Youthfest Results

Adjudicator's certificates: Skillful directing to Elizabeth Shaw (Playlovers "Izzy Icarus Fell Off the World") Colourful costumes and clever set to East Waikiki Primary School ("Who's Bean Stalking?") Excellent ensemble work to St Norbert College ("15 Reasons Not to Be in a Play") Excellent ensemble work to Stirling Players Youth ("Urbs Urbis") Skillful technical operations to Sawyers Valley Primary School ("How to be a Pirate" and "Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents"). My apologies, I do not have the names of the young student who operated the tech for the plays . . . but they were awesome Standout characterisation to Tayla Francis (East Waikiki Primary School "Who's Bean Stalking") Acting and singing to Leah Addison (Sawyers Valley Primary School "Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents") For proving there's no such thing as a small role to Matthew Welsh and Ethan Rodelas (East Waikiki Primary School "Who's Bean Stalking") Atmospheric set and staging to Stirling Players Youth ("Urbs Urbis") Atmospheric set and staging to Melville Theatre Company ("Juvie") Awards: The Melville Theatre Encouragement Award to Sawyers Valley Primary School for their enthusiastic presentation of "How to be a Pirate" and "Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents" Best Actor (Junior) to Jolyon Joyce (Sawyers Valley Primary School "How to be a Pirate" and Playlovers "Izzy Icarus Fell Off the World") Best Actor (Senior) to Christopher Moro for Stirling Players Youth ("Urbs Urbis") Best Actress (Junior) to Stephanie Shaw (Playlovers "Izzy Icarus Fell Off the World") Best Actress (Senior) to Tallulah Starkie (Melville Theatre Company "Juvie") Best Stage Manager to Emily Bandarian-Menezes and Heather Laidley (Sawyers Valley Primary School "How to be a Pirate" and "Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents") Best Director to Kerri Hilton (St Norbert College "15 Reasons Not to Be in a Play") Most Innovative Production to Stirling Players Youth ("Urbs Urbis") The Ann Hill Award for Best Senior Production to Melville Theatre Company ("Juvie") The Jack and Mavis Hart Award for Best Junior Production to Playlovers ("Izzy Icarus Fell Off the World") Thank you again to all of the groups who entered, the actors who performed, the technies who teched, the stage managers who managed the stage, the costumers, set designers, sound designers and directors for a really enjoyable day. Thank you also to the ITA for arranging the event and to Melville for hosting :) Dr Melissa Merchant