DramaFest and Finley Awards 2019

The Koorliny Arts Centre was the big winner of the 45^th annual Robert Finley Awards held at Perth’s State Theatre Centre on January 18, taking out six categories including Best Musical for The Boy From Oz (pictured left).

The awards are run by the Independent Theatre Association, with judges travelling around  Western Australia to adjudicate on community independent and school theatre.

Two of the adjudicators Kent Acott and Lyn Hutcheon were honoured with life membership.

The Koorliny Arts Centre picked up four awards for their production of The Boy From Oz, and awards for productions of Driving Miss Daisy and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. 

The suburban theatre venue runs a successful in-house season of community theatre.

Another big winner on the night was Playlovers.

The company picked up four awards including best play for their season of August: Osage County (pictured below).

FINLEY AWARDS 2019 

Brenda Stanley Award - Best Costumes in a Play

Present Laughter -  Old Mill Theatre 

Terry McAuley Award - Best Costumes in a Musical

Kinky Boots -Wanneroo Repertory 

Hywell Williams Award -Technical Achievement 

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - Koorliny Arts Centre 

David Crewes Award - Best Set in a Play

August: Osage County - Playlovers 

Kevan Hook Award - Best Set in a Musical

Kinky Boots - Wanneroo Repertory 

The Elizabeth Crewes Award - Front of House

Popcorn - Garrick Theatre

Best Supporting Actor in a Play

Tim Presant, Popcorn, Garrick Theatre 

Best Supporting Actress in a Play

Susan Lynch, Sense and Sensibility, Old Mill Theatre 

Best Actor in a Play

Judd Milner, Merchant of Venice, GRADS 

Best Actress in a Play

Chandra Wyatt, August: Osage County, Playlovers 

Yvonne Hough Neilson Adjudicators’ Award

Myles Wright - musical creativity in August: Osage County and Glass Menagerie 

Brian Maddocks Award - Best Youth in a Play

Jacob Miles, The Man Who Was Peter Pan, Old Mill Theatre 

Veronica Overton Low Award - Best Youth in a Musical

Patrick O’Donoghue, Fiddler on the Roof Jr, Bel Canto Performing Arts 

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

Thomas Dimmick, Les Misérables, Darlington Theatre Players 

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical

Marli van der Bijl, Les Misérables, Darlington Theatre Players

Best Actor in a Musical

Manuao TeAotonga, Kinky Boots, Wanneroo Repertory 

Best Actress in a Musical

Gorgia McGivern, Oliver! Laughing Horse Productions 

Terry Hackett Award - Best Ensemble

Picnic At Hanging Rock, Darlington Theatre Players 

Yvonne Lynch Breakthrough Award

Erik Bibaeff, Driving Miss Daisy, Koorliny Arts Centre 

Sheila Buchanan Achievement Award

Primadonna Productions 

Best Choreographer

Allen Blachford, The Boy from Oz, Koorliny Arts Centre 

Best Musical Director

Taui Pinker, The Boy from Oz, Koorliny Arts Centre 

Mary Webb Award - Best Director of a Musical

Brad Tudor, The Boy from Oz, Koorliny Arts Centre 

Susan Hayward Award - Best Director of a Play

Barry Park, August: Osage County, Playlovers 

Ailsa Travers Award - Best Youth Production

Fiddler On The RoofJr, Bel Canto Performing Arts 

Third Placed Play

Popcorn, Garrick Theatre

Second Placed Play

Six Dance Lessons, In Six Weeks – Melville Theatre Company

The Robert Finley Award for Best Play

August: Osage County, Playlovers 

Third Placed Musical

Les Misérables, Darlington Theatre Players

Second Placed Musical

Kinky Boots - Wanneroo Repertory

The Robert Finley Award for Best Musical

The Boy From Oz, Koorliny Arts Centre

DRAMAFEST 2019

Peter Kemeny Encouragement Award

Performing Arts Association of Notre Dame Aust 

Jenny McNae Adjudicators Award

Ursula Johnson 

Beryl Silvester Award - Best New Writing

James Forte - At Ten The Time Will Be, Darlington Theatre Players 

Peter Mann Award-Best Costumes

Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - Darlington Theatre Players 

Best Supporting Actress

Audrey Poor- Between Mouthfuls, PAANDA 

Best Supporting Actor

Elias Cuzens- The Greening of Grace, Stirling Players 

Best Actress

Natalie Burbage -Kinetics, Bobblehead Nanna Productions 

Best Actor

Matthew Manning - Kinetics, Bobblehead Nanna Productions 

Rob De Vaack Award-Most Innovative Production

At Ten The Time Will Be - Darlington Theatre Players 

Dorothy Barber Award - Best Overall Production DRAMAFEST

Kinetics, Bobblehead Nanna Productions 

Mike Binns Award - Best Director DRAMAFEST

Kim Angus, Kinetics, BobbleHead Nanna Productions 

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