So Popera, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts and The Illawarra Grammar School were honoured for various stage productions held in 2017.

Family company So Popera scored nine awards including Best Choregrapher, Best Musical Director, Best Orchestra, and Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical.

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The Illawarra Grammar School won three including Best Youth Actress in a Leading Role in Musical (Molly Stewart). Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts picked up two awards including Best Youth Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (Matthew Hearne).

“Mary Poppins was truly a labour of love. The awards recognise the hard work and skills of more than 90 students, including the 30 piece orchestra,” said director of Mary Poppins and Head of Visual Arts at TIGS, Jacqui Hitchcock.

The CAT Awards have been celebrating non-professional theatre, dance and the musical groups in Canberra and surrounding districts since 1994.

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BEST SET FOR A MUSICAL VARIETY OR DANCE PRODUCTION

So Popera’s Tim Hawkins for Beauty and the Beast

BEST COSTUMES FOR A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW

So Popera’s Sophie Rose King for Beauty and the Beast

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A MUSICAL

So Popera for Chicago

BEST ORCHESTRA FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Illawarra Grammar School for Mary Poppins

BEST ORCHESTRA

So Popera for Chicago

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Wollongong High School of Performing Arts’s Teadora Avramovic as Madame Thenadier in Les Miserables

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Wollongong High School of Performing Arts’ Matthew Hearne as Jean Val Jean in Les Miserables

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Illawarra Grammar School’s Molly Stewart as Mary Poppins in Mary Poppins

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

So Popera’s Anastasia Feneri as Roxie Hart in Chicago

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

So Popera’s Teegan McKeen for Chicago

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR

So Popera’s Peter Copeland for Chicago

BEST DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL OR VARIETY SHOW

So Popera’s Amy Copeland for Chicago

BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL

Illawarra Grammar School for Mary Poppins

BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL

So Popera for Chicago

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