Act 2 2019 Helpmann Awards Winners

Tonight, the second half of the 2019 Helpmann Awards were announced in Melbourne.

In case you missed it, Act 1 took place last night at an industry-only cocktail event and included the announcement of the first 20 awards.

Act 2 was a star-studded black-tie gala event hosted by comedian, writer and actor, Susie Youssef, and Artistic Director of State Theatre SA, Mitchell Butel. Twenty-three awards were presented this evening in the categories of comedy, cabaret, contemporary music, musicals, opera, classical music, theatre and ballet, dance and physical theatre.  In addition, the 2019 JC Williamson Award was presented by Paul Kelly AO to the legendary singer-songwriter Kev Carmody, for his outstanding contribution to the live performance industry.

In a world-first, the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child performed an exclusive montage from Melbourne’s Princess Theatre, which was beamed live to the Helpmann Awards at Arts Centre Melbourne’s State Theatre.

Belvoir Theatre Company was the big winner this year scooping a total of 13 awards. Counting and Cracking (Belvoir & Co-Curious) won 7 awards including Best Play and Barbara and the Camp Dogs (pictured above) won 4 awards including Best Musical and Best Female Actor in a Musical.

2019 Act 2 Helpmann Awards Winners List

• Best Male Actor in a Musical

  Brent Hill, School of Rock the Musical

• Best Female Actor in a Musical

  Ursula Yovich, Barbara and the Camp Dogs

• Best Male Actor in a Play

  Prakash Belawadi, Counting & Cracking

• Best Female Actor in a Play

  Kate Mulvany, Every Brilliant Thing

• Best Comedy Performer

  Hannah Gadsby, Douglas

• Best Cabaret Performer

  Ali McGregor, Yma Sumac
  The Peruvian Songbird

• Best Male Dancer in a Ballet, Dance, or Physical Theatre Production

  Waangenga Blanco, Dark Emu

• Best Female Dancer in a Ballet, Dance, or Physical Theatre Production

  Tara Jade Samaya, Common Ground

• Best Male Performer in an Opera

  Michael Honeyman, Wozzeck

• Best Female Performer in an Opera

  Lise Lindstrom, Salome

• Best International Contemporary Concert

  David Byrne and Frontier Touring, American Utopia Tour 2018

• Best Contemporary Music Festival

  Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), MONA FOMA 2019

• Best Australian Contemporary Concert

  Tim Minchin and Live Nation Australasia, Back

• Best Individual Classical Music Performance

  Asher Fisch, Tristan und Isolde

• Best Chamber and/or Instrumental Ensemble Concert

  Gabrieli Consort & Players
  Purcell’s King Arthur

• Best Symphony Orchestra Concert

  Tristan und Isolde, West Australian Symphony Orchestra

• Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production

  Out Of Chaos…, Gravity & Other Myths

• Best Ballet

  Aurum, The Australian Ballet

• Best Dance Production

  The Beginning of Nature, Australian Dance Theatre

• Best Opera

  Komische Oper Berlin’s The Magic Flute

• Best Musical

  Barbara and the Camp Dogs

• Best Production of a Play

  Counting & Cracking

• Best New Australian Work

  S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack, Counting & Cracking

View the 2019 Act 1 Helpmann Awards Winners List