‘College of Rock’ smashes the awards

A HUGE double-cast manufacturing of “College of Rock”, seen at Gungahlin Theatre in late 2022, cleaned up tonight (February 10) with 12 awards on the inaugural Ovations Awards, held  on the Hellenic Membership.

The Ovations, aimed particularly on the Canberra and Queanbeyan  performing-arts sector and  been constructed on  group nominations, honour performers, administrators, designers, folks concerned in areas equivalent to sound, lighting and costumes, and the businesses that help them.

Whereas “College of Rock” acquired awards for Greatest Orchestra College of Rock, Greatest Musical Director, Greatest Choreographer and lots of extra below  musical theatre line-up, not far behind it within the theatre class had been productions staged at  the newish ACT Hub, in Kingston, with all its taking part firms, Chaika Theatre, Free Rain Theatre and Everyman Theatre taking out high honours. As nicely, “The Boys”, staged by Alchemy Inventive at ACT Hub, took out a number of awards.

The  spotlight of the night, introduced by president of the Ovations, Michael Sparks, was the presentation of the brand new “Standing Ovation Award”  to a stalwart of the backstage group, David Tips.

In a transparent sign that these awards would pay tribute to all facet of the theatre arts, the brand new award honours individuals who go above and past within the performing arts, on stage or behind the scenes.

The judges stated Tips had invested private effort and time to grasp the complexities of managing a excessive variety of radio microphones to have the ability to ship radio technician providers to group theatre teams, thus saving them cash on having to rent these providers.

The complete record of awards is:

Musical Theatre

• Greatest Set,  John Nicholls and staff, for “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions
• Greatest Lighting Design, Jacob Aquilina, for “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions
• Greatest Sound Design,  James McPherson, for “Jersey Boys,” Canberra Philharmonic Society
• Greatest Costume Design, Miriam Miley-Learn, for “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions
• Greatest Properties Design, John Murphy, for “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions
• Greatest Supporting Male Efficiency David Cannell as Sir Joseph Porter KCB, “H.M.S. Pinafore,” Queanbeyan Gamers
• Greatest Supporting Feminine Efficiency Louise Gaspari as The Mom Abbess, “The Sound of Music,” Queanbeyan Gamers
• Greatest Featured Efficiency, The Firm, “Jersey Boys,” Canberra Philharmonic Society
• Greatest Youth Efficiency (18 and below) College youngsters ensembles in “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions
• Greatest Lead Male Efficiency Max Gambale as Dewey, “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions
• Greatest Lead Feminine Efficiency Taylor Paliaga as Rosalie Mullins, “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions
• Greatest Orchestra “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions
• Greatest Musical Director Kat Tang, “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions
• Greatest Choreographer  Nathan Rutups, “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions
• Greatest Director Marty King, “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions

Dance

• Greatest Dance Merchandise “Stable Gold,” Legs Performing Arts
• Greatest Choreography  “Wilkommen, Zealous,” Excessive Kix Productions
• Greatest Manufacturing Jai Ho, “Stable Gold,” Legs Performing Arts

Theatre

• Greatest Set, joint Winners Phoenix Mae for Soul Buying and selling, Canberra Youth Theatre and Luke Rogers for Collected Tales, Chaika Theatre
• Greatest Lighting Design, Antony Hately for The right way to Vote, Canberra Youth Theatre
• Greatest Sound Design, Patrick Haesler for Soul Buying and selling, Canberra Youth Theatre
• Greatest Costume Design, Fiona Leach for “The Significance of Being Earnest,” ACT Hub
• Greatest Properties Design in to Lexi Sekuless and Tracy Cui  for “The Torrents,” Mill Theatre
• Greatest Supporting Male Efficiency Josh Wiseman as Nick, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Free Rain Theatre Firm
• Greatest Supporting Feminine Efficiency Natasha Vickery as Lisa Morrison, “Collected Tales,” Chaika Theatre
• Greatest Featured Efficiency, Alex Hoskison, Cole Hilder, Blue Hyslop as The brothers, “The Boys,” Alchemy Inventive in affiliation with Shadow Home PITS and Sophie Benassi
• Greatest Youth Efficiency (18yo and below)  Liam Prichard as Ste, “Lovely Factor,” Everyman Theatre
• Greatest Lead Male Efficiency in a Play Michael Cooper as Jason/Tyrone, “Hand to God,” Everyman Theatre
• Greatest Lead Feminine Efficiency Karen Vickery as Ruth Steiner, “Collected Tales,”  Chaika Theatre
• Greatest Director  Amy Kowalczuk for “The Boys,” Alchemy Inventive in affiliation with Shadow Home PITS and Sophie Benassi

Youth

• Youth Award in Theatre Asha Ellis as Velveteen Rabbit, Little one Gamers ACT
• Youth Award in Musical Theatre The corporate of “Matilda,” Gungahlin School Theatre Firm

All Classes

• Greatest Promotion Idea  “The Significance of Being Earnest,” ACT Hub
• Judges award for excellent achievement in theatre Sophia Carlton for 4 productions at ACT Hub in 2022, ACT Hub
• Judges’ award for excellent achievement in musical theatre Teresa Wojcik for vocal teaching, “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions
• Behind the Scenes Award in theatre Michelle Norris for motion route, “The Boys,” Alchemy Inventive in affiliation with Shadow Home PITS and Sophie Benassi
• Behind the Scenes Award in musical theatre Lighting Crew for Fallen Angel Scene, “Jersey Boys,” Canberra Philharmonic Society
• Greatest Authentic Work or Adaptation Kate Walder for “Soul Buying and selling,” Canberra Youth Theatre
• Greatest Manufacturing of a Play in Group  “The right way to Vote,” Canberra Youth Theatre
• Greatest Manufacturing of a Play in Impartial “Collected Tales,” Chaika Theatre
• Greatest Musical lower than $70k,  “College of Rock,” Dramatic Productions
• Greatest Musical greater than $70k “Mamma Mia,” Free-Rain Theatre Firm