2006 Finley Awards - The Winners

Greetings All...
I have had several requests for the list on who won what at the recent ITA Finley Awards ceremony. Please note that I am no longer the 'official' publicist for the ITA, however on occasions the ITA do ask me to work on certain projects (including the Finleys)... I was all set to post the results up, however the efficient Kerri Hilton had posted the results in a reply to a thread.
So after several requests, here you are:

Best Actor:
Winner: Scott Sheridan – Midsummer Nights Dream - GRADS
Nominees:
Peter Clark – Judas Kiss – Playlovers
Chris Jukes – Round and Round the Garden – Old Mill Theatre
Scott Sheridan – Midsummer Nights Dream – GRADS

Best Actress:
Winner: Alex Desebrook – Midsummer Nights Dream - GRADS
Nominees:
Alex Desebrook – Midsummer Nights Dream – GRADS
Sue Darge – Dinner – Playlovers
Julia Dalby – Midsummer Nights Dream – GRADS

Best other than lead Male:
Winner: Michael Balmer – Judas Kiss - Playlovers
Nominees:
George McCabe – Judas Kiss – Playlovers
Rodney Vermeij- Cemetery Club – Marloo
Nick Donald – Insignificance – Garrick

Best Set:
Winner: Judas Kiss - Playlovers
Nominees:
Cemetery Club – Marloo
The Spiders Web – Old Mill theatre
Teahouse of the August Moon – Roleystone Theatre
A Month of Sundays – Harbour Theatre
Judas Kiss – Playlovers

Best Director:
Winners:  James Hough Neilson – Judas Kiss – Playlovers
and Stephen Lee – Midsummer Nights Dream - GRADS
Nominees:
Stephen Lee – Midsummer Nights Dream – GRADS
Dean Schulze – Dinner – Playlovers
Claudette Ridout- Month of Sundays - Harbour
James Hough Neilson- Judas Kiss – Playlovers

Best Costumes:
Winner: Judas Kiss - Playlovers
Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland – Kwinana Theatre Workshop
Seussical – Playlovers
Judas Kiss – Playlovers

Best Musical Theatre Performer – Male
Winner: Alex McLennan – Seussical – Playlovers

Elizabeth Crewes Award – Front of House: 
Stirling Players

Sheila Buchanan Award: 
Roleystone Theatre – Consistent Innovation in Set Design and Construction


Adjudicators Certificates:
- For Technical Wizardry Within a Play  - “Cash on Delivery” – Garrick Theatre
- For Technical Effort in Lighting and Sound – “The Diary of Frank Annie” – Phoenix Theatre
- For Attention to Period Detail – “The Cemetary Club” – Darlington Theatre Players
- For Innovative Staging of a Production – “Dinner” – Playlovers Inc.
- For Sensitive Direction in a Production – Claudette Ridout – “A Month of Sundays” – Harbour Theatre
- For Impressive and Innovative Visual Spectacle – Stephen Lee – “Midsummer Nights Dream” - GRADS

Top Five Musicals of 2006 (in no particular order)
“Class of 77” – Roleystone Theatre
“Everything Must Go” – Playlovers Inc.
“Oliver” – Darlington Theatre Players
“South Pacific” – Old Mill Theatre
“Seussical” – Playlovers Inc.

Thanks for posting these Melz - although it's the third copy now.

;-) 

Members with contributor and editor access will note there is an "outline" tab above many items. This means you can incorporate the item within "books" on the site. You'll notice that I've used the outline feature to add note 2006 Finley result listings to a Finley section in the FAQ.

The race is on now: who will be the first to dig up the results from previous years and add them to this section?

:-) 

Regards
Grant 

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