Official Results of the 37th Annual Robert Finley Awards

The Robert Finley Award for Best Musical Winner: “Funny Business”, Blak Yak, directed by Lorna Mackie Runner-Up: “Boy from Oz”, Playlovers Third Place: “Side Show”, Playlovers Remaining Short List: “Little Women”, Roleystone Theatre “Return to the Forbidden Planet”, Stirling Players NOTE: This is Blak Yak’s first Robert Finley Award The Robert Finley Award for Best Play Winner: “Last of the Red Hot Lovers”, Garrick Theatre, directed by Andrew Warwick Runner-Up: “The Miracle Worker”, Stirling Players Third Place: “Hamlet”, Old Mill Theatre Remaining Short List: “All My Sons”, GRADS “Amadeus”, Old Mill “Crimes of the Heart”, Melville Theatre “Daisy Pulls It Off”, Old Mill “Influence”, Roleystone Theatre “A Lie of the Mind”, Blak Yak “The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband”, KADS NOTE: This is Garrick’s seventh Robert Finley Award, and their fifth for a play. They last won in 2004 with “A Beautiful Thing”, directed by Jarrod West. Youth Production - “E”, St Norbert College The Mary Webb Award for Director of a Musical - Tyler Jones, “Side Show”, Playlovers The Susan Hayward Award for Director of a Play - John Milson, “Hamlet”, Old Mill Musical Director - Kate McIntosh, “Boy from Oz”, Playlovers Choreographer - Hillary Readings, “Boy from Oz”, Playlovers Actor in a Play - Izaak Lim, “Hamlet”, Old Mill Actress in a Play - Kaitlin Shawcross, “The Miracle Worker”, Stirling Musical Theatre Performer – Female - TIE Claire Taylor, “Side Show”, Playlovers Breeahn Jones, “Side Show”, Playlovers Musical Theatre Performer – Male - Ryan Taaffe, “Boy from Oz”, Playlovers Other than Lead Male in a Play - Ray Condy, “Influence”, Roleystone Other than Lead Female in a Play - Olivia Darby, “Charley’s Aunt”, Garrick Other than Lead Male in a Musical - Paul Taylor-Byrne, “Boy from Oz”, Playlovers Other than Lead Female in a Musical - Emma Davis, “Little Women”, Roleystone The Veronica Overton-Low Award for Youth in a Musical - Emily Gelineau, “Children’s Letters to God”, Darlington Theatre Players The Brian Maddocks Award for Youth in a Play - Richard Kalukal, “E”, St Norbert College The Yvonne Lynch Breakthrough Award - Rachael Maher, “The Miracle Worker”, Stirling Set (Musical) - “Return to the Forbidden Planet” Stirling The David Crewes Award for Set (Play) - “The Miracle Worker”, Stirling The Brenda Stanley Award for Costumes (Play) - “All My Sons”, GRADS Costumes (Musical) - “Side Show”, Playlovers Adjudicators’ Certificates “Childrens Letters to God”, Darlington Theatre Players – Creative design for the band’s costumes and integration with performance. “Charley’s Aunt”, Garrick Theatre – Intelligent and creative set design for small stage space. Ellis Ormonde, “Pericles, Prince of Tyre”, Midnite Youth Theatre – Encouragement Award. “Pericles, Prince of Tyre” – Midnite Youth Theatre – Creation of ocean journey scenes. “The Kid”, Kwinana Theatre Workshop – Ensemble work. Ian Cross, “Blood Brothers”, Wanneroo Repertory – Outstanding Perth debut performance. Grace Edwards, “Twelfth Night”, GRADS – Creation of atmosphere by both costume and voice. “Monty Python’s Spamalot”, Murray Music & Drama – Effective props. Mahalia Bowles, “Boy from Oz”, Playlovers – Stage Presence. Susan Lynch, “Daisy Pulls It Off”, Old Mill Theatre – Encouraging new talent. “Jack and the Beanstalk”, Darlington Theatre Players – effectiveness of the Giant’s machine. “Funny Business”, Blak Yak – Ensemble acting, seamless and outstanding performance by the whole cast. “Hamlet”, Old Mill – Excellence in sound and lighting for creation of the storm. “The 39 Steps”, Stage Left Theatre Troupe – Excellent use of shadow puppetry and screen work. “Five Blue-Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench”, Darlington Theatre Players – Excellent use of gobo lighting. “E”, St Norbert College – Technical expertise and wizardry in creation of the E pad. Daniel Burton, “Return to the Forbidden Planet”, Stirling PLayers – For robotic excellence. “Alice in Wonderland”, Phoenix Theatre – Overall Alice theme, front of house. Sheila Buchanan Achievement Award - Stirling Players Elizabeth Crewes Front of House Award - Murray Music & Drama Hall of Fame Kerri Hilton John Milson The Inaugural “Norma” Award - Norma Davis Awards listed by Production “The 39 Steps”, Stage Left Theatre Troupe Adjudicators’ Certificate – Excellent use of shadow puppetry and screen work. “Alice in Wonderland”, Phoenix Theatre Adjudicators’ Certificate – Overall Alice theme, front of house. “All My Sons”, GRADS Top Ten Play The Brenda Stanley Award for Costumes (Play) “Amadeus”, Old Mill Top Ten Play “Blood Brothers”, Wanneroo Repertory Adjudicators’ Certificate - Ian Cross – Outstanding Perth debut performance. “Boy from Oz”, Playlovers Runner-Up Musical Musical Director - Kate McIntosh Choreographer - Hillary Readings Musical Theatre Performer – Male - Ryan Taaffe Other than Lead Male in a Musical – Paul Taylor-Byrne Adjudicators’ Certificate – Mahalia Bowles – Stage Presence. “Charley’s Aunt”, Garrick Theatre Other than Lead Female in a Play - Olivia Darby Adjudicators’ Certificate– Intelligent and creative set design for small stage space. “Children’s Letters to God”, Darlington Theatre Players The Veronica Overton-Low Award for Youth in a Musical - Emily Gelineau Adjudicators’ Certificate – Creative design for the band’s costumes and integration with performance. “Crimes of the Heart”, Melville Theatre Top Ten Play “Daisy Pulls It Off”, Old Mill Theatre Top Ten Play Adjudicators’ Certificate - Susan Lynch – Encouraging new talent. “E”, St Norbert Youth Production The Brian Maddocks Award for Youth in a Play - Richard Kalukal Adjudicators’ Certificate – Technical expertise and wizardry in creation of the E pad. “Five Blue-Haired Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench”, Darlington Theatre Players Adjudicators’ Certificate – Excellent use of gobo lighting “Funny Business”, Blak Yak The Robert Finley Award for Best Musical Adjudicators’ Certificate – Ensemble acting, seamless and outstanding performance by the whole cast. “Hamlet”, Old Mill Theatre Third Place Play The Susan Hayward Award for Director of a Play - John Milson Actor in a Play - Izaak Lim Adjudicators’ Certificate – Excellence in sound and lighting for creation of the storm. “Influence”, Roleystone Top Ten Play Other than Lead Male in a Play - Ray Condy “Jack and the Beanstalk”, Darlington Theatre Players Adjudicators’ Certificate – effectiveness of the Giant’s machine. “The Kid”, Kwinana Theatre Workshop Adjudicator’s Certificate – Ensemble work. “Last of the Red Hot Lovers”, Garrick Theatre The Robert Finley Award for Best Play “A Lie of the Mind”, Blak Yak Top Ten Play “Little Women”, Roleystone Theatre Top Five Play Other than Lead Female in a Musical - Emma Davis “The Miracle Worker”, Stirling Players Runner-Up Play Actress in a Play - Kaitlin Shawcross The Yvonne Lynch Breakthrough Award - Rachael Maher The David Crewes Award for Set (Play) “Monty Python’s Spamalot”, Murray Music & Drama Adjudicators’ Certificate – Effective props. “Pericles, Prince of Tyre”, Midnite Youth Theatre Adjudicators’ Certificate - Ellis Ormonde – Encouragement Award. Adjudicators’ Certificate – Creation of ocean journey scenes. “Return to the Forbidden Planet”, Stirling Players Top Five Musical Set (Musical) Adjudicators’ Certificate - Daniel Burton – For robotic excellence. “Side Show”, Playlovers Third Place Musical The Mary Webb Award for Director of a Musical - Tyler Jones Musical Theatre Performer – Female – TIED - Claire Taylor & Breeahn Jones Costumes (Musical) “Twelfth Night”, GRADS Adjudicators’ Certificate - Grace Edwards – Creation of atmosphere by both costume and voice. “The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband”, KADS Top Ten Play