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Awards Night 2025

Mar 19, 2025 | News, Awards

The Limelight Award Recipients for 2024 are –

Best Male Actor – Play
Andrew Brown	Inspector Goole – An Inspector Calls
Best Male Actor – Musical
Beau Poole	Puss – Puss in Boots
Best Female Actor – Play
Christine Smith	Sybil Birling – An Inspector Calls
Best Female Actor – Musical
Escher Roe	Cheryl Williams – Evil Dead
Best Male Supporting Actor – Play
Tomas Kinshela	Harry Biscuit/Mr Parsimonious – Bleak Expectations
Best Male Supporting Actor – Musical
Jason Pearce	Jethro – Puss In Boots
Best Female Supporting Actor – Musical
Ellie Coburn	Linda – Evil Dead
Best Female Supporting Actor – Play
Ffion Bishop	Sheila Birling – An Inspector Calls
Robert Devaack Award – Best New Talent
Escher Roe	Cheryl Williams – Evil Dead
Best Production
Evil Dead directed by Kieran Ridgeway
Joyce Gilbert Award for Best Costumes
Puss In Boots – Shelley McGinn
Ken Bayliss Award for Best Set
Evil Dead – Luke Miller
Best Technical
Evil Dead – Shelly Miller, Reynold Bauer and Chris McCray
George Dickinson – Spotlight Award
Mal Anderson – “for the car in Hands on a Hard Body”
Ann McGinn Award – for Best Club Member
Roger Oakes

Adjudicators’ Certificates
“An Inspector Calls” for the combination of set construction, props, set dressing, lighting, and sound that transported us back to the Edwardian era.
Kyra Havel for a consistent strong stage presence and clever choreography of her solo.
David Nelson & Jane Anderson for being able to maintain audience engagement through the use of clever blocking and interaction with the vehicle.
Chris McCafferty for his versatility and ability to depict the very serious JD in “Hands on a Hard Body” and the Queen in “Puss in Boots”.
“Evil Dead – The Musical” for the overall impact of the special effects.
Andrew Govey for his surprising clarinet playing, proving that even ogres can have a melodious side.
Mary Del Casale for beautiful comic timing in her various roles in “Bleak Expectations”.

Committee Nominees 2025

Mar 13, 2025 | Membership, Contact

The nominees for 2025 are as follows:

COMMITTEE

President: RJ. Smolders / Andrew Govey

Secretary: Sonia Belot

Treasurer: Patrick McGinn / Tom Melanko

Technical Manager: Paul King

Publicity Coordinator: Peta Anderson

Front of House Manager: RJ Smolders

Theatre Maintenance Manager: Roger Oakes

Social Media Coordinator: Ashlee de Costa

Committee (without portfolio): Helen Smolders / Gwen Browning / Christine Smith / Andrew Govey / Gordon Park / Richard Tudge

Non-COMMITTEE

Lighting Team – Technician: Ashlee de Costa / Peter Giles

Sound Team – Technician: Reynold Bauer

Archive Coordinator:

Volunteer Coordinator: Julia Rumsey

Membership Officer: Patrick McGinn

Wardrobe Manager: Shelley McGinn

Properties Manager: Lorraine Jones

All nominees have been confirmed as eligible by the Secretary, the Membership Secretary and the Committee as per the Theatre’s Rules of Association.

Calling All Directors

Feb 8, 2025 | News

Have you been thinking about directing in 2026?

This is your chance with applications now open!

The Limelight Theatre is now taking submissions for 2026 productions.
We wish to receive all submissions no later than Friday 31st May, 2025.

We encourage all new, experienced and enthusiastic directors to submit plays or musicals. If you are interested in submitting, please supply 2 scripts, plus links/attachments to digital music (or CDs) if submitting a musical, so that the selection process can get started as soon as possible.

Please include a completed submission form which can be found via the button below. If you are submitting for the first time, it may be helpful for you to include a theatre CV of your experience.

You can email your application to [email protected], or drop it off at the Theatre AGM on Wednesday 9th April.

Download an Application Form

Limelight Award Nominations – 2024

Feb 1, 2025 | Awards

Wanneroo Repertory is proud to announce the nominees for the 2024 Limelight Awards

Best Male Actor – Play
Andrew Brown	Inspector Goole – An Inspector Calls
Gordon Park	Sir Philip Bin – Bleak Expectations
Andrew Govey	Arthur Birling – An Inspector Calls

Best Male Actor – Musical
Beau Poole	Puss – Puss in Boots
Chris McCafferty	JD Drew – Hands on a Hard Body
Luke Miller	Ash Williams – Evil Dead

Best Female Actor – Play
Christine Smith	Sybil Birling – An Inspector Calls
Mary Del Casale	Poppy Bin – Bleak Expectations

Best Female Actor – Musical
Escher Roe	Cheryl Williams – Evil Dead
Naomi Capon	Annie Knowby – Evil Dead
Lukas Perez	Norma Valverdre – Hands on a Hard Body

Best Male Supporting Actor – Play
Tomas Kinshela	Harry Biscuit/Mr Parsimonious – Bleak Expectations
Jason Pearce	Gerald Croft – An Inspector Calls
Jack Riches	Eric Birling – An Inspector Calls

Best Male Supporting Actor – Musical
Jason Pearce	Jethro – Puss In Boots
Ben Mullings	Mike Ferris – Hands on a Hard Body
Christian Dichiera	Ronald McCowan – Hands on a Hard Body

Best Female Supporting Actor – Play
Ffion Bishop	Sheila Birling – An Inspector Calls
Natalie Wiles	Pippa Bin – Bleak Expectations

Best Female Supporting Actor – Musical
Ellie Coburn	Linda – Evil Dead
Helen Carey	Janis Curtis – Hands on a Hard Body
Gillian Binks	Virginia Drew – Hands on a Hard Body

Robert Devaack Award – Best New Talent
Escher Roe	Cheryl Williams – Evil Dead
Lukas Perez	Norma Valverde – Hands on a Hard Body
Rodrigo Goncalves de Azevedo	Jesus Pena – Hands on a Hard Body

Best Production
An Inspector Calls; Evil Dead; Hands on a Hard Body; Bleak Expectations;
Puss in Boots

Joyce Gilbert Award for Best Costumes
Puss In Boots – Shelley McGinn
An Inspector Calls – Shelley McGinn & Julie Clark
Bleak Expectations – Julie Clark, Joan Braskic and the Tuesday ladies

Ken Bayliss Award for Best Set
Evil Dead – Luke Miller
An Inspector Calls – The Set Busters
Bleak expectations – The Set Busters
Hands on a Hard body – Mal Anderson

The following awards to be announced on the night:
Best Technical
George Dickinson – Spotlight Award
Ann McGinn Award – for Best Club Member
Adjudicators’ Certificates

The presentation of The Limelight Awards for 2024

Will be held at the theatre on
Saturday March 15 @ 7pm

A light supper will be served after the awards
Bookings are not required

AGM 2025

Jan 25, 2025 | News, Committee, Special Interest

NOTICE OF AGM

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Wanneroo Repertory Inc. will be held on Wednesday 9^th April 2025 at 7.30pm at the Limelight Theatre.

Mark this evening in your diary

This is YOUR theatre group – have your say on how it’s run.

Call for Nominations

Nominations for positions on the management team must be received by the Secretary no later than
Wednesday 12th March 2025.

The Limelight Theatre needs new Committee Members to form part of the team and help progress its 2025 events program.

The Committee comprises of four (4) office holders plus a minimum of six (6) committee members, and this year the following positions will be open for nomination:

President (2 year term)

Secretary (2 year term)

Treasurer (1 year term – Interim Role)

Six (6) Ordinary Committee Members (1 year term) as follows:

Technical Manager

Publicity Coordinator

Front of House Manager

Theatre Maintenance Manager

Social Media Coordinator

Committee Member

There are also seven (7) non-committee positions (1 year term) as follows:

Lighting Team – Technician

Sound Team – Technician

Volunteer Coordinator

Membership Officer

Wardrobe Manager

Properties Manager

Archive Co-Ordinator

View the Management Team Structure

Wanneroo Repertory members who would like to be considered for nomination need to:

be a current financial member at this AGM and to have been a member on 5th February 2025 (the date of the first notification of this AGM); and
be willing to devote time and effort as an Officer of the Repertory

Eligible members wanting to nominate for 2025 positions should complete the Nomination Form and send it to the Secretary by no later than Wednesday 12th March 2025.

All nominations will be scrutinised by the Secretary (and club Committee) and nominees notified of their acceptance, or otherwise, as eligible candidates. Current Officers who are coming to the end of their term this year and are seeking another term must re-nominate.

Voting will be by current financial Repertory Members (see above) present at the Annual General Meeting (AGM).

If you wish to nominate for a position, please complete the Nomination Form which can be downloaded here, (or collected from Front of House), and send it to the Secretary at the address below:

Secretary

Limelight Theatre

PO Box 77

Wanneroo WA 6946

Or alternatively via email: [email protected]

Member Voting Eligibility

Under our Rules of Association (previously called the Constitution) eligibility of members to vote at the Annual General Meeting is described as follows:

“The member must have been an ordinary member at the time notice of the meeting was given (5th February 2025) and have paid any fee or other money payable to the Association”.

Please also note, for current members: Ensure that your financial membership is up to date or renewed prior to the AGM to avoid any challenges to your eligibility on the night.

Gwen Browning
President