The Finleys - The Awards?? — Theatre Australia Forums

I was at the Finley's last night, and being my first time I was curious to see the way it was presented, organised and also what actual awards were given. To start with I was appalled at the fact that a thread from this site had been mentioned, and MISQUOTED, at the beginning of the evening. There was no need for it to be brought up, if the Adjudicator's wanted to clear up the matter of their awards and the importance of them it could have been done in a round about way without directly alluding to the post which they obviously haven't read themselves as if they did they would have realised they had misquoted Paul Treasure who was actually defending the ITA, rather than them giving him a slap in the face! I found it completely unprofessional! Secondly I found it strange that there was an award for Best Director of A Play, and Best Musical Director, but NO Best Director of a Musical or Best Choreographer. Now I do realise that you can only have so many awards, but these are IMPORTANT ones! If you didn't have a choreographer for a Musical it would be pretty boring! I certainly don't want to see, for example, 42nd Street without any Tapping! I was told by someone there that apparently it is looked on as 'Musicals already get enough awards'!! What the? A musical is always going to get more than plays as they have more elements!! That is just the way it is! You have to acknowledge people! And a Director and a Musical Director and 2 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS. You can't put them in the same category as they do different things. Also the fact that Directors of Musicals were not acknowledged even in the 'Best Director' category, I think is insulting. There may be a lot of awards, but these are ones that are important! How do you think it would be received if the Tony's, Helpman's and Olivier Awards dropped these categories?? My other query was the award for 'Best Other than a Lead Actor/Actress' ummm.... hmmm.. shouldn't this be 'Best Supporting Actor/Actress'?? I did have an enjoyable evening and it was great to catch up with people and have a few drinks,and see excerpts from shows I had not seen. Here's to a great 2008 and I must give special mention to Eurobeat! You guys were FANTASTIC! I didn't get to see the show, but from what I saw last night WELL DONE! It was a high energy, polished, fabulous performance with great choreography and such huge talent! You Guys were my definate highlight!!

Yes Kimberley Shaw was nominated in the Best Director Category -- Congratulations. However, in an unfortunate oversight -- that went uncorrected -- Kimberley's name WAS NOT read out as a nominee on the night! Anyone who attended the evening with no prior knowledge of the nominees, or had not memorised them, could be forgiven for assuming Kimberley or any other director of a musical had not been acknowledged. Further to this, when the nominations were first announced, Kimberley's name was originally placed in the wrong category, which may have prompted further confusion. You did a fantastic job Kimberley, I hope you don't feel as though your efforts were not appreciated! P.S. I had a fabulous night!

The Finleys - The Awards??

Yes Kimberley Shaw was

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