Albion Park based So Popera Productions and Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts have again both shone in this year’s Canberra Area Theatre (CAT) Awards.
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The high school is up for 20 awards, including Best Orchestra for a School or Youth Production and Best Original Work for a School or Youth Production.
So Popera’s production of The Producers scored 11 nominations, including Best Production of a Musical and Best Actor in a Leading Role for both Daniel Downing as “Leo Bloom” and Scott Radburn as “Max Bialystock”.
HSC graduate Jeremy Boulton was nominated for two awards with his former high school, including: Best Original Work for a School or Youth Production and Best Youth Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical.
It comes as the 18-year-old was recently awarded a scholarship with Opera Australia.
The CAT Awards have been celebrating non-professional theatre, dance and the musical groups in Canberra and surrounding districts since 1994.
Winners will be announced for the first time in regional NSW, at the Dubbo Civic Theatre, on February 18, 2017.
LOCAL NOMINATIONS:
For a full list of 2016 nominees, please visit: www.catawards.com.au
Best Set Designer for a Musical, Variety or Dance Production
- Janet Cunningham Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Mal, Donna and Amy Copeland The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Best Costume Designer for a Musical or Variety Show
- Jessica Grantham-Lee The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Best Costume Designer for a School or Youth Production
- Janet Cunningham, Catherine Phillpott and Jessica Grantham Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Wollongong
Best Lighting Designer
- Lachlan O’Dea and Peter Copeland Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
John Thomson Magic Moment of Theatre
- Cinderella’s costume change Cinderella, New and Used Productions, Mittagong
- Max’s costume change to red suit The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Best Original Work for a School or Youth Production
- Jeremy Boulton Music, Ash Girl, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Best Ensemble in a Play
- The cast Stories in the Dark, Bay Theatre Players Youth Theatre Group, Batemans Bay
Best Orchestra for a School or Youth Production
- Ash Girl Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Wollongong
- Legally Blonde Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts, Wollongong
Best Orchestra
- The Producers So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Best Youth Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
- Lachlan Grogan As Callahan in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Matthew Hearne As Warner in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Best Youth Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
- Lily O’Sullivan As Sadness in Ash Girl, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Best Youth Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
- Anastasia Feneri As Vivienne in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Imogen Smee As Margot in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Jessica Charbachi As Paulette in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Mia Healey As Catherine in Pippin, Oxley College, Bowral
Best Youth Actress in a Leading Role in a Play
- Annabelle Scobie As Anna in Stories in the Dark, Bay Theatre Players Youth Theatre Group, Batemans Bay
- Kaela Weine As Ashgirl in Ash Girl, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Phoebe Price As Ashgirl in Ash Girl, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Best Youth Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Jeremy Boulton As Emmet in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Best Youth Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Claire Allan As Leading Player in Pippin, Oxley College, Bowral
- Talia Sigsworth As Elle in Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical
- Nelson Bowler As Carmen Ghia in The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical
- Daniel Downing As Leo Bloom in The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
- Scott Radburn As Max Bialystock in The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Best Choreographer
- Rosie Goderie Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
- Teagan McKeen The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Best Musical Director for a School or Youth Production
- Ruth Ellevsen Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Best Director of a School or Youth Musical
- Janet Cunningham Legally Blonde, Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Best Musical Director
- Aaron Kernaghan The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Best Director of a Musical or Variety Show
- Amy Copeland The Producers, So Popera Productions, Wollongong
Best Production of a School or Youth Musical
- Legally Blonde Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
Best Production of a School or Youth Play
- The Thirty-Nine Steps Chevalier College, Bowral
Best Production of a Musical
- The Producers So Popera Productions, Wollongong
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