Festival Ends on High Note

Visitors and locals alike all agreed it was a fantastic festival. All four entries were excellent and the adjudicator’s comments were enlightening for participants and audience members alike. Powerhouse Theatre’s Radium Girls was named Best Production and will be traveling to the provincial Mainstage Festival in Fort St. John in July. 

Shuswap Theatre’s the Virgin Trial was thrilled to come away with eight awards of its own:

• Runner Up for Best Production – the Virgin Trial
• Outstanding Achievement in Direction – Elizabeth Ann Skelhorne
• Best Newcomer – Shayla Diekert – playing the young Princess Elizabeth Tudor
• Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Female Role – Julia Body playing Eleanor
• Best Props – Althea Mongerson
• Best Sound Design – Sarah Higginson & Whitney Fox
• Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Design – Jim Clayton & Elizabeth Ann Skelhorne
• Outstanding Achievement in Set Design – Laura Demulder & Elizabeth Ann Skelhorne

See the complete list of awards here.

Access photos from throughout the event here (more photos will be added in the next few days). If you have some you would like to add, please contact Nedine or add them to the google drive link above)