BWW Sydney attended the announcement of the 2016 HELPMANN AWARDS NOMINATIONS at Sydney Theatre Company's Wharf 2 Theatre. The short event, hosted by Jon Nicholls (2016 Helpmann Awards Executive Producer), included MC Chloe Dallimore and presenters Mark Vincent, Luke Mullins, Lucy Durack and Peter Carroll.
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The Helpmann Awards are the premier celebration of Australia's vibrant live performance industry and recognise distinguished achievement and excellence in Australia's live performance sectors including musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre, children's presentations, regional touring and cabaret.
Live Performance Australia (LPA) announced the Nominees in the 41 categories at simultaneous events in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.
LPA Chief Executive, Evelyn Richardson said "This year has been a remarkable year for live performances in Australia reflecting a vibrant industry with more than 18 million people attending shows across the country and ticket revenues of $1.5 billion".
Ms Richardson also said "This year we are delighted to announce one additional award that will be given to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for their 'Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Comedy in Australia'. The Helpmann Awards Industry Panel and the Helpmann Awards Administration Committee (HAAC) felt strongly that the festival's sustained development of comedians and comedy programmes around the country over three decades was worthy of recognition".
NSW Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events, Stuart Ayres congratulated all the Nominees on their achievement.
"The Helpmann Awards celebrate and recognise Australia's considerable talent in the live performance industry and I'm delighted the Awards will once again be held in Sydney. The NSW Government is proud to support the Helpmann Awards through our tourism and major events agency Destination NSW. I congratulate this year's Nominees and look forward to the ceremony in July" Mr Ayres said.
The 2016 Helpmann Awards will also incorporate the final Brian Stacey Award for Emerging Australian Conductors. This year the award goes to Toby Thatcher who will receive a $10,000 prize. Currently Assistant Conductor for the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since early 2015, Toby displays outstanding conducting and musical skills.
As previously announced, Michael Lynch CBE AM will be the recipient of this year's Sue Nattrass Award®. The prestigious 2016 Sue Nattrass Award® honours exceptional service to the Australian live performance industry, shining a spotlight on people in service roles that support our industry.
The recipient of the JC Williamson Award® will be announced on Wednesday 29 June.
The winners of the 2016 Helpmann Awards will be announced at a ceremony on Monday 25 July at the Sydney Lyric Theatre on the set of Singin' in the Rain.
Hosts for the 16th Annual Helpmann Awards Ceremony include Adam Garcia, Helen Dallimore, Guy Noble, Simon Philips, Queenie van de Zandt, Stuart Maunder AM and The Umbilical Brothers and will feature performances by the casts of Matilda the Musical, The Sound of Music, Ladies in Black and Singin' in the Rain, with individual performances by Marina Prior and Mark Vincent, Sarah Blasko, as well as West Australian Ballet and the first prize winner of the Sydney International Piano Competition.
Tickets for the 16th annual Helpmann Awards are available now from Ticketmaster.
The 2016 Helpmann Awards will be broadcast live on Foxtel Arts and webcast free via www.foxtelarts.com.au.
The Helpmann Awards are proudly supported by the New South Wales Government, through its tourism and major events agency, Destination NSW.
2016 HELPMANN AWARDS NOMINATIONS
INDUSTRY AWARDS
BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK
CAROLYN BURNS AND TIM FINN WITH SIMON PHILLIPS
Ladies in Black
A Queensland Theatre Company production
CHRISTOPHER LATHAM, OMAR FARUK TEKBILEK, GARETH FARR, RICHARD NUNNS, GRAEME KOEHNE AO, PETER SCULTHORPE AO OBE, ELENA KATS-CHERNIN, KAMRAN INCE, ROSS HARRIS, ANDREW SCHULTZ, ROSS EDWARDS AND DEMIR DEMIRKAN
The Gallipoli Symphony
Department of Veterans' Affairs, Queensland Government, QPAC and Qantas Airways
DAN GIOVANNONI AND LUKE KERRIDGE
Bambert's Book of Lost Stories
Barking Gecko Theatre Company
FRANCES RINGS, DEBORAH BROWN AND WAANGENGA BLANCO
lore
Bangarra Dance Theatre
FUTURE D. FIDEL
Prize Fighter
La Boite Theatre Company and Brisbane Festival
TOM WRIGHT
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Malthouse Theatre and Black Swan State Theatre Company
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
GABRIELA TYLESOVA
The Sleeping Beauty
The Australian Ballet
GABRIELA TYLESOVA
Ladies in Black
A Queensland Theatre Company production
JENNY TIRAMANI
The Marriage of Figaro
Opera Australia
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 LIGHTING DESIGN
HUGH VANSTONE
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
HUGH VANSTONE
Ghost The Musical
Ambassador Theatre Group Asia Pacific, GWB Entertainment and Red Live
NICK SCHLIEPER
North by Northwest
Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company and Kay + McLean Productions, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures
PAUL JACKSON
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Malthouse Theatre and Black Swan State Theatre Company
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
DAVID PAGE
Ochres
Bangarra Dance Theatre
EDDIE PERFECT
Songs From The Middle
Adelaide Festival Centre's Adelaide Cabaret Festival
TIM FINN
Ladies in Black
A Queensland Theatre Company production
TIM MINCHIN
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 MUSIC DIRECTION
IAIN GRANDAGE
Home
Perth International Arts Festival
ISAAC HAYWARD
Ladies in Black
A Queensland Theatre Company production
NICOLETTE FRAILLON
The Sleeping Beauty
The Australian Ballet
STEPHEN AMOS
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
DAN POTRA
Handa On Sydney Harbour Turandot
Opera Australia
GABRIELA TYLESOVA
The Sleeping Beauty
The Australian Ballet
NICK SCHLIEPER AND SIMON PHILLIPS
North by Northwest
Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company and Kay + McLean Productions, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures
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 SOUND DESIGN
DAVID PAGE
Ochres
Bangarra Dance Theatre
IAN MCDONALD
North by Northwest
Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company and Kay + McLean Productions, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures
MICHAEL WATERS
Fiddler on the Roof
Tim Lawson for TML Enterprises
SIMON BAKER
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
CABARET
BEST CABARET PERFORMER
ALAN CUMMING
Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs
Brisbane Powerhouse, NORPA, Arts Centre Melbourne and Sydney Festival with Hyam, Horne and Hall
MICHAELA BURGER AND GREG WAIN
Exposing Edith
Adelaide Festival Centre's Adelaide Cabaret Festival with I'll Wager Productions
MICHAEL GRIFFITHS
Cole
Adelaide Festival Centre's Adelaide Cabaret Festival
PHIL SCOTT
Reviewing The Situation
Tekule in association with Hayes Theatre Co
REGIONAL TOURING PRODUCTIONS
BEST REGIONAL TOURING PRODUCTION
DE NOVO
Sydney Dance Company
MOTHER
If Theatre
ROALD DAHL'S REVOLTING RHYMES & DIRTY BEASTS
shake & stir theatre co and arTour Queensland
SUGARLAND
Australian Theatre for Young People and Performing Lines
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
BEST AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY CONCERT
A STATE OF GRACE: THE MUSIC OF TIM AND JEFF BUCKLEY
Gaynor Crawford Presents, Kirsten Siddle, State of Grace Company
FLIGHT FACILITIES PERFORM LIVE WITH MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Flight Facilities with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Festival
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
VANCE JOY | FIRE AND THE FLOOD TOUR APRIL 2016
Vance Joy, Frontier Touring, Unified and Village Sounds
BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
MOFO 2016
MONA
ST JEROME'S LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2016
Laneway Presents and Chugg Entertainment
THE 27TH ANNUAL BLUESFEST BYRON BAY
Bluesfest
WOMADELAIDE 2016 -THE WORLD'S FESTIVAL
Womadelaide Foundation
BEST INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY CONCERT
BRIAN WILSON LIVE AT THE PALAIS THEATRE
Brian Wilson and Bluesfest Touring
FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE
Florence and The Machine, Laneway Presents, Chugg Entertainment in association with Sydney Opera House
ON WITH THE SHOW TOUR 2015
Fleetwood Mac and Live Nation
PRINCE 'PIANO & A MICROPHONE' TOUR 2016
Prince, Dainty Group and ICO ApS
DANCE AND PHYSICAL THEATRE
BEST BALLET OR DANCE WORK
COCKFIGHT
Performing Lines and The Farm
HABITUS
Australian Dance Theatre
SHEOAK
Bangarra Dance Theatre
SPECTRA
Dancenorth
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A DANCE OR PHSYICAL THEATRE WORK
FRANCES RINGS
Sheoak
Bangarra Dance Theatre
GARRY STEWART
Habitus
Australian Dance Theatre
KYLE PAGE AND AMBER HAINES
Spectra
Dancenorth
STEPHEN PAGE, BERNADETTE WALONG -SENE, DJAKAPURRA MUNYARRYUN
Ochres
Bangarra Dance Theatre
BEST FEMALE DANCER IN A DANCE OR PHYSICAL THEATRE WORK
AMBER HAINES
Syncing Feeling
Dancenorth
JULIETTE BARTON
Lux Tenebris
Sydney Dance Company
LONII GARNONS-WILLIAMS
Habitus
Australian Dance Theatre
YOLANDA LOWATTA
Sheoak
Bangarra Dance Theatre
BEST MALE DANCER IN A DANCE OR PHYSICAL THEATRE WORK
CHENGWU GUO
The Dream
The Australian Ballet
DARYL BRANDWOOD
Natalie Weir's The Host
Expressions Dance Company and QPAC
GAVIN WEBBER
Cockfight
Performing Lines and The Farm
KIMBALL WONG
Habitus
Australian Dance Theatre
BEST VISUAL OR PHYSICAL THEATRE PRODUCTION
IL RITORNO
Brisbane Festival and Circa
PLEXUS
Compagnie 111-Aurélien Bory and Perth International Arts Festival
TANGI WAI... THE CRY OF WATER
Victoria Hunt, Artful Management and Performance Space
THE LAST BLAST
The Farm and Bleach* Festival
OPERA AND CLASSICAL MUSIC
BEST DIRECTION OF AN OPERA
CAMERON MENZIES
The Grumpiest Boy in the World
Victorian Opera
DAVID MCVICAR
The Marriage of Figaro
Opera Australia
LAURENCE DALE
Agrippina
Brisbane Baroque in association with QPAC
MICHAEL GOW
Voyage to the Moon
Musica Viva Australia
BEST FEMALE PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN OPERA
KERI FUGE
Agrippina
Brisbane Baroque in association with QPAC
SALLY-ANNE RUSSELL
Voyage to the Moon
Victorian Opera, Musica Viva and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
BEST MALE PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN OPERA
DOUGLAS MCNICOL
Don Giovanni
State Opera SA
JEREMY KLEEMAN
Voyage to the Moon
Victorian Opera, Musica Viva and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions
JOÃO FERNANDES
Agrippina
Brisbane Baroque in association with QPAC
RUSSELL HARCOURT
Agrippina
Brisbane Baroque in association with QPAC
BEST FEMALE PERFORMER IN AN OPERA
JESSICA PRATT
Lucia di Lammermoor
Victorian Opera
LATONIA MOORE
Don Carlos
Opera Australia
NICOLE CAR
Luisa Miller
Opera Australia
ULRIKE SCHNEIDER
Agrippina
Brisbane Baroque in association with QPAC
BEST MALE PERFORMER IN AN OPERA
ANDREI BONDARENKO
The Marriage of Figaro
Opera Australia
CARLO VISTOLI
Agrippina
Brisbane Baroque in association with QPAC
FERRUCCIO FURLANETTO
Don Carlos
Opera Australia
YONGHOON LEE
Turandot (Sydney Winter)
Opera Australia
BEST OPERA
AGRIPPINA
Brisbane Baroque and QPAC
FLY AWAY PETER
Arts Centre Melbourne and Sydney Chamber Opera in association with Melbourne Festival
LUISA MILLER
Opera Australia
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
Opera Australia
BEST CHAMBER AND/OR INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE CONCERT
FRENCH BAROQUE WITH CIRCA
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
HOME
Camerata of St John's
KIRILL GERSTEIN IN RECITAL
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
WINTERREISE
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
BEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT
ANIMA ETERNA BRUGGE BEETHOVEN'S SYMPHONIES CONDUCTED BY JOS VAN IMMERSEEL
Sydney Festival
BEETHOVEN'S MISSA SOLEMNIS
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
BRITTEN'S WAR REQUIEM
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
SIR SIMON RATTLE CONDUCTS THE AUSTRALIAN WORLD ORCHESTRA
Australian World Orchestra
BEST INDIVIDUAL CLASSICAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE
ANDREW HAVERON
Sibelius 2
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
FLORIAN BOESCH AND MALCOLM MARTINEAU
Florian Boesch and Malcolm Martineau
Melbourne Recital Centre and Sydney Opera House
GIL SHAHAM
Tchaikovsky's Manfred
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Melbourne Recital Centre and Sydney Symphony Orchestra
RENÉE FLEMING
Renée Fleming in Recital
Sydney Opera House, QPAC and Brisbane Festival in association with Opera Queensland
THEATRE
BEST DIRECTION OF A PLAY
EAMON FLACK
Ivanov
Belvoir
KIP WILLIAMS
Love and Information
Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre
LEE LEWIS
The Bleeding Tree
Griffin Theatre Company
SIMON PHILLIPS
North by Northwest
Presented by Melbourne Theatre Company and Kay + McLean Productions, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A PLAY
ANNA SAMSON
Birdland
Melbourne Theatre Company
KATRINA MILOSEVIC
The Distance
Melbourne Theatre Company
MICHELLE DOAKE
Romeo and Juliet
Bell Shakespeare
SARAH PEIRSE
The Golden Age
Sydney Theatre Company
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A PLAY
COLIN FRIELS
Mortido
Belvoir and State Theatre Company of South Australia
JOHN HOWARD
Ivanov
Belvoir
MARK LEONARD WINTER
King Lear
Sydney Theatre Company
THUSO LEKWAPE
Prize Fighter
La Boite Theatre Company and Brisbane Festival
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A PLAY
CATE BLANCHETT
The Present
Sydney Theatre Company
CATHERINE MCCLEMENTS
The Events
Belvoir, Malthouse and State Theatre Company of South Australia
NONI HAZLEHURST
Mother
If Theatre and GPAC
PAULA ARUNDELL
The Bleeding Tree
Griffin Theatre Company
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A PLAY
DAN SPIELMAN
The Blind Giant is Dancing
Belvoir
MARK LEONARD WINTER
Birdland
Melbourne Theatre Company
PACHARO MZEMBE
Prize Fighter
La Boite Theatre Company and Brisbane Festival
RICHARD ROXBURGH
The Present
Sydney Theatre Company
BEST PLAY
PIECE FOR PERSON AND GHETTO BLASTER
Performing Lines and Nicola Gunn
PRIZE FIGHTER
La Boite Theatre Company and Brisbane Festival
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Melbourne Theatre Company and Kay + McLean Productions, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures
THE BLEEDING TREE
Griffin Theatre Company
MUSICALS
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
DEAN BRYANT
Little Shop of Horrors
Luckiest Productions and Tinderbox Productions
MATTHEW WARCHUS
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
ROGER HODGMAN
Fiddler on the Roof
Tim Lawson for TML Enterprises
SIMON PHILLIPS
Ladies in Black
A Queensland Theatre Company production
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A MUSICAL
ANDREW HALLSWORTH
Little Shop of Horrors
Luckiest Productions and Tinderbox Productions
ANDREW WRIGHT AND JAYE ELSTER
Singin' in the Rain
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, Michael Cassel Group, David Atkins Enterprises and Dainty Group
ARLENE PHILLIPS
The Sound of Music
Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and The Really Useful Group
PETER DARLING
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 FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
ELISE MCCANN
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
ERIKA HEYNATZ
Singin' in the Rain
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, Michael Cassel Group, David Atkins Enterprises and Dainty Group
JACQUELINE DARK
The Sound of Music
Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and The Really Useful Group
WENDY MAE BROWN
Ghost The Musical
Ambassador Theatre Group Asia Pacific, GWB Entertainment and Red Live
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
DANIEL FREDERIKSEN
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
JACK CHAMBERS
Singin' in the Rain
Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, Michael Cassel Group, David Atkins Enterprises and Dainty Group
SIMON GALLAHER
Wicked
Marc Platt, David Stone, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt, John Frost
TYLER COPPIN
Little Shop of Horrors
Luckiest Productions and Tinderbox Productions
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
ANTHONY WARLOW
Fiddler on the Roof
Tim Lawson for TML Enterprises
BRENT HILL
Little Shop of Horrors
Luckiest Productions and Tinderbox Productions
JAMES MILLAR
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
ROB MILLS
Ghost The Musical
Ambassador Theatre Group Asia Pacific, GWB Entertainment and Red Live
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
AMY LEHPAMER
The Sound of Music
Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and The Really Useful Group
ANTOINETTE HALLORAN
Sweeney Todd
Victorian Opera and New Zealand Opera
ESTHER HANNAFORD
Little Shop of Horrors
Luckiest Productions and Tinderbox Productions
MOLLY BARWICK, DUSTY BURSILL, TIANA MIRRA, ALANNAH PARFETT, SASHA ROSE, GEORGIA TAPLIN, BELLA THOMAS AND INGRID TORELLI
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 MUSICAL
LADIES IN BLACK
Queensland Theatre Company
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
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Ian, John Frost and The Really Useful Group
BESTOWED HELPMANN AWARD
Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Comedy in Australia
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT AWARDS
SUE NATTRASS AWARD™
Michael Lynch CBE AM
JC WILLIAMSON AWARD™
The JC Williamson Award Recipient will be announced on Wednesday 29 June
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