Brisbane Drama Festival

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31/08/2025

Section S21 13 years & over. Group Improvisation
1st Kidznco Talent C. 2nd Kidznco Talent B. 3rd Brigidine College, Kidznco Talent A

Section S23. 13 years & over. Group Scene
1st Brigidine College. 2nd Lourdes Hill College-Trio

Section IT30 11 & 12 Years One Act Play/Musical
1st Kidznco Talent

Actor Awards: Aenorah Wallace , Matthew Venz

Section S 24 13 years & over. One Act Play/Musical
1st Kidznco

Actor Awards: Josh Lipscombe , Millie Royston

Section IT27. 12 years & under Group Improvisation
1st Kidznco Talent

Section 23p. 8 years & under. Group Improvisation
1st Kidznco Talent A. 2nd Kidznco Talent B

SectionDJ22. 10 years & under. Group Improvisation
1st Kidznco Talent C. 2nd Kidznco Talent A. 3rd. Kidznco Talent B

Section 22P. 8 years & under Group Scenes
1st Stars On Stage. 2nd Aggies Trio. 3rd Party Starters. HC LAM, The Cool Katz

Section DJ24 10 years & under. One Act Play/Musical
1st Kidznco Talent

Actor awards: Catalina Kalaja, Shiori Miyajima

Section DJ23. 10 years & under. Group Scene
1st. Drama Darlings

Section IT29. 12 years & under Group Scene
1st The Chatterboxes

Congratulations to all competitors.

A few thank you before we sign off for 2025.

Firstly, thank you to our wonderful adjudicator Karen Crone, who gave such constructive feedback all week and who kept us all entertained with her engaging stories of life in the theatre.

Secondly, to all the participants and their families who showed us what amazing talent there is in Brisbane and who were so supportive of all performers, ensuring a positive and welcoming environment throughout the Festival.

To all my helpers who gave up their time to make sure the Festival ran smoothly and especially to Ange, my right hand woman ,who is always there ready to help in any way needed.

Special thanks to Mark Hill from Place Real Estate who gave up his valuable time to announce at the Festival and relive some of his times performing on that very stage when he was a young performer.

Thanks To Yeronga SHS who makes such a great venue available for us to use.

I hope to see you all in 2026.

25/08/2025

Revised Section DJ08. 10 years Character Performance
1st Dorothy Reisener. 2nd Saoirse Gidney. 3rd Charlotte Spicer. HC Siena Grant, Emily Bridges, Henry Jameson

25/08/2025

Revised Section 02P. 5 years & under Poem
1st. India Golinelli. 2nd Francesca Carroll. 3rd. Savannah Senevirathna, Joseph Doyle. HC. Zoe Hardie, Frederick Hagley, Henry Ponton, Chloe Foy, Ellie Banks

Section 09P. 8 years Verse
1st Millie Maia-Crebbin. 2nd Taylor Jones. 3rd Natalie Ting, Jaleh La Caze

Section 05P. 6 years & under Verse
1st Emmerline Le. 2nd Ellie Preston. 3rd. Sidney Dare

Section 08P. 7 years Verse
1st Elena Amerian. 2nd Gracelyn Watt. 3rd Rose Hagley. HC. Archibald Dare

Section 11P. 8 years Character Performance
1st Aisling Gibney. 2nd Jaleh La Caze. 3rd. Taylor Jones. HC. Phoebe Shanahan, Evelyn O'Donnell, Amaya Chopra, Cormac Gardner. Book Awards Matilda Bowden, Millie Maia-Crebbin, Natalie Ting

Section 12P. 8 years & under Prose
1st Jaleh La Caze. 2nd Gracelyn Watt 3rd Taylor Jones, Millie Maia-Crebbin

Section 15P. 8 years & under Australian Verse
1st Taylor Jones 2nd Gracelyn Watt, Cormac Gardner 3rd Jaleh La Caze, Millie Maia- Crebbin

Section 17p. 8 years & under Impromptu Reading
1st Cormac Gardner. 2nd Taylor Jones 3rd Gracelyn Watt, Millie Maia-Crebbin HC Margot Doyle, Jaleh La Caze

Section 10PA. 8 years Humorous Verse
1st Phoebe Shanahan. 2nd Arabella Carroll. 3rd Myra Dhillon. HC Natalie Ting, Margot Doyle, Eleanor Hohn

Section 10PB. 8 years Humorous Verse
1st Aisling Gibney. 2nd Taylor Jones, Jaleh La Caze. 3rd Olivia Sutherland HC. Cormac Gardner

Section 19P. 8 years & under Duologue
1st Penelope Doyle, Ruby Payne. 2nd Gracelyn Watt, Taylor Jones. 3rd. Jaleh La Caze, Millie Maia-Crebbin. HC. Greer Steel, Maisey Harding , Margot Doyle, Rose Hagley

Section 16P. 8 years & under Solo Improvisation
1st Gracelyn Watt. 2nd Millie maia-Crebbin. 3rd Taylor Jones, Jaleh La Caze

Section 20P. 8 years & under Duo Mime
1st Jaleh La Caze & Taylor Jones. 2nd Gracelyn Watt & Millie Maia-Crebbin

Section 21 P 8 years & under Duo Improvisation
1st Jaleh La Caze & Taylor Jones. HC. Millie Maia-Crebbin & Gracelyn Watt

Section 14P. 8 years & under Solo Mime
1st Taylor Jones. 2nd Millie Maia-Crebbin , Miriam Davis. 3rd Cormac Gardiner. HC. Gracelyn Watt, Jaleh La Caze

Section 18P 8 years & under Duo Poem
1st Jaleh La Caze & Gracelyn Watt. 2nd Millie Maia-Crebbin & Taylor Jones. 3rd Evelyn O'Donnell & Matilda O'Donnell. HC. Leto Lin & Kiki Liu, Quinlan Tam & Avi Sathu

PREPARATORY AWARDS
CHAMPION: Gracelyn Watt
Runner-up: Jaleh La Caze
Adjudicator Awards: Aisling Gibney
Cormac Gardner
Taylor Jones

Congratulations to all Preparatory Performers.

24/08/2025

Section 06P 7 years Humorous Verse
1st Gia Ratnam. 2nd Gracelyn Watt. 3rd Archibald Dare, Elena Amerian, Leto Lin. HC. Maisie Stein, Rose Hagley, Nina Inderias, Byron Di Bella

Section 13P 8 years & under Restricted Verse
1st Holly Mimge. 2nd Chloe Howcroft. 3rd Vivienne Madden

Section 02P. 5 years & under Poem
1st India Golinelli. 2nd Francesca Carroll. 3rd Savannah Senevirathna. HC. Zoe Hardie, Frederick Hagley, Henry Ponton,Chloe Foy, Ellie Banks

24/08/2025

Section 03P. 6years & under Humorous Verse
1st Emmeline Le. 2nd Matilda O'Donnell. 3rd Margaret Gardner, Yunu Heo. HC Isla Kang, Sidney Dare, Ashley Grover

Section 01P. 4 years & under Nursery Rhyme or Poem
1st Mackenzie Dare, Billy Uljarevic, Siddharth Vij, Coco Jones

Section 07P 7 years Character Performance
1st Gracelyn Watt 2nd Elena Amerian 3rd Rose Hagley HC Archibald Dare, Byron Di Bella

Section 04p 6 years & under Character Performance
1st Emmerline Le. 2nd Alexander Uljarevic, Sidney Dare

23/08/2025

Section DJ04 9 years Character Performance
1st Sarah Grieve. 2nd Mila Ratnam. 3rd Sophia Rojek

Section DJ07 10 years Prose
1st Dorothy Reisener 2nd Ellen Murray. 3rd Emily Bridges. HC Siena Grant, Emily Roberts

Section DJ16. 10 years & under Extract from a Play
1st Dorothy Reisener. 2nd Sarah Grieve. 3rd Liliana Pippia

Section DJ03 9 years Prose
1st Liliana Pippia 2nd Sarah Grieve

Section DJ08 10 years Character Performance
1st Dorothy Reisener. 2nd Saoirse Bibney. 3rd Charlotte Spicer HC Siena Grant, Emily Bridges, Henry Jameson

Section DJ12 10 years & under Australian Verse
1st Dorothy Reisener. 2nd Sarah Grieve

Section DJ15 10 years & under Write and Perform Own Piece
1st Dorothy Reisener. 2nd Sarah Grieve. 3rd Evelyn O'Donnell. HC Ellen Murray

Section DJ17 10 years & under Duologue
1st Mauricio Stechmann & Flynn Neagle. 2nd Dorothy Reisener & Sarah Grieve 3rd Zach Lewis & Morris Polatajko , Layla McDonnell & Hannah Casey HC Ellen Murray & Emily Roberts, Arietta Kerr & Avienda Woodcroft, Eliza Finch & Eva Tallon

Section DJ18 10 years & under Duo Mime
1st Dorothy Reisener & Sarah Grieve. 2nd Mila & Gia Ratnam

Section DJ09 10 years & under Solo Mime
1st Dorothy Reisener 2nd Sarah Grieve 3rd. Liliana Pippia

Section DJ 20 10 years & under Duo Improvisation
1st Frankie Carrick & Julia Preston. 2nd Ellen Murray & Emily Roberts 3rd Dorothy Reisener & Sarah Grieve. HC Byron Steggall & Aymeric Urzaa, Shiloh Scott & Charlotte Spicer

Section DJ11 10 years & user Impromptu Reading
1st Dorothy Reisener 2nd Emily Bridges. 3rd Siena Grant ,Emily Roberts HC Ellen Murray, Sarah Grieve, Eliza Finch, Liliana Pippia, Frankie Carrick

Section DJ14 10 years & under One Minute Please
1st Sarah Grieve 2nd Dorothy Reisener

Section DJ 10 10 years & under Solo Improvisation
1st Zanna Benson. 2nd Frankie Carrick 3rd Dorothy Reisener. HC. Siena Grant, Sarah Grieve, Emily Bridges

Section DJ06 10 years Humorous Verse
1st Dorothy reisener. 2nd Zanna Benson. 3rd. Emily Roberts, ,Eleanor Doyle HC Ellen Murray, Henry Jameson

Section DJ19 10 years & under Duo Poem
1st Dorothy Reisener & Sarah Grieve. 2nd Eleanor Doyle & Lucie Bullwinkle. 3rd. Ellen Murray & Emily Bridges

JUNIOR AWARDS:
CHAMPION. Dorothy Reisener
RUNNER-UP. Sarah Grieve
ADJUDICATOR AWARDS Emily Roberts
Ellen Murray
Frankie Carrick

Congratulations to all Junior performers.

21/08/2025

Section IT02 11 years Humorous Verse
1st Ava Shprem. 2nd Matthew Venz 3rd Alice Roland, Ayarah Fernando HC. Rose O'Rourke-Jackson, Esther Grant. Book Awards- Casey Klupp, Temperance Ranieri

Section IT08. 12 years Prose
1st Persephone Christophorou. 2nd Keshi Butler. 3rd Lucy Pulsen HC Lulu Thompson, Zara Papantoniou

Section IT14 12 years & under One Minute Please
1st Matthew Venz. 2nd Hanah Cross. 3rd Lulu Thompson. HC. Rose O'Rourke-Jackson, Keshi Butler

Section IT07. 12 years Humorous Verse
1st Lulu Thompson. 2nd Persephone Christophorou. 3rd Keshi Butler. HC Cloe Gomes Da Costa, Zara Papantoniou

Section IT15 12 years & under Write and perform Own Piece
1st Keshi Butler. 2nd Matthew Venz. 3rd Casey Klupp. HC Lulu Thompson

Section IT10 & IT05 11 & 12 years Impromptu Reading
1st Fred Finch. 2nd Rose O'Rourke-Jackson. 3rd Hanah Cross, Keshi Butler, HC Ayarah Fernando, Lulu Thompson, Matthew Venz

Section IT21 12 years & under Storytelling
1st Rose O'Rourke-Jackson. 2nd Esther Grant

Section IT20 12 years & under Musical Theatre
1st Giselle Climent

Section IT22 12 years & under Stand-up Comedy
1st Rose O'Rourke-Jackson 2nd Andrew Davis. 3rd Keshi Butler

Section S19. 13 years & over. Duo Musical Theatre
1st Gisells Climent & Violet Simon. 2nd Ava Christophers & Mia Christophers

INTERMEDIATE AWARDS
CHAMPION. Keshi Butler
RUNNER-UP. Matthew Venz
ADJUDICATOR AWARDS. Lulu Thompson
Persephone Christophorou
Rose O'Rourke-Jackson

Congratulations to all performers

18/08/2025

Section S20 13 years & over Duologue
1st Jacqui Formby & Kylah Flinn 2nd Isla Withers & Ruby Williams 3rd Jessica Cuthbert & Stella Edmondson

Section S11 13 years & over. Solo Mime
1st Jian La Caze. 2nd Kristel Suess

Section S04. 13 years & over Solo Improvisation
1st Jian La Caze. 2nd Kristel Suess. 3rd Elizabeth Malcom

Section S18. 13 years & over Duo Improvisation
1st Mia Grant & Stella Edmondson. 2nd Jian La Caze & Xavier Royston. 3rd. Abigail Hudson & Hannah Polkinghorne, Isla Withers & Ruby Williams

Section S15 13 years & over. Musical Theatre
1st Kristel Suess

Section S05 13 years & over. Verse
1st Mia Grant. 2nd Stella Edmondson 3rd Jian La Caze, Kristel Suess. HC Georgia Edwards

Section S03. 13 years & over. Impromptu Reading
1st Isla Withers. 2nd. Ruby Williams. 3rd Kristel Suess

Section S09. 13 years & over One Minute Please
1st Kristel Suess

Section S10. 13 years & over Write & Perform Own Piece
1st Georgia Edwards 2nd Kristel Suess. 3rd. Jessica Cuthbert HC Abigail Hudson

SENIOR AWARDS:
Champion Mia Grant
Runner-up. Isla Withers
Adjudicator awards: Stella Edmondson
Georgia Edwards
Jian La Caze

Congratulations to all performers.

18/08/2025

Section S01. 13 & 14 years Character Performance
1st Elizabeth Malcolm 2nd Lilian O'Neill 3rd Casey Robinson, Mia Grant. HC Hannah Polkinghorne, Jian La Caze

Section S06. 13 years & over Humorous Verse
1st Jian La Caze. 2nd Kristel Suess

Section S02. 15 years & over Character Performance
1st Stella Edmondson. 2nd Kristel Suess. 3rd Georgia Edwards, Isla withers HC Ruby Williams, Jess Cuthbert

Section S08. 13 years & over Australian Verse
1st Kristel Suess. 2nd Jian La Caze. 3rd Georgia Edwards. HC Elizabeth Malcolm

Section S12 13 years & over Period Drama
1st Isla Withers. 2nd Kristel Suess 3rd Mia Grant

Section S14. 13 years & over. Performance poetry
1st Kristel Suess

Section S07. 13 years & over Prose
1st Isla Withers. 2nd Jian La Caze. 3rd Kristel Suess. HC Stella Edmondson, Mia Grant

17/08/2025

Section IT04 11 years Character Performance
1st. Rose O'Rourke-Jackson 2nd Ava Shprem 3rd Matthew Venz

Section IT16. 12 years & under Restricted Verse or Prose
1st Ava Shprem 2nd Frankie Mckie 3rd Lucy Pulsen

Section IT09 12 years Character Performance
1st Keshi Butler 2nd Persephone Christophorou 3rd Pepper Bhathena-Sakora, Cloe Gomes Da Costa

Section IT03 11 years Prose
1st Esther Grant. 2nd Matthew Venz,temperence Ranieri 3rd Rose O'Rourke-Jackson. HC. Sienna Ghanem, Casey Klupp

Section IT01 & IT06. 11 7 12 years Verse
1st Persephone Christophorou 2nd Lulu Thompson 3rd Matthew Venz HC Cloe Gomes Da Costa, Casey Klupp, Rose O'Rourke-Jackson

Section IT18 12 years & under Public Speaking
1st Keshi Butler. 2nd Ayarah Fernando 3rd Rose O'Rourke-Jackson , Lulu Thompson

Section IT25 12 years & under Duologue
1st Santiago Stechmann& Georgia Banks. 2nd Esther Grant & Zara Papantoniou 3rd Ayarah Fernando & Rose O'Rourke-Jackson, Edward Hill & Matthew Venz. HC Brooklyn Browning & Matilda Browning, Casey Klupp & Josephine Hopman, Jia-yi Lee & Isla Yeh

Section IT11 12 years & under Extract from a Play
1st Rose O'Rourke Jackson 2nd Lulu Thompson

Section IT12 12 years & under Mime
1st Keshi Butler. 2nd Lulu Thompson. 3rd Matthew Venz

Section IT17 12 years & under Solo Improvisation
1st Lulu Thompson 2nd Edward Hill. 3rd Matthew Venz

Section IT23 12 years & under Duo improvisation
1st Matthew Venz & Edward Hill. 2nd Casey Klupp & Josephine Hopman. 3rd Persephone Templeman & Rose O'Rouke -Jackson

Section IT24 12 years & under Duo Mime
1st. Andrew Davis & Mirium Davis. 2nd Matthew Venz & Edward Hill

Section IT13 12 years & under Australian verse
1st Persephone Christophorou. 2nd Keshi Butler 3rd Rose O'Rourke-Jackson HC Alice Roland. Book Prizes Lulu Thompson, Matthew Venz

Section IT26. 12 years & under Duo Poem
1st Persephone Templeman & Rose O'Rourke Jackson, 2nd Matthew Venz & Edward Hill. 3rd Lulu Thompson & Frankie Mckie Esther Grant & Zara Papantoniou. HC Casey Klupp & Josephime Hopman

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