{"id":2831,"date":"2023-11-30T16:47:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thestar.test\/2023\/11\/30\/standing-ovation-for-theatre-legends\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T16:47:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:47:48","slug":"standing-ovation-for-theatre-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/blog\/standing-ovation-for-theatre-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing ovation for theatre legends"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\tFriday, November 29th, 2019<\/span> | Posted by Tayla Kershaw<\/a><\/span> \t\t\t<\/div>\n

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Standing ovation for theatre legends<\/h1>\n
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RISING STARS: Will Thatcher (back) and Ronan Harris (front) have been nominated for Gippsland Associated Theatre Awards\u2019 most outstanding youth performance, 13 years and over, for their character portrayals in Leongatha Lyric Theatre\u2019s production of Jasper Jones.
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SOUTH Gippsland performers, directors and theatre groups are set to shine again at this year\u2019s Gippsland Associated Theatre Awards after raking in nominations.<\/p>\n

Wonthaggi Theatrical Group (WTG) and Leongatha Lyric Theatre received a remarkable 23 nominations each across 31 categories.<\/p>\n

Foster Arts Music and Drama Association (FAMDA) also took out an impressive 12 nominations across the board with a nomination for the most outstanding drama\/comedy with The Vicar of Dibley.<\/p>\n

Most outstanding musical production nominations went to WTG\u2019s Les Mis\u00e9rables and Lyric\u2019s Young Frankenstein.<\/p>\n

Most outstanding lead actor (musical theatre) nominations include Adrian Darakai for his portrayal of Dr Frederick Von Frankenstein in Lyric\u2019s Young Frankenstein, Tom Green as Jean Valjean in WTG\u2019s Les Mis\u00e9rables and Sam Shineberg for his representation for Igor, also in Lyric\u2019s Young Frankenstein.<\/p>\n

Kiama Smith is up for the award of most outstanding female lead (musical theatre) for her portrayal of Inga in Lyric\u2019s Young Frankenstein.<\/p>\n

In the drama\/comedy category, Michael Hogan has been nominated for the most outstanding lead male for his portrayal of David Horton in FAMDA\u2019s The Vicar of Dibley.<\/p>\n

Christine Skicko has also been nominated for most outstanding lead female for her role of Geraldine Granger in the same production.<\/p>\n

Most outstanding youth performance nominations, 13 years and under, include Nissa Campbell, Tyler Jenkins, Lyra Lockhart and Balian Prendergast within WTG\u2019s production of Les Mis\u00e9rables.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile most outstanding youth performance nominations, 13 years and over, go to Ronan Harris for his portrayal of Jasper Jones in Lyric\u2019s production of Jasper Jones, and Will Thatcher for his performance as Charlie Bucktin in the same production.<\/p>\n

Directors nominated for an award include Daniel Lawrie for Lyric\u2019s Young Frankenstein and WTG\u2019s Karen Milkins-Hendry for Les Mis\u00e9rables.<\/p>\n

WTG will host the awards on Saturday, December 7, 7pm at the Wonthaggi Workmen\u2019s Club.<\/p>\n

Tickets are $55 for adults and $25 for children under the age of 12 and include a three-course meal.<\/p>\n

The theme is gold, and attendees are encouraged to dress up for the occasion.<\/p>\n

Booking can be made at the venue or by phoning 5672 1083.<\/p>\n

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Friday, November 29th, 2019 | Posted by Tayla Kershaw Standing ovation for theatre legends RISING STARS: Will Thatcher (back) and Ronan Harris (front) have been nominated for Gippsland Associated Theatre Awards\u2019 most outstanding youth performance, 13 years and over, for their character portrayals in Leongatha Lyric Theatre\u2019s production of Jasper Jones. \u00a0 SOUTH Gippsland performers, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thestar.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}