I AM SO THRILLED TO HAVE A PERFORMANCE SPACE NAMED AFTER ME, IN THIS YEARS’ MELBOURNE CABARET FESTIVAL (OPENING IN JULY.)
I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYTHING NAMED AFTER ME BEFORE. I’M SO THRILLED THEY DID IT WHILE I’M STILL AROUND!
2011. THE JCW LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
AUSTRALIA'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS ANNUAL THEATRE AWARD, THE HELPMANNS, WERE PRESENTED AT THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE ON AUGUST 1st, 2011.
THE AWARD IS NAMED AFTER SIR ROBERT HELPMANN, THE WORLD FAMOUS AUSTRALIAN DANCER, ACTOR AND DIRECTOR.
OUT OF THE BLUE, I WAS PRESENTED WITH THE JCW LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ALONGSIDE NANCYE HAYES AND JILL PERRYMAN FOR OUR CONTRIBUTION TO AUSTRALIAN MUSICAL THEATRE OVER THE PAST 50 YEARS.
JUST WHEN WE ALL THOUGHT OUR AWARD WINNING DAYS WERE OVER, IT’S WONDERFUL TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN FORGOTTEN. YESSSS!!!
(TONI PUNCHES THE AIR WITH A CLENCHED FIST IN TRIUMPH, A BIG SMILE ON HER FACE).
