Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Charlie and the Chocolate Factor lead Helpmann nominations
A day after Hollywood’s biggest stars stepped out for the Tony Awards in New York, Australia’s equivalent has revealed the list of nominations ahead of the event in Melbourne. SEE SOME OF THE NOMINATIONS.
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has scored the equal most nominations for this year’s Helpmann Awards.
A day after Hollywood’s top stars stepped out for the Tony Awards in New York, Australia’s equivalent has unveiled its list of nominations ahead of the 2019 events that will be held in Melbourne next month.
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Harry Potter in Melbourne and the Belvoir Theatre Company’s Counting and Cracking secured eight nominations each, including Best Play, while Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Sydney’s Lyric Theatre is up for six awards.
Opera Australia secured an impressive total of 23 nominations while the Sydney Theatre Company has 18 and Belvoir 16.
Some 42 categories will be reflected on the night across.
“Over the past 18 years the Helpmann Awards have had 12,000 entries and announced more than 2900 nominees which highlight the artistry and excellence in Australia’s dynamic live performance industry which is enjoyed by over 18 million people each year,” Live Performance Australia chief executive Evelyn Richardson said.
HELPMANN AWARD NOMINATIONS
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
ALEXANDER LEWIS
Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: West Side Story
BLAKE BOWDEN
The Book of Mormon
BRENT HILL
School of Rock the Musical
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PAUL SLADE SMITH
Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The New Musical
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
LUISA SCROFANI
In The Heights
NATALIE ABBOTT
Muriel’s Wedding the Musical
TINA ARENA
Evita
URSULA YOVICH
Barbara and the Camp Dogs
BEST MALE ACTOR IN A PLAY
AMER HLEHEL
TAHA
Arts Centre Melbourne by arrangement with Arts Projects Australia
KELTON PELL
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
Black Swan State Theatre Company
PRAKASH BELAWADI
Counting & Cracking
WAYNE BLAIR
The Long Forgotten Dream
BEST FEMALE ACTOR IN A PLAY
HELEN THOMSON
Mary Stuart
Sydney Theatre Company
KATE MULVANY
Every Brilliant Thing
Belvoir
MELITA JURISIC
Arbus & West
Melbourne Theatre Company
PAULA ARUNDELL
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts One and Two)
SARAH SNOOK
Saint Joan
BEST PRODUCTION OF A PLAY
BLACKIE BLACKIE BROWN: THE TRADITIONAL OWNER OF DEATH
Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre
COUNTING & CRACKING
Belvoir & Co-Curious
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD (PARTS ONE AND TWO)
Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, and Australian Executive Producer, Michael Cassel
SONG FOR A WEARY THROAT
Rawcus
THE HARP IN THE SOUTH: PART ONE AND PART TWO
Sydney Theatre Company
THE SECOND WOMAN
Performing Lines
BEST MUSICAL
BARBARA AND THE CAMP DOGS
Belvoir
HANDA OPERA ON SYDNEY HARBOUR: WEST SIDE STORY
Opera Australia
IN THE HEIGHTS
Sydney Opera House and The Arthouse Wyong Presents, produced by Blue Saint Productions in association with Neil Gooding
ROALD DAHL’S CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
John Frost, Craig Donnell, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Langley Park Productions and Neal Street Productions
BEST BALLET
AURUM
The Australian Ballet
CARMEN
Semperoper Ballett
DRACULA
West Australian Ballet
GISELLE
Teatro alla Scala and QPAC
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
IMOGEN HEAP
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts One and Two)
KATE MILLER-HEIDKE & KEIR NUTTALL
Twelfth Night
URSULA YOVICH, ALANA VALENTINE AND ADM VENTOURA
Barbara and the Camp Dogs
WILLIAM BARTON
The Long Forgotten Dream
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