THE nominations for the 2014 Canberra Area Theatre Awards, the “CATS” were announced this evening at a snazzy dinner held in the Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre.

According to the founder of the awards, Coralie Wood, this was a particularly strong year for non-professional theatre throughout the wider Canberra region.

The nominations, nearly 250 of them this year for awards in 42 separate sections, extend well outside the ACT as far as Orange, Batemans Bay, Molong and south to Albury.

The winner of the top ACTEWAGL Gold Cat Award will be announced at the gala awards night to be held in Llewellyn hall on February 21 2015, bookings to ticktek.com.au

The full list of nominees is below:

BEST SET DESIGNER FOR A PLAY

Adam Lindberg

The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Oxley College, Bowral

Andrew Kay

Blithe Spirit, Canberra Repertory Society

Don Ezard

The Importance of Being Earnest, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

Gowrie Varma and Ellie Greenwood

One Flea Spare, NUTS, Canberra

Ian Croker

Equus, Canberra Repertory Society

Michael Sparks

Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society, Canber

BEST SET DESIGNER FOR A MUSICAL

Brian Sudding

Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

Don Hillam and Heath Neville

The Wiz, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Mark Bell

Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company, Orange

Matt Burgess

Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Romko Hordynsky

Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

Steve Walsh

Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Wayne Shepherd

Seussical The Musical, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER FOR A PLAY

Anna Senior

Blithe Spirit, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra

Emma Sekuless

Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra

Gowrie Varma, Ellie Greenwood and Amanda Vincent

One Flea Spare, NUTS, Canberra

Helen Drum

Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society, Canberra

Linda Rose-James

The Importance of Being Earnest, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER FOR A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW

Belinda McGrath     

The Pirates of Penzance, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society

Fiona Leach

Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Miriam Miley-Read

Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

The costume team

Oz the Great and Powerful, Kim Harvey School of Dance, Canberra

Sam Lloyd

Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Suzan Cooper

La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

The “Legs” teachers

Movies Musicals and Legends, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Aileen Priest

Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

Angela Mason

Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Catherine Phillpott

The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Wollongong

Jenny Light

The Addams Family, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

Jo Dennis

Motley Hue, Wagga Wagga High School

Jo Howard

The Little Mermaid, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Linda Rose-James

Willow Blues, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral

Lydia McNamara

The Little Mermaid, Shooting Star Talent, Wagga Wagga

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Adam Boon

Seussical The Musical, Livid Productions, Albury

Adam Loughlin, Andrew Banovich and Lachlan O’Dea

The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Blake Thomas and Peter Telford

Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Eric Renno and John Matkovic

The Wiz, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Hamish McConchie

Forbidden Broadway, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

and

Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

Phil Goodwin

La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Aaron Grugan

Incidental musical arrangements, King Lear, Griffith & Regional Association for the Performing Arts, (GRAPA)

Claire Mackey

Hair and makeup, The Addams Family, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

Coleman Grehan

Sound design and soundscape, Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?, Canberra Youth Theatre

Jo Howard

Portrait painting and scenic design, The Taming of the Shrew, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Kavita Jogia and Emma Spencer

Make-up, The Little Mermaid, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Russell Brown

Design and construction of the tortoise and the furniture, Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society

and

Ghostly manifestations, Blithe Spirit, Canberra Repertory Society

Maria Stewart

Stage management, Step into the Limelight: Signs, ACT Education and Training Directorate, Canberra

JOHN THOMSON MAGIC MOMENT OF THEATRE

The ghost scene

Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

The dwarves

Gundaroo Public School, Rewind, Queanbeyan School Education Area Arts Festival

Jack Worthing attacking Algernon with a lily in Act II

The Importance of Being Earnest, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

Paper boys selling programs in foyer

Chicago, Orange Theatre Company

The shrinking witch

The Wizard Of Oz, Brindabella Christian College, Canberra

The reveal of the Rokitelly Man

The Rokitelly Man, Ickle Pickle Productions and Dramatic Productions, Canberra

‘Thing’ collecting the tickets at the box office

The Addams Family, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

BEST ORIGINAL WORK

Andrew Hackwill

Music, The Rokitelly Man, Ickle Pickle Productions and Dramatic Productions, Canberra

Kate Vigo

Songwriting, Heroes, The Other Theatre Company, Albury

Kirsty Budding

Script for ‘Teach Me to Care’ in Nothing is Sacred

and

The Fairytale Channel, Budding Theatre, Canberra

Lara Dodds-Eden

Original music, The Fairytale Channel, Budding Theatre, Canberra

The script-writing team

Original script and lyrics, Caecal Weapon 2: The Rise of Salmonella, ANU Med Revue, Canberra

BEST ORIGINAL WORK FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Angus Lamb and Chloe Harpley

Original script, Motley Hue, Wagga Wagga High School

John Batterham

Original libretto and music, Moonflower, Lyneham High School, Canberra

Oliver Levi-Malouf

Original music and soundscape, The Taming of the Shrew, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Rhys Coles

Music and lyrics, ‘Tell me a lie’, Step into the Limelight: Signs, ACT Education and Training Directorate

Romko Hordynsky

Script, lyrics and music, Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

Year 11 Music 2 students

Original music, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A PLAY

The cast

Cosi, John XXIII Dramatic Society, Canberra

The cast

Heroes, The Other Theatre Company, Albury

The cast

One Flea Spare, NUTS, Canberra

The chorus of campers

Away, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre

The Greek Chorus

How I Learned to Drive, NUTS, Canberra

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL

Charlie Hartwright and Thomas Rapp

As Zhong and Feng, Willow Blues, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral

Les Cagelles

La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Louiza Blomfield, Kelly Roberts and Vanessa de Jager

As Alex, Jane and Sukie, The Witches of Eastwick, Supa Productions, Canberra

Luc Nelson and Niamh McPhee

As Featherby and Winchester, Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

The cast and pianist

Rude, Crude and Musical, Newstar Theatrical, Wollongong

The cheerleaders

High School Musical, The Illawarra Youth Arts Project, Wollongong

The ensemble

Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

Vanessa de Jager, Laura Dawson and Kirrah Amosa

As Margot, Serena and Pilar, Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, CanberraBEST ORCHESTRA FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Seussical The Musical

Trinity Christian School, Canberra

Seussical The Musical

Orange Theatre Company

The Pirates of Penzance

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

The Power

Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

The Wedding Singer

Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange

The Wiz

Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Step into the Limelight: Signs

Senior Concert Band, ACT Education and Training Directorate

BEST ORCHESTRA

Chicago

Orange Theatre Company

La Cage aux Folles

Supa Productions, Canberra

Legally Blonde

Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Legally Blonde

MoonGlow Productions, Wollongong

Shout! The Legend of the Wild One

Dubbo Theatre Company, Dubbo

Sunset Boulevard

Queanbeyan City Council, Queanbeyan

The Witches of Eastwick

Supa Productions, Canberra

PATRICIA KELSON ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD

Craig Drayton

Jenkins, The Butler Did It, Cowra Musical and Dramatic Society

Harley Drake

Gomez, The Addams Family, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

Jim Kretschmer

Eden Dance Academy Concert, Eden Dance Academy, Queanbeyan

Lachlan Roberts

The Drunk in the Park, Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

Madeline Hans

Mabel, The Pirates of Penzance, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society

Matthew Bradley

Percussionist, The Power, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

Mia Cachia

Movies Musicals and Legends, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

Nathalie Cerritelli

Script, Love Me for Me, Canberra High School

Nick Anyos

Directing, The Witches, Child Players ACT, Canberra

Zac Medved

Oz the Great and Powerful, Kim Harvey School of Dance, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Andrew McGregor

As Howard in Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Christopher Brookhouse

As Paul in Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Jacob Sgouros

As Horace in School for Wives, Chevalier College, Bowral

Luther Canute

As Laughter in The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Oxley College, Bowral

Nelson Bowler

As Bottom/Pyramus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Nick Watson

As Bruno in The Witches, Child Players ACT, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Joey Thomas

As George in The Wedding Singer, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange

Nelson Bowler

As Sergeant of Police in The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Nick Chenery

As The Moonflower in Moonflower, Lyneham High School, Canberra

Pippin Carroll

As Sebastian in The Little Mermaid, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

William Pankhurst

As The Mayor in Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Zachary Vella

As Chang in Willow Blues, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Gina Morrison

As Trania in The Taming of the Shrew, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Holly Ross

As Erica’s Mum in Hating Alison Ashley, Merici College, Canberra

Melissa Nuttall

As Ethel in Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Mikayla Lewis

As Rosalind Hay in Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Sophie McGregor

As Old Woman in School for Wives, Chevalier College, Bowral

Zoe Binder

As Nurse 3 in The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Oxley College, Bowral

Zoe Swan

As Grandmother in The Witches, Child Players ACT, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Annie Kruger

As Scarecrow in The Wizard Of Oz, Brindabella Christian College, Canberra

Belle Nicol

As Smitty in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Billie Miles

As Ariel in Return to the Forbidden Planet, St Edmund’s College, Canberra

Courtney White

As Wednesday in The Addams Family, St Mary MacKillop College, Canberra

Giorgia De Paoli

As Addaperle in The Wiz, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Janae Rosa

As Evilene in The Wiz, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Meaghan Stewart

As Ursula in The Little Mermaid, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Olivia Pannell

As Taylor in High School Musical, The Illawarra Youth Arts Project, Wollongong

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Daniel Stevenson

As George Hay in Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Jack Mahon

As Hubert in It Runs in the Family, Marist College, Canberra

Jamie Boyd

As Boy in The Witches, Child Players ACT, Canberra

Lachlan Norton

As Arnolphe in School for Wives, Chevalier College, Bowral

Pippin Carroll

As Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Belle Nicol

As Charlotte Hay in Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Daisy O’Malley Welby

As Erica Yurken in Hating Alison Ashley, Merici College, Canberra

Emma Bailey

As Narrator in The Witches, Child Players ACT, Canberra

Natalie Whalley

As Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Olivia Hewson

As Kira Kelly in Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?, Canberra Youth Theatre

Shayd Flegg

As Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Andrew McGregor

As JP Finch in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

Beau Campbell

As Horton the Elephant in Seussical The Musical, Trinity Christian School, Canberra

Dominic Howard

As Doctor Ivory in Motley Hue, Wagga Wagga High School

Jack Dodds

As The Cat in the Hat in Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company, Orange

Jeremy Boulton

As Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Joshua Cheney

As Robbie Hart in The Wedding Singer, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange

William Rawson

As Crondike in Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Alice Litchfield

As Julia Sullivan in The Wedding Singer, Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange

Annalivia Keaveny

As Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Carly Wilson

As The Cat in the Hat in Seussical The Musical, Trinity Christian School, Canberra

Emma Gaston

As Ariel in The Little Mermaid, BYTEsized Productions, Albury Wodonga

Hannah Minto

As Serena in Fame, Gungahlin College, Canberra

Isabella Tinsley

As Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Shooting Star Talent, Wagga Wagga

Kashmira Mohamed Zagor

As Abani in Moonflower, Lyneham High School, Canberra

Meg McCallum

As Annie in Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Michelle Lindsay

As Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Zara McCann

As Ariel in The Little Mermaid, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

BEST VARIETY PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE

Geri Brown

As Ringmaster in The Molong Rouge, Molong Players

Justine Hogan and Michael Whittington

‘You are So Beautiful To Me’ in Wagga Wagga Takes Two, SFP Productions, Wagga Wagga

Karabah High School

‘Good Morning Vietnam’ in Rewind, Queanbeyan School Education Area Arts Festival

and

‘Earth Song’ in The Power, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

ANU Med Revue

‘Hello I am a med student’ in Caecal Weapon 2: The Rise of Salmonella

ACT Education and Training Directorate

The Tongans in Step into the Limelight: Signs

BEST DANCE PERFORMANCE BY AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENSEMBLE

Elliott Dunn

Oz the Great and Powerful, Kim Harvey School of Dance, Canberra

Olivia Hendry

As Theodora in Oz the Great and Powerful, Kim Harvey School of Dance, Canberra

Robbie Lawrence

Movies Musicals and Legends, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

Senior and Advanced Senior Hip-hop team

‘Dangerous’, Movies Musicals and Legends, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

Senior Dance Ensemble

‘Speeches that changed the world’, Rewind, Queanbeyan School Education Area Arts Festival

Senior National Team

‘They don’t care about us’, Movies Musicals and Legends, “Legs” Dance, Canberra

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Bob Cole

As Dad in Caught in the Net, Cooma Little Theatre

Colin Milner

As Ezra Chater in Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society

Daniel Costello

As King Ludwig in Summer Wonderland, Milton Follies, Milton

Dylan Van Den Berg

As Leo in In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, NUTS, Canberra

Ian Croker

As Frank Strang in Equus, Canberra Repertory Society

Jim Adamik

As Bill Fordham in August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Michael Sparks

As Charlie Aiken in August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Michael Turczynski

As Manuel in Fawlty Towers, On 4 Young and Old, Burradoo

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

AJ Proudford

As Not Dead Fred and Prince Herbert in Spamalot, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Brian Kavanagh

As Callahan in Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Dooley Thompson

As Sergeant of Police in The Pirates of Penzance, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society

Fraser Findlay

As Jacob in La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Jay Post

As Rooster in Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Matthew Sykes

As French Taunter, Herbert’s Father and the Black Knight in Spamalot, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Stuart Morgan

As Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid, Shooting Star Talent, Wagga Wagga

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Amy Dearden

As Annelle in Steel Magnolias, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society

Amy Dunham

As Annelle in Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society

Andrea Close

As Barbara Fordham in August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Antonella Salvestro

As Coral in Away, Wagga Wagga Civic Theatre

Brigid Gregg

As Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

Cara Irvine

In ‘Teach Me to Care’ and ‘For the Love of My Country’ in Nothing is Sacred

and

as The Evil Queen in The Fairytale Channel, Budding Theatre, Canberra

Hannah Ley

As Madame Defarge, Mr Stryver and others in A Tale of Two Cities, Queanbeyan City Council

Helen McFarlane

As Lady Croom in Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society

Liz Bradley

As Mattie Fay Aiken in August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

and

as Clairee in Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Eliza Shephard

As Patsy in Spamalot, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Jacinta Bentley

As Marmee March in Little Women the Musical, The Carrington Players, Bathurst

Jenna Roberts

As Paulette in Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Judith Colquhoun

As Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music, Queanbeyan Players

Krystle Innes

As A Messenger in L’Orfeo, ANU School of Music, Canberra

Narell Murdoch

As Miss Hannigan in Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Tamina Koehne-Drube

As Anne in La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Vanessa de Jager

As Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Benjamin Hardy

As Alan Strang in Equus, Canberra Repertory Society

Bernie Maxwell

As Lear in King Lear, Griffith & Regional Association for the Performing Arts (GRAPA), Griffith

David Preston

As Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

Dylan Van Den Berg

As Uncle Peck in How I Learned to Drive, NUTS, Canberra

Matthew Barton

As Septimus Hodge in Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society

Nigel Griffiths

As John Smith in Caught in the Net, Cooma Little Theatre

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Allyn Smith

As Johnny O’Keefe in Shout! The Legend of the Wild One, Dubbo Theatre Company

Barry Patterson

As Billy Flynn in Chicago, Orange Theatre Company

Ben O’Reilly

As Albin/Zaza in La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Daniel Wells

As Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

James Whalan

As Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society

Jarrad West

As Georges in La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Josh Hayward

As Man in Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone, Mudgee Performing Arts Society

Matt Burgess

As Daddy Warbucks in Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Amelia Green

As Thomasina Coverly in Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society

Emma Wood

As Ruth Condomine in Blithe Spirit, Canberra Repertory Society

Evie Hall

As Mrs Givings in In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, NUTS, Canberra

Karen Vickery

As Violet Weston in August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

and

as M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society

Lainie Hart

As Olivia in Twelfth Night, Canberra Repertory Society

Lauren Atkin

As Li’l Bit in How I Learned to Drive, NUTS, Canberra

Liberty Thirsk

As Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest, Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Bronwyn Sullivan

As Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

Cassandra Pudney

As Gertrude McFuzz in Seussical The Musical, Livid Productions, Albury

Halimah Kyrgios

In Forbidden Broadway, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Jasmin Hyde

As Roxy Hart in Chicago, Orange Theatre Company

Jo Gibb

As Marianne in Shout! The Legend of the Wild One, Dubbo Theatre Company

Mikayla Williams

As Elle in Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Olivia Fisher

As Jo March in Little Women the Musical, The Carrington Players, Bathurst

Tanya Boyle

As Elle in Legally Blonde, MoonGlow Productions, Wollongong

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER FOR A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW

Ben Purser

Spamalot, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Ellie Colvin and Jessica Dunn

The Little Mermaid, Shooting Star Talent, Wagga Wagga

Jamie Kaye

Chicago, Orange Theatre Company

Jasmin Brun-Hyde

Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Kathryn Fisher

Motley Hue, Wagga Wagga High School

Michelle Heine

Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Rosanna Goderie

The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Alison Cronan

The Power, Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

Alison Evans

Seussical The Musical, Trinity Christian School, Canberra

Emily Carroll

Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Matthew Segrave

The Wiz, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Ruth Ellevsen

The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

BEST DIRECTOR OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY

Emily Tutin

Moon Over Buffalo, Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra   

Nicola Tyndale-Biscoe

‘Girl’s Like That’, Studio Underground, Canberra Youth Theatre

Phil Cunich

The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Oxley College, Bowral

Tamzin Nugent

Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?, Canberra Youth Theatre

BEST DIRECTOR OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL

Don Hillam

The Wiz, Marian Catholic College, Griffith

Emily Carroll and Rebecca Brown

Seussical The Musical, Orange Theatre Company

Janet Cunningham

The Pirates of Penzance, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Lucy Smith

The Little Mermaid, Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

Mandy Bransgrove

Willow Blues, Southern Highlands Youth Arts Council (SHYAC), Bowral

Romko Hordynsky

Ghost of a Chance, Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Amy Coad

Chicago, Orange Theatre Company

David Wall

Wagga Wagga Takes Two, SFP Productions, Wagga Wagga

Nicholas Griffin

Forbidden Broadway

and

Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Rose Shorney

La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Sharon Tree

Sunset Boulevard, Queanbeyan City Council

BEST DIRECTOR OF A PLAY

Aarne Neeme

Arcadia, Canberra Repertory Society

Cate Clelland

August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Gowrie Varma and Ellie Greenwood

One Flea Spare, NUTS, Canberra

Jordan Best

Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society

Karen Vickery

‘All in the Timing’, Studio Underground, Canberra Youth Theatre

Nikita Waldron

Cosi, John XXIII Dramatic Society, Canberra

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW

Candy Burgess

Annie, Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Derek Walker

Legally Blonde, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Garrick Smith

La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

Juran Jones

Rude, Crude and Musical, Newstar Theatrical, Wollongong

Milly Cooper

Spamalot, ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Wayne Shepherd

Seussical The Musical, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra

BEST DANCE PRODUCTION

Eden Dance Academy Concert

Eden Dance Academy, Queanbeyan

Movies Musicals and Legends

“Legs” Dance, Canberra

Oz the Great and Powerful

Kim Harvey School of Dance, Canberra

BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL

Ghost of a Chance

Kinross Wolaroi School Preparatory School, Orange

Motley Hue

Wagga Wagga High School

Seussical The Musical

Orange Theatre Company

The Little Mermaid

Daramalan Theatre Company, Canberra

The Little Mermaid

Shooting Star Talent, Wagga Wagga

The Pirates of Penzance

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

The Wedding Singer

Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange

The Wiz

Marian Catholic College, Griffith

BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY

It Runs in the Family

Marist College, Canberra

Moon Over Buffalo

Lake Tuggeranong College, Canberra

The Wonderful World of Dissocia

Oxley College, Bowral

Where in the World is Frank Sparrow?

Canberra Youth Theatre

Girl’s Like That

Studio Underground, Canberra Youth Theatre, Canberra

BEST PRODUCTION OF A VARIETY SHOW

Caecal Weapon 2: The Rise of Salmonella

ANU Med Revue, Canberra

Nothing is Sacred

Budding Theatre, Canberra

Rewind

Queanbeyan School Education Area Arts Festival

Rude, Crude and Musical

Newstar Theatrical, Wollongong

The Molong Rouge

Molong Players

The Power

Karabar High School, Queanbeyan

BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY

August Osage County

Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Blithe Spirit

Canberra Repertory Society

Cosi

John XXIII Dramatic Society, Canberra

How I Learned to Drive

NUTS, Canberra

Steel Magnolias

Canberra Repertory Society

The Importance of Being Earnest

Pigs Fly Productions, Bowral

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

Annie

Bay Theatre Players, Batemans Bay

Chicago

Orange Theatre Company

Forbidden Broadway

Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

La Cage aux Folles

Supa Productions, Canberra

Legally Blonde

Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Spamalot

ANU Interhall Productions, Canberra

Sunset Boulevard

Queanbeyan City Council

BEST CONTRIBUTION (ON OR OFF STAGE) BY A SENIOR

Angela Mason

Seussical The Musical

and

Chicago, Orange Theatre Company

Barbara Denham

La Cage aux Folles, Supa Productions, Canberra

and

A Tale of Two Cities, Queanbeyan City Council

Jim and Joyce Brindle

Caught in the Net, Cooma Little Theatre

Liz Bradley

Steel Magnolias, Canberra Repertory Society

and

August Osage County, Free-Rain Theatre Company, Canberra

Phil Birch-Marston

Nothing is Sacred, Budding Theatre, Canberra

Wayne Shepherd

Seussical The Musical, Ickle Pickle Productions, Canberra

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY AWARD

On 4 Young and Old, Burradoo

Fawlty Towers
For donating proceeds to local charities BDCU Children’s Foundation, Can Assist and Batyr

The Other Theatre Company, Albury

Heroes
For highlighting men’s physical and mental health issues

Spectrum Theatre Group, Merimbula

For providing community theatre for 40 years and for donating money towards construction of a new theatre in Merimbula

Kaleidoscope Productions, Queanbeyan

Job Pilgrim
For donating proceeds to Home in Queanbeyan, providing accommodation for men and women with enduring mental illness who are at risk of homelessness

The Illawarra Youth Arts Project

High School Musical
For providing a supportive and caring environment for young people in the Illawarra that encourages participation in all areas of the creative arts