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Finleys 07- The Nominees Are

Thu, 3 Jan 2008, 10:57 am
Melz77 posts in thread

Yes... the ITA have announced the list of Nominees for The Finley Awards 2007.

All will be revealed on the glamorous night - Saturday 19th Jan 2008 at the Lady Wardle Performing Arts Centre, St Mary's Anglican Girls School, Elliott Rd, Karrinyup.  Doors open at 6.30pm with a 7pm start!!  Tickets $22 - Book through BOCS 9484 1133 http://www.bocsticketing.com.au/get_events_info.asp?id=FIN08

List of Nominees are:

Best Actor:
Bryn Coldrick (Black Books, Blak Yak)
Nathan Da Cunha (Blood Brothers, Melville Theatre Co.)
Tim Prosser (One Day of the Year, Stirling Players)
Leon Ousby (Owl and the Pussycat, Kwinana Theatre Workshop)
Wayne Garton (Man and Boy, Garrick Theatre)
Dean Schulze (Art, Old Mill Theatre)

Best Actress:
Val Riches (Navigating, Melville Theatre)
Analisa Bell (Vagina Monologues, Playlovers)
Jacqui Warner (Birthday Party, Grads)
Gemma Northover (Picasso's WOmen, Blak Yak)
Clare Pintenge (Owl and the Pussycat, Kwinana Theatre Workshop)

Best Musical Theatre Performer:
Priscilla Busher (Music Man, Murray Music & Drama)
Eddie Stowers (Jesus Christ Superstar, Darlington Theatre)
Tim How (By Jeeves, Roleystone)
Dixie Farinosi (Cabaret, Wanneroo Rep)
Cynthia Fenton (Eurobat, Playlovers)
Tamara Woolrych (Eurobeat, Playlovers)

Best Director:
Katy Mitton (My Very Own Story, Darlington Theatre)
Kim Martin (The Club, Roleystone)
Les Ashenden (The Owl and the Pussycat, Kwinana Theatre Workshop)
Ailsa Travers (Man and Boy, Garrick Theatre)
Sue Hayward (Vagina Monologues, Playlovers)
Siobhan OGara (Necessary Targets, Old Mill Theatre)
Pat Stroud (A Hard God, Harbour Theatre)

Best Musical Direction:
Priscilla Busher (Music Man, Murray Music and Drama)
Craig Dalton (Cabaret, Wanneroo Repertory Club)
Kate McIntosh (Jesus Christ Superstar, Darlington Theatre)
Kimberley Shaw (Eurobeat, Playlovers)

Best Newcomer:
David Holle (Journey's End, Goldfields Repertory)
Nathan Da Cunha (Blood Brothers, Melville Theatre Co.)

Best Other Than A Lead - Male:
Alan Kennedy (A Hard God, Harbour Theatre)
David Bruce (The Importance of Being Ernest, GRADS)
Tim Nolan (Orphans, Old Mill Theatre)
Scott Northover (Black Books, Blak Yak)
Matt Longman (A Hard God, Harbour Theatre)
David Gregory (The Birthday Party, GRADS)
Andrew Milne (Pride and Prejudice, Melville Theatre Co.)

Best Other Than A Lead - Female:
Jacqui Warner (Romeo & Juliet, Darlington Theatre)
Jayma Knudsen (Pride and Prejudice, Melville Theatre Co.)
Rosemary Longhurst (Necessary Targets, Old Mill Theatre)
Elizabeth Jansen (Vagina Monologues, Playlovers)
Olivia Darby (Quality Street, Garrick Theatre)

Best Costumes:
Journey's End - Goldfields Rep Club
Pride and Prejudice - Melville Theatre Co.
Romeo and Juliet - Darlington Theatre Players
Eurobeat - Playlovers
Cabaret - Wanneroo Repertory Club
House of Frankenstein - Garrick Theatre
Camelot - Stirling Players

Best Set:
Orphans - Old Mill Theatre
Habeus Corpus - Wanneroo Repertory Club
A Passionate Woman - Melville Theatre Co.
Man and Boy - Garrick Theatre
Journeys End - Goldfields Repertory Club
Cabaret - Wanneroo Repertory Club
Playlovers - Out of Order

See you at the Finleys

Finleys '07

Sat, 5 Jan 2008, 09:03 am
Walter Plinge
Many years ago when the Finley's where first introduced the format changed every year. Initially the plays and musical where in the same category, then, because a musical won nearly every year plays and musical where divided into two separate categories, correctly in my mind. Then one year the first three plays would be recognized, the next year the first ten and so on. Same with musicals. There was always consternation over venue/results/format and there always will. Being so closely linked to the base human emotion of security, some people are secure in their own mind and need no external reassurance. other are less secure and require varying degrees of external support. Surely Theatre is the end, not a Finley. A Finley is icing on the cake not the cake. Long live the icing far as I am concerned, don't get too precious about the way the icing is put on the cake, so we get told the colour of the icing, do you know the flavour or texture yet? Community Theatre in Perth is wonderfully healthy, competition is wonderfully healthy. Let us not make competition more important than Theatre. See you at the Finleys.

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