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Central Coast TheatreFest 2011
The TheatreFest this year was held over the weekend Friday 24th, Saturday
25th and Sunday 26th June 2011. Tickets were priced at $10 per session, or
$25 for a full season pass (entry to all sessions). The final Awards
Ceremony on Sunday at 2pm was free for all to attend.
Awards
The following awards were made at the presentation ceremony held at 2pm on
Sunday 26 June 2011:
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VIPs at presentation: Marc Calwell
(MC), Ruth Jordon (Festival CoOrdinator), Juliet Axford (Special
Guest), Doug Eaton (Mayor of Wyong Shire), Sean Hall (Adjudicator) |
| Best Actor |
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Paul Russel - How to Make Your
Theatre Pay (Pictured: Paul Russel) |
| Best Actress |
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Dot Ward - Garbage
(Pictured: Dot Ward) |
| Best Director |
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Margaret Bell - Garbage
(Pictured: Madeline Sheehy accepting the award on her behalf) |
| Best Production |
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Woy Woy Little Theatre - How to
Make Your Theatre Pay (Pictured: Paul Russel & Jessica Alex) |
| Best Production, Runner Up |
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Independent Theatre - Shadow of
Doubt (Pictured: Duncan Mitchell, Writer) |
| Best Ensemble Performance |
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Wyong Christian School - The
Jewellery Box (Pictured: Rouba Elhage, Writer/Director) |
| Best Actor in a supporting role |
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Scott Osborne - Shadow of Doubt
(Pictured: Scott Osborne) |
| Best Actress in a supporting role |
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Pollyanna Forshaw - Ruby of
Elsinore (Pictured: Pollyanna Forshaw) |
| Best Set |
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WDG - 27 Wagons Full of Cotton
(Pictured: Nikki De Vries, Director) |
| Best Costumes |
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Players Theatre - Save Me a
Place at Forest Lawn (Pictured: Karen Slater, Director;
Barbara Brum & Diane Leslie, Cast) |
| Best Unpublished Play |
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Duncan Mitchell - Shadow of
Doubt (Pictured: Duncan Mitchell) |
| Adjudicator's Special Award |
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Jacob Funnell - guitarist in
The Jewellery Box (Pictured: Rouba Elhage accepting the
award on his behalf) |
| John Axford Memorial Award |
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Lisa Phillips - vocalistè
in The Jewellery Box (Pictured: Rouba Elhage accepting
the award on her behalf) |
| Apex 40 Award |
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Dot Ward - Garbage
(Pictured: Dot Ward) |
| Woops! Award |
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Kahli Meredith (Pictured: SM Barry
Sampson giving the award to ASM Kahli) |
| The Adjudicator |
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Sean Hall |
| The M.C. |
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Marc Calwell |
| The Festival Co-Ordinator |
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Ruth Jordon |
| The VIPs |
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Ruth, Juliet, Doug & Sean |
| Major Raffle Prize |
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Raffle Winner |
| Major Raffle Prize Artist |
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Maxine Kent Johnston with Ruth
Jordon (and the painting of course) |
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Running Order
| Friday 24 June, 7pm |
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| Session "0" (Intro Night) |
Three Plays from XtrAct |
XtrAct Drama Academy |
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Late / Late .... Computer Date
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XtrAct Drama Academy |
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| Saturday 25 June, 1pm |
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| Session 1 |
The Jewellery Box |
Wyong Christian Community School |
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Save Me a Place at Forest Lawn |
The Players Theatre |
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27 Wagons Full of Cotton |
WDG |
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How to Make your Theatre Pay |
Woy Woy Little Theatre |
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| Saturday 26 June, 7pm |
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| Session 2 |
Bootie Cottage |
The Players Theatre |
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(Unfortunately Bootie Cottage was withdrawn due
to the death of a cast member's relative the day before. Our
sympathies go out). |
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Ruby of Elsinore |
WDG |
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Shadow of Doubt |
Independent Theatre |
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| Sunday 27 June, 10am |
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| Session 3 |
The Jumper |
Woy Woy Little Theatre |
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Swan Song |
WDG |
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Garbage |
Glenbrook Players |
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| Sunday 27 June, 2pm |
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| Awards Session |
All Welcome, Admission Free!!! |
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We invited all interested theatre societies, collectives and other
dramatically-minded groups of people to enter a One-Act play in the competition.
For more information you can download a TheatreFest Info Pack as below.
For more information, see the web pages for previous year's festivals where
you can see pictures and lists of awards, and download info packs, running lists
and programmes (the latter are VERY informative). Prior TheatreFests have
been held in 1998,
2004,
2005,
2006,
2007,
2008,
2009 and
2010.
WDG Plays
WDG entered three plays this year:
Twenty-seven Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams
This was directed by Nikki Devries, and was her directorial debut. It
depicts a small glimpse into the lives of Flora and Jake Meighan and the
repercussions of the “good neighbour policy”. Its cast was Sara Brown,
Stephen McDonald and Marc Calwell.
Ruby of Elsinore by Bruce Kane
This was directed by Robyn Weidlich who directed three plays in this year's
festival. (Two for WDG and one for XtrAct Drama Academy). This is an
extremely funny spoof on Hamlet where the Danish Royal Family let
their hair down when they come to Ruby's House of Beauty for a cut and counsel.
The cast included Ruth Jordon, Madeline Parker, Pollyanna Forshaw, Laszlo
Weidlich, Robert Cottam and Les Bessany
Swan Song by Anton Checkhov
Robyn Weidlich again directed this two-hander with Laszlo Weidlich and Les
Besseny. In this play an ageing actor laments the passing of time and
questions his life choices. Torn between vanity, ambition and self-doubt,
should he now fade into obscurity and die, or choose life and proceed towards
his inevitable fate in a blaze of glory?
Programme Errata
Late/Late... Computer Date was actually presented by XtrAct
Drama Academy (not WDG). Shadow of Doubt (written by Duncan Mitchell) was not directed
by him (as listed), but by Pam Campbell. (The spelling of Les Besseny,
Scott Osborne and Anton Chekhov also needs correcting).
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