DramaFest 2011 Starts tonight!!!

The Dorothy Barber Memorial Award for Best Overall Production: The Shoemaker's Daughter, Blak Yak The Mike Binns Award for Best Director: Jodie Hansen - The Most Massive Woman Wins, Melville Theatre The Peter Kemeny Encouragement Award: Carmen Miles - The Tell-Tale Heart, KADS The Beryl Sylvester Award for New Writing: Jessica Messenger - The Shoemaker's Daughter, Blak Yak The Rob DeVaack Award for Most Innovative Production: Half of What You Were, SPY The Jenny McNae Adjudicator's Award: The cast of Profound Moments, Phoenix Theatre The Peter Mann Costume Award: Leftovers, KTW Best Actor: Phil Barnett - MissPerth23., Blak Yak Best Actress: Katie Cameron - MissPerth23., Blak Yak Best Supporting Actor: Brian Dennison - Stay Carl Stay, Irish Theatre Players Best Supporting Actress: Amanda Watson - Roses Are Red, Rag and Bone Theatre Best Stage Manager: Paul Anderson - Stories from Suburban Road, Stirling Players People's Choice Award: Stay Carl Stay, Irish Theatre Players Adjudicators certificates Geoff Leeder for his performance in The Boat, Melville Theatre Company Kate O'Sullivan for her performance in Pizzazz, Irish Theatre Players Alex Culling for his performance in Pizzazz, Irish Theatre Players Tim Edwards for his direction of The Tell-Tale Heart, KADS Rules of the Game for the production as a whole, Harbour Theatre Maree Grayden for her performance in The Flat, KADS Stories from Suburban Road for ensemble work, Stirling Players Pursuit for the production as a whole, Harbour Theatre The Most Massive Woman Wins for ensemble work, Melville Theatre The Land of Heart's Desire for mise en scene, Irish Theatre Players www.meltheco.org.au