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Canberra Festival of One Act Plays (2006)
 Wyong
Drama Group sent three plays to the Canberra Drama Festival which was held on
Friday 29th and Saturday 30th September and Sunday 1st October 2006. The
plays were Hewers of Coal by Joe Corrie, directed by Millie Sampson and Darlene Cole
directed two, Mother & Son: The Last Straw by Geoffery Atherden and
The Donoghue Sisters
by Geraldine Aron.
These plays had previously been presented at the
Wyong TheatreFest a few months before.
There were a total of 15 entries, so the competition was fairly stiff.
In fact, The Donoghue Sisters was also presented by another group, Henry
Lawson Theatre from Werrington, near Penrith.
Happily, WDG came away with no less than six awards. Best Actor for Hagen
Heinrich (Mother & Son); Best Actress for Ruth Jordon/Christine
Vale/Pollyanna Forshaw (Donoghue Sisters); Best Supporting Actor for
Laszlo Weidlich (Mother & Son); Best Characterisation for Pam Campbell (Mother
& Son) and Best Director for Darlene Cole (for I think The Donoghue
Sisters but it may also have been Mother & Son, the adjudicator
wasn't particularly clear).
Canberra 2006 Festival Programme (pdf file 1,507,586 bytes)
Canberra Festival of One Act Plays Website Links
Photo Gallery
NB: All the pictures on this page are thumbnails, click on the picture
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Award Winners - Back: Alana Calwell, Christine Vale, Ruth Jordon,
Pollyanna Forshaw, Hagen Heinrich, Laszlo Weidlich. Front:
Vivienne Calwell, Felicity Calwell and Pam Campbell |
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Hewers of Coal Cast and Crew - Back: Niall Williams, Stuart
Mortimer, Barry Sampson and John Czerniecki. Front: Duncan
Mitchell and Millie Sampson |
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Kathy Izzard from Mother and Son, and Barry Sampson, set builder for
Hewers of Coal |
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Mother & Son: The Last Straw. Marc Calwell, Laszlo
Weidlich, Hagen Heinrich and Pam Campbell |
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Mother & Son: The Last Straw. Marc Calwell, Hagen Heinrich,
Laszlo Weidlich and Pam Campbell |
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The Donoghue Sisters: Pollyanna Forshaw, Ruth Jordon and
Christine Vale |
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The Calwells - Marc from Mother and Son: The Last Straw and
the three sisters Alana, Felicity and Vivienne, the choir from The Donoghue
Sisters. |
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After the show we were "entertained" by members of the Canberra
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Awards
Despite it being entered in the Comedy section, the adjudicator adjudged
Mother & Son: The Last Straw to actually be a Drama, and made his awards
accordingly. A full list of the awards follows:
| CATEGORY |
WINNER |
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| DRAMA |
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| Best Actor |
Hagen Heinrich * |
| Best Actress |
Ruth Jordon/Christine Vale/Pollyanna Forshaw * |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Laszlo Weidlich * |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Marie Carroll |
| Best Characterisation |
Pam Campbell * |
| Best Director |
Darlene Cole * |
| Best Production |
Donoghue Sisters by WDG * |
| Best Original Script |
De-Frag by Trevor Chilvar |
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* = Wyong Drama Group Entry |
| COMEDY |
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| Best Actor |
Soren Jenson |
| Best Actress |
Clare Martin |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Bernard Clisby |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Jan Johnson |
| Best Characterisation |
Lee Piper |
| Best Director |
Carla Moore |
| Best Production |
Three Chairs |
| Best Original Script |
Classic Claustrophobia by Jenny Rixon |
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| Playwrights' Encouragement Award |
Help Me Jenny by Kim Wilson (Tempo Theatre) |
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