Helpmann Award Winners 2015 – Full List
Australia’s Live Performance Industry celebrated in style this evening at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre, as the winners of the 2015 Helpmann Awards were announced on the set of Les Miserables.
Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed new production of Les Miserables has taken home the Best Musical gong at at the coveted awards night, as well as the awards for Best Actor in a Musical (Simon Gleeson) and Best Supporting Actress in a Musical (Kerrie Anne Greenland).
Other big winners included Brisbane Baroque in association with QPAC’s Faramondo (5 Helpmann Awards) and The Rabbits (Opera Australia and Barking Gecko Theatre Company co-production), which took out all 4 awards it was nominated for.
In a ceremony hosted by Todd McKenney, broadcast on Foxtel and attended by a star studded crowd, the 2015 Helpmann Awards honoured achievements in many disciplines across the Live Performance sector.
A full winner’s list can be found below. Congratulations to all nominees and winners!
LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT AWARDS
SUE NATTRASS AWARD
ERIC ROBINSON
JC WILLIAMSON AWARD
PAUL KELLY
2015 HELPMANN AWARDS BESTOWED AWARD
BEST SPECIAL EVENT
ROYAL DE LUXE and PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
The Incredible and Phenomenal Journey of the Giants to the Streets of Perth
INDUSTRY AWARDS
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
GABRIELA TYLESOVA
The Rabbits
Opera Australia and Barking Gecko Theatre Company, in association with West Australian Opera. Co-commissioned by Perth International Arts Festival and Melbourne Festival.
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
PAULE CONSTABLE
Les Misérables
Cameron Mackintosh Australia
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
KATE MILLER-HEIDKE with IAIN GRANDAGE
The Rabbits
Opera Australia
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION
MARTIN LOWE
Once
John Frost, Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo
BEST SCENIC DESIGN
GEOFF COBHAM
Little Bird
State Theatre Company of South Australia, in association with Adelaide Festival Centre
BEST SOUND DESIGN
MICK POTTER
Les Misérables
Cameron Mackintosh Australia
BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK
Kate Miller-Heidke – composer, Lally Katz – librettist, and Iain Grandage – musical arrangements and additional music
The Rabbits
Opera Australia and Barking Gecko Theatre Company, in association with West Australian Opera, co- commission by Perth International Arts Festival and Melbourne Theatre
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
BEST AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY CONCERT
CHET FAKER | NATIONAL TOUR 2015
Chet Faker, Frontier Touring, Artist Voice, Opulent, Future Classics and Perth International Arts Festival
BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
VIVID LIVE 2015
Destination NSW and Sydney Opera House
BEST INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY CONCERT
ED SHEERAN | X WORLD TOUR 2015
Ed Sheeran and Frontier Touring
OPERA AND CLASSICAL MUSIC
BEST DIRECTION OF AN OPERA
PAUL CURRAN
Faramondo
Brisbane Baroque, in association with QPAC
BEST FEMALE PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN OPERA
ANNA DEVIN
Faramondo
Brisbane Baroque, in association with QPAC
BEST FEMALE PERFORMER IN AN OPERA
JENNIFER RIVERA
Faramondo
Brisbane Baroque, in association with QPAC
BEST MALE PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN OPERA
CHRISTOPHER LOWREY
Faramondo
Brisbane Baroque, in association with QPAC
BEST MALE PERFORMER IN AN OPERA
MICHAEL FABIANO
Faust
Opera Australia
BEST OPERA
FARAMONDO
Brisbane Baroque, in association with QPA
BEST CHAMBER AND INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE CONCERT
LES ARTS FLORISSANTS and LE JARDIN DES VOIX IN Â JARDIN Ã L’ITALIENNE
Melbourne Recital Centre, Sydney Opera House and Perth International Arts Festival
BEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT
REFLECTIONS ON GALLIPOLI
Australian Chamber Orchestra
BEST INDIVIDUAL CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE
WILLIAM CHRISTIE
William Christie
Melbourne Recital Centre, Sydney Opera House, and Perth International Arts Festival
COMEDY
BEST COMEDY PERFORMER
JUDITH LUCY
Judith Lucy – Ask No Questions of the Moth
Token Events
CABARET
BEST CABARET PERFORMER
CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN
Camille O’Sullivan – Changeling
Arts Centre Melbourne
DANCE AND PHYSICAL THEATRE
BEST BALLET OR DANCE WORK
FRAME OF MIND
Sydney Dance Company
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A DANCE OR PHYSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION
RAFAEL BONACHELA
Frame of Mind
Sydney Dance Company
BEST FEMALE DANCER IN A DANCE OR PHYSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION
CHLOE LEONG
William Forsythe’s Quintett
Sydney Dance Company
BEST MALE DANCER IN A DANCE OR PHYSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION
CASS MORTIMER EIPPER
William Forsythe’s Quintett
Sydney Dance Company
BEST VISUAL AND PHYSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION
THE PAPER ARCHITECT
Davy and Kristin McGuire and Perth International Arts Festival
REGIONAL TOURING PRODUCTIONS
BEST REGIONAL TOURING PRODUCTION
FESTIVAL OF CIRCA
Circa
CHILDRENS PRESENTATIONS
BEST PRESENTATION FOR CHILDREN
THE RABBITS
Opera Australia and Barking Gecko Theatre Company, in association with West Australian Opera, co- commissioned by Perth International Arts Festival and Melbourne Festival
THEATRE
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
KIP WILLIAMS
Suddenly Last Summer
Sydney Theatre Company
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A PLAY
HELEN THOMSON
After Dinner
Sydney Theatre Company
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A PLAY
PAMELA RABE
The Glass Menagerie
Belvoir
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A PLAY
JOHN BELL
As You Like It
Bell Shakespeare
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A PLAY
HUGO WEAVING
Endgame
Sydney Theatre Company
BEST PLAY
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
Belvoir
MUSICALS
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A MUSICAL
ANDREW HALLSWORTH
Anything Goes
Opera Australia and John Frost
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
JOHN TIFFANY
Once
John Frost, Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
KERRIE ANNE GREENLAND
Les Misérables
Cameron Mackintosh Australia
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
CAROLINE O’CONNOR
Anything Goes
Opera Australia and John Frost
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
ALEX RATHGEBER
Anything Goes
Opera Australia and John Frost
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
SIMON GLEESON
Les Misérables
Cameron Mackintosh Australia
BEST MUSICAL
LES MISÉRABLES
Cameron Mackintosh
