Amateur theatre lovers packed WestSide Performing Arts Centre in Mooroopna on Saturday night for the 46th annual Georgy Awards for excellence in theatre performance.
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Awards in more than 30 categories were made with Best Play going to Mansfield Musical and Dramatic Society for its production of Black Adder Goes Forth and Best Musical scooped by Seymour Performers Workshop for Footloose.
Award winners and nominees came from across the Goulburn Valley including from Shepparton, Wangaratta, Seymour, Mansfield, Nathalia, Albury-Wodonga, Echuca and Kyabram.
Saturday night's audience was treated to a fun-filled and professionally-run night ably hosted by Britney Evans and Ivy Jensen from Echuca-Moama Theatre Company.
46th annual Georgy Awards winners
Best play(Donated by John and Agata Anderson and Family)Black Adder Goes Forth - Mansfield Musical & Dramatic Society
Best musical(Donated by Lakeside Podiatry)Footloose - Seymour Performers Workshop
Achievement in direction(Donated by David Chew and Michael Mason)Karen Pirie – Seussical – Mansfield Musical & Dramatic Society
Achievement in musical direction(Donated by Seymour Dental Clinic)Michelle Mordecai – Avenue Q – Revolution Theatre Productions
Achievement in choreography(Donated by Gemma Marchant)Adeline Hunter – Footloose – Seymour Performers Workshop
Achievement in lighting design(Donated by Troy McKindley Electrical)Zayne Breadmore – Black Adder Goes Forth – Mansfield Musical & Dramatic Society
Achievement in set design(Donated by Sinclair & Rooney Painters and Decorators)Barry Mills – Black Adder Goes Forth – Mansfield Musical & Dramatic Society
Achievement in wardrobe design(Donated by The Other Theatre Company)Karen Pirie – Seussical – Mansfield Musical & Dramatic Society
Excellence in artistic design(Donated by Printworks, Print & Copy Solutions)Aaron David Palmer – Program Design – Jesus Christ Superstar –Shepparton Theatre Arts Group
Best performance in a play (male)(Donated by Dale Roberts)Sandy MacKinnon – Captain Edmund Black Adder in Black Adder Goes Forth – Mansfield Musical and Dramatic Society
Best performance in a play (female)(Donated by Propaganda Creative)Kate Lewis – Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew – The Other Theatre Company
Elaine Tonks Award for best support in a play (male)Ian Todd – General Melchett in Black Adder Goes Forth – Mansfield Musical and Dramatic Society
Elaine Tonks Award for best support in a play (female)Valerie Ratcliff – Maria in The Taming of the Shrew – The Other Theatre Company
Best performance in a musical (male)(Donated by Goulburn Murray Credit Union)John Sharp – Ren McCormack in Footloose – Seymour Performers Workshop
Best performance in a musical (female)(Donated by Echuca Moama Theatre Company)Orvokki Britton – Jojo in Seussical – Mansfield Musical and Dramatic Society
Best supporting performance in a musical (male)(Donated by Joyce Baker–Dawber)Beckett Currie – Trekkie Monster etc in Avenue Q – Revolution Theatre Productions
Best supporting performance in a musical (female)(Donated by the Howarth and Goodwin Families)Olivia Aughton – Tanya in Mamma Mia! – Albury Wodonga Theatre Company
Best singing (male)(Donated by Initial Stages Theatre Company)John Sharp – Ren McCormack in Footloose – Seymour Performers Workshop
Best singing (female) (tie)(Donated by Janese Denham & Family in memory of Paul Denham)Drew Walker – Mary in Jesus Christ Superstar – Shepparton Theatre Arts GroupIsabella Polimeni – Rusty in Footloose – Seymour Performers Workshop
Best cameo performance(Donated by Jan Deane)Aaron David Palmer – Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar – Shepparton Theatre Arts Group
Best Junior performance in a senior production(Donated by Little Goody New Shoes)Beckett Currie – Trekkie Monster in Avenue Q – Revolution Theatre Productions
Best junior performance (male)(Donated by Roger Key, in memory of Pat Key)Ethan Goodacre – The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera – Trinity Anglican Grammar
Best junior performance (female)(Donated by Dick & Val Hutchinson)Sarah Anderson – Rosalie Mullins in School of Rock – Notre Dame College
Best junior supporting performance (male)(Donated by Shepparton Theatre Arts Group Inc.)Mitchell Lawson–Banks – Archie Walker in 13: The Musical – Shepparton Alliance Schools
Best junior supporting performance (female)(Donated by Carol Davdison & Laurie Hucker)Holly Kupa – Mrs Zinnia Wormwood in Matilda – Wodonga Senior Secondary College
Best junior singing (male)(Donated by Mark Thomson)Ethan Goodacre – The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera – Trinity Anglican Grammar
Best junior singing (female)(Donated by Mark Thomson)Hattie Evans – Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera – Trinity Anglican Grammar
Best performance in a senior school play (female)(Donated by Border Show Business Academy)Grace Newman – The Old Man in Tracks – Notre Dame College
Georgy Award for creative/technical achievement in a junior production(Donated by Riverlinks)Tegan Debnam – Wodonga Senior Secondary College
Junior encouragement award(Donated by Tatura Rotary Club)You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown - Seymour Performers Workshop
Ted Malloy Award for outstanding contribution to amateur theatre(Donated by the Malloy Family)Barry Withers - Broadford Amateur Theatrical Society & Seymour Performers Workshop
GMCU emerging young artist award(Donated by Goulburn Murray Credit Union)Bodhi Hawken – Kyabram P-12 College
Judges Awards
Abu Kebe (Albury Wodonga Theatre Co), Liam Wilson (Mansfield), Backstage Crew of Footloose (Seymour), Darcy Young (St Mary of the Angels, Nathalia), Student Production Team (Dillmac), Abbigail Makin (Shepparton Alliance Schools), Savannah Clarke (BYTESized Theatre), Harrison Taylor (Wodonga Senior Secondary College), Ella Carrierio (Echuca Moama Theatre Company), Emily Polidano (Echuca Moama Theatre Company).