Bangarra Dance Theatre, Muriel’s Wedding and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical are the big winners at the 18th annual Helpmann Awards.
Act II of the 2018 Helpmann Awards took place at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre, with 23 of the total 43 awards announced at the televised ceremony. Act I awards were announced at Sydney Town Hall on Sunday and a full list of winners can be found here.
In 2018, Live Performance Australia received over 730 entries for the nation’s Live Performance Awards, with 176 Nominations announced and 43 winners confirmed.
Happily, the category with the highest number of entries this year was BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK, with the gong going to Bangarra’s Bennelong
Check out the full list of winners in Act II below
DAVID CAMPBELL
Dream Lover
John Frost AM and Gilbert Theatrical
ESTHER HANNAFORD
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Michael Cassel in association with Paul Blake & Sony/ATV Music Publishing & Mike Bosner
HUGO WEAVING
The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui
Sydney Theatre Company
PAMELA RABE
The Children
Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company
CELIA PACQUOLA
All Talk
Token Events
TAYLOR MAC
A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Melbourne International Arts Festival and Pomegranate Arts
BEAU DEAN RILEY SMITH
Bennelong
Bangarra Dance Theatre
AKO KONDO
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The Australian Ballet
TIDE
Bleach* Festival and The Farm
ALLAN CLAYTON
Hamlet
Glyndebourne Festival and Adelaide Festival in association with the State Opera of South Australia
and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
NICOLE CAR
La Traviata
Opera Australia
PAUL MCCARTNEY, FRONTIER TOURING, MPL & MARSHALL ARTS
Paul McCartney – One On One World Tour 2017
MUSEUM OF OLD AND NEW ART (MONA)
Mona Foma
GOTYE, SYDNEY FESTIVAL & MONA FOMA
Gotye Presents a Tribute to Jean-Jacques Perrey
JONAS KAUFMANN
Parsifal
Opera Australia
JORDI SAVALL WITH HESPERION XXI & TEMBEMBE ENSAMBLE
CONTINUO Perth Festival
BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE: WITH BACH AND BRAHMS
The Sydney Symphony Orchestra
ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
The Australian Ballet
BENNELONG
Bangarra Dance Theatre
THE CHILDREN
Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company
HAMLET
Glyndebourne Festival, Adelaide Festival, State Opera of South Australia and the Adelaide Symphony
Orchestra.
BEAUTIFUL:THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
Michael Cassel in association with Paul Blake & Sony/ATV Music Publishing & Mike Bosner
STEPHEN PAGE AO
Bennelong
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Carrillo Gantner AO
Susan Provan AO
Ian McRae AO
Rhoda Roberts AO
Frank Van Straten AM
Robyn Archer AO
Reg Livermore AO
Robyn Nevin AM
Archie Roach AM
Jim Sharman
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