The Robert Finley Awards 2012

What an embarrassment the awards night was, especially considering it is the big night for community theatre in WA. Half the winners were not present as there were no nominees announced prior to the night, performances on the night were boring, and one would think that the performers were there performing from a show they were nominated for - not the case, in fact one performer wasnt even nominated and only discovered this after performing then seeing the program. the venue was uninspiring and one would assume a conflict of interest in holding it there as the president of the ITA gets paid to run the venue as well as advertise their shows on the back of the program and embarrassingly mention it about ten time throughout the production. Surely this is a case of the ITA feathering the nest of its committee members. Instead of advertising the venues productions, commonsense would prevail to advertise the first show of the season for its members. Whilst on the topic of the ITA, how about they update their own website, and fill out the whats on and audition page. Finley Awards used to be a huge affair with musical performances from almost every club, this year left little to be desired. How about nominating the actual person for the technical awards instead of the club. technicians are people too and deserve the respect. shame on the ITA for letting the awards night get to this stage.....