18th Helpmann Awards




















18th Helpmann Awards
Date 15–16 July 2018
Location Capitol Theatre, Sydney
Television/radio coverage
Network ABC



The 18th Annual Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia was held across two nights; the Curtain Raiser Ceremony on 15 July 2018 at the Sydney Town Hall and the Awards Ceremony on 16 July 2018 at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney.[1] Nominations were announced on 18 June 2018.[1]


Major recipients included dance work Bennelong (six awards including Best New Australian Work and Best Dance Production), musicals Beautiful (five awards including Best Musical) and Muriel's Wedding (five awards including Best Original Score), opera Hamlet (four awards including Best Opera), and play The Children (three awards including Best Play).




Contents






  • 1 Recipients and nominations[2]


    • 1.1 Theatre


    • 1.2 Musicals


    • 1.3 Opera and Classical Music


    • 1.4 Dance and Physical Theatre


    • 1.5 Contemporary Music


    • 1.6 Other


    • 1.7 Industry


    • 1.8 Lifetime Achievement




  • 2 References





Recipients and nominations[2]



Theatre




























Best Play

Best Direction of a Play


  • The ChildrenMelbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company


    • Black is the New WhiteSydney Theatre Company


    • Laser Beak ManBrisbane Festival, La Boite Theatre Company and Dead Puppet Society


    • The IrresistibleSide Pony Productions & The Last Great Hunt


    • The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant ManMalthouse Theatre


    • The Resistible Rise of Arturo UiSydney Theatre Company





  • Sarah Goodes – The Children


    • Matthew Lutton – The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man


    • Kip Williams – Cloud Nine (Sydney Theatre Company)

    • Kip Williams – The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui




Best Female Actor in a Play

Best Male Actor in a Play


  • Pamela Rabe – The Children

    • Miranda Daughtry – A Doll's House (State Theatre Company South Australia)


    • Helen Morse – Memorial (Brink Productions and Adelaide Festival)


    • Sarah Peirse – The Children





  • Hugo Weaving – The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui


    • John Bell – The Father (Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company)

    • Daniel Monks – The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man


    • Toby Schmitz – Thyestes (Belvoir, originally created by The Hayloft Project)




Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play


  • Anita Hegh – The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

    • Kate Box – Top Girls (Sydney Theatre Company)

    • Elaine Crombie – An Octoroon (Queensland Theatre and Brisbane Festival)

    • Jane Montgomery-Griffiths – Macbeth (Melbourne Theatre Company)





  • Mitchell Butel – Mr Burns, A Post-Electric Play (Belvoir and State Theatre Company South Australia)


    • Peter Carroll – The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

    • Harry Greenwood – Cloud Nine

    • Colin Moody – The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui





Musicals






























Best Musical


  • Beautiful: The Carole King MusicalMichael Cassel in association with Paul Blake & Sony/ATV Music Publishing & Mike Bosner


    • Dream LoverJohn Frost and Gilbert Theatrical


    • Mamma Mia! The MusicalMichael Coppel, Louise Withers & Linda Bewick


    • Muriel's Wedding The MusicalSydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures




Best Direction of a Musical

Best Choreography in a Musical


  • Marc Bruni – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

    • Dean Bryant – Assassins (Hayes Theatre Co)


    • Simon Phillips – Dream Lover

    • Simon Phillips – Muriel's Wedding The Musical





  • Andrew Hallsworth – Muriel's Wedding The Musical


    • Karen Bruce – The Bodyguard (John Frost, Michael Harrison and David Ian)

    • Josh Prince – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

    • Tom Hodgson – Mamma Mia! The Musical




Best Female Actor in a Musical

Best Male Actor in a Musical


  • Esther Hannaford – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

    • Maggie McKenna – Muriel's Wedding The Musical

    • Natalie O'Donnell – Mamma Mia! The Musical


    • Marina Prior – Dream Lover





  • David Campbell – Dream Lover

    • David Campbell – Assassins

    • Euan Doidge – Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical (Michael Cassel Group and Nullarbor Productions in association with MGM on Stage)


    • David Harris – Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical


    • Ian Stenlake – Mamma Mia! The Musical




Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical

Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical


  • Amy Lehpamer – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

    • Madeleine Jones – Muriel's Wedding The Musical


    • Jemma Rix – The Wizard of Oz (John Frost and Suzanne Jones)


    • Christie Whelan Browne – Muriel's Wedding The Musical





  • Mat Verevis – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical


    • Martin Crewes – Dream Lover


    • Bobby Fox – Assassins


    • Robert Grubb – Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical





Opera and Classical Music









































Best Opera

Best Direction of an Opera


  • HamletGlyndebourne Festival, Adelaide Festival, State Opera of South Australia and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra


    • Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic BulletsVictorian Opera and Malthouse Theatre in association with Melbourne Festival


    • Cunning Little VixenVictorian Opera


    • The NoseOpera Australia





  • Neil Armfield – Hamlet


    • Barrie Kosky – The Nose


    • Matthew Lutton – Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets

    • Stuart Maunder – Cunning Little Vixen




Best Female Performer in an Opera

Best Male Performer in an Opera


  • Nicole Car – La Traviata (Opera Australia)


    • Taryn Fiebig – Triple Bill (Pinchgut Opera)

    • Dimity Shepherd – Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets

    • Helen Sherman – Coronation of Poppea (Pinchgut Opera)





  • Allan Clayton – Hamlet


    • Kanen Breen – Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets


    • Ferruccio Furlanetto – Don Quichotte (Opera Australia)

    • Barry Ryan – Cunning Little Vixen



Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera


  • Lorina Gore – Hamlet

    • Natalie Christie Peluso – Coronation of Poppea


    • Antoinette Halloran – Cunning Little Vixen


    • Meow Meow – Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets





  • Kanen Breen – Coronation of Poppea


    • Warwick Fyfe – Don Quichotte

    • Jud Arthur – Hamlet

    • Kim Begley – Hamlet



Best Symphony Orchestra Concert
Best Chamber and/or Instrumental Ensemble Concert


  • Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Bluebeard’s Castle: With Bach and Brahms

    • Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven and Bruckner: Simone Young Conducts


    • Musica Viva Australia – Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Rachel Podger


    • West Australian Symphony Orchestra – Wagner and Beyond: Inspiring Wagner





  • Perth Festival – Jordi Savall with Hesperion XXI & Tembembe Ensemble Continuo


    • Rundfunkchor Berlin and Adelaide Festival – human requiem


    • Pieter Wispelwey & Caroline Almonte and Melbourne Recital Centre – Pieter Wispelwey: Beethoven, Bach, Brahms with Caroline Almonte


    • Musica Viva Australia – Takács Quartet



Best Individual Classical Performance



  • Jonas Kaufmann – Parsifal

    • Kwangchul Youn – Parsifal


    • Pieter Wispelwey – Pieter Wispelwey plays the Bach Cello Suites


    • Emanuel Ax – A Mozart Celebration: Emanuel Ax with The Sydney Symphony Orchestra





Dance and Physical Theatre



























Best Ballet
Best Dance Production


  • Alice's Adventure's in WonderlandThe Australian Ballet


    • The Great GatsbyWest Australian Ballet


    • The Winter's TaleThe Royal Ballet & QPAC


    • Woolf WorksThe Royal Ballet & QPAC





  • BennelongBangarra Dance Theatre


    • Intimate SpaceRestless Dance Theatre in association with Bleach* Festival and Festival 2018


    • Mozart AirborneExpressions Dance Company, Opera Queensland and QPAC


    • One Flat Thing, ReproducedStrut Dance



Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production
Best Choreography in a Ballet, Dance or Physical Theatre Production


  • TideBLEACH* Festival & The Farm


    • CarrionJustin Shoulder


    • Limbo UnhingedStrut & Fret Production House


    • White SpiritZaman Production & Galerie Itinerrance in collaboration with the Musée Du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac and Perth Festival





  • Stephen Page – Bennelong

    • Phillip Adams – Ever (Phillip Adams BalletLab in association with Melbourne Festival)


    • Wayne McGregor – Woolf Works


    • Christopher Wheeldon – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland



Best Female Dancer in a Ballet, Dance or Physical Theatre Production
Best Male Dancer in a Ballet, Dance or Physical Theatre Production


  • Ako Kondo – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    • Elise May – Behind Closed Doors (Expressions Dance Company and QPAC)

    • Melissa Boniface – The Great Gatsby

    • Vivinne Wong – Infra (The Australian Ballet)





  • Beau Dean Riley Smith – Bennelong

    • Joshua Thomson – Tide


    • Kevin Jackson – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    • Nelson Earl – Ocho (Sydney Dance Company)





Contemporary Music













Best Australian Contemporary Concert
Best International Contemporary Concert


  • Gotye Presents a Tribute to Jean-Jacques PerreyGotye, Sydney Festival & Mona Foma[3]



  • Paul McCartney – One On One World Tour 2017Paul McCartney, Frontier Touring, Mpl & Marshall Arts

Best Contemporary Music Festival


  • Mona FomaMuseum Of Old And New Art (MONA)



Other




















Best Cabaret Performer

Best Comedy Performer


  • Taylor Mac – A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (Melbourne International Arts Festival)

    • Briefs Ensemble – Briefs: Close Encounters (Briefs Factory)

    • Reuben Kaye – Journey to the Centre of Attention (Adelaide Cabaret Festival)


    • Queenie van de Zandt – Blue: The Songs of Joni Mitchell (Neil Gooding Productions & Queenie van de Zandt)





  • Celia Pacquola – All Talk (Token Events)


    • Urzila Carlson – Studies Have Shown (Live Nation)


    • Zoe Coombs Marr – Bossy Bottom (Token Events)


    • Anne Edmonds – Helen Bidou – Enter the Spinnaker Lounge (Token Events)


    • Colin Lane & Frank Woodley – Lano & Woodley – Fly (Token Events)


    • Julia Morris – Lift and Separate Golden Jubilee (Live Nation)


    • Rhys Nicholson – Seminal (Century)




Best Presentation for Children

Best Regional Touring Production


  • Emil and the DetectivesSlingsby


    • JunkFlying Fruit Fly Circus, Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne


    • TetrisDreamBIG Children’s Festival 2017 at Adelaide Festival Centre


    • The Secret Life of SuitcasesArts Centre Melbourne, Ailie Cohen Puppet Maker and the Unicorn Theatre London





  • Our Land People StoriesBangarra Dance Theatre


    • Hello, Goodbye and Happy BirthdayRoslyn Oades and Performing Lines


    • OddyseaSensorium Theatre and Performing Lines WA


    • SaltbushInsite Arts, Compagnia TPO and Performing Lines/Blak Lines





Industry




































Best New Australian Work
Best Special Event


  • Stephen Page – Bennelong


    • Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn – Hamlet


    • Colin Lane & Frank Woodley – Lano & Woodley – Fly


    • Nakkiah Lui – Black is the New White

    • Nicholas Paine, David Morton, Tim Sharp and Sam Cromack – Laser Beak Man


    • PJ Hogan, Kate Miller-Heidke & Keir Nuttall – Muriel’s Wedding The Musical




  • Taylor Mac: A 24 Decade History Of Popular Music


Best Original Score
Best Music Direction


  • Kate Miller-Heidke & Keir Nuttall – Muriel's Wedding The Musical

    • Sam Cromack – Laser Beak Man

    • Steve Francis – Bennelong


    • Max Richter – Woolf Works





  • Isaac Hayward – Muriel's Wedding The Musical

    • Phoebe Briggs – Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets


    • Nicolette Fraillon – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland


    • Brian Ritchie – The Spirit of Churaki (Bleach* Festival and Banaam)



Best Scenic Design
Best Costume Design


  • Jacob Nash – Bennelong


    • Bunny Christie – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company and Arts Centre Melbourne)


    • Bob Crowley – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    • David Morton, Jonathon Oxlade and Justin Harrison – Laser Beak Man





  • Gabriela Tylesova – Muriel's Wedding The Musical

    • Zoe Atkinson – Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets

    • Jennifer Irwin – Bennelong

    • Jonathon Oxlade – Mr Burns, A Post-Electric Play



Best Lighting Design
Best Sound Design


  • Nick Schlieper – Bennelong

    • Geoff Cobham – Emil and the Detectives


    • Paule Constable – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    • Damien Cooper – You Animal, You (Force Majeure, Sydney Festival and Carriageworks)





  • Michael Waters – Muriel’s Wedding The Musical

    • Ian Dickinson for Autograph – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    • Byron J. Scullin, Tom Supple and Hannah Fox – Siren Song (Byron J. Scullin & Supple Fox and Perth Festival)

    • Michael Waters – Dream Lover





Lifetime Achievement












JC Williamson Award
Sue Nattrass Award



  • Robyn Archer

  • Reg Livermore

  • Robyn Nevin

  • Archie Roach

  • Jim Sharman






  • Carrillo Gantner

  • Susan Provan

  • Ian McRae

  • Rhoda Roberts

  • Frank van Straten





References




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