Wyong Drama Group wins swag of awards

From left: Cathy DeVries, Laszlo Weidlich, Sal Bartley, Julie Bailey, Helen Herridge, John Czerniecki

Wyong Drama Group scooped the pool at the Norfolk Island Theatre Festival held from September 21 to 29, walking away with six awards.

These included best actor for Laszlo Weidlich in the play Allocateeism directed by Robyn Weidlich and best ensemble for It’s Complicated written by Sal Bartley with the cast of Sal Bartley, Julie Bailey and Helen Herridge, directed by Debbie Clark. 

The play also received best original script.

Best supporting male actor went to John Czerniecki in the play The Monologue directed by Ron Baker and best comedic performance went to Cathy DeVries also for The Monologue.

Adjudicators Range Award went to Julie Bailey for her different performances in two plays, Allocateeism and It’s Complicated.

Gosford Frantastics also entered a musical one-act comedy play and received the Pure Enjoyment award for Positively Vile directed and accompanied by Fran Kendall.