Kylie Minogue, Tim Minchin and the Mona Foma festival have each won awards at the 2012 Helpmann Awards, handed out in Sydney this week.
Kylie Minogue, Photo Ros O'Gorman
The Helpmann Awards honour the very best of live performance in Australia.
Kylie grabbed Best Australian Contemporary Concert for her Les Follies 2011 tour, Mona Foma was named Best Contemporary Music Festival and Tim Minchin won Best Comedy Performer for Tim Minchin vs The Orchestra Round II.
Prince, Welcome 2 Australia was named Best International Contemporary Concert for Van Egmond Group and Chugg Entertainment.
HELPMANN AWARDS 2012 WINNERS
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Bert LaBonte
An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Nancye Hayes
Grey Gardens
The Production Company
Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play
Bob Hornery
The Importance of Being Earnest
Melbourne Theatre Company
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play
Robyn Nevin
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Belvoir Theatre
Best Costume Design
Toni Maticevski and Richard Nylon
Aviary: A Suite for the Bird
Phillip Adams BalletLab in Melbourne Festival 2011
Best Scenic Design
Brian Thomson
La Traviata
Opera Australia: Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
Best Lighting Design
Paul Jackson
Little Match Girl
Malthouse Theatre in association with Meow Meow Revolution
Best Sound Design
Tony David Cray
La Traviata
Opera Australia: Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
Best International Contemporary Concert
Prince
Prince: Welcome 2 Australia
Best Contemporary Music Festival
MONA FOMA
Museum of Old and New Art
Best Australian Contemporary Concert
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Aphrodite Les Folies Tour 2011
Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production
Stephen Page
ID from Belong
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Best Choreography in a Musical
Kelly Devine
Rock of Ages
Best Direction of a Musical
Roger Hodgman
Grey Gardens
The Production Company
Best Direction of an Opera
Leonard Foglia
Moby Dick
State Opera of South Australia
Best Direction of a Play
Benedict Andrews
Gross und Klein (Big and Small)
Sydney Theatre Company
Best Special Event
(Joint winners)
1. La Traviata, Opera Australia. Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
2. Lotterywest Festival Celebration: Place Des Anges by Les Studios De Cirque, Perth International Arts Festival
Best Original Score
David Page and Steve Francis
Belong
Bangarra Dance Theatre
Best Individual Classical Music Performance
Evgeny Kissin
Sydney Symphony and Brisbane Festival
Best Chamber &/or Instrumental Ensemble Concert
Tafelmusik “The Galileo Project: Music of the Spheres”
Musica Viva Australia
Best Symphony Orchestra Concert
Evgeny Kissin
Evgeny Kissin Plays Chopin
Sydney Symphony
Best Music Direction
Iain Grandage
Little Match Girl
Malthouse Theatre in association with Meow Meow Revolution
Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
Grant Doyle
Moby Dick
State Opera of South Australia
Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
Orla Boylan
Elektra
Co-Production of West Australian Opera, ThinIce, Perth International Arts Festival and Opera Australia
Best New Australian Work
Paul Capsis, Julian Meyrick and Hilary Bell
Angela’s Kitchen
Griffin Theatre Company
Best Comedy Performer
Tim Minchin
Tim Minchin vs The Orchestras Round II
Best Cabaret Performer
Meow Meow
Little Match Girl
Malthouse Theatre in association with Meow Meow Revolution
Best Regional Touring Production
Namatjira
Big hART, created with the Namatjira family
Best Presentation for Children
Boats
Terrapin Puppet Theatre
Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production
CIRCA
Circa
Best Male Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production
Paul White
Anatomy of an Afternoon
Martin del Amo, Performing Lines and Sydney Festival
Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production
Charmene Yap
2 One Another
Sydney Dance Company
Best Male Performer in an Opera
Anthony Dean Griffey
Of Mice & Men
Opera Australia
Best Female Performer in an Opera
Emma Matthews
La Traviata
Opera Australia: Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
Best Male Actor in a Musical
Mitchell Butel
The Mikado
Opera Australia
Best Female Actor in a Musical
Pamela Rabe
Grey Gardens
The Production Company
Best Male Actor in a Play
Paul Capsis
Angela’s Kitchen
Griffin Theatre Company
Best Female Actor in a Play
Cate Blanchett
Gross und Klein (Big and Small)
Sydney Theatre Company
Best Ballet or Dance Work
Can We Talk About This?
DV8 Physical Theatre and Sydney Opera House
Best Opera
Moby Dick
State Opera of South Australia
Best Play
Ganesh Versus the Third Reich
Back to Back Theatre, Malthouse Theatre and Melbourne Festival
Best Musical
A Chorus Line
