This evening, at an intimate cocktail event, the Act I of the 2018 Helpmann Awards were held at the Sydney Town Hall.
The winners were announced for the best creative, designer and supporting roles as well as the Awards for Best Presentation for Children, Best Regional Touring Production and Best Special Event in front of an industry A-list crowd.The remaining 20 awards will be presented during Helpmann Awards Act II at the Capitol Theatre, Sydney tomorrow (16 July).See a full list of Act I winners below.
Kanen BREEN
Coronation of Poppea
Pinchgut Opera
LORINA GORE
Hamlet
Glyndebourne Festival and Adelaide Festival in association with the State Opera of South Australia
and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Mr Burns, A Post-Electric Play
Belvoir and State Theatre Company South Australia
ANITA HEGH
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Sydney Theatre Company
MAT VEREVIS
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Michael Cassel in association with Paul Blake & Sony/ATV Music Publishing & Mike Bosner
AMY LEHPAMER
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Michael Cassel in association with Paul Blake & Sony/ATV Music Publishing & Mike Bosner
GABRIELA TYLESOVA
Muriel’s Wedding The Musical
Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures
JACOB NASH
Bennelong
Bangarra Dance Theatre
NICK SCHLIEPER
Bennelong
Bangarra Dance Theatre
MICHAEL WATERS
Muriel’s Wedding The MusicalSydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures
ISAAC HAYWARD
Muriel’s Wedding The Musical
Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures
KATE MILLER-HEIDKE and KEIR NUTTALL
Muriel’s Wedding The Musical
Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures
TAYLOR MAC: A 24 DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC
Melbourne International Arts Festival and Pomegranate Arts
EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES
Slingsby
OUR LAND PEOPLE STORIES
Bangarra Dance Theatre
STEPHEN PAGE AO
Bennelong
Bangarra Dance Theatre
ANDREW HALLSWORTH
Muriel’s Wedding The Musical
Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures
SARAH GOODES
The Children
Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company
NEIL ARMFIELD AO
Hamlet
Glyndebourne Festival and Adelaide Festival in association with the State Opera of South Australia
and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
MARC BRUNI
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Michael Cassel in association with Paul Blake & Sony/ATV Music Publishing & Mike Bosner
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