Sheilah Winn festival winners announced

Columba College pupils (standing from left) Keren Basel (second witch), Sophie Canton (first witch), Jessica Mundy (Banquo), Lois Prior (Macbeth) and (crouching at front) Raheli Yehezkely (third witch) perform a scene from Macbeth at the Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival 2023 last week at the King’s and Queen’s Performing Arts Centre. Photo: Linda Robertson

Winners

Best 15-minute scene: Logan Park High School — A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Runner up 15-minute scene: Queen’s High School — A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Best 5-minute scene: Taieri College — Macbeth

Runner up 5-minute scene: Columba College — Macbeth

Direct entry to National Shakespeare Schools Performance (NSSP): Martha McCauley — Queen’s High School

Runner up direct entry to NSSP: Amalie Latton — Trinity Catholic College

Otago regional awards

Denise Walsh Memorial Trophy best ensemble: Trinity Catholic College — Othello

Terry MacTavish Award for outstanding stage performance: Jimmy Muir — Logan Park High School — A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Judges discretionary awards

Costumes: King’s High School — Comedy of Errors

Choreography/movement: Columba College — Macbeth

Student director: Ted Kerr-Bell — Trinity Catholic College — Othello

Excellent connection between actors: Imogen Irvine and Amelie Warlow — St Hildas Collegiate School — The Taming of the Shrew

Notable performance awards

Antonia Burnett — Queen’s High School; Harvey Rawlings (King’s High School); Amalie Latton (Trinity Catholic College); Isaac Tili (Trinity Catholic College); Rowan Metreyeon (Logan Park High School); Jessica Mundy (Columba College).