Lyrebird Award Nominations for 2008
5th December, 2008
 

Congratulations to all those nominated and stay tuned to Theatre People for further information regarding the Lyrebird Awards night to be held at the Karralyka Theatre, Ringwood in February 2009

LYREBIRD AWARDS 2008

 
     

ONE ACT PLAY

 

 

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

 

Cinders

BATS Theatre

 

Watch This Space

BATS Theatre

 

Love Letters

Peridot Theatre

 

 

 

 

SOUND

MUSICAL OR VARIETY UNDER 30000

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

John Nolan & Neale Folwell

Disco Inferno

Fab Nobs Theatre

Marcello Lo Ricco

Into The Woods

Limelight Theatre

Brenton Van Vliet

The Full Monty

Phoenix Theatre

 

 

 

MUSICAL OR VARIETY OVER 30000

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Rod Hird

Oliver!

Mountain District Musical Society

Marcello Lo Ricco

CATS

Windmill Theatre

Steve Cooke

Little Shop Of Horrors

Windmill Theatre

 

 

 

DRAMA OR COMEDY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Michael Gerrish  

The Cemetery Club

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

Michael Gerrish & Adrian Carr

The Freedom Of The City

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

Brenton Van Vliet

Mash

Phoenix Theatre

 

 

 

SET

MUSICAL OR VARIETY UNDER 30000

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Chris White

Into The Woods

Limelight Theatre

Yoon Jeong Kim

The Full Monty

Phoenix Theatre

Mario Mohorko

Rent

Players Theatre

 

 

 

MUSICAL OR VARIETY OVER 30000

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Alberto Salvato

CATS

Windmill Theatre

Paul Watson & Jeremy Bailey-Smith

Calamity Jane

Babirra Music Theatre

Robert Harvey

Little Shop Of Horrors

Windmill Theatre

 

 

 

IN COMEDY OR DRAMA

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Adrian Carr

Rumors

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

David Dare & Alan Burrows

The Cemetery Club

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

Chritine Grant & Peter White

Over The River and Through The Woods

The Basin Theatre Group

Gary Teychenne

The Lady In The Van

The 1812 Theatre

 

 

 

LIGHTING

IN MUSICAL OR VARIETY
UNDER 30000

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Daniel Murtagh

Disney High School Musical

Cardinia Performing Arts

Jason Bovaird

Disco Inferno

Fab Nobs Theatre

Karla Engdahl

Into The Woods

Limelight Theatre

Jason Bovaird

The Full Monty

Phoenix Theatre

 

 

 

IN MUSICAL OR VARIETY
OVER 30000

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Jason Bovaird

The Merry Widow

Babirra Music Theatre

Jason Bovaird

Cabaret

NOVA Music Theatre

Brenton Van Vliet

Sweeney Todd

MUMCo

Jason Bovaird

CATS

Windmill Theatre

Michael Brasser

Little Shop Of Horrors

Windmill Theatre

 

 

 

IN COMEDY OR DRAMA

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Colin Mortley & Michael Gerrish

The Cemetery Club

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

Deryk Hartwick

Chaims Love Song

Peridot Theatre

Brenton Van Vliet

M*A*S*H

Phoenix Theatre

 

 

 

 COSTUME

IN MUSICAL OR VARIETY
UNDER 30000

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Ria Player

Disney High School Musical

Cardinia Performing Arts

Leane Gooding

Disco Inferno

Fab Nobs Theatre

Barbara Stocks

Into The Woods

Limelight Theatre

 

 

 

IN MUSICAL OR VARIETY
OVER 30000

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Lyn Handy

The King & I

NOVA Music Theatre

Miranda Kalgovas

Seussical The Musical

Whitehorse Musical Theatre

Faye Glew

CATS

Windmill Theatre

 

 

 

IN COMEDY OR DRAMA

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Sylvia Carr

The Cemetery Club

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

Stephanie Harvey

M*A*S*H

Phoenix Theatre

Angela MacDonald

Arsenic and Old Lace

The 1812 Theatre

 

 

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED PERFORMANCE

IN A MUSICAL

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Maurice Clisby

Sweeny Todd

MUMCo

Adam Nash

Into The Woods

Limelight Theatre

Michael Hawthorn

The Full Monty

Phoenix Theatre

 

 

 

 IN A VARIETY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Mark Woods

LOL:) Laugh Out Loud

SLAMS

Suzanne Tate

LOL:) Laugh Out Loud

SLAMS

Vicki Barden

LOL:) Laugh Out Loud

SLAMS

 

 

 

 IN A COMEDY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Adam Nettingham

Dimboola

BATS Theatre

Alicia Kidd

Over the River and Through the Woods

Encore Theatre

David Guthrie-Jones

Not Now Darling

Sherbrooke Theatre

Andrew Waddington

Arsenic and Old Lace

The 1812 Theatre

 

 

 

IN A DRAMA

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Evan Sanders

Rope

BuST CO.

Claire Frost

Rope

BuST CO.

Adrian Carr

The Freedom Of The City

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

     

 

 

 

BEST ENSEMBLE ITEM IN A VARIETY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Oom Pah Pah

An Autumn Twilight Concert

Mountain District Musical Society

Cell Block Tango

I'm Perfect, I'll Change You, That's Love!

PEP Productions

Heart and Music

I'm Perfect, I'll Change You, That's Love!

PEP Productions

Tower of Babel

From Sondheim To Schwartz

Phoenix Theatre

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!

In-Verse

SLAMS

Happiness

LOL:) Laugh Out Loud

SLAMS

Getting Killed By Candarian Demons

In-Verse

SLAMS

All For You

LOL:) Laugh Out Loud

SLAMS

 

 

 

MOST ENTERTAINING ITEM IN A VARIETY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Those Magic Cords

An Autumn Twilight Concert

Mountain District Musical Society

Just A Housewife

From Sondheim To Schwartz

Phoenix Theatre

Turn Back O Man

From Sondheim To Schwartz

Phoenix Theatre

 

 

 

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR
IN A MUSICAL OR VARIETY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Drew Downing

Disco Inferno

Fab Nobs Theatre

David George & Daniel Puckey

Zombie Prom

Fab Nobs Theatre

Glen Barnett

LOL:) Laugh Out Loud

SLAMS

Anthony Bingham

CATS

Windmill Theatre

 

 

 

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER
IN MUSICAL OR VARIETY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Robbie Carmellotti

Disco Inferno

Fab Nobs Theatre

Kim Annette

Oliver!

Mountain District Musical Society

Melissa Trickey

The Full Monty

Phoenix Theatre

Karen Ingwersen

CATS

Windmill Theatre

 

 

 

     

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

IN A MUSICAL

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Catherine Booth

Into The Woods

Limelight Theatre

Anne Dewar

The Full Monty

Phoenix Theatre

Emily Doran

Seussical The Musical

Whitehorse Musical Theatre

     

IN A COMEDY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Samantha Hamilton

Over The River and Through The Woods

Croydon Parish Players

Eileen Nelson

Haywire

Encore Theatre

Judie Morrow-Emmett

Two and Two Together

The 1812 Theatre

     

IN A DRAMA

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Sandy Clinton

The Freedom Of The City

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

Loretta Bishop

Scotland Road

Sherbrooke Theatre

Kathleen Lee

Gaslight

The Basin Theatre Group

 

 

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

IN A MUSICAL

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Drew Downing

Into The Woods

Limelight Theatre

Paul Watson

Into The Woods

Limelight Theatre

Leighton Irwin

The Full Monty

Phoenix Theatre

 

 

 

IN A COMEDY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Peter Noble

Over The River and Through The Woods

Croydon Parish Players

Colin Morley

Get Smart

Dandenong Theatre

Trevor Hanna

Chaims Love Song

Peridot Theatre

 

 

 

IN A DRAMA

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Adrian Carr

The Freedom Of The City

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

Barry O'Neill

The Freedom Of The City

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

Richard Foster

The Freedom Of The City

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

 

 

 

BEST FEMALE PERFORMER
IN A VARIETY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Felicity Eastwood-Tromp

I'm Perfect, I'll Change You, That's Love!

PEP Productions

Karlie Gooding

I'm Perfect, I'll Change You, That's Love!

PEP Productions

Felicity Eastwood-Tromp

LOL:) Laugh Out Loud

SLAMS

Jessica May

LOL:) Laugh Out Loud

SLAMS

 

 

 

BEST MALE PERFORMER
IN A VARIETY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Glen Barnett

I'm Perfect, I'll Change You, That's Love!

PEP Productions

Will Sayers

From Sondheim To Schwartz

Phoenix Theatre

Kieran Tracey

LOL:) Laugh Out Loud

SLAMS

Will Sayers

LOL:) Laugh Out Loud

SLAMS

 

 

 

BEST ACTRESS

IN A MUSICAL

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Emma Caldwell

Disco Inferno

Fab Nobs Theatre

Jayde Kirchert

Into The Woods

Limelight Theatre

Sally McKenzie

Into The Woods

Limelight Theatre

Kathryn White

Oliver!

Mountain District Musical Society

Latesha Cadle

CATS

Windmill Theatre

     

IN A COMEDY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Christine Andrew

The Cemetery Club

Lilydale Athenaeum

Wendy McRae

Losing Louis

Peridot Theatre

Anne Smith

The Lady In The Van

The 1812 Theatre

     

IN A DRAMA

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Gabrielle O'Brien

The Freedom Of The City

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

Brooke Dillon

The Rainmaker

Sherbrooke Theatre

Nicola Baker

Gaslight

The Basin Theatre Group

 

 

 

BEST ACTOR

IN A MUSICAL

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Karl McNamara

Seussical The Musical

Whitehorse Musical Theatre

Shaun Kingma

Seussical The Musical

Whitehorse Musical Theatre

Robbie Carmellotti

CATS

Windmill Theatre

 

 

 

IN A COMEDY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Ashley McPherson

Dimboola

BATS Theatre

Nick Walter

Over The River and Through The Woods

Croydon Parish Players

John Keogh

Chaims Love Song

Peridot Theatre

Tyson White

Not Now Darling

Sherbrooke Theatre

Richard Foster

Arsenic and Old Lace

The 1812 Theatre

 

 

 

IN A DRAMA

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Jake Ludowyke

Rope

BuST Co.

Steven Cole

Rope

BuST Co.

Liam Jordan

The Freedom Of The City

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

 

 

 

BEST DIRECTOR

MUSICAL

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

James Cutler

Zombie Prom

Fab Nobs Theatre

Neil Goodwin

Into The Woods

Limelight Theatre

Chris & Lynette White

Seussical The Musical

Whitehorse Musical Theatre

Andrew Edge

CATS

Windmill Theatre

 

 

 

VARIETY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Julia Roper

I'm Perfect, I'll Change You, That's Love!

PEP Productions

Renee Maloney

From Sondheim To Schwartz

Phoenix Theatre

Ryan Purdy

LOL:) Laugh Out Loud

SLAMS

 

 

 

COMEDY

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Alan Burrows

The Cemetery Club

Lilydale Athenaeum

Ron Conroy

Chaims Love Song

Peridot Theatre

Malcolm Sussman

The Lady In The Van

The 1812 Theatre

 

 

 

DRAMA

 

 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Dylan Cole

Rope

BuST Co.

Doug Bennett

The Freedom Of The City

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

Don Harrod

Gaslight

The Basin Theatre Group

 

 

 

BEST PRODUCTION

MUSICAL

 

 

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

 

Into The Woods

Limelight Theatre

 

Seussical The Musical

Whitehorse Musical Theatre

 

CATS

Windmill Theatre

 

 

 

 

VARIETY

 

 

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

 

I'm Perfect, I'll Change You, That's Love!

PEP Productons

 

In-Verse

SLAMS

 

LOL:) Laugh Out Loud

SLAMS

 

 

 

 

COMEDY

 

 

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

 

Over The River and Through The Woods

Croydon Parish Players

 

The Cemetery Club

Lilydale Athenaeum

 

Chaims Love Song

Peridot Theatre

 

 

 

 

DRAMA

 

 

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

 

Rope

BuST Co.

 

The Freedom Of The City

Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

 

Gaslight

The Basin Theatre Group

 

 

LYREBIRD YOUTH AWARDS 2008

NOMINATIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

 

BEST YOUTH PERFORMER
MUSICAL / VARIETY
  

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Stephanie Hutton

Seussical

Croydon Parish Players

Jeremy Palmer

Oliver!

Mountain District Musical Society

Sam Hill

The Full Monty

Phoenix Theatre Company

Anthony Sheppard

Seussical The Musical

Whitehorse Musical Theatre

 

 

 

BEST YOUTH PERFORMER
COMEDY / DRAMA /
ONE ACT PLAY
 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Ashley McPherson

Watch This Space

BATS Theatre

Tara Crivari

Cinders

BATS Theatre

Adam Ballis

Two Weeks With The Queen

The Basin Theatre Group

 

 

 

BEST SOUND
CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT OR
YOUTH PRODUCTION
 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Linden Compassi

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus College

Dale Pankhurst

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

Marcello Lo Ricco

Disney High School Musical

St. John's Regional College

 

 

 

BEST SET
CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT OR
YOUTH PRODUCTION
  

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Jordan Thomas

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus College

Carmen Powell & Michael O'Connor

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

Lee Geraghty, Gaynor Downie & Robert Mulholland

Disney High School Musical

St. John's Regional College

 

 

 

BEST LIGHTING
CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT OR
YOUTH PRODUCTION
  

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Jason  Bovaird

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus College

Daniel Jow

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

Christina Burton

The Wiz

St. Francis Xavier College

 

 

 

BEST COSTUMES
CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT OR
YOUTH PRODUCTION
  

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Robert Mulholland

Seussical the  Musical

Emmaus College

Carmen Powell

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

Christina Burton

The Wiz

St. Francis Xavier College

 

 

 

 

 

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED PERFORMANCE
CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT OR
YOUTH PRODUCTION
  

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Ellen Minassian

Beauty And The Beast

BATS Theatre

Natalie Morgan

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

Sebastian Geilings

Bugsy  Malone

Players Theatre

 

 

 

BEST YOUTH SUPPORTING ACTRESS  

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Alex Kolasinski

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus college

Angela Medilo

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus college

Paige Lack-Powell

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

Taylor Rademaker - Budge

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

 

 

 

BEST YOUTH SUPPORTING ACTOR   

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Michael Davidson

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus College

Nicholas D'Art

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus College

Ryland Lack-Powell

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

Todd Brooker

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

Peter Harvey

Disney High School Musical

St. John's Regional College

 

 

 

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS  

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Janet Gulboyan

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus

Claire Sanderson

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

Georgia Wilkinson

Bugsy Malone

Players Theatre

 

 

 

BEST YOUTH ACTOR  

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Antoni Ricciardi

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus College

Mason Gasowsky

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus College

Jake Downward

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

 

 

 

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER
CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT OR
YOUTH PRODUCTION
 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Robert Mulholland

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus

Jeremy Wheeler

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

Tamara Hughes, Ursula Borg & Lee Geraghty

Disney High School Musical

St. John's Regional College

 

 

 

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTOR
CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT OR
YOUTH PRODUCTION
 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Tony Toppi

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus College

Barbara Stocks

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

Gus Garces & Lee Geraghty

Disney High School Musical

St. John's Regional College

 

 

 

BEST DIRECTOR
CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT OR
YOUTH PRODUCTION
 

NAME

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

Jordan Thomas

Seussical the Musical

Emmaus College

Carmen Powell

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

Lee Geraghty

Disney High School  Musical

St. John's Regional College

 

 

 

BEST PRODUCTION ~ YOUTH

 

 

PRODUCTION

COMPANY

 

Seussical The Musical

Emmaus College

 

Disney's Alice In Wonderland

Masquerade Performing Arts

 

Bugsy Malone

Players Theatre

 

 

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