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GOLD PALM THEATRE AWARDS 2024
THE WINNERS
Category 1
BEST  SET  DESIGN
Adrian Carr
Swich Up Productions
THE   DROWSY   CHAPERONE
Category 2
BEST  COSTUMES
Simone Behrendorf
Swich Up Productions
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Category 3
BEST   LIGHTING   DESIGN
Owen Forsyth & Bryce Delaney
Ipswich Musical Theatre Company
GUYS   AND   DOLLS
Category 4
BEST   SOUND   DESIGN
Nathan Schulz
Tugun Theatre Company
THE   HAUNTING
Category 5
BEST   TECHNICAL   ACHIEVEMENT   or   EFFECT
(Excluding Lighting & Sound)
Clay English and Justin Leggereit
Projection and technical effects,
Spotlight Theatrical Company
GHOST
Category 6
BEST    PROGRAM
Leah van Ewijk
Ballina Players
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
Category 7
THE   JOCK   and   BEVERLY   McILWAIN
SPECIAL   ENCOURAGEMENT   AWARD   &   BURSARY

Charlotte Rubendra
Ghostlight Theatre Co. & Redcliffe Musical Theatre
THE EXORCIST
Category 8
MAGIC   MOMENT   OF   THEATRE
Scene 9 when Elsa mounted her platform and sang Let It Go,
and Costume change for Elsa into ice costume.
Sky Production
FROZEN   JR
Category 9
BEST   VOCAL   or   MUSICAL   DIRECTOR
IN   A   YOUTH   PRODUCTION

Matt Pearson
Sonyq Edge Performing Arts
JERSEY BOYS: SE
Category 10
BEST   CHOREOGRAPHER
IN   A   YOUTH   PRODUCTION

Jessica Papst
Sonyq Edge Performing Arts
JERSEY BOYS: SE
Category 11
BEST   CHOREOGRAPHER   IN   A
COMMUNITY   THEATRE   PLAY,   MUSICAL   or   MUSICAL  REVUE

Hollie Scanlan
Swich Up Productions
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Category 12
BEST   ACTOR   IN   A   SUPPORTING   ROLE
IN   A   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   PLAY

Phillip Victor
Tugun Theatre Company
THE   CEMETERY   CLUB
Category 13
BEST   ACTRESS   IN   A   SUPPORTING   ROLE
IN   A   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   PLAY

Tracy Carroll
Gold Coast Little Theatre
THE   GRADUATE
Category 14
BEST   ACTOR   or   ACTRESS   IN   A   SUPPORTING   ROLE
IN   A   YOUTH   PRODUCTION   (Play or Musical)

Lachlyn Mayer
Saint Stephen’s College
ALL SHOOK UP
Category 15
BEST   ENSEMBLE   IN   A   PLAY   or   MUSICAL
Ipswich Musical Theatre Company
GUYS   AND   DOLLS
Category 16
BEST   ACTOR   IN   A   LEADING   ROLE
IN   A   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   PLAY

Rory Impellizzeri
Spotlight Theatrical Company
BURN
Category 17
BEST   ACTRESS   IN   A   LEADING  ROLE
IN   A   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   PLAY

Amelia White
Gold Coast Little Theatre
WAIT   UNTIL   DARK
Category 18
BEST   ACTOR   or   ACTRESS   IN   A   LEADING   ROLE
IN   A   YOUTH   PRODUCTION

Will Rogers
National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA)
ROCK   OF   AGES
Category 19
BEST   VOCAL   DIRECTOR
IN   A   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   MUSICAL   or   MUSICAL  REVUE

Simone Behrendorff
Swich Up Productions
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
Category 20
BEST   MUSICAL   DIRECTOR
OF   A   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   MUSICAL

Julie Whiting
Queensland Musical Theatre
MY FAIR LADY
Category 21
BEST   DIRECTOR   OF   A   YOUTH   PRODUCTION
(Play   or   Musical)

Amy Camer
Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School
MAMMA   MIA
Category 22
BEST   YOUTH   PRODUCTION
(Play   or   Musical)

Sonyq Edge Performing Arts
JERSEY   BOYS:   SE
Category 23
BEST   DIRECTOR
OF   A   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   PLAY

Anouska Gammon
Bangalow Theatre Company
SPEAKING   IN   TONGUES
Category 24
BEST   DIRECTOR
OF   A   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   MUSICAL   or   MUSICAL  REVUE

Robbie Parkin
Ipswich Musical Theatre Company
GUYS   AND   DOLLS
Category 25
BEST   ACTOR    IN   A   SUPPORTING   ROLE
IN   A   COMMUNITY   THEATRE  MUSICAL   or   MUSICAL  REVUE

Stu Fisher
Ipswich Musical Theatre Company
GUYS   AND   DOLLS
Category 26
BEST   ACTRESS   IN   A   SUPPORTING   ROLE
IN   A   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   MUSICAL   or   MUSICAL  REVUE

Mechelle Anderson
Ballina Players
9   TO   5
Category 27
BEST   ACTOR   IN   A   LEADING   ROLE
IN   A   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   MUSICAL   or   MUSICAL  REVUE

Adrian Carr
Swich Up Productions
THE   DROWSY   CHAPERONE
Category 28
BEST   ACTRESS   IN   A   LEADING   ROLE
IN   A   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   MUSICAL   or   MUSICAL  REVUE

Kaitlyn Burton
Ipswich Musical Theatre Company
GUYS   AND   DOLLS
Category 29
GOLD   PALM   AWARD
FOR   OUTSTANDING   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   PLAY
Bangalow Theatre Company
SPEAKING   IN   TONGUES
Category 30
GOLD   PALM  AWARD
FOR  OUTSTANDING   COMMUNITY   THEATRE   MUSICAL
Ipswich Musical Theatre Company
GUYS   AND   DOLLS

JUDGES'   DISCRETIONARY   AWARD

Ann-Britt Riget
For many years providing wigs and hairstyles for a variety of community theatre companies.


PLATINUM   PALM   AWARD
Presented to the Individual(s) or Company deemed to have presented / supplied / staged or appeared in a production or given a service to the Theatrical Community which is considered outstanding.

Zoe Nourse and Lea Vosti
For over 30 years of all sorts of theatrical activity for Spotlight Theatre.