2011 Australian Helpmann Award Nominations Announced: LOVE NEVER DIES, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO & More
By: Kelsey Denette Jul. 04, 2011
The annual Helpmann Awards® recognise distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in the many disciplines of Australia's vibrant live performance sectors, including musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre. The Helpmann Awards also incorporates the JC Williamson Award for outstanding contribution to the Australian live performance industry.
The Helpmann Awards®, named in honour of Sir Robert Helpmann and to commemorate his memory and achievements, were established in 2001 by Live Performance Australia (LPA) to recognise, celebrate and promote our live performance industry, similar to the Tony Awards on Broadway and the Olivier Awards in London.
The 2011 nominations were announced yesterday, and they are as follows:
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Scott Irwin
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live
Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman/Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts, Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran Productions
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live
Alinta Chidzey
West Side Story
Michael Brenner for BB Promotion GmbH, Howard Panter for Ambassador Theatre Group, The Bartner Group, Norman Tulchin, Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and David Atkins Enterprises
Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman/Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts, Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran Productions
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play
Uncle Vanya
Sydney Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare
Colin Moody
Measure for Measure
Belvoir
Anthony Phelan
The Wild Duck
Belvoir
Dennis Olsen
Entertaining Mr Sloane
State Theatre Company of South Australia
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play
Helen Thomson
In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play
Sydney Theatre Company
Yael Stone
The Diary of a Madman
Belvoir
Anita Hegh
The Wild Duck
Belvoir
Ann Phelan
Do not go gentle fortyfivedownstairs
Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
Douglas McNicol
Aida
State Opera of South Australia
Kanen Breen
Partenope
Opera Australia
Andrew Collis
The Bear
Victorian Opera
La Boheme
Opera Australia
Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
Elizabeth Campbell
Aida
State Opera of South Australia
Nicole Car
Carmen
Opera Australia
Emma Pearson
Der Rosenkavalier
Opera Australia
Dimity Shepherd
The Threepenny Opera
Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera
Best Comedy Performer
Denise Scott
Denise Scott Regrets
Token Events
Hannah Gadsby
Hannah Gadsby Mrs Chuckles
Token Events
Tom Gleeson Up Himself
Token Events
Wil Anderson
Wil Anderson Man Vs Wil
Token Events
Best Cabaret Performer
Eddie Perfect
Misanthropology
Sydney Festival
Moira Finucane with Maude Davey, Caroline Lee, Paul Cordeiro, Toni Lamond, Shirley Cattunar, Brian Lucas, Sosina Wogayehu, Derek Ives, Azaria Universe, Harriet Ritchie, Holly Durant, Lily Paskas, Carolyn Connors, Lois Olney, Yumi Umiumare, David Pidd, Margaret Dobson, Yvette Coppersmith
Finucane & Smith’s Carnival of Mysteries Melbourne Festival
Magpie Blues
Melbourne Festival
Paul Capsis
Paul Capsis – Make Me a King
the Arts Centre and Deborah Tobias Creative Management
Best Costume Design
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh
Gabriela Tylesova
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust
TraCy Grant Lord
In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play
Sydney Theatre Company
Best Scenic Design
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh
Kim Carpenter
SNOW on MARS
Kim Carpenter’s Theatre of Image & Sydney Festival 2011
Gabriela Tylesova
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust
La Boheme
Opera Australia
Best Lighting Design
Baal
Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh
Partenope
Opera Australia
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust
Best Sound Design
Stefan Gregory
Baal
Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre
Peter Grubb
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh
Claire Brothers
U2 360 Tour
Live Nation in association with Michael Coppel
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust
Best Original Score
Where the Heart Is
Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Alan John
The Diary of a Madman
Belvoir
Regurgitator
Akira
Sydney Opera House
David Milroy
Waltzing the Wilarra
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
Best Individual Classical Performance
Lilli Paasikivi – Mahler Song of the Earth with the Sydney Symphony
Mahler Song of the Earth Sydney Symphony
Stuart Skelton – Mahler Song of the Earth with the Sydney Symphony
Mahler Song of the Earth Sydney Symphony
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Sydney Opera House and the Perth Concert Hall
Sydney Opera House, UMCMP & Andrew McManus Presents
Best Chamber & Instrumental Ensemble Concert
Garrick Ohlsson in recital as part of the Sydney Symphony International Pianists in Recital Series
Sydney Symphony
Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
Melbourne Recital Centre
Bach and Beyond
Australian Chamber Orchestra
The Rest is Noise
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Best Symphony Orchestra Concert
The Creation
Academy of Ancient Music presented by Perth International Arts Festival
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Sydney Opera House and the Perth Concert Hall
Thomas Ades and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Melbourne Festival and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Britten’s War Requiem – Conducted by Tadaaki Otaka
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Best Music Direction
Ben Walsh
My Bicycle Loves You
Sydney Festival and Perth International Arts Festival present
Stephen Brooker and Michael Tyack
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh
Christian Curnyn
Partenope
Opera Australia
Guy Simpson
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust
Best New Australian Work
Lachlan Philpott
Silent Disco
Griffin Theatre Company, Australian Theatre for Young People and Hothouse Theatre
Declan Greene
Moth
Malthouse Theatre & Arena Theatre Company
Finucane and Smith
Finucane and Smith’s Carnival of Mysteries
Melbourne Festival
Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Where the Heart Is
Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Tim Minchin & Sydney Symphony
Tim Minchin Vs Sydney Symphony
Sydney Symphony
Eddie Perfect
Songs from the Middle
Presented by Sydney Opera House, Produced & commissioned by ANAM in partnership with Melbourne Cabaret Festival
Best Presentation for Children
Me and My Shadow
Patch Theatre Company
GRUG
A Windmill Theatre and Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s Out of the Box Festival production
Dinosaur Petting Zoo
Erth Visual & Physical Inc. presented by Ten Days on the Island
Wombat Stew – A “Gooey Brewy Yummy Chewy” Aussie Musical for Families and Kids
Garry Ginivan Attractions in association with Regional Arts Victoria
Best International Contemporary Concert
Leonard Cohen @ Hanging Rock
Leonard Cohen and Frontier Touring Company
U2 360 Tour
U2 and Live Nation in association with Michael Coppel
Gorillaz ‘Plastic Beach’ Tour (Australia)
Gorillaz and Chugg Entertainment
Metallica World Magnetic Tour ‘10
Metallica and Michael Coppel Presents
Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens and Sydney Festival
Best Contemporary Music Festival
MONA FOMA 2011
MONA – Museum of Old and New Art
Splendor In the Grass 2010
Village Sounds and Secret Service
Vivid Live 2010
Sydney Opera House
Byron Bay Bluesfest
Peter Noble
Best Regional Touring Production
Mathinna
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Red Sky Morning
Red Stitch Actors Theatre and Performing Lines
Tuesdays With Morrie
Ensemble Productions
Untrained
Lucy Guerin Inc
Best Australian Contemporary Concert
The Church – “A Psychedelic Symphony” – 30th Anniversary Concert – Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
The Church and International Music Concepts (IMC) in association with MAX
Akira
Regurgitator and Sydney Opera House
Powderfinger – Sunsets The Farewell Tour
Powderfinger and Secret Service & Village Sounds
Angus & Julia Stone “Down the Way Tour”
Angus & Julia Stone and International Music Concepts
Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production
Artefact (of earth & sky)
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Natalie Weir
Where the Heart Is
Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Phillip Adams
Amplification
BalletLab and Phillip Adams (with C.U.B. Malthouse)
Akram Khan
Vertical Road
Melbourne International Arts Festival and Akram Khan Company
Best Choreography in a Musical
Jason Coleman
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh
Graeme Murphy
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust
Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman, Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran Productions
Best Direction of a Musical
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live
Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman, Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts, Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran
Productions
Richard Eyre and Matthew Bourne
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust
Best Direction of an Opera
Leigh Warren
Maria De Buenos Aires
State Opera of South Australia, Leigh Warren & Dancers
Michael Kantor
Threepenny Opera
Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera
Nigel Jamieson
La Fanciulla del West
Opera Australia
Partenope
Opera Australia
Best Direction of a Play
Wesley Enoch
Waltzing the Wilarra
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
Benedict Andrews
Measure for Measure
Belvoir
The Diary of a Madman
Belvoir
Simon Stone
The Wild Duck
Belvoir
Best Male Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production
In Glass
Sydney Opera House & Artful Management
Robert Curran
Madame Butterfly
The Australian Ballet
Stuart Shugg
Human Interest Story
Lucy Guerin Inc, Malthouse Melbourne and Perth International Arts Festival present
Richard Causer
Where the Heart Is
Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production
Kristina Chan
In Glass
Sydney Opera House & Artful Management
Lucinda Dunn
Cinderella
The Australian Ballet
Madeleine Eastoe
Halcyon
The Australian Ballet
Brooke Stamp
Amplification
BalletLab and Phillip Adams (with C.U.B. Malthouse)
Best Male Performer in an Opera
Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Tosca
West Australian Opera
John Wegner
La Fanciulla del West
Opera Australia
John Bolton Wood
The Bear
Victorian Opera
Peter Coleman-Wright
The Marriage of Figaro
Opera Australia
Best Female Performer in an Opera
Rachelle Durkin
La Sonnambula
West Australian Opera
Rinat Shaham
Carmen
Opera Australia
Patricia Racette
Madama Butterfly
Opera Australia
Emma Matthews
Partenope
Opera Australia
Best Male Actor in a Musical
Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman, Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts, Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran
Productions
Wicked
Marc Platt, David Stone, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt & John Frost
Matt Lee
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust
Best Female Actor in a Musical
Jaz Flowers
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live
Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman, Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts, Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran
Productions
Jemma Rix
Wicked
Marc Platt, David Stone, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt & John Frost
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh
Best Male Actor in a Play
Richard Roxburgh
Uncle Vanya
Sydney Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare
The Diary of a Madman
Belvoir
Toby Schmitz
Much Ado About Nothing
Bell Shakespeare
Lucas Stibbard boy girl wall
A production by The Escapists, presented by La Boite
Best Female Actor in a Play
Waltzing the Wilarra
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Sydney Theatre Company and Artists Repertory Theatre
Uncle Vanya
Sydney Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare
Robin McLeavy
Measure for Measure
Belvoir
Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production
Wunderkammer
Brisbane Festival Presents
Propaganda
Hothouse Theatre and Acrobat
Shanghai Lady Killer
Stalker Theatre presented by Brisbane Festival
Not in a Million Years
Force Majeure
Best Ballet or Dance Work
Vertical Road
Melbourne Festival and Akram Khan Company
Where the Heart Is
Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Sutra
Co-presented by Sydney Opera House and Brisbane Festival
Amplification
BalletLab and Phillip Adams (with C.U.B. Malthouse)
Best Opera
Maria De Buenos Aires
State Opera of South Australia and Leigh Warren & Dancers
La Fanciulla del West
Opera Australia
Partenope
Opera Australia
The Threepenny Opera
Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera
Best Play
Uncle Vanya
Sydney Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare
Do not go gentle fortyfivedownstairs
The Diary of a Madman
Belvoir
The Wild Duck
Belvoir
Best Musical
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live
Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman, Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts, Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran
Productions
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust
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