, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange Technical Achievement

Bruce Waddell and Greg Whitby Design and construction of the revolve, Travelling North, Spectrum Theatre Group, Merimbula James McPherson Development of the click track and synchronisation of sound, light and video, War of the Worlds, Supa Productions, Canberra Mark Oates Graphic art, Wizard of Cabonne, Molong Players Robert Ingold Construction of the plant, Little Shop of Horrors, Mater Dei Catholic College, Wagga Wagga Canberra Youth Theatre Special effects and puppetry, Insomniac Attack Brindabella Christian College, Canberra The crocodile, Peter Pan

6 Nominations

John Thomson Magic Moment of Theatre

ANU Med Revue, Canberra ‘Sperm Lake’ in X-Med Canberra Grammar School Painting the canvas red in Red Canberra Repertory Society The dunny on the revolve in The Venetian Twins Canberra Youth Theatre The child-eating bed in Insomniac Attack Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra The entrance of Sycorax at end of The Tempest Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Wollongong The transformation of the car in Grease Best Original Work

Dona Parise Scripts for Fancy a Quickie 3 (a night of 8 ten minute plays), DGP Productions, Griffith Frank Murphy and Rebecca Gale Script, Jungle Fever, Miss Kitka's House of Burlesque, Canberra Jonathan McFeat Original music, Speaking in Tongues, Canberra Repertory Society Kevin Beatty Concept and script, Wizard of Cabonne, Molong Players Stella Dougherty and Bernie Maxwell Original scripts, Bits by Degree (a season of short plays), Griffith & Regional Association for the Performing Arts (GRAPA) The scriptwriting team Script and lyrics, X-Med, ANU Med Revue, Canberra


Best Original Work for a School or Youth Production

Cathy Petöcz and the cast Insomniac Attack, Canberra Youth Theatre Hiria Reppion ‘Your Mind is a Place’, Step into the Limelight 'Voyage', ACT Education and Training Directorate Musicians Original music, The Servant of Two Masters, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Rob Rogers and Dan Efraemson Script, Show Me the Money, Narooma High School Romko Hordynsky Script, lyrics and music, Robbin' the Rich, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange Sally Redman Script, Snow White and the Pirate Adventure, YAMA, Cowra Best Ensemble in a Play

Nigel Griffiths and Kristil-Rae Mobbs 'Time Flies', Mayflies, Mystery and Mayhem, Cooma Little Theatre The cast 4.48 Psychosis, Canberra Youth Theatre The cast Insomniac Attack, Canberra Youth Theatre The cast Speaking in Tongues, Canberra Repertory Society The cast and band Grimm Tales, Chevalier College, Bowral The poker players The Odd Couple, Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour

8 Nominations

Best Ensemble in a Musical

Angus Crutcher, Luke Erbele and Ben Watt As The Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow, The Wizard Of Oz, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange Chris Pappas and Michelle Norris Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, Cats, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Ensemble vocals Titanic the Musical, Supa Productions, Canberra The cast Seussical The Musical, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra The Girls Downtown – the Musical, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society The men's chorus Iolanthe, Queanbeyan Players The Tribe Hair, Queanbeyan City Council Best Orchestra for a School or Youth Production

Fame Marian Catholic College, Griffith Grease Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Grimm Tales Chevalier College, Bowral Reflection Karabar High School, Queanbeyan Show Me the Money Narooma High School ACT Senior Concert Band Step into the Limelight 'Voyage', ACT Education and Training Directorate


Best Orchestra

Cats Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Chicago Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Crazy for You MoonGlow Productions, Wollongong Hair Queanbeyan City Council Hairspray Canberra Philharmonic Society Titanic the Musical Supa Productions, Canberra Wagga Wagga Takes Two SFP Productions, Wagga Wagga Patricia Kelson Encouragement Award

Alexandra Davis First-time director, Lend Me a Tenor, John XXIII Dramatic Society, Canberra Annalivia Keaveny As Sandy, Grease, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Ashley Fretton Singing, Reflection, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan Dylan Van Den Berg and Gil Lugton Directing, God of Carnage, NUTS, Canberra Liam Wright As JoJo, Seussical The Musical, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra Lisa Betts First-time accompanist, Circle of Life – PACC (Parkes Annual Charity Concert), Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society Pip Thompson Dancing, Reflection, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan Richard Block First time directing and creative PR leading up to production, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Phoenix Players, Canberra

10 Nominations

Best Youth Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Callum Bodman As Cleante in The Hypochondriac, Canberra Grammar School DJ Kang As Ken in Red, Canberra Grammar School Martin Hoggart As Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Nathan Rutups As Ferryman, Lazy Gus and Ivan in Stories in the Dark, Hawker College, Canberra Oliver Durbridge As Edmund in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Child Players ACT, Canberra Pippin Carroll As Stephano in The Tempest, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra Sam Williams As Caliban in The Tempest, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra Best Youth Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Blake Stanbridge As Doody in Grease, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Daniel Moxey As City Guard in The Wizard Of Oz, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange Emerson Garcia As Gavroche in Les Miserables, Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour Ewan McArthur As Dennis in All Shook Up, Burgmann Anglican School, Canberra Matt Hardy As Drake in Honk! Jr, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra Tristan Davies As Willard Hewitt in Footloose, Lyneham High School, Canberra Zachary Gervaise As Teen Angel in Grease, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts


Best Youth Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Georgia Comonsoli As Shelby Eatenton Latcherie in Steel Magnolias, Canberra Girls Grammar School Hannah Lawson As Gonzala in The Tempest, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra Madeleine Osborne As Clairee Belcher in Steel Magnolias, Canberra Girls Grammar School Natalie Whalley As Miranda in The Tempest, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra Skye Bealham As Ouiser Boudreaux in Steel Magnolias, Canberra Girls Grammar School Best Youth Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Alixandra Risi As Miss Lynch in Grease, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Arabella Jorgensen-Hull As Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard Of Oz, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange Charlotte Fitzgerald As Helena in A Kidsummer Nights Dream, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral Chloe Dobbs As Rizzo in Grease, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Chloe Robbins As Sylvia in All Shook Up, Burgmann Anglican School, Canberra Shayne de Groot As Old Roxy in Show Me the Money, Narooma High School

12 Nominations

Best Youth Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Alex Richards As Mark Rothko in Red and as Argan in The Hypochondriac, Canberra Grammar School Ben Burgess As The Boy in The Velveteen Rabbit, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Bryson Grenfell As Truffaldino in The Servant of Two Masters, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Josh Knol As Moon in The Real Inspector Hound, Marist College, Canberra Best Youth Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Alice Ringland As M'Lynn Eatenton in Steel Magnolias, Canberra Girls Grammar School Charlotte Smee As Beatrice in The Servant of Two Masters, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Irena Reedy As Prospera in The Tempest, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra Jill Greig As M'Lynn Eatenton in Steel Magnolias and as Toinette in The Hypochondriac, Canberra Girls Grammar School Maddison Smith-Catlin As Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Best Youth Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Andrew Campbell As Peter Pan in Peter Pan, Brindabella Christian College, Canberra Jock Pryse Jones As Sheriff in Robbin' the Rich, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange Jordan Tanner As Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors, Mater Dei Catholic College, Wagga Wagga Zachary Vella As Puck in A Kidsummer Nights Dream, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral


Best Youth Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Hannah von Thrum As Wendy in Peter Pan, Brindabella Christian College, Canberra Jessica Dunn As Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, Mater Dei Catholic College, Wagga Wagga Kaitlin Nihill As Ugly in Honk! Jr, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra Laura Panarello As Carmen in Fame, Marian Catholic College, Griffith Maxine Beaumont As Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Merici College, Canberra Olivia Fisher As Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange Steffanni Gardener As Snow White's Mother in Snow White and the Pirate Adventure, YAMA, Cowra Teagan Ricketts As Queen of the Night in The Dracula Rock Show, Pied Piper Productions, Canberra Best Variety Performance by an Individual or Ensemble

Sharyn Bilston As Cher in 'If I Could Turn Back Time', You Can't Stop the 80s Beat, Albury Wodonga Theatre Company Mark Oates As Forrest Gump in Wizard of Cabonne, Molong Players Murray Medway and Cherie Medway In 'The zoot suit' routine in Wagga Wagga Takes Two, SFP Productions, Wagga Wagga Queanbeyan South Public School kindergarten class In Jake the Peg in 'Tribute to Rolf Harris', Tributes, Queanbeyan School Education Area Sara Turner, Daniel Cotton and Zane Campbell In 'Samson', Reflection, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan Senior Hip-Hop Group In 'Black and Yellow', Colour, Legs Dance Studio, Canberra

14 Nominations

Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play

Aaron Grugan As Buckingham in Richard III, Griffith & Regional Association for the Performing Arts (GRAPA), Griffith Jim Adamik As Mr Paravicini in The Mousetrap, Queanbeyan City Council, Queanbeyan Lachlan Ruffy As Jay in Lost in Yonkers, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra Martyn Lloyd As Bernard in Seasons Greetings, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay Remy Graham As Major Major and Colonel Cathcart in Catch-22, NUTS, Canberra Sam Hannan-Morrow As Mr Bennett and Mr Collins in Pride and Prejudice, Canberra Repertory Society Timothy Cooke As Stanley Gardner in Run for your Wife, Cooma Little Theatre Tony Falla As Bob Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical

Anthony Rule As Marius in Les Miserables, Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour Dick Goldberg As Arlecchino in The Venetian Twins, Canberra Repertory Society Lachlan Ruffy As Gus the Theatre Cat in Cats, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Matthew Chardon O'Dea As Mary Sunshine in Chicago, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Nicholas Tarpey As Rod in Avenue Q, Orange Theatre Company Sam Fuda As Cosmo Brown in Singin' in the Rain, Orange Theatre Company Steven Bardwell As Wilbur in Hairspray, Canberra Philharmonic Society


Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Andrea Close As Theresa in The Memory of Water, Canberra Repertory Society Eliza Bell As Jane Bennett in Pride and Prejudice and as Catherine in The Memory of Water, Canberra Repertory Society Helen McFarlane As Mrs Bennett in Pride and Prejudice, Canberra Repertory Society Katie Donie As Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice, Canberra Repertory Society Megan Johns As Mayella Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird, Free-Rain Theatre Company Rosaleen Cox As Alice Tinker in The Vicar of Dibley, Albury Wodonga Theatre Company Sam Lloyd As Phyllis in Seasons Greetings, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay Best Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical

Gay Hilton As Vera Charles in Mame, Orange Theatre Company Hannah Garbo As Eponine in Les Miserables, Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour Hannah Ley As Velma Kelly in Chicago, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Jenny Lu As Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray, Canberra Philharmonic Society Madison Furner As Hodel in Fiddler On The Roof, Canberra Philharmonic Society Maigan Fowler As Jeanie in Hair, Queanbeyan City Council Stephanie Rodriguez As Cosette in Les Miserables, Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour

16 Nominations

Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play

Adam Fisher As Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple, Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour Bernie Maxwell As Richard in Richard III, Griffith & Regional Association for the Performing Arts (GRAPA) Brendan Byrne As Max in Lend Me a Tenor, John XXIII Dramatic Society, Canberra Colin Boldra As Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Jarrad West As Father Flynn in Doubt – a Parable, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra John Fraser As Frank in Travelling North, Spectrum Theatre Group, Merimbula Sean Flynn As Michael Novak in God of Carnage, NUTS, Canberra Tom Westland As Elwood P Dowd in Harvey, NUTS, Canberra Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical

Adrian Flor As Billy Flynn in Chicago, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Danny Condon As Bobby Child in Crazy for You, MoonGlow Productions, Wollongong David Smith As Nemorino in The Elixir of Love, Canberra Opera Workshop Josif Jovanovski As Jean Valjean in Les Miserables, Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour Max Gambale As Edna in Hairspray, Canberra Philharmonic Society and as Captain E J Smith in Titanic the Musical, Supa Productions, Canberra Pete Ricardo As Claude in Hair, Queanbeyan City Council


Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Bridgette Black As Bella in Lost in Yonkers, Canberra Repertory Society Hannah Wood As Veronica Novak in God of Carnage, NUTS, Canberra and as Maggie in Lend Me a Tenor, John XXIII Dramatic Society, Canberra Jenny Catterall As Chris in Calendar Girls, Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour Kiki Skountzos As The Velveteen Rabbit in The Velveteen Rabbit, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Lainie Hart As Mary in The Memory of Water, Canberra Repertory Society Naoné Carrel As Sister Aloysius in Doubt - a Parable, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical

Alexandra Norris As Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes, Burton and Garran Hall Players, Canberra Jenna Roberts As Roxie Hart in Chicago, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Jennifer Gray As Fantine in Les Miserables, Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour Krystle Innes As Tracy in Hairspray, Canberra Philharmonic Society Martina Selwood As Kate Monster in Avenue Q and as Kathy Selden in Singin' in the Rain, Orange Theatre Company Trish Aumuller As Mame in Mame, Orange Theatre Company Vanessa De Jager As Rosemary in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Phoenix Players, Canberra

18 Nominations

Best Choreographer

Amy Fitzpatrick and Nikole Sklavos Hairspray, Canberra Philharmonic Society Jordan Kelly Hair, Queanbeyan City Council Laura Pearce Cats, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Lisa Buckley Chicago, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Marnie Grogan, Catherine Litchfield and Madeleine Harley The Wizard Of Oz, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange Pauline Young Crazy for You, MoonGlow Productions, Wollongong Best Musical Director for a School or Youth Production

Amy Coad The Wizard Of Oz, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange Jesse Robertson Reflection, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan Melinda Hyland A Grimm Tale, Kooringal High School, Wagga Wagga Monica Waples Grimm Tales, Chevalier College, Bowral Naida Blackley Step into the Limelight 'Voyage', ACT Education and Training Directorate Ruth Ellevsen Grease, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts


Best Director of a School or Youth Play

Fran Curtis The Servant of Two Masters, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Joe Woodward and Desiree Bandle The Tempest, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra Karla Conway 4.48 Psychosis, Canberra Youth Theatre Kate Price Grimm Tales, Chevalier College, Bowral Nathan Storen Red, Canberra Grammar School Sharon McCutcheon and Geoff Perrem The Journey, Batemans Bay High School Sophie Benassi Steel Magnolias, Canberra Girls Grammar School Best Director of a School or Youth Musical

Alison Cronan Reflection, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan Catherine Litchfield The Wizard Of Oz, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange Mandy Bransgrove A Kidsummer Nights Dream, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral Romko Hordynsky Robbin' the Rich, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange Tony Lazzarato and Clare Fealy Seussical The Musical, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

20 Nominations

Best Musical Director

Aaron Kernaghan and Paul Hamilton Les Miserables, Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour Emily Carroll Mame, Orange Theatre Company Leisa Keen Cats, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Major Geoff Grey Hair, Queanbeyan City Council Peter Copeland Crazy for You, MoonGlow Productions, Wollongong Sharon Tree War of the Worlds, Supa Productions, Canberra Best Director of a Play

Bill Deveril Travelling North, Spectrum Theatre Group, Merimbula Duncan Ley Pride and Prejudice, Canberra Repertory Society Ed Wightman The Memory of Water, Canberra Repertory Society Martin Moore and Jean Ogilvie The Odd Couple, Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour Morgan Little Catch-22, NUTS, Canberra Ross McGregor Speaking in Tongues, Canberra Repertory Society Best Director of a Musical or Variety Show

Bruce Buchanan Mame, Orange Theatre Company Cate Clelland Cats, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra David Todd The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Livid Productions, Albury Jarrad West Hairspray, Canberra Philharmonic Society Joseph Thomsen You Can't Stop the 80s Beat, Albury Wodonga Theatre Company Wendy Glover Crazy for You, MoonGlow Productions, Wollongong


Best Production of a School or Youth Musical

A Kidsummer Nights Dream Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral Grease Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Peter Pan Brindabella Christian College, Canberra Robbin' the Rich Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange Seussical The Musical St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra The Wizard Of Oz Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange Best Production of a School or Youth Play

Grimm Tales Chevalier College, Bowral Red Canberra Grammar School Steel Magnolias Canberra Girls Grammar School Stories in the Dark Hawker College, Canberra The Journey Batemans Bay High School The Servant of Two Masters Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts The Tempest Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

22 Nominations

Best Production of a Variety Show

Dancing With the Cooma Stars Monaro Committee for Cancer Research, Cooma Fundraiser for Baby Allie Miss Kitka's House of Burlesque, Canberra Jungle Fever Miss Kitka's House of Burlesque, Canberra Reflection Karabar High School, Queanbeyan Wagga Wagga Takes Two SFP Productions, Wagga Wagga Wizard of Cabonne Molong Players You Can't Stop the 80s Beat Albury Wodonga Theatre Company Best Production of a Play

Catch-22 NUTS, Canberra Doubt – a Parable Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Lend Me a Tenor John XXIII Dramatic Society, Canberra Pride and Prejudice Canberra Repertory Society Speaking in Tongues Canberra Repertory Society The Memory of Water Canberra Repertory Society The Odd Couple Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour Travelling North Spectrum Theatre Group, Merimbula


Best Production of a Musical

Cats Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Chicago Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra Crazy for You MoonGlow Productions, Wollongong Hair Queanbeyan City Council Les Miserables Roo Theatre Company, Shellharbour War of the Worlds Supa Productions, Canberra Best Contribution (on or off stage) by a Senior

Angie Mason Costumes, Orange Theatre Company Gay Hilton Performance, Cowra and Orange, NSW Jack Helmore Direction, Batemans Bay Liz Bradley Performance and direction, Canberra and Queanbean Phil Perman Performance, Canberra and Queanbeyan Wayne Shepherd Performance and set design, Canberra

24 Nominations

In the Spirit of the Community Award

SFP Productions, Wagga Wagga For raising $193,000 for local charities over two nights with Wagga Wagga Takes Two Batemans Bay High School Influencing the school learning culture through involvement of entire school in site-specific theatre with The Journey Queanbeyan School Education Area Fostering development of performing arts in schools in regional areas of NSW, with Tributes Merici College, Canberra Introducing musical theatre to performing arts at Merici, with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Monaro Committee for Cancer Research, Cooma Raising $136,000 for cancer research with Dancing With the Cooma Stars ACT Scouts Association Supporting the development and challenging young people through the performing arts with Get Lost – Gang Show 2012 ActewAGL Gold CAT Award

Will be announced at the Gala Awards Night

Rules and definitions Only amateur and pro–am productions will be considered. Any notable achievement can be nominated for an award – regardless of the professional status of the personnel involved. Young people performing children’s roles in non-youth productionsare considered for awards in youth performance categories. Adults appearing in a school or youth production are eligible for awards in the open categories, not the youth categories. The judges will usually make a maximum of six nominations and one Award in each category. However if the standard is particularly high in some categories we may make more than six nominations, and may make joint Awards. Judges who are actively involved in productions are not eligible for awards. However other aspects of such productions are eligible for consideration. Judges take no part in discussions on shows in which they are involved

And a special thank-you to Sarah Byrne

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2012 - CAT Awards · 2017-03-14 · 2012 Canberra Area Theatre Awards 1 Judges’ Choice Awards This year we have introduced a new type of award – the Judges' Choice Awards. Each