Presentations for the winners of the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria's 27th Annual Bruce Awards were held on December 14, 2013 at Wendouree Centre for Performing Arts, Ballarat.

The big winner was Footlight Productions' Les Misérables, taking out a total of six Bruce Awards including Best Production and Best Director. The OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club) production of The Music Man was recognized with awards in four categories, while CLOC’s  production of The Phantom of the Opera received two awards recognizing Technical and Design achievements.

Open Section Winners:

Production of the Year (Bruce McBrien Award)

Les Misérables, Footlight Productions

Direction (Vin Foster Award)

Christopher Parker, Les Misérables, Footlight Productions

Musical Direction

Ben Hudson, The Music Man, OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club)

Choreography (Marie Cumisky Award)

Venessa Paech, The Wedding Singer, CenterStage Geelong

Settings (Grahame Murphy Award)

Andrew Bellchambers, Les Misérables, Footlight Productions

Wardrobe (Hazel Rodgers Award)

Ros Turnley, The Music Man, OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club)

Lighting

Shane Haugh, Les Miserables, Footlight Productions

Technical Achievement (Nigel Wallace Award)

The Phantom of the Opera, CLOC Musical Theatre

Male Performer in a Leading Role (Harold Burrows Award)

James Cutler, Harold Hill, The Music Man, OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club)

Female Performer in a Leading Role (Doreen Burrows Award)

Jaclyn De Vincentis, Rose Hovick, Gypsy, NOVA Music Theatre

Male Performer in a Supporting Role (Rob Constable Award)

Zoy Frangos, Enjolras, Les Misérables, Footlight Productions

Female Performer in a Supporting Role

Darylin Ramondo, Madame Thenardier, Les Misérables, Footlight Productions

Junior Performer in an Open Production

Quinn Cameron, Annie, Annie, Babirra Music Theatre

First Performance in a Featured Role (Gladys Moncrieff Award)

Alex Kangur, Tracy Turnblad, Hairspray, CPAC (Cardinia Performing Arts Company)

Dancer’s Award (Tony McShanagh Award)

Eliza Mignot, Louise Bigelow, Carousel, Babirra Music Theatre

Cameo Performance

Zak Marrinan, General Schmitz, Seussical the Musical, Old Carey Performing Arts Club

Ensemble Performance

The Quartet (Geordie Worland/Tom Goodwin/Chris Handley/Damien Calvert), The Music Man, OSMaD (Old Scotch Music and Drama Club)

Design Award (Peter Blizzard-Allen Award)

Brenton Staples, lake scene, The Phantom of the Opera, CLOC Musical Theatre

Concert/Revue Performance

Tribute: A Rock Legends Revue, Altona City Theatre Variety High, PEP Productions

Special Awards

Musicians Award– Claire O’Brien

MTGV Special Award– Graeme Cope

Edith Harrhy Award- Lyn and Jim Muller

There were 68 Open Section Productions in 2013.

Junior Section Winners

Full list of nominees

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