Live Performance Australia™ (LPA) just presented the 2012 Helpmann Awards, hosted at the Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House and broadcast exclusively on Australia's arts and entertainment channel STUDIO – channel 132 on Foxtel. Tune in to watch the full ceremony on Tuesday September 25 at 8.30pm.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Play: Ganesh versus the Third Reich. Back to Back Theatre, Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne Festival
Opera: Moby Dick, State Opera of South Australia
Musical: A Chorus Line
Ballet or dance work: Can We Talk About This? DV8 Physical Theatre and Sydney Opera House
Female actor in a play: Cate Blanchett, Gross und Klein (Big and Small), Sydney Theatre Company
Male actor in a play: Paul Capsis, Angela's Kitchen, Griffin Theatre Company
Male performer in an opera: Anthony Dean Griffey, Of Mice & Men, Opera Australia
Female performer in an opera: Emma Matthews (pictured), La Traviata, Opera Australia
Male actor in a musical: Mitchell Butel, The Mikado, Opera Australia
Female actor in a musical: Pamela Rabe, Grey Gardens, the Production Company
Female dancer in a dance or physical theatre production: Charmene Yap, 2 One Another, Sydney Dance Company
Male dancer in dance or physical theatre production: Paul White, Anatomy of an Afternoon. Martin del Amo, Performing Lines and Sydney Festival
New Australian work: Paul Capsis, Julian Meyrick and Hilary Bell, Angela's Kitchen, Griffin Theatre Company
Comedy performer: Tim Minchin, Tim Minchin vs The Orchestras Round II
Cabaret performer: Meow Meow, Little Match Girl
Regional touring production: Namatjira, Big hART
Presentation for children: Boats, Terrapin Puppet Theatre
Visual or physical theatre production: Circa
Direction of an opera: Leonard Foglia, Moby Dick, State Opera of South Australia
Direction of a play: Benedict Andrews, Gross und Klein (Big and Small), Sydney Theatre Company
Direction of a musical: Roger Hodgman, Grey Gardens
Choreography in dance or physical theatre: Stephen Page, ID from Belong, Bangarra Dance Theatre
Choreography in a musical: Kelly Devine, Rock of Ages
Male actor in a supporting role in a musical: Bert LaBonte, An Officer and a Gentleman
Female actor in a supporting role in a musical: Nancye Hayes, Grey Gardens
Male actor in a supporting role in a play: Bob Hornery, The Importance of Being Earnest, Melbourne Theatre Company
Female actor in a supporting role in a play: Robyn Nevin, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Belvoir
Costume design: Toni Maticevski and Richard Nylon, Aviary: A Suite for the Bird, Phillip Adams BalletLab/ Melbourne Festival
Scenic design: Brian Thomson, La Traviata, Opera Australia
Lighting design: Paul Jackson, Little Match Girl, Malthouse Theatre
Sound design: Tony David Cray, La Traviata, Opera Australia
Special event: La Traviata, Opera Australia, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour; Place des Anges by Les Studios de Cirque, Perth International Arts Festival
Original score: David Page and Steve Francis, Belong, Bangarra Dance Theatre
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