Helpmann Award winners 2016 – Full List
The 16th annual Helpmann Award ceremony took place tonight at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre, The Star with the who’s who of the Aussie arts and live performance industry in attendance.
Check out our full list of winners below.
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A PLAY
MARK LEONARD WINTER
King Lear
Sydney Theatre Company
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A PLAY
SARAH PEIRSE
The Golden Age
Sydney Theatre Company
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
DANIEL FREDERIKSEN
Matilda The Musical
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
ELISE MCCANN
Matilda The Musical
BEST INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY CONCERT
PRINCE ‘PIANO & A MICROPHONE’ TOUR 2016
Prince, Dainty Group and ICO ApS
BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
WOMADELAIDE 2016 – THE WORLD’S FESTIVAL
Womadelaide Foundation
BEST AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY CONCERT
MOFO 2016 – KATE MILLER-HEIDKE AND THE TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH VISUALS BY AMY GEBHARDT
MOFO 2016, Kate Miller-Heidke and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra with visuals by Amy Gebhardt
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
ROB HOWELL
Matilda The Musical
The Royal Shakespeare Company and Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Michael Watt with Chokey Productions, Just for Laughs Theatricals, Glass Half Full Productions, Paula Marie Black, Greenleaf Productions and Michael Lynch
BEST SCENIC DESIGN
ROB HOWELL
Matilda The Musical
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
HUGH VANSTONE
Matilda The Musical
BEST SOUND DESIGN
SIMON BAKER
Matilda The Musical
LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT AWARDS SUE NATTRASS AWARD
Michael Lynch CBE AM
BEST INDIVIDUAL CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE
PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Melbourne Recital Centre and Sydney Symphony Orchestra
BEST CHAMBER AND/OR INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE CONCERT
FRENCH BAROQUE WITH CIRCA
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
BEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT
SIR SIMON RATTLE CONDUCTS THE AUSTRALIAN WORLD ORCHESTRA
Australian World Orchestra
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
TIM MINCHIN
Matilda The Musical
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION
STEPHEN AMOS
Matilda The Musical
BEST PRESENTATION FOR CHILDREN
BAMBERT’S BOOK OF LOST STORIES
Barking Gecko Theatre Company
BEST REGIONAL TOURING PRODUCTION
SUGARLAND
Australian Theatre for Young People and Performing Lines
BEST CABARET PERFORMER
MICHAEL GRIFFITHS
Cole
Adelaide Festival Centre’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival
BEST COMEDY PERFORMER
TOM BALLARD
The World Keeps Happening
Token Events
BESTOWED HELPMATE AWARD
Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Comedy in Australia
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
BEST VISUAL OR PHYSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION
IL RITORNO
Brisbane Festival and Circa
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A DANCE OR PHYSICAL THEATRE WORK
FRANCES RINGS
Sheoak
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A MUSICAL
PETER DARLING
Matilda The Musical
BEST MALE DANCER IN A DANCE OR PHYSICAL THEATRE WORK
KIMBALL WONG
Habitus
BEST FEMALE DANCER IN A DANCE OR PHYSICAL THEATRE WORK
YOLANDA LOWATTA
Sheoak
JC WILLIAMSON AWARD
STEPHEN PAGE
BEST MALE PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN OPERA
JOÃO FERNANDES
Agrippina
BEST FEMALE PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN OPERA
KERI FUGE
Agrippina
BEST MALE PERFORMER IN AN OPERA
CARLO VISTOLI
Agrippina
BEST FEMALE PERFORMER IN AN OPERA
NICOLE CAR
Luisa Miller
Opera Australia
BEST DIRECTION OF AN OPERA
DAVID MCVICAR
The Marriage of Figaro
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A PLAY
MARK LEONARD WINTER
Birdland
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A PLAY
PAULA ARUNDELL
The Bleeding Tree
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
JAMES MILLAR
Matilda The Musical
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
MOLLY BARWICK, DUSTY BURSILL, TIANA MIRRA, ALANNAH PARFETT, SASHA ROSE, GEORGIA TAPLIN, BELLA THOMAS AND INGRID TORELLI
Matilda The Musical
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
LEE LEWIS
The Bleeding Tree
Griffin Theatre Company
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
MATTHEW WARCHUS
Matilda The Musical
BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK
CAROLYN BURNS AND TIM FINN WITH SIMON PHILLIPS
Ladies in Black
A Queensland Theatre Company production
BEST OPERA
AGRIPPINA
BEST BALLET OR DANCE WORK
SHEOAK
Bangarra Dance Theatre
BEST PLAY
THE BLEEDING TREE
Griffin Theatre Company
BEST MUSICAL
MATILDA THE MUSICAL
The Royal Shakespeare Company and Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Michael Watt with Chokey Productions, Just for Laughs Theatricals, Glass Half Full Productions, Paula Marie Black, Greenleaf Productions and Michael Lynch
