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Wyong TheatreFest 1998

For some time, the contestants at Mudgee or Gulgong Theatre Festivals joked about not being able to afford to run more festivals and that Wyong Drama Group should do it.  Well, we DID decide to do it, in 1998, and the festival attracted 18 plays from a wide area of the country.  The adjudicator was Lyn Pierse.  After this first Theatre Fest, we didn't hold another one until 2004, but we've held one annually since then.

Wyong Drama Group presented four plays at the TheatreFest for 1998.  They were Albert, which had been performed earlier as the Bush Bash play, and three others specifically produced for the TheatreFest, Silver Wedding Countdown, The Music Lovers and See if I Care.  These shows all have their own web pages.  Of the fifteen awards on offer, Wyong Drama Group picked up a highly creditable five awards.

                      

Ron Baker, Bonnie Bryant, Julie Bailey and Laszlo Weidlich         Julie Bailey, Ron Baker Bonnie Bryant and Kathy Izzard

TheatreFest '98 Programme  (1,032,950 bytes - 13 pages - includes all entries)

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The Awards

Best Actor

Laszlo Weidlich (Albert: WDG)

Best Actress

Julie Bailey (See If I Care: WDG)

Best Actor in a supporting role

Howard Oxley (Albert: WDG)

Best Actress in a supporting role

Kate Wright (Last Tango: Tempo Theatre)

Best Ensemble Performance

The Music Lovers (WDG)

Best Direction

Bonnie Bryant (See If I Care: WDG)

Best Drama

The Boat (Bathurst Players)
Best Drama - runner up Epitaph for a Hard Man (Wild Oats)

Best Comedy

Face The Music (Gulgong MADS)
Best Comedy - runner up The Accidental Poke (Twin Town Players)
Best Unpublished Play Cybergrrrls by Jerry & Eve Everard (Tempo)

Best Costumes

Face the Music (Gulgong MADS)

Best Set

Face the Music (Gulgong MADS)

Adjudicator’s Special award

Matthew Kelly in The Boat (Bathurst Players)
Col Henry Encouragement Award Rebecca Bull (Effie's Burning: Mudgee PAS)

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