Hello everyone,
At the time of writing my ‘spot’ for January, Wanneroo Repertory is celebrating receiving 14 nominations at the Robert Finley Awards plus 5 adjudicators certificates! For those of you unaware of the awards – it is community theatre’s answer to the Oscars! I don’t recall us ever receiving so many nominations before – 6 of them were for our final production, The Wedding Singer – and I am sure, those of you who saw it will understand why, it was a fabulous production! From the moment you arrived at the theatre there was a party going on and it didn’t stop until you left the theatre! Well done to all involved, it was a magnificent team effort.
At the awards, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical was won by Dixie Johnstone, who played Holly in The Wedding Singer. Certificates were awarded to Oliver Bourne for “Energy and enthusiasm” in Greenwicks and It runs in the Family, to John McPherson & James Marczec for “Local writing of Greenwicks”, to Let the sun shine – for “effective use of music by a local artist”, and to John Johnstone for “a clever and well-designed working prop – the water box” (in The Wedding Singer). Moonlight and Magnolias, our first production in 2017 was also honoured with a certificate to Wally Fry for lighting, the play was runner up in the Best Play category and Carryn McLean was awarded Best Director of a Play, also for Moonlight & Magnolias.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!
2018 will be another busy year at the Limelight Theatre opening in the school holidays on the 19th January with A Princess Dream directed by Amy Sales of Glass Slipper Entertainment. Death of a Salesman follows in March and then in May, we have had to change the originally advertised play (The Lady Killers) as we were denied the rights to perform it in 2018. So, Caught in the Net, the sequel to Ray Cooney’s Run for your wife which was performed a couple of years ago, will take its place.
I would encourage all members to book early for each production as several of you were disappointed when the last season was sold out; we can’t always put on an extra performance!
I have often mentioned volunteers in my ‘spot’ and we are fortunate indeed to have members with diverse interests and talents who give freely of their time and energy. The set builders and painters, the stage managers and crew, wardrobe, lighting and sound technicians, front of house staff, photographers, directors, actors, all of the committee members and their partners. To all of you who volunteered in 2017 – THANK YOU! – we simply could not exist without you. See you all in 2018!
Happy New year to you all!
Shelley McGinn
