CATEGORY 1 – BEST SET DESIGN (Community Groups only)
Spotlight Theatrical Company THE SOUND OF MUSIC Michael Sutton
Gold Coast Little Theatre THE GRADUATE Michelle Watkins & Lawrie
Esmond
Mates Theatre Genesis FARMER WILL SWAP COMBINE HARVESTER FOR WIFE Tony
Spinks
Ballina
Players ARE YOU BEING SERVED? Paul Belsham
Brisbane
Arts Theatre EBENEZER Tamzen Hunter
Redcliffe
Musical Theatre JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
Madeleine & Jonathan Johns
Village
Hall Players 37 POSTCARDS Jill Runciman
Spotlight Theatrical Company BURN Clem & Shelly Halpin
Brisbane
Arts Theatre FRANKENSTEIN Nick Scotney
Tugun
Theatre Company THE HAUNTING Nathan Schulz & Darren Campbell
Gold
Coast Little Theatre WAIT UNTIL DARK Jeff Butterworth & Lawrie
Esmond
Ballina
Players THE ADDAMS FAMILY Paul Belsham
Spotlight
Theatrical Company DOGFIGHT Josh McCann-Thomson & Michael
Sutton
Redland
Museum & Theatre Redlands MOTHER & SON Tony Spinks
Mates
Theatre Genesis MURDER ON THE MENU Adelle O’Connell
Queensland
Musical Theatre MY FAIR LADY Gerard Livsey & Deian Ping
Swich
Up Productions THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Adrian Carr
Ghostlight
Theatre Co & Redcliffe Musical Theatre THE EXORCIST Jonathan
Johns
Gold
Coast Little Theatre HAIR Kim Reynolds, Amy-Louise Anderson &
Sean Curran
Spotlight
Theatrical Company A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Hunter Wall
Tugun
Theatre Company THE CEMETERY CLUB David Neumann
Spotlight
Theatrical Company GHOST Clay English
Spotlight
Theatrical Company PETER PAN Sami Locke & Lucy
Martin
Drill
Hall Theatre Company SECRET BRIDESMAIDS’ BUSINESS Mike
Russo
Ipswich
Musical Theatre Company GUY and DOLLS Chris White
Ballina
Players JACK THE RIPPER Paul Belsham
Redcliffe
Musical Theatre MAGIC OF MUSICALS
Jonathan Johns
Ballina Players 9 TO 5 Peter Harding
Gold Coast Little Theatre HONEYMOON IN VEGAS Tony Campbell
Queensland
Musical Theatre MARY POPPINS Gerard Livsey & Deian Ping
CATEGORY 2 – BEST COSTUMES (Community groups only)
Spotlight Theatrical Company THE SOUND OF MUSIC Nada 'Red' Kulic & Pina Omeros
Gold Coast Little Theatre THE GRADUATE Di Francis & Michelle Watkins
Brisbane
Arts Theatre EBENEZER Kate Clarke
Roar
Academy Redcliffe SHREK Madeleine Johns
Ballina
Players ARE YOU BEING SERVED? Ev Gordon & Kim Green
Brisbane
Arts Theatre FRANKENSTEIN Nick Scotney
Tugun
Theatre Company THE HAUNTING Shakira Summerville
Gold Coast Little Theatre WAIT UNTIL DARK Ihsan Uzelpasaci, cast and crew
Ballina Players THE ADDAMS FAMILY Kim Green
Spotlight Theatrical Company DOGFIGHT Millie Talbot
Mates
Theatre Genesis MURDER ON THE MENU Alexandra Tabrett
Queensland
Musical Theatre MY FAIR LADY Deian Ping
Swich Up Productions THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Simone
Behrendorff
Spotlight Theatrical Company GHOST Laura English
Gold Coast Little Theatre HAIR Kim Reynolds
Spotlight Theatrical Company PETER PAN Millie Talbot
Tugun Theatre Company THE CEMETERY CLUB Trish Nissen
Ballina Players JACK THE RIPPER The Cast
Ipswich Musical Theatre Company GUYS & DOLLS Delma Odger
Redcliffe
Musical Theatre THE LOVELY BONES Sandra Hines, Rachel Albrecht &
Nikki Glowacki
Village
Hall Players OLIVER! Roisin Wilson
Queensland Musical Theatre MARY POPPINS Deian Ping
Ballina Players 9 TO 5 Kim Green and Cast
Gold Coast Little Theatre HONEYMOON IN VEGAS Millie Talbot
CATEGORY 3 – BEST LIGHTING DESIGN (Community Groups only)
Spotlight Theatrical Company THE SOUND OF MUSIC Jamie Watt & Leonnie (LJ) Jones
Gold Coast Little Theatre THE GRADUATE Wes Bluff
ROAR Academy Redcliffe SHREK Jacob Olsen
Brisbane Arts Theatre EBENEZER George Pitt
Brisbane Arts Theatre FRANKENSTEIN George Pitt
Bangalow Theatre Company SPEAKING IN TONGUES Rich Morrod
Ghostlight Theatre Company BLOOD BROTHERS Carter Firmager
Tugun Theatre Company THE HAUNTING Jasper Lee & Nathan Schulz
Gold Coast Little Theatre WAIT UNTIL DARK Ben Vlasich
Redcliffe Musical Theatre MAGIC OF MUSICALS Chris Walker
Ipswich Musical Theatre Company GUYS & DOLLS Owen Forsyth & Bryce Delaney
Ballina Players THE ADDAMS FAMILY Scott Thomas
Ballina Players 9 TO 5 Peter Harding
Spotlight Theatrical Company DOGFIGHT Jamie Watt
Redland Museum & Theatre Redlands MOTHER & SON Mike Daniell &
Russell Dinte
Mates Theatre Genesis MURDER ON THE MENU Mike Daniell
Queensland Musical Theatre MY FAIR LADY Tom Dodds
Swich Up Productions THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Ben Harth & Adrian Carr
Ghostlight Theatre Co. & Redcliffe Musical Theatre THE EXORCIST Jonathan Moss & Yasmin Elahi
Spotlight Theatrical Company GHOST Clay English
Gold Coast Little Theatre HAIR Stuart Morgan & Kim Reynolds
National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) ROCK OF AGES Kim Reynolds & Kiyomi Duncan
Spotlight Theatrical Company A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Leonnie (LJ) Jones
Tugun Theatre Company THE CEMETERY CLUB Jasper Lee
Drill Hall Theatre Company SECRET BRIDESMAIDS’ BUSINESS David Stewart
Ballina Players JACK THE RIPPER Peter Harding
Gold Coast Little Theatre LORD OF THE FLIES Joshua McCann-Thomson
Gold Coast Little Theatre HONEYMOON IN VEGAS Brett Roberts
Queensland Musical Theatre MARY POPPINS Tom Dodds
CATEGORY 4 – BEST SOUND DESIGN / OPERATION (Community
Groups only)
Spotlight Theatrical Company THE SOUND OF MUSIC Marcus Du Toit
Redcliffe Musical Theatre JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Jonathan Moss
Bangalow Theatre Company SPEAKING IN TONGUES Anouska Gammon
Ghostlight Theatre Company BLOOD BROTHERS Emma King
Brisbane Arts Theatre FRANKENSTEIN Zoe Power
Tugun Theatre Company THE HAUNTING Nathan Schulz
Ballina Players 9 TO 5 Jonathon Pinnock & Luke Mulder
Ballina Players THE ADDAMS FAMILY Jonathan Pinnock
Spotlight Theatrical Company DOGFIGHT Marcus Du Toit
Mates Theatre Genesis MURDER ON THE MENU Mike Daniell & Traci
Sumpter
Queensland
Musical Theatre MY FAIR LADY Josh Cathcart
Swich
Up Productions THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Paul O’Donnell
Ghostlight
Theatre Co. & Redcliffe Musical Theatre THE EXORCIST Benjamin
Oxley
Gold Coast Little Theatre HAIR Lawrie Esmond
National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) ROCK
OF AGES Torrek Elbeb
Gold Coast Little Theatre WAIT UNTIL DARK Ben Vlasich
Top
Hat Productions THE PICCADILLY OLDE TIME MUSIC HALL Lawrie Esmond
Ballina
Players JACK THE RIPPER Jonathan Pinnock
Gold
Coast Little Theatre LORD OF THE FLIES Joshua
McCann-Thomson
Spotlight Theatrical Company A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Hunter Wall
Gold Coast Little Theatre HONEYMOON IN VEGAS Lawrie Esmond
CATEGORY 5 – BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT OR EFFECT
(excluding Lighting and Sound)
(Community Groups only)
Bangalow Theatre Company SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Dual voice over recording used in the first part to accompany the two couples' simultaneous adultery.
Brisbane Arts Theatre FRANKENSTEIN
The illusion of a top of the tombstone laid bare
Gold Coast Little Theatre WAIT UNTIL DARK
The construction of the walkway past the window to allude to being downstairs.
Spotlight Theatrical Company DOGFIGHT
Use of the revolve to support movement of scene, movement of characters, e.g. in the party scene
Mates Theatre Genesis MURDER ON THE MENU
Roy Ball (cues)
Queensland Musical Theatre MY FAIR LADY
Flying the picket fence in and out for the Ascot scene.
Ghostlight Theatre Co. & Redcliffe Musical Theatre THE EXORCIST
Levitation effect - Jonathan Johns and the lip-syncing of Regan to the devil voice.
Spotlight Theatrical Company GHOST
Projection and technical effects - Clay English and Justin Leggereit.
Swich Up Productions THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
The fridge that doubled as the entrance door.
Gold Coast Little Theatre HAIR
Snow effect falling on Claude during Let the Sunshine In.
Ipswich Musical Theatre Company GUYS and DOLLS
Opening act 2 entracte - Full orchestra on the cyc playing in the club.
Queensland Musical Theatre MARY POPPINS
Bert and Mary walking across the night sky on the clouds with a starry sky backdrop.
CATEGORY 6 – BEST PROGRAM
(Both streams)
Spotlight Theatrical Company THE SOUND OF MUSIC Michael Sutton
Gold Coast Little Theatre THE GRADUATE Stuart Morgan
Ballina Players THE LION KING JR Karen Goodsell
Ballina Players 9 TO 5 Leah van Ewijk
Mates Theatre Genesis FARMER WILL SWAP COMBINE HARVESTER FOR WIFE John Evans
Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School MAMMA MIA Julie Doyle
The Southport School THE ADDAMS FAMILY Kellie O’Brien
Saint Stephens’ College ALL SHOOK UP Julie Russ
Ghostlight Theatre Co. BLOOD BROTHERS
Spotlight Theatrical Company BURN Michael Sutton
Sky Production FROZEN Jr
Tugun Theatre Company THE HAUNTING Judy Neumann & Nathan Schulz
Gold Coast Little Theatre WAIT UNTIL DARK Stuart Morgan
Ballina Players THE ADDAMS FAMILY Leah van Ewijk
Spotlight Theatrical Company DOGFIGHT Michael Sutton
Mates Theatre Genesis MURDER ON THE MENU John Evans
Queensland Musical Theatre MY FAIR LADY Deian Ping, Ros Booth, Patricia Cahill-Rhodes
Swich Up Productions THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Adrian Carr
Ghostlight Theatre Co. & Redcliffe Musical Theatre THE EXORCIST Madeleine Johns
Spotlight Theatrical Company GHOST Stuart Morgan
Gold Coast Little Theatre HAIR Stuart Morgan
National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) ROCK OF AGES Trina Power
Spotlight Theatrical Company A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Stuart Morgan
Spotlight Youth Theatre THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME Ethan Speight
St. Andrews Lutheran College WE WILL ROCK YOU Alex Hunt
Tugun Theatre Company THE CEMETERY CLUB Judy Neumann
Ballina Players JACK THE RIPPER Leah van Ewijk
Ipswich Musical Theatre Company GUYS AND DOLLS Bryce Edwards
Sonyq Edge Performing Arts JERSEY BOYS: SE Matt Pearson
Gold Coast Little Theatre LORD OF THE FLIES Stuart Morgan
Village Hall Players OLIVER! Jill Runciman
Gold Coast Little Theatre HONEYMOON IN VEGAS Stuart Morgan
CATEGORY 7 – THE JOCK AND BEVERLY MCILWAIN SPECIAL ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD & BURSARY
(Both streams)
Spotlight Theatrical Company THE SOUND OF MUSIC Jake Stubbs
Ballina Players THE LION KING JR Luke Corbett & Archie Demptser
Palm Beach-Currumbin State High School THE WEDDING SINGER Hannah Vassiliou
ROAR Academy SHREK Anthony Van Stam
Redcliffe Musical Theatre JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Tyler Mackay & Anthony Van Stam
Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School MAMMA MIA Scout Bee Jones & Annika Stautner
The Southport School THE ADDAMS FAMILY Benjamin Nichol & Nicola Defazio
Saint Stephen’s College ALL SHOOK UP Jaryn Oliphant
Sky Production FROZEN JR Hayley Morris
Gold Coast Little Theatre WAIT UNTIL DARK Zali Engel-Bowe
Ballina Players THE ADDAMS FAMILY Callie Mumford
Emmanuel Anglican College, Ballina MARY POPPINS Ava Walheim
Ghostlight Theatre Co. & Redcliffe Musical Theatre THE EXORCIST Charlotte Rubendra
Spotlight Theatrical Company PETER PAN Leah Erskine
National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) ROCK OF AGES Izellah Connelly
St. Andrews Lutheran College WE WILL ROCK YOU Edie Peterson
Spotlight YouthTheatre CHARLIE AND CHOCOLATE FACTORY Brock Drinkwater
Spotlight YouthTheatre CRY BABY Nate Purdy
Spotlight YouthTheatre HOW TO VOTE Jasmin Mackenzie
Sonyq Edge Performing Arts JERSEY BOYS:SE Brock Drinkwater & Ben Walton
Gold Coast Little Theatre LORD OF THE FLIES Mia Waldron
Redcliffe Musical Theatre MAGIC OF MUSICALS Anthony van Stam
Village Hall Players OLIVER! Elke Dundler
Spotlight Youth Theatre THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME Christian Meyers
CATEGORY 8 – MAGIC MOMENT OF THEATRE
(All Participants)
Gold Coast Little Theatre THE GRADUATE
Tracey Carroll – Reaction to the Mother’s Lament
Palm Beach Currumbin State High School THE WEDDING SINGER
Robbie singing And Somebody Kill Me.
Ballina Players ARE YOU BEING SERVED?
The thrust of the umbrella/sword by Mrs Slocombe.
Brisbane Arts Theatre FRANKENSTEIN
The body reveal on the platform.
The moment of the creature finally finding love.
Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School MAMMA MIA
The snorkel choreography.
The boat
Bangalow Theatre Company SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Dream sequence.
Belle Power Did You Just Say Something? monologue.
The climactic moment of the choreographic entwining of bodies before interval to symbolise the interconnectedness of human behaviour.
The
Southport School THE ADDAMS FAMILY
“Thing” during the pre-show and intermission was highly entertaining to the audience.
Rocket blasting across the upper stage.
Saint Stephen’s College ALL SHOOK UP
The motorised bike they had on a platform chasing the bus.
It’s Now or Never song.
Ghostlight Theatre Co. BLOOD BROTHERS
Graves of two brothers.
Spotlight Theatrical Company BURN
When Donny appears in the bathroom.
Sky Production FROZEN JR
Scene 9 when Elsa mounted her platform and sang Let It Go.
Costume change for Elsa into ice costume.
Tugun Theatre Company THE HAUNTING
The very loud thunder clap using Sensurround speakers towards the end of Act 1.
Effects and the live piano.
Candle lighting.
Spotlight Theatrical Company DOGFIGHT
Ang Giuffre removing teeth to display uglier version of herself.
Use of revolve in the party scene.
Queensland Musical Theatre MY FAIR LADY
Henry Higgins turning in anger to exit stage right after argument with Eliza Act 1, turning too quickly and upending the beautiful gramophone, didn’t miss a beat after it was smashed and destroyed on the floor. On exiting said, "Someone clean up that mess", magnificent!
Swich Up Productions THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
The broken record sequence effect.
The refrigerator which was also the entrance and exit centre of stage.
The bride’s lament, choreography and performance.
Ghostlight Theatre Co. & Redcliffe Musical Theatre THE EXORCIST
When Regan leapt onto Uncle Bert and broke his neck.
The lifting mechanism of Regan up from her calves in the bed.
Spotlight Theatrical Company GHOST
When Sam the ghost took control of Carl’s office.
The train sequence.
Emmanuel Anglican College, Ballina MARY POPPINS
Statues in the park coming to life.
National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) ROCK OF AGES
Zecki Reman scene stealer being defiant and ripped off his costume and stood up to Hilda Klineman.
Gold Coast Little Theatre WAIT UNTIL DARK
The climactic fight scene between Susy & Roat performed in moments of pitch black.
No brown outs. The audience only hear the sounds of the character's emotions and physical sound effects travelling around the stage. Congratulations to the performers for working in the darkness.
Gold Coast Little Theatre HAIR
Snow effect falling on Claude.
Spotlight Theatrical Company CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
Hudson Walsh as Mike Teavee for this physical theatre movement through the labyrinth scene with the sound effects perfect timing.
Sonyq Edge Performing Arts JERSEY BOYS: SE
The finale with the brass ensemble.
Spotlight Theatrical Company A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
A fiery argument ensured the underscore builds to a climax.
Stella, Stanley, Blanche and Mitch sit down at the kitchen table on cue all at the same time as the climax hits performing a jump cut into the next scene set sometime later with quiet conversation. Very quick and slick.
Spotlight Theatrical Company GHOST
The ghost rising of Carlo’s dead body upstage in the mist at the end.
Spotlight Youth Theatre THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT TIME
The use of hand-drawn pictures of various houses on moveable flats.
The flats were moved around on stage choreographically, while Christopher walks down his street investigating his neighbours.
Ballina Players 9 TO 5
Franklin stumbling through the office door and falling onto Roz who is laid out on the desk in a provocative position.
Heart to Heart song by Roz.
Queensland Musical Theatre MARY POPPINS
Step in Time (Ensemble).
Jamie Taljaard (Mrs Banks) performance of Being Mrs Banks
Ballina Players 9 TO 5
Heart to Hart song by Roz
Gold Coast Little Theatre HONEYMOON IN VEGAS
Entrance of 16 Elvis actors