GOLD COAST AREA THEATRE AWARDS

Kim Reynolds (Co-Founder) - Platinum Palm Award for her outstanding contribution to Youth Development and Community Theatre on the Gold Coast

2016

The Crucible:

BEST DIRECTOR - Miss Amy Anderson

Best Production of a School/Youth Play (Winner)

Best Actor in a School/Youth Play - Ethan Robinson (Winner)

Best Actress in a School/Youth Play - Ruby Pagram (Winner)

Best Supporting Actor in a School/Youth Play - Rhys Field (Winner)

Best Actress in a School/Youth Play - Nadine Chia (Winner)

Encouragement Award - Chloe Finlay

The Wiz:

Best Vocal Direction - Miss Steffi

Best Choreography - Miss Kim

Best Production of a School/Youth Musical

Legally Blonde:

Best Actress in a School/Youth Musical - Chloe Finlay

2015 nominees: 

Seussical the Musical:

Best Costumes - Miss Kim (Winner)

Best Choreographer - Miss Kim & Senior Broadway Bound class (Winner)

Best Vocal Director - Miss Steffi (Winner)

Best Supporting Actress - Bella Janssen

Jock & Beverly McIlwain Encouragement Award - Bella Janssen

13! (Summer School):

Best Choreographer - Miss Kim

Best Musical Director - Matt Pearson & Emily Monsma

Best Lead Actor - Flynn Anderson

Best Lead Actress - Ebony Pitchers

Best Supporting Actress - Nadine Chia (Winner)

Best Supporting Actor - Michael Fryer

Jock & Beverly McIlwain Encouragement Award - Michael Fryer

and Best Production of a School or Youth Musical for 13!!

In 2013, The Little Mermaid was nominated for 3 Awards: Most Outstanding School or Youth Production, Best Costumes, Best Supporting Actress – Ayla Beaufils. In 2014, Peter Pan was nominated for Best Costumes.

INDIVIDUAL STUDENT SUCCESS

Chloe Finlay:

2016: Featured soloist for Creative Generation, Winner of the Performing Arts Ambassador Award at the International Women's Day Youth Awards.

EISTEDDFOD SOLOISTS, EXAM STUDENTS & SPECIAL AWARDS

We are especially proud of the following students for all the hard work they have put in to achieve these outstanding results. Well done to:

Samantha Todd

2017: Teen Champion at Get the Beat (Tweed and Gold Coast)

2016: Teen Champion and Overall Highest Scoring Soloist at Get the Beat (Fraser Coast), Top 5 Teen at Get the Beat (Lismore).

2015: Overall Highest Scoring Soloist at Get the Beat (Fraser Coast), travelled to Seattle USA and was awarded Top 9 at Showstopper Dance Comp along with the “Hollywood Bound” award and “Couture Costume” award.

2014:Overall Highest Scoring Soloist and USA Trip Winner at Get the Beat (Northern NSW), and Overall Winner at Let's Dance 2014.

Bella Janssen:

2017: Top 5 Junior Champion at Get the Beat (Gold Coast)

2016: Runner Up Teen Champion at Get the Beat (Tweed Heads), Top 5 Teen Champion at Get the Beat (Fraser Coast and Gold Coast), Finalist BPAC Senior Music Theatre Scholarship, Accepted into Locreado Contemporary Dance Program.

Tyler Robinson:

2016: Winner Teen Champion at Get the Beat (Lismore), Accepted into Locreado Contemporary Dance Program, Most Outstanding Male Group Dancer at Get the Beat (Tweed Heads), Featured soloist for Creative Generation.

Nadine Chia:

2017: Queen of Get the Beat (Lismore)

2016: Top 5 Teen Champion at Get the Beat (Fraser Coast)

Xavier Xue:

2017: Top 5 Junior Champion at Get the Beat (Gold Coast)

2016: Winner Petite Champion at Get the Beat (Tweed), Runner Up Petite Champion at Get the Beat (Lismore), Finalist BPAC Junior Tap Scholarship, Most Outstanding Male Group Dancer Get the Beat (Fraser Coast).

Sayuri Xian:

2017: Petite Champion and People's Choice at Get the Beat (Lismore)

2016: Top 5 at Get the Beat (Gold Coast, Tweed, Fraser Coast and Lismore)

Joden Hipwood: 

2016: Most Outstanding Female Group Dancer at Get the Beat (Fraser Coast).

Hannah Clark:

2016: Most Outstanding Female Group Dancer at Get the Beat (Tweed Heads).

William Todd:

2015: Most Outstanding Male Group Dancer at Get the Beat (National Finals).

Josephine Cross

2014: 100% in her Trinity Guildhall Music Theatre Exam.

Chelsea Burton

2014: 100% in her Trinity Guildhall Acting Exam, the highest score in Queensland for her Trinity Guildhall Drama Exam, and Outstanding Drama Soloist at Starbound Eisteddfod 2013.

Charlee Cosgriff

2014:100% in her Trinity Guildhall Acting Exam, Most Outstanding Performer at Murwillumbah Drama Eisteddfod and Most Promising Performer at Brisbane Drama Eisteddfod

EISTEDDFOD GROUPS

2016 highlights: 

Under 15s lyrical team - highest scoring senior group GTB Tweed

Under 10s jazz team - highest scoring intermediate group GTB Fraser Coast

Under 8's song & dance team - highest scoring junior group GTB Tweed and Gold Coast

‘Get the Beat’ – National Finals

Under 8’s:

National Champions - Song & Dance

Top 3 Overall Junior Group for "Golden Afternoon"

Under 10’s:

National Champions – Lyrical, Song & Dance

Under 12’s:

National Champions - Acro, Broadway Jazz, Song & Dance, Music Theatre

Under 15’s:

National Champions - Acro, Broadway Jazz, Song & Dance, Music Theatre

Opens:

National Champions – Song & Dance

2015 highlights:

8's: Song & Dance National Champions

10's: Song & Dance and Music Theatre National Champions

12's: Music Theatre, Acrobatics and Song & Dance National Champions

15's: Music Theatre, Broadway Jazz and Song & Dance National Champions

Opens: Song & Dance National Champions

COMMUNITY THEATRE

We are always encouraging our students to get on stage and perform as often as possible. NAPA students have performed lead roles in various community theatre productions such as Mary Poppins, Bonnie and Clyde, Annie, Seussical, Hairspray, 13, The Secret Garden, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, Cats, Oliver, Oklahoma, Whistle Down the Wind, All Shook Up and many more!

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

In addition to competition and theatre performances, NAPA groups and soloists have taken part in a number of other special performances, often to very special audiences. Well done to everyone who performed at:

• RAW: Gold Coast - 2017

• Starlight Star Ball (Starlight Foundation) - 2017

• Cooly Rocks On - 2017

• Twin Towns 200th performance - Christmas at the Tivoli

• Our NAPA fundraising day for Cancer Research

• International Woman’s Day Breakfast

• Make-a-Wish Annual Gala Dinner

• Make-a-Wish Special Wish Granting Ceremony

• The Arts Centre Greenroom Project Junior

• The Arts Centre Greenroom Project

• Mistletoe Magic at The Arts Centre Gold Coast