The Auckland Showdown Awards is an annual event celebrating the work of school productions all around Auckland.
The cast and crew of both school productions for 2023 – ‘Into the Woods’ and ‘As You Like It’ – were excited to receive an impressive number of nominations this year. Here are the categories and nominations across both shows:
Best Costume Design – Molly Smith and the Westlake costume team (Into the Woods)
Best Properties – Aurelie Kerbellec, Christine Bader, Nick Brown (Into the Woods)
Best Lighting Design – Alek Ristic & William Sole (Into the Woods)
Best Sound Design – Brad Jansen & Ian Wang (Into the Woods)
Best Set Design – for Into the Woods: Nick Brown, Warwick Robinson, Carla Owen, Dudley Young, Kerry Carson & Jo Blackwell
Best Stage Management – for Into the Woods: Kasey Hani Lui & Michael Wassell
Best Vocal Performance – The Cast of Into the Woods
Best Performance in a Minor Role (play) – Corey Snape & Dominic Shaw
Best Performance in a Minor Role (musical) – Sachin Subramaniam
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (play) – Caitlin Spear, Dominic Smith & Kavita Teles
Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Musical) – Elijah Bycroft, Gabby Galao, Saniel Dones, Emilie Murphy & Othniel Dones
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Musical) – Arnav Pillai, Katie Brown & Michelle Hendra
Best Dance Performance by a Cast – The cast of Into the Woods
Best Ensemble in a Musical – The cast of Into the Woods
Best Ensemble in a Play – The cast of As You Like It
Best Choreography in a Musical – Nick Brown & Darren Royston
Best Musical Direction – Warwick Robinson
Best Direction of a Play – MJ Milburn
Best Direction of a Musical – Nick Brown
Outstanding Play – As You Like It
Outstanding Musical – Into the Woods
Auckland Live Outstanding Production of 2023 – Into the Woods and As You Like It.