Winners from Dramafest 2010

AWARDS FROM DRAMAFEST 2010 Best Overall production: Goldfields Repertory “Derek Drives a Datsun” Best Director: Simon James “When Nixon Met Elvis” Arena Arts & Entertainment New Writing: John Grimshaw “Checkout” Melville Theatre Rob de Vaak Most Innovative Production “Striptease” Upstart Theatre Co. Encouragement: Stage Left Theatre Troupe Adjudicators Award: Zoe Hollyoak “Hush Little Celia” last minute replacement and fine performance as Celia Stirling Players Best Actor: Nathan Catalano in “Hooker from Hell” KADS Best Actress: Leonie Lever in “Hooker from Hell” KADS Best Support Actor: Zach Hawke in “The Shock of recognition” Stage Left Best Support Actress: Lisa Skrypichayko in “Past Loves” Old Mill Best Costume Award: Stage Left “ Work â€“ You’re doing it wrong”. People’s choice award: “Hooker from Hell” KADS Certificates Martin Watkins masterly property master Irish Players Adrian O’Neill for Mr Wedgecock in Checkout Melville Set Design and Decor for Stage Left’s Work-You’re doing it wrong The cast of When Nixon Meets Elvis for absolute Precision Doreen Hill for the splendid keening finale in Riders to the Sea - Irish Players SPY “Black Skirt” for fine ensemble performance LX design/execution for The Game - Melville

Hi Paul, May I say that I hold up Earnest merely as a representation of the plays that are done over and over ,some say to death, but they do seem to keep coming back from the grave. There are numerous other plays that would slip easily into this category. Recent threads on this site suggest our theatre audiences are dying, and I think that's very true in a literal sense. The question begs, can we attract the young with plays like Earnest and co? My view is that we cannot, however, I'd be interested in hearing from the younger members of our theatre community on that score, for I would suggest it is they who should be giving us direction for the future, not that I'm suggesting we old buggers can't have our say, but we need to somehow show the young that theatre can be as exciting as Facebook and Twitter, oh s**t, there goes my argument..DOH! cheers Johnny Grim

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