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PRESS RELEASE
2016-07-04

ATG "CURTAIN CALL" AWARDS NOMINATIONS 2015/2016


The ATG is pleased to announce the nominees for its 2015/2016 "Curtain Call" Awards.

Nominees were chosen by the ATG Review Team, for shows reviewed between 1 June 2015 and 31 May 2016.

Details about the ATG "Curtain Call" Awards and nomination process can be found here.

In 2016 the ATG Review Team consisted of: Janice Bailey, Tony Busch, Fran Edwards, Linda Edwards, Chris Eaton, Nikki Gaertner, Talia Gaertner-Jones, Brian Godfrey, Louise Miller Frost, Paige Mulholland, Kylie Pedler, Anthony Vawser, Luke Wagner, John Wells, Maggie Wood, and Jamie Wright.

And for the 2016 ATG "Curtain Call" Awards, the nominees are...


Professional

Best Show - Comedy

The Last Time I Saw Richard (five.point.one)
The Popular Mechanicals (State Theatre Company of South Australia)
Volpone (State Theatre Company of South Australia)

Best Show - Drama

Bitch Boxer (Someone Like U Productions)
Gorgon (State Theatre Company of South Australia)
The Country (Stone/Castro)
Things I Know To Be True (State Theatre Company of South Australia)

Best Show - Musical

Cloudstreet (State Opera SA)
Ghost: The Musical (The Gordon Frost Organisation)
Oklahoma! On a Farm (Emma Knights Productions)
The Magic Flute (State Opera SA)

Best Show - Cabaret

A Sentimental Journey – The Music of Doris Day (Louise Messenger)
It Was Worth the Weight (Davine Interventionz)
Moving Too Fast (Michaela Burger and Zac Tyler)
Myriad (Stand and Fight Productions)

Best Ensemble

Cloudstreet (State Opera SA)
Deluge (Tiny Bricks)
Machu Picchu (State Theatre Company of South Australia)
The Popular Mechanicals (State Theatre Company of South Australia)

Best Female Performance

Catherine McClements (The Events, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Belvoir and Malthouse Theatre)
Chiara Gabrielli (Gorgon, State Theatre Company of South Australia)
Jordan Cowan (Bitch Boxer, Someone Like U Productions)
Wendy Mae Brown (Ghost: The Musical, The Gordon Frost Organisation)

Best Male Performance

James Smith (Gorgon, State Theatre Company of South Australia)
Paul Blackwell (Things I Know to Be True, State Theatre Company of South Australia)
Rob Mills (Ghost: The Musical, The Gordon Frost Organisation)
Tim Overton (The Young King, Slingsby)

Best Technical

Chris Petridis & Kathryn Sproul, Lighting, Video & Set Design (Gorgon, State Theatre Company of South Australia)
Geoff Cobham, Production Design (Betrayal, State Theatre Company of South Australia)
Jonathon Oxlade, Nigel Levings & Andrew Howard, Production Design (Machu Picchu, State Theatre Company of South Australia)
Nigel Levings & Craig Williams, Lighting & Video Design (Cloudstreet, State Opera SA)


Amateur

Best Show - Comedy

Rumours (Galleon Theatre Group)
The Cripple of Inishmaan (Adelaide Repertory Theatre)
The Philadelphia Story (The Therry Dramatic Society Inc.)
Zigzag Street (The Stirling Players Inc.)

Best Show - Drama

A Steady Rain (Lost in Translation)
The Lion in Winter (The Therry Dramatic Society Inc.)
When the Rain Stops Falling (St Jude's Players)
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (University of Adelaide Theatre Guild)

Best Show - Musical

Guys & Dolls (The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of South Australia)
The Goodbye Girl (The Therry Dramatic Society Inc.)
The Light In the Piazza (Davine Inteventionz)
The Story of My Life (Davine Interventionz)

Best Show - Youth Theatre

Everybody Dies (South Australian Youth Arts)
Into The Woods (Adelaide Youth Theatre)
Jesus Christ Superstar (Scotch College)
Regen: Happy Are Those Who Dream (Endeavour College)

Best Ensemble

A Steady Rain (Lost in Translation)
Company (The Hills Musical Company)
Sex Cells (Galleon Theatre Group)
When the Rain Stops Falling (St Jude's Players)

Best Female Performance

Anita Canala (Rumours, Galleon Theatre Group)
Celine O’Leary (The Lion in Winter, The Therry Dramatic Society Inc.)
Georgia Stockham (The Elephant Man, Adelaide Repertory Theatre)
Julie Quick (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, University of Adelaide Theatre Guild)

Best Male Performance

Lindsay Prodea (The Goodbye Girl, The Therry Dramatic Society Inc.)
Matt Houston (The Cripple of Inishmaan, Adelaide Repertory Theatre)
Robert Bell (The Elephant Man, Adelaide Repertory Theatre)
Will Cox (Hamlet, Independent Theatre)

Best Young Performer

Ben Francis (Jesus Christ Superstar, Scotch College)
Chloe Zodrow (Anne of Green Gables, Hills Youth Theatre)
Henny Walters (The Goodbye Girl, Therry)
Nathan Stafford (Bugsy Malone, Adelaide Youth Theatre)

Best Technical

James Nicholson, Karen Sheldon, Mark Oakley & Elisabeth Arnold, Set, Lighting & Costume Design (Guys & Dolls, The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of South Australia)
Ole Weibkin & Lily Hirschhorn, Set & Video Design (When the Rain Stops Falling, St Jude's Players)
Robert Andrews & Damon Hill, Set Design (Up Pompeii, Tea Tree Players)
Susan Grey-Gardner, Lighting Design (Hamlet, Independent Theatre)