ITA Finley Award Winners
Mon, 18 Dec 2000, 11:58 amWalter Plinge27 posts in thread
ITA Finley Award Winners
Mon, 18 Dec 2000, 11:58 amCongratulations to all the ITA Finley Award winners, and thank you to everyone who came along and had such a good time on such an enjoyable evening. For those of you who couldnÂ’t make it, the Award Recipients were:
Plays Category:
1st Place - "Too Far to Walk", directed by Geoff Leeder, Kwinana Theatre Workshop;
2nd Place - "Twelve Angry Men", directed by Norma Standing, Garrick Theatre;
3rd Place - "Butterflies Are Free", directed by Geoff Leeder, Melville Theatre.
Musicals Category:
1st Place - "Cabaret", directed by David Gardette, Playlovers;
2nd Place - "Assassins", directed by Alex McLennan, Playlovers.
Sheila Buchanan AdjudicatorsÂ’ Encouragement Award: Melville Theatre.
Congratulations to Playlovers for sweeping the Musicals Category - I canÂ’t remember such a thing happening before (anyone else?). Well done also to Geoff Leeder for scooping first and third place in the Plays Category (still room for improvement though, GeoffÂ…). And how embarrassing for Rockingham Theatre to win an AdjudicatorsÂ’ Award, and have no one there to receive it.
My apologies for a couple of things:
The evening did go on a little longer than expected - a couple of naughty groups exceeded the ten-minute limit on their excerpts, but the standard was so high I donÂ’t think people minded too much.
Because the evening was running long, I tried to wrap things up quickly, and in so doing, neglected to properly thank a few people. Huge thanks of course must go to David Crewes who produced the show, coordinated with the venue, wrote the script, supervised the rehearsals, and - basically - ensured we had a show. Speaking of the venue, many thanks to David Yardley, owner and manager of the Bridge Theatre. David did absolutely everything he could to make us welcome and provide technical support. Technical support also came from the lovely Marie Corrigan, and the not-quite-so-lovely, but equally invaluable, Stan Brannick, both of whom ran things backstage with grace and efficiency. Attributes also credited to a not-in-the-best-of-health Kim Shaw, who nevertheless took bookings and managed FOH despite a few unfortunate mishaps. "Not in the best of health" also, was Mandy Crewes, who was originally slated to co-host with Conrad Crisafulli, but missed the evening. Thanks to Conrad who soldiered on regardless, and get well soon, Mandy. And on a selfish note, thanks to Helen McFarlane for reprising the wonderful Sally Bowles. (Sorry, Helen, I know that last year I stated, "Gaffa tape holds the universe together," but for holding up stockings, suspenders are generally preferable.)
JB
Plays Category:
1st Place - "Too Far to Walk", directed by Geoff Leeder, Kwinana Theatre Workshop;
2nd Place - "Twelve Angry Men", directed by Norma Standing, Garrick Theatre;
3rd Place - "Butterflies Are Free", directed by Geoff Leeder, Melville Theatre.
Musicals Category:
1st Place - "Cabaret", directed by David Gardette, Playlovers;
2nd Place - "Assassins", directed by Alex McLennan, Playlovers.
Sheila Buchanan AdjudicatorsÂ’ Encouragement Award: Melville Theatre.
Congratulations to Playlovers for sweeping the Musicals Category - I canÂ’t remember such a thing happening before (anyone else?). Well done also to Geoff Leeder for scooping first and third place in the Plays Category (still room for improvement though, GeoffÂ…). And how embarrassing for Rockingham Theatre to win an AdjudicatorsÂ’ Award, and have no one there to receive it.
My apologies for a couple of things:
The evening did go on a little longer than expected - a couple of naughty groups exceeded the ten-minute limit on their excerpts, but the standard was so high I donÂ’t think people minded too much.
Because the evening was running long, I tried to wrap things up quickly, and in so doing, neglected to properly thank a few people. Huge thanks of course must go to David Crewes who produced the show, coordinated with the venue, wrote the script, supervised the rehearsals, and - basically - ensured we had a show. Speaking of the venue, many thanks to David Yardley, owner and manager of the Bridge Theatre. David did absolutely everything he could to make us welcome and provide technical support. Technical support also came from the lovely Marie Corrigan, and the not-quite-so-lovely, but equally invaluable, Stan Brannick, both of whom ran things backstage with grace and efficiency. Attributes also credited to a not-in-the-best-of-health Kim Shaw, who nevertheless took bookings and managed FOH despite a few unfortunate mishaps. "Not in the best of health" also, was Mandy Crewes, who was originally slated to co-host with Conrad Crisafulli, but missed the evening. Thanks to Conrad who soldiered on regardless, and get well soon, Mandy. And on a selfish note, thanks to Helen McFarlane for reprising the wonderful Sally Bowles. (Sorry, Helen, I know that last year I stated, "Gaffa tape holds the universe together," but for holding up stockings, suspenders are generally preferable.)
JB
RE: ITA Finley Award Winners
Mon, 8 Jan 2001, 01:39 pmWalter Plinge
Well hello! Hope everyone had a terrific Christmas and holiday season.
Congrats to all involved in the organisation of the Finleys - an unenviable task indeed - and the winners. The cabaret idea is lovely but please give these guys a break! Tim's comment about doing this "for the love of it" means exactly that. Most of us have full time jobs/familys to contend with firstly before the theatre parasite gets a bite! Organising a cabaret style event would be at least a six month job for a committee and finding a suitable and inexpensive venue would prove difficult if not impossible.
Cut to the chase. This years show was definitely too long. Can we have closer monitoring of the length of segments at rehearsal time and can we have a big bad person ready to say something like CUT IT BY FIVE GUYS? If the highlights of a production can't be presented in 15 minutes max then give it the big CHOP! Plays and musicals alike. How about presenting the show in two "acts" with three 15 minute ONLY segments in each allowing for 15-30 minutes of "presentation" and thereby each act is 1 or 1 1/4 hours long? If we started at 7.30pm (Norma's comments well considered) with an half hour interval the show would finish at 10.30pm. Does that sound too "pie in the sky"? I would also suggest that the nominees are announced in the first act and the winners in the second. Builds the tension a bit doesn't it? I'm sure it's been done that way before with great success.
One last comment. I remember (yes, yes, yes) a time when best male and female actors were awarded at the Finleys. Whilst it would be very exciting to be a contender I think that, as was mentioned, the awards are designed to recognise the club rather than the individual and should stay that way. We all know the size of our own ego!! The other danger is that the same people can win those awards year after year resulting in gun-toting and knife throwing - metaphorically of course! Hmmmm..
Lastly - no really - I want to say a public congrats to KADS Tim Edwards for his choice of play in Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". Wow! How refreshing to see a new work presented so well by a young director! Go to it Timbo! More! More!
I think I'm done.
Congrats to all involved in the organisation of the Finleys - an unenviable task indeed - and the winners. The cabaret idea is lovely but please give these guys a break! Tim's comment about doing this "for the love of it" means exactly that. Most of us have full time jobs/familys to contend with firstly before the theatre parasite gets a bite! Organising a cabaret style event would be at least a six month job for a committee and finding a suitable and inexpensive venue would prove difficult if not impossible.
Cut to the chase. This years show was definitely too long. Can we have closer monitoring of the length of segments at rehearsal time and can we have a big bad person ready to say something like CUT IT BY FIVE GUYS? If the highlights of a production can't be presented in 15 minutes max then give it the big CHOP! Plays and musicals alike. How about presenting the show in two "acts" with three 15 minute ONLY segments in each allowing for 15-30 minutes of "presentation" and thereby each act is 1 or 1 1/4 hours long? If we started at 7.30pm (Norma's comments well considered) with an half hour interval the show would finish at 10.30pm. Does that sound too "pie in the sky"? I would also suggest that the nominees are announced in the first act and the winners in the second. Builds the tension a bit doesn't it? I'm sure it's been done that way before with great success.
One last comment. I remember (yes, yes, yes) a time when best male and female actors were awarded at the Finleys. Whilst it would be very exciting to be a contender I think that, as was mentioned, the awards are designed to recognise the club rather than the individual and should stay that way. We all know the size of our own ego!! The other danger is that the same people can win those awards year after year resulting in gun-toting and knife throwing - metaphorically of course! Hmmmm..
Lastly - no really - I want to say a public congrats to KADS Tim Edwards for his choice of play in Steve Martin's "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". Wow! How refreshing to see a new work presented so well by a young director! Go to it Timbo! More! More!
I think I'm done.
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