Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Wrecking Ball tour has won Best International Contemporary Concert while Neil Finn & Paul Kelly have won the award for Best Australian Contemporary Concert at the 2013 Helpmann Awards.
The 13th annual Helpmann Awards were announced in Sydney last night.
Bluesfest won for the Best Contemporary Music Festival category. The big winner of the evening was King Kong with awards for Best Scenic Design, Best Costume Design, Best Lighting Design, Best Sound Design and Outstanding Theatrical Achievement.
Multiple awards went to Legally Blonde The Musical for Best Musical, Best Choreography in a Musical, Best Direction of a Musical and Best Female Actor in a Musical.
2013 Helpmann Awards Winners list for 2013 is:
Best Regional Touring Production
CIRCA
Circa, toured by Performing Lines for Road Work
Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
Jose Carbo
Die Tote Stadt
Opera Australia
Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
Jacqueline Dark
Salome
Opera Australia
Best Chamber and/or Instrumental Ensemble Concert
Jordi Savall and Andrew Lawrence King
Melbourne Recital Centre
Best Scenic Design
Peter England
King Kong
Global Creatures
Best Costume Design
Roger Kirk
King Kong
Global Creatures
Best Presentation for Children
School Dance
Windmill Theatre
Best Individual Classical Music Performance
Simone Young conducting the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner (concert performance) Hamburg State Opera with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Resurrection by Gustav Mahler, Soloists from the Hamburg State Opera with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Brisbane Mahler Chorus
Queensland Performing Arts Centre and Tourism and Events Queensland
Best Choreography in a Musical
Jerry Mitchell
Legally Blonde The Musical
Howard Panter for The Ambassador Theatre Group and John Frost
Best Lighting Design
Peter Mumford
King Kong
Global Creatures
Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production
Antony Hamilton
Black Project 1 and 2
Antony Hamilton Projects, Arts House and Insite Arts
Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production
S
Circa and Brisbane Festival
Best Sound Design
Peter Hylenski
King Kong
Global Creatures
Best Special Event
White Night Melbourne
Victorian Major Events Company on behalf of the State Government of Victoria
Best Music Direction
Iain Grandage
The Secret River
Sydney Theatre Company in association with The Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, Sydney Festival, The Centenary of Canberra, Perth International Arts Festival
Best International Contemporary Concert
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Wrecking Ball 2013
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band and The Frontier Touring Company in association with Jacobsen International
Best Cabaret Performer
Robyn Archer
Robyn Archer in Concert: QUE RESTE-T-IL? at the Famous Spiegel Garden and Toulouse-Lautrec Cabaret and Curator Dinner at the National Gallery of Australia
Robyn Archer, Michael Morley (Piano), George Butrumlis (Accordian)
Best Direction of an Opera
Alex Olle
Un Ballo in Maschera
Opera Australia
Best Direction of a Play
Neil Armfield
The Secret River
Sydney Theatre Company in association with The Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, Sydney Festival, The Centenary of Canberra, Perth International Arts Festival
Best Direction of a Musical
Jerry Mitchell
Legally Blonde The Musical
Howard Panter for The Ambassador Theatre Group and John Frost
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Russell Dykstra
The Addams Family
Rodney Rigby, Stuart Oken, Roy Furman, Michael Leavitt, Five Cent Productions, Eva Price, Silvio Salom, Stuart Ditsky/Adam Ditsky, James Herbert, Arthur Hershaft, Cheryl Lachowicz, Mary Khoury, Mary Lu Roffe and Gian Christian by special arrangement with Elephant Eye Theatrical
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Helen Dallimore
Legally Blonde The Musical
Howard Panter for The Ambassador Theatre Group and John Frost
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play
Colin Moody
The Secret River
Sydney Theatre Company in association with The Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, Sydney Festival, The Centenary of Canberra, Perth International Arts Festival
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play
Amber McMahon
School Dance
Windmill Theatre
Best Australian Contemporary Concert
Neil Finn and Paul Kelly
Neil Finn, Paul Kelly and Live Nation Australasia by arrangement with Artist Voice
Best Original Score
Iain Grandage
The Secret River
Sydney Theatre Company in association with The Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, Sydney Festival, The Centenary of Canberra, Perth International Arts Festival
Best Contemporary Music Festival
The 24th Annual Bluesfest Byron Bay
Bluesfest
Best New Australian Work
Kate Grenville, An Adaptation for the Stage by Andrew Bovell
The Secret River
Sydney Theatre Company in association with The Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, Sydney Festival, The Centenary of Canberra, Perth International Arts Festival
Best Comedy Performer
Julia Morris
Julia Morris – No Judgement
Fox in the Snow
Outstanding Theatrical Achievement For the design, creation and operation of King Kong – the creature
Creature Designer: Sonny Tilders
Aerial Director and King’s Men Movement: Gavin Robins
Puppetry Director: Peter Wilson
Kong’s Voice: Harley Durst
The King’s Men: Lincoln Barros, James Brown, Adam Davis, Simon Fairweather, Josh Feldschuh, Brett Franzi, Nathan Jones, Nathan Kell, Russell Leonard, Brent Osborne, Troy Phillips, Mike Snow, Maxwell Trengove, Tayo Wilson
Kong Voodoo: Harley Durst, Danny Miller, Jacob Williams (Kong Captain), Steve Coupe (Puppetry Captain and Voodoo Understudy)
Circus Captain: Leigh-Anne Vizer
Best Male Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production
Alisdair Macindoe
Dual
Stephanie Lake and Arts House
Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production
Deborah Brown
TERRAIN
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Best Ballet or Dance Work
TERRAIN
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Best Male Performer in an Opera
John Wegner
Salome
Opera Australia
Best Female Performer in an Opera
Cheryl Barker
Salome
Opera Australia
Best Symphony Orchestra Concert
Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner (concert performance), Hamburg State Opera with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Queensland Performing Arts Centre and Tourism and Events Queensland
Best Male Actor in a Musical
Geoffrey Rush
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
John Frost
Best Female Actor in a Musical
Lucy Durack
Legally Blonde The Musical
Howard Panter for The Ambassador Theatre Group and John Frost
Best Male Actor in a Play
Colin Friels
Death of a Salesman
Belvoir
Best Female Actor in a Play
Alison Bell
Hedda Gabler
State Theatre Company of South Australia
Best Opera
Salome
Opera Australia
Best Play
The Secret River
Sydney Theatre Company in association with The Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, Sydney Festival, The Centenary of Canberra, Perth International Arts Festival
Best Musical
Legally Blonde The Musical
Howard Panter for The Ambassador Theatre Group and John Frost
