Finley Award Results

Here are the main results from last night's Finley Award, held at the Kalamunda Performing Arts Centre.

PLAYS: 1. KADS for 'Johnny Belinda'
2. Old Mill Theatre for 'Out of Order'
3. Blak Yak for 'Red Dwarf'


MUSICALS: 1. Garrick for 'Little Shop of Horrors'
2. Playlovers for 'Jesus Christ, Superstar'

Sheila Buchanan Achievment Award: Acorn Theatre

and a new award this year, the Elizabeth Crewes Front of House Award
goes to KADS

Full details including certificate winners will be in the February Link

And two notes of thanks. First to Geoff Leeder for putting the show together! Marvellous effort- I think he's found the secret Finley Formula!

Secondly, a big thanks to Jarrod Buttery for all his tireless efforts over the past seven years as erstwhile President of the ITA. I don't envy they who would follow in your South-Park-Tie-wearing footsteps.

And Congrats to the Award recipients.

El

As a Finley Awards virgin I must say that my first experience was very enjoyable. I was extremely impressed with the format and the standard. I am fairly new to this lark and it was great to see the variety of productions and companies that are out there. We have some VERY talented people in this town. It left me wanting to experience MORE amateur theatre and be involved in EVERYTHING, so if nothing else you've achieved that.

Congratulations to all awards recipients.

I am very proud to be a part of something so wonderful.

[%sig%]

I too, would like to take this opportunity to throw around a few heart-felt Spank Yous.

Geoff, Jarrod and the lovely Sue, thanks a bunch for putting together the best Finley show yet! And a big thank you also, to all those tireless Behind The Scenes folk. Without them, we is nuthin'!

Dr Lurve, you are leaving behind some VERY big shoes to fill. You have done a terrific job and I don't envy your successor! I have a few other things to say, but I'll email those to you.........don't want to freak out the punters now, do we?? heh heh heh.....

Thanks again to all involved!

Love
J xxxx

Adding some more thanks for a terrific night.

Also to say great venue, it was nice to be able to buy a drink and "mingle" afterwards. The entertainment was stunning.

Well done all.
Sarah

Thanks everyone. There were a lot of changes this year: smaller, less-central venue, Saturday instead of Sunday night, mid-January instead of mid-December. However, feedback so far seems to indicate that people liked the changes. As always, we appreciate all comments.

Some people were thanked on Saturday night. Some were missed. Others deserve thanking again:

19 clubs for entering 35 plays and 14 musicals.
Garrick Theatre for contributing 9 of these.
Playlovers for bending over backwards to present two excerpts.
All the performers and clubs who participated.
Playlovers again for donating the Elizabeth Crewes Trophy.
Alan Dean Thompson who volunteered his services out of the blue and did a great job operating Sound.
Alan Green who was approached a year ago (and still managed to arrive late) for operating Lights. Sorry Alan. :-)
Aaron Stirk for technical support.
The adjudicators - whether you agree with their opinions or not, without them there would be no awards.
David Young for telling the adjudicators where to go.
Kim Martin, director of last year's Best Play, who returned to announce this year's winner.
Julia Dalby, one of the stars of last year's Best Musical (Chicago), who accepted the job of announcing this year's winner when we discovered that Chicago's director(s) are overseas
Jenny McCann for looking more and more like Catherine Deneuve every time I see her.
Stuart Riches for organising the bar, and Rob, Norma & Jo for assisting in serving the thirsty mob.
Kimberley Shaw for ticketing.
Sandra, Beryl and Reg for selling programmes.
The KADS committee for organising the FOH refreshments.
Amy Leeder - stage manager extraordinaire.
Norman Brown for preparing the slide presentation.
George & Terry Hackett for pre-show preparation.
Lisa Perrin and the Kalamunda Performing Arts Centre for being such gracious hosts.
Geoff Rumsey for last-minute trophy repair.
Kerri Hilton for spiritual guidance.
Dean Schulze for divine inspiration.
Jack Barker, our auditor.
Michael McAllan for photography.
Nick Donald for providing the best possible argument for a dress standard next year.
Everyone in the audience.
All who contributed to the smooth running of the show.
Barry Lucas for coordinating the adjudicators and their scores, choosing the excerpts for the evening, and preparing the envelopes and awards.
Geoff Leeder for putting the evening together.
Sue Hicks - the perfect co-host.

It's been a blast.

JB