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Helpmann Awards: winners

TV winners at the country's top performing arts awards included Wil Anderson, Michala Banas and Alison Whyte.

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The 2010 Helpmann Awards last night awarded TV names including Wil Anderson (Best Comedy Performer), Michala Banas (Best Female Actor in a Musical) and Alison Whyte (Best Female Actor in supporting role in a Play).

So You Think You Can Dance and Ultimate School Musical: Fame‘s Kelley Abbey won Best Choreography in a Musical for Fame The Musical.

The opera Bliss, which was broadcast by ABC2, also picked up several awards.

Anderson dedicated his award to his parents whom he says were surprised when he left the family farm to tell ‘d**k jokes for cash.’

“Now they can say I tell Helpmann Award winning d**k jokes for cash,” he laughed.

Winners:
Best Male Actor in supporting role in a Musical Luke Joslin – Avenue Q
Best Female Actor in supporting role in a Musical Christina O’ Neil – Avenue Q
Best Male Actor in supporting role in a Play Humphrey Bower – Richard III
Best Female Actor in supporting role in a Play Alison Whyte – Richard III
Best Costume Design Gabriela Tylesova – Cosi fan tutte
Best Scenice Design Dale Ferguson – August – Osage County
Best Sound Design Paul Charlier – A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Lighting Design Nigel Levings – Bliss
Best Male Actor in supporting role in an Opera Andrew Foote – Peter Grimes
Best Female Actor in supporting role in an Opera Taryn Fiebig – Bliss
Best International Contemporary Concert Michael Coppel – Pink Funhouse Tour
Best Contemporary Music Festival A Big Day Out
Best Regional Touring Production Bangarra Dance Theatre – True Stories
Best Special Event Sydney Festival ‘Festival First Night’
Best Original Score Smoke and Mirrors
Best Individual Classical performance Imogen Cooper
Best Chamber and Instrumental Ensemble Concert Imogen Cooper with the Sydney Symphony
Best Music Direction Ron Melrose and Luke Hunter – Jersey Boys
Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Production Stephen Page – Fire
Best Choreography in a Musical Kelley Abbey – Fame The Musical
Best Direction of a Musical Jonathan Biggins Avenue Q
Best Direction of an Opera Neil Armfield – Peter Grimes
Best Direction of a Play Simon Phillips – Richard III
Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production This kind of Ruckas Version 1.0 inc
Best Cabaret Performer iOTA
Best Male Actor in a Play Ewen Leslie – Richard III
Best Female Actor in a Play Julie Forsyth – Happy Days
Best Male Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production Richard Cilli – We Unfold
Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production Danielle Rowe – Dyad 1929
Best Symphony Orchestra Concert Oedipus Rex and Symphony of Psalms Sydney Festival with Sydney Symphony and the Sydney Philharmonia Choir
Best Male Actor in a Musical Mitchell Butel – Avenue Q
Best Female Actor ina Musical Michala Banas – Avenue Q
Best Presentation for Children Sonya Hartnett’s Thursday Child Monket Baa
Best New Australian Work Smoke and Mirrors iOTA and Craig Illott
Best Comedy Performer Wil Anderson
Best Australian Contemporary Concert The Man in Black The Johnny Cash Story
Best Male Performer in an Opera Stuart Skelton – Petrer Grimes
Best Female Performer in an Opera Emma Mathews – La Sonnambula
Best Opera Peter Grimes Opera Australia
Best Ballet or Dance Work Fire Bangarra Dance Theatre
Best Play Richard 111 Melbourne Theatre Company
Best Musical Jersey Boys Dodger Theatricals, Rodney Rigby and Dainty Consolidated

The Helpmann Awards, hosted by David Campbell, were broadcast live on STVDIO and will be repeated next Monday with additional coverage.

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  2. The In Memoriam segment was the longest in the whole show – terrible how many people the industry lost in the last 12 months. The staging was pretty awful – no set for presenters, just a flat, and no ambience save for the production numbers. David was a good host, charming and energetic.

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