Results from the Shakespeare Soiree 2016
Finalists for the Auckland Festival
The Taming of the Shrew – Act II, Sc. 1
Directors and actors:
Katharina - Alex Briscoe
Petruchio - Rachel Davis
King John – Act IV, Sc. 1
Directors and actors:
Hubert - Amalia Schroeder
Executioner - Clara Schroeder
Arthur - Amy Henwood
Othello – Act III, Sc. 4
Directors and actors:
Desdemona - Tara O’Connor
Emilia - Ekta Gangakhedkar
Othello - Olivia Bennett
The Taming of the Shrew – Act II, Sc. 1
Directors and actors:
Petruchio - Arahia Biddle
Katharina - Brooke Hardy
Twelfth Night – Act II, Sc. 5
Directors: Poppy McCall and Olivia Woodfield
Actors:
Sir Toby Belch - Maddie Falconer
Fabian - Georgia Warwick
Maria - Izzy Devlin
Malvolio - Emma Pitt
Antony and Cleopatra – Act II, Sc. 5
Directors: Amy Henwood and Emma Welsh
Actors:
Cleopatra - Harriette Taylor
Charmian - Nico Penny
Messenger - Crystal Bellingham
Highly Commended
For Visual Concept
King Lear – Act I, Sc. 1
Directors: Rachel Lee and Jenny Wu
Actors:
King Lear - Jasmine Ha
Goneril - Maddison Couwenberg
Regan - Lancely Yung
Cordelia - Even Zhang
For Originality and Composition
Macbeth – Act I, Sc. 7; Act II, Sc. 1; Act II, Sc. 2
Directors and actors:
Macbeth - Kassandra Wang
Macbeth - Annie Sun
Lady Macbeth - Naushiha Aravinthan
For Providing Clear Context for Audience Through Strong Props/Costume
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Act III, Sc. 2
Directors: Lucy Carter and Tara O’Connor
Actors:
Demetrius - Jeri Misa
Helena - Olivia Kerr
Lysander - Willow Handy
Hermia - Gabrielle Von Wallmoden
For Connection Between Actors
King Lear – Act I, Sc. 1
Directors: Tea Aleksich and Rebecca Thomson
Actors:
Goneril - Nicole Blackett
Regan - Jenny Wang
Cordelia - Alison Winstanley
King Lear - Kanicha Nualkhair
For Use of Costume
The Tempest – Act IV, Sc. 1
Directors: Saba Haghi and Amy Tommas
Actors:
Prospero - Anastasia Falkov
Ferdinand - Molly Kaye
Iris - Scarlett Hunter
Juno - Ruby Sussock
Ceres - Chloe Tattersfield
Miranda - Lili Izzard
For Connection Between Actors
The Tempest – Act II, Sc. 2
Directors: Angela Pan and Amy Zhang
Actors:
Caliban - Carlie Yung
Trinculo - Georgia Fyfe
Stephano - Ammie Xie
Highly Commended Actors
Sharon Ling
Harriet McElroy
Grace Mora
Georgia Fyfe
Roisin Buckley
Hannah Went
Sacha Brown
Maddy Lamb
Keying Huo-Smith
Sabrina Zhu
Hannah Friedlander
Selina Nan
Abby Jackson
Lola Cox
Abby Jackson
Jeri Misa
Sophie Wood
Amalia Schroeder
Tara O’Connor
Alice Hellriegel
Kanicha Nualkhair
Alex Briscoe
Rachel Davis
Isabelle Price
Zoe Ooi
Christine Liu
Tracey Zhou
Athena Churchill
Harriette Taylor and Nico Penny (good relationship)
Billie Bowen
Lily McLean
Maxie de Mann
Sarah Brown
Nellie McKegg
Lily Eagles-Nielsen and Aida Chen (good relationship)
Kassandra Wang
Teacher Directed
Merry Wives of Windsor - Compilation
Director: Debbie Waalkens
Actors:
Mistress Page - Lucy Hay
Mistress Ford - Rachel Davis
Falstaff - Martine Browne
Page - Amy Henwood
Ford - Sophie Wood
Mistress Quickly - Nicola Cosmann
Robin - Rebecca Thomson
Twelfth Night – Acts III – V (Amended)
Director: Judy McIntosh
Actors:
Georgina Jones - Viola
Sophie Barrell - Olivia
Poppy McCall - Maria
Saniya Khanolkar - Feste the Fool
Love’s Labour’s Lost – Edited (Act II, Sc. 1 and Act V, Sc. 1 and Sc. 2)
Director: Louise Tourelle
Actors:
Princess of France - Amalia Schroeder
Forester - Ruby Christie
Rosaline - Aida Chen
Maria - Lily Eagels-Nielsen
Katherine - Ella Bryning
Costard - Tea Aleksich
Boyet - Louise Jiang