15th Helpmann Awards

2015 Australian live performance awards August 2020 April 2016 15th Helpmann Awards 27 July 2015 Capitol Theatre, Sydney Todd McKenney Foxtel Arts 14th Helpmann Awards 16th The 15th Annual Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia were held on 27 July 2015 at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney.Helpmann Awards 2015: Les Miserables wins Best Musical, Paul Kelly receives JC Williamson award http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-28/helpmann-awards-2015-les-miserable-wins-best-musical/6652428 ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation 25 April 2016Cuthbertson Debbie Helpmann Awards 2015 nominations: Opera Australia dominates as Les Miserables leads charge for musicals http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/helpmann-awards-2015-nominations-opera-australia-dominates-as-les-miserables-leads-charge-for-musicals-20150622-ghuenc.html 25 April 2016 The Sydney Morning Herald 22 June 2015 Best Musical and Best Play were both awarded to revival productions, of Les Misérables and The Glass Menagarie respectively. Opera for young audiences The Rabbits was named Best New Australian Work and Best Original Score. Singer-songwriter Paul Kelly received the JC Williamson Award for lifetime achievement. Winners and nominees In the following tables, winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The nominees are those which are listed below the winner and not in boldface. Theatre Best Play Best Direction of a PlayThe Glass Menagerie – BelvoirCalpurnia Descending – Malthouse Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company Endgame – Sydney Theatre Company Suddenly Last Summer – Sydney Theatre Company | valign="top" |Kip Williams – Suddenly Last Summer Sarah Goodes – Switzerland (Sydney Theatre Company) Andrew Upton – Endgame (Sydney Theatre Company) Clare Watson – What Rhymes with Cars and Girls (Melbourne Theatre Company) Best Female Actor in a Play Best Male Actor in a PlayPamela Rabe – The Glass Menagerie Julie Forsyth – Night on Bald Mountain (Malthouse Theatre) Robyn Nevin – Suddenly Last Summer Sarah Peirse – SwitzerlandHugo Weaving – Endgame (Sydney Theatre Company) Hunter Page-Lochard – Brothers Wreck (Belvoir) Peter Carroll – Oedipus Rex (Belvoir) Steve Rodgers – Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Porn (Griffin Theatre Company and Perth Theatre Company) Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a PlayHelen Thomson – After Dinner (Sydney Theatre Company) Julie Forsyth – Endgame (Melbourne Theatre Company) Sarah Peirse – Endgame (Sydney Theatre Company) Pamela Rabe – Beckett Tryptych - Footfalls (State Theatre Company of South Australia in association with Adelaide Festival)John Bell – As You Like It (Bell Shakespeare) Glenn Hazeldine – After Dinner Bruce Spence – Endgame (Sydney Theatre Company) Lasarus Ratuere – Kill the Messenger (Belvoir) Musicals Best MusicalLes Misérables – Cameron Mackintosh AustraliaAnything Goes – Opera Australia and John Frost Dirty Dancing - The Classic Love Story on Stage – John FrostDirtyDancingProducingCredit A Once – John FrostOnceProducingCredit B |- ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Direction of a Musical ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Choreography in a Musical |- | valign="top" |John Tiffany – Once Dean Bryant – Anything Goes Laurence Connor and James Powell – Les Misérables Stuart Maunder AM – Into the Woods (Victorian Opera)Andrew Hallsworth – Anything Goes Kate Champion and Michelle Lynch – Dirty Dancing - The Classic Love Story on Stage Michael Ashcroft and Geoffrey Garratt – Les Misérables Steven Hoggett – Once Best Female Actor in a Musical Best Male Actor in a MusicalCaroline O'Connor – Anything Goes Helen Dallimore – Blood Brothers (Enda Markey Presents) Madeline Jones – Once Patrice Tipoki – Les MisérablesSimon Gleeson – Les Misérables Hayden Tee – Les Misérables Todd McKenney – Anything Goes Todd McKenney – La Cage aux Folles (The Production Company) Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a MusicalKerrie Anne Greenland – Les Misérables Amy Lehpamer – Once Claire Lyon – Anything Goes Lucy Maunder – Into the WoodsAlex Rathgeber – Anything Goes Trevor Ashley – Les Misérables Colin Dean – Once Chris Durling – Les Misérables Brent Hill – Once Eddie Muliaumaseali'i – Show Boat (The Production Company) Opera and Classical Music Best Opera Best Direction of an OperaFaramondo – Brisbane Baroque in association with QPACFaust – Opera Australia in association with The Opera Conference Madama Butterfly – English National Opera, Metropolitan Opera and Lithuanian National Opera in association with West Australian Opera and Perth International Arts Festival Philip Glass Trilogy – State Opera of South Australia | valign="top" |Paul Curran – Faramondo David McVicar – Don Giovanni (Opera Australia) David McVicar – Faust Leigh Warren – Philip Glass Trilogy Best Female Performer in an Opera Best Male Performer in an OperaJennifer Rivera – Faramondo Nicole Car – Faust Caitlin Hulcup – Iphigénie en Tauride (Pinchgut Opera) Latonia Moore – Aida - Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour (Opera Australia)Michael Fabiano – Faust Adam Diegel – Madama Butterfly Christopher Purves – The Perfect American (Brisbane Festival and Opera Queensland in association with QPAC and Griffith University) Claudio Sgura – Tosca (Opera Australia) Teddy Tahu Rhodes – Don Giovanni Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an OperaAnna Devin – Faramondo Nicole Car – Don Giovanni Taryn Fiebig – Don Giovanni Anna Starushkevych – Farmondo Christopher Lowrey – Faramondo Shane Lowrencev – Don Giovanni Teddy Tahu Rhodes – Faust Warwick Fyfe – The Flying Dutchman (Victorian Opera) Best Symphony Orchestra Concert Best Chamber and Instrumental Ensemble ConcertReflections on Gallipoli – Australian Chamber Orchestra The Damnation of Faust – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Mahler 3 – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Tafelmusik's House of Dreams – Musica VivaLes Arts Florissants and Le Jardin des Voix in A Jardin A L'Italienne – Melbourne Recital Centre, Sydney Opera House and Perth International Arts Festival Goldner String Quartet - Musica Viva International Concert Series National Tour 2015 – Goldner String Quartet for Musica Viva Australia Stephen Hough in Recital – Sydney Symphony Orchestra The Sixteen – Melbourne Recital Centre, Sydney Opera House, Perth International Arts Festival, QPAC and ANU School of Music Llewellyn Hall Best Individual Classical PerformanceWilliam Christie – William Christie (Melbourne Recital Centre, Sydney Opera House and Perth International Arts Festival) Emanuel Ax – The Beethoven Piano Concertos (Sydney Symphony Orchestra) Asher Fisch – Beethoven Festival (West Australian Symphony Orchestra) Christian Tetzlaff – Christian Tetzlaff (Melbourne Recital Centre) Dance and Physical Theatre Best Ballet or Dance Work Best Visual or Physical Theatre ProductionFrame of Mind – Sydney Dance CompanyMeeting – Antony Hamilton Projects, Arts House and Insite Arts Motion Picture – Lucy Guerin Inc in association with Arts House Precipice – Rachel Arianne Ogle | valign="top" |The Paper Architect – Davy and Kristin McGuire and Perth International Arts FestivalBeyond by Circa – Arts Centre Melbourne and Circa Dislocate's If These Walls Could Talk – Marguerite Pepper Productions and Melbourne Festival Tabac Rouge – Compagnie du Hanneton presented by Sydney Festival |- ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Male Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production |- | valign="top" |Chloe Leong – William Forsythe's Quintett (Sydney Dance Company)Madeline Eastoe – Giselle (The Australian Ballet) Elise May – Natalie Weir's The Red Shoes (Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre) Jesse Scales – William Forsythe's Quintett | valign="top" |Cass Mortimer Eipper – William Forsythe's Quintett Alisdair Macindoe – Motion Picture David Mack – William Forsythe's Quintett Jack Ziesing – Natalie Weir's The Red Shoes Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre ProductionRafael Bonachela – Frame of Mind Antony Hamilton – Meeting Natalie Weir – Natalie Weir's The Red Shoes Stephen Page – Patyegarang (Bangarra Dance Theatre) Contemporary Music Best Australian Contemporary Concert Best Contemporary Music FestivalChet Faker – National Tour 2015 (Chet Faker, Frontier Touring, Artist Voice, Opulent, Future Classic and Perth International Arts Festival) Tina Arena – Reset Tour (Tina Arena and New World Artists) Jimmy Barnes – 30:30 Hindsight Greatest Hits Tour 2014 (Jimmy Barnes and Live Nation in association with Premier Artists and A Day on The Green) Kylie Minogue – Kiss Me Once Tour (Kylie Minogue and Frontier Touring)Vivid Live 2015 – Destination NSW and Sydney Opera House The 26th Annual Byron Bay Bluesfest 2015 – Bluesfest Laneway Festival – Lunatic Entertainment and Chugg Entertainment Womadelaide 2015 – Womadelaide Foundation Best International Contemporary Music ConcertEd Sheeran – X WORLD TOUR 2015 (Ed Sheeran and Frontier Touring) Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways World Tour 2015 (Foo Fighters and Frontier Touring) Paul Simon & Sting – On Stage Together (Paul Simon, Sting, and Live Nation) The Rolling Stones – 14 On Fire (The Rolling Stones, Frontier Touring, AEG Live and IEC Entertainment) Other Best Cabaret Performer Best Comedy PerformerCamille O'Sullivan – Camille O'Sullivan - Changeling (Arts Centre Melbourne) David Campbell and John Bucchino – David Campbell Sings John Bucchino (Luckiest Productions) Beccy Cole and Libby O'Donovan – The Cowgirl and the Showgirl (Adelaide Festival Centre Trust) Kim Smith – Nova Noir (Adelaide Festival Centre Trust)Judith Lucy – Ask No Questions of the Moth (Token Events) Ronny Chieng – You Don't Know What You're Talking About (Century Entertainment) Nazeem Hussain – Legally Brown (Live Nation) Matt Okine – The Other Guy (Century Entertainment) Sam Simmons – Spaghetti for Breakfast (Token Events) Best Presentation for Children Best Regional Touring ProductionThe Rabbits – Opera Australia and Barking Gecko Theatre Company in association with West Australian Opera Carnival of the Animals – Circa and Queensland Performing Arts Centre Hans Christian, You Must Be An Angel – Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne Pete the Sheep – Monkey Baa Theatre CompanyFestival of Circa – Circa Food – Force Majeure and Belvoir Kelly – Queensland Theatre Company Sons & Mothers – Performing Lines and No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability Best Special EventThe Incredible and Phenomenal Journey of The Giants to the Streets of Perth – Royal de Luxe and Perth International Arts Festival Industry Best New Australian WorkKate Miller-Heidke (composer), Lally Katz (librettist) and Iain Grandage (musical arrangements and additional music) – The Rabbits Nicki Bloom (writer and co-lyricist), Quentin Grant (composer and co-lyricist) and Cameron Goodall (composer and co-lyricist) – Little Bird (State Theatre Company of South Australia in association with Adelaide Festival Centre) Aidan Fennessy (writer) and Tim Rogers (music and lyrics) – What Rhymes with Cars and Girls Damien Millar – Marlin (Arena Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company) Joanna Murray-Smith – Switzerland Tamara Saulwick – Endings (Sydney Festival, Performance Space, Arts House and Insite Arts) Best Original Score Best Music DirectionKate Miller-Heidke and Iain Grandage – The Rabbits Cameron Goodall and Quentin Grant – Little Bird Mikelangelo and Pip Branson performed by The Blacksea Gentlemen – Masquarade (Griffin Theatre Company and State Theatre Company of South Australia) Tim Rogers – What Rhymes With Cars and Girls Martin Lowe – OnceOnceProducingCredit B Erin Helyard – Faramondo Tim Rogers – What Rhymes With Cars and Girls Timothy Sexton – Philip Glass Trilogy Best Scenic Design Best Costume DesignGeoff Cobham – Little Bird Dan Potra – The Perfect American Marg Horwell – Marlin Matt Kinley – Les MisérablesGabriela Tylesova – The Rabbits Anna Cordingley – Masqaurade Dale Ferguson – Anything Goes Gary McCann – Faramondo Best Lighting Design Best Sound DesignPaule Constable – Les Misérables Rachel Burke – Marlin Geoff Cobham – Philip Glass Trilogy Paule Constable – Faust Nick Schlieper – Macbeth (Sydney Theatre Company)Mick Potter – Les Misérables Clive Goodwin – Once JD Brill, Clair Global and Eagles – Eagles - History of the Eagles Live in Concert 2015 (The Eagles and Frontier Touring) Michael Waters – Anything Goes Special awards JC Williamson Award Sue Nattrass AwardPaul KellyEric Robinson Notes ADirtyDancingProducingCredit: The full producing credit for Dirty Dancing - The Classic Love Story on Stage is John Frost, Karl Sydow, Martin McCullum and Joyce Entertainment in association with Lionsgate & Magic Hour. BOnceProducingCredit: The full producing credit for Once is John Frost, Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr, Patrick Milling Smith and Frederick Zollo in association with the Melbourne Theatre Company. References 30em External links The official Helpmann Awards website collapsed Category:Helpmann Awards Helpmann Awards Helpmann Awards Helpmann Awards Helpmann Awards, 15th Helpmann Awards