Performing Arts Achievements

CAT Awards and Nominations

The Combined (formerly Canberra) Area Theatre Awards (CAT Awards) have been part of the theatre, dance and musical scene in Canberra and the surrounding districts since 1994. They provide recognition for the enormous contribution made by non-professional groups to the artistic life of Australia, in particular in Canberra and the region, and they encourage individuals in the performing arts.

Winners have been bolded.

BEST ENSEMBLE IN A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Orlando R, Banjo C and Liam H as Sam Carmichael, Bill Austin and Harry Bright, Mamma Mia!

Peter K, Orson F, Edmund H, Robert C, Andrew C, Theodore B as The Rude Mechanicals, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Banjo C as Father in The Book of Everything

Peter K as Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A FEATURED ROLE IN A PLAY

Gloria W as Mother in The Book of Everything

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Harrison K as Thomas Klopper in The Book of Everything

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A PLAY

Olivia Q as Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Sophie C as Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream

BEST YOUTH ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Harry M as Agatha Trunchbull in Matilda the Musical

BEST YOUTH ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL

Ava R as Donna in Mamma Mia!

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Dominic Lindsay and Andrew Young, Mamma Mia!

BEST DIRECTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH MUSICAL

Shona Apostolatos, Matilda the Musical

BEST DIRECTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY

Katrine Pascoe, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Phil Cunich, The Book of Everything

BEST COSTUME DESIGN  FOR A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PRODUCTION

Lexy Meyerson and Laura Horne, Matilda the Musical

BEST PRODUCTION OF A SCHOOL OR YOUTH PLAY

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oxley College, Bowral

The Book of Everything, Oxley College, Bowral

CAT AWARDS COMMENDATIONS

Oxley College, Bowral
For their support to performing arts, presenting 4 major productions in 2024 giving students of all ages an opportunity to participate in theatre