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!
ERIC ROBINSON
PAUL KELLY
ROYAL DE LUXE and PERTH INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL
The Incredible and Phenomenal Journey of the Giants to the Streets of Perth
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.
PAULE CONSTABLE
Les Misérables
Cameron Mackintosh Australia
KATE MILLER-HEIDKE with IAIN GRANDAGE
The Rabbits
Opera Australia
MARTIN LOWE
Once
John Frost, Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo
GEOFF COBHAM
Little Bird
State Theatre Company of South Australia, in association with Adelaide Festival Centre
MICK POTTER
Les Misérables
Cameron Mackintosh Australia
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
CHET FAKER | NATIONAL TOUR 2015
Chet Faker, Frontier Touring, Artist Voice, Opulent, Future Classics and Perth International Arts Festival
VIVID LIVE 2015
Destination NSW and Sydney Opera House
ED SHEERAN | X WORLD TOUR 2015
Ed Sheeran and Frontier Touring
PAUL CURRAN
Faramondo
Brisbane Baroque, in association with QPAC
ANNA DEVIN
Faramondo
Brisbane Baroque, in association with QPAC
JENNIFER RIVERA
Faramondo
Brisbane Baroque, in association with QPAC
CHRISTOPHER LOWREY
Faramondo
Brisbane Baroque, in association with QPAC
MICHAEL FABIANO
Faust
Opera Australia
FARAMONDO
Brisbane Baroque, in association with QPA
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
REFLECTIONS ON GALLIPOLI
Australian Chamber Orchestra
WILLIAM CHRISTIE
William Christie
Melbourne Recital Centre, Sydney Opera House, and Perth International Arts Festival
JUDITH LUCY
Judith Lucy – Ask No Questions of the Moth
Token Events
CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN
Camille O’Sullivan – Changeling
Arts Centre Melbourne
FRAME OF MIND
Sydney Dance Company
RAFAEL BONACHELA
Frame of Mind
Sydney Dance Company
CHLOE LEONG
William Forsythe’s Quintett
Sydney Dance Company
CASS MORTIMER EIPPER
William Forsythe’s Quintett
Sydney Dance Company
THE PAPER ARCHITECT
Davy and Kristin McGuire and Perth International Arts Festival
FESTIVAL OF CIRCA
Circa
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
KIP WILLIAMS
Suddenly Last Summer
Sydney Theatre Company
HELEN THOMSON
After Dinner
Sydney Theatre Company
PAMELA RABE
The Glass Menagerie
Belvoir
JOHN BELL
As You Like It
Bell Shakespeare
HUGO WEAVING
Endgame
Sydney Theatre Company
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
Belvoir
ANDREW HALLSWORTH
Anything Goes
Opera Australia and John Frost
JOHN TIFFANY
Once
John Frost, Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo
KERRIE ANNE GREENLAND
Les Misérables
Cameron Mackintosh Australia
CAROLINE O’CONNOR
Anything Goes
Opera Australia and John Frost
ALEX RATHGEBER
Anything Goes
Opera Australia and John Frost
SIMON GLEESON
Les Misérables
Cameron Mackintosh Australia
LES MISÉRABLES
Cameron Mackintosh
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