10th Helpmann Awards

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| name = 10th Helpmann Awards

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| date = 6 September 2010

| location = Sydney Opera House

| host = David Campbell

| network = Studio

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| previous = 9th

| main = Helpmann Awards

| next = 11th

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The 10th Annual Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia were held on 6 September 2010 at the Sydney Opera House.{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/vaudeville-triumphs-among-helpmann-accolades-20100906-14xvp.html|title=Vaudeville triumphs among Helpmann accolades|last=Hallett|first=Bryce|date=2010-09-07|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/theatre/full-list-of-winners-for-the-helpmann-awards-20100906-14yi3.html?rand=1283817487316|title=Full list of winners for the Helpmann Awards|date=2010-09-07|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=2017-06-01|language=en-US}}

Winners and nominees

In the following tables, winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The nominees are those which are listed below the winner and not in boldface.

=Theatre=

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style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Play

! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Direction of a Play

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Richard III – Melbourne Theatre Company
August: Osage County – Melbourne Theatre Company
The Book of Everything – Company B Belvoir & Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image
Happy Days – Malthouse Theatre

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Simon Phillips – Richard III
Neil Armfield – The Book of Everything
Michael Kantor – Happy Days
Thomas Ostermeier – Hamlet (Schaubuhne Berlin presented by Sydney Festival)

style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Female Actor in a Play

! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Male Actor in a Play

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Julie Forsyth – Happy Days
Kathryn Hunter – Kafka's Monkey (Arts Projects Australia in association with Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre)
Jane Menelaus – August: Osage County
Robyn Nevin – August: Osage County

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Ewen Leslie – Richard III
Paul Blackwell – The Hypochondriac (Brink Productions)
Robert Menzies – The End (Company B Belvoir)
Toby Schmitz – Ruben Guthrie (Company B Belvoir)

style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play

! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play

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Alison Whyte – Richard III
Jennifer Hagan – Richard III
Deborah Kennedy – The Book of Everything
Yael Stone – The Book of Everything

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Humphrey Bower – Richard III
Charlie Garber – Gethsemane (Company B Belvoir)
Arky Michael – Love Me Tender (Company B Belvoir)
Dennis Olsen – King Lear (State Theatre Company of South Australia)

=Musicals=

colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Musical
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colspan=2 valign="top" \| Jersey Boys – Dodger Theatricals, Rodney Rigby, Dainty Consolidated Entertainment, Joseph J Grano, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, Pelican Group & Michael Watt in association with Latitude Link & Rick Steiner Avenue Q – Arts Asia Pacific and Power Arts The Drowsy Chaperone – Melbourne Theatre Company The Wizard of Oz – Windmill Theatre
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Direction of a Musical ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Choreography in a Musical
valign="top" \| Jonathan Biggins – Avenue Q Des McAnuff – Jersey Boys Rosemary Myers – The Wizard of Oz Simon Phillips – The Drowsy Chaperone \| valign="top" \| *Kelley Abbey – Fame the Musical* (John Frost)** Andrew Hallsworth – The Drowsy Chaperone Sergio Trujillo – Jersey Boys Nathan M. Wright – Avenue Q
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Female Actor in a Musical ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Male Actor in a Musical
valign="top" \| Michala Banas – Avenue Q Delia Hannah – Cats (The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific in association with Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and David Atkins Enterprises) Christie Whelan – The Drowsy Chaperone Ursula Yovich – The Wizard of Oz \| valign="top" \| Mitchell Butel – Avenue Q Michael Cormick – Mamma Mia! (Judy Craymer, Richard East and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal and Michael Coppel with Louise Withers & Associates) Bobby Fox – Jersey Boys Geoffrey Rush – The Drowsy Chaperone
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
valign="top" \| Christina O'Neil – Avenue Q Lisa Adam – Jersey Boys Jaz Flowers – Fame the Musical Jude Henshall – The Wizard of Oz \| valign="top" \| Luke Joslin – Avenue Q Adam Murphy – The Drowsy Chaperone Scott Johnson – Jersey Boys Geoff Revell – The Wizard of Oz

=Opera and classical music=

style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Opera ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Direction of an Opera
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valign="top" \| Peter Grimes – Opera Australia Bliss – Opera Australia Le Grand Macabre – Adelaide Festival in association with State Opera of South Australia King Lear – Ten Days on the Island \| valign="top" \| Neil Armfield – Peter Grimes Neil Armfield – Bliss Chris Drummond – The Flying Dutchman (State Opera of South Australia) Alex Olle and Valentina Carrasco – Le Grand Macabre
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Female Performer in an Opera ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Male Performer in an Opera
valign="top" \| *Emma Matthews – La sonnambula* (Opera Australia)** Takesha Meshé Kizart – Tosca (Opera Australia) Lorina Gore – Bliss Susan Gritton – Peter Grimes \| valign="top" \| Stuart Skelton – Peter Grimes Peter Coleman-Wright – Bliss John Wegner – The Flying Dutchman John Wegner – Tosca
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
valign="top" \| Taryn Fiebig – Bliss Catherine Carby – Peter Grimes Taryn Fiebig – La sonnambula Tiffany Speight – Così fan tutte (Opera Australia) \| valign="top" \| *Andrew Foote – Peter Grimes* (West Australian Opera and Perth International Arts Festival in association with the Australian Youth Orchestra)** Paul Biencourt – Rembrandt's Wife (Victorian Opera) Barry Ryan – Bliss Stuart Skelton – The Flying Dutchman
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Symphony Orchestra Concert ! style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Chamber and Instrumental Ensemble Concert
valign="top" \| Oedipus Rex & Symphony of Psalms – Sydney Festival with the Sydney Symphony and the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs La Serenissima – Ten Days on the Island Sydney Symphony Power and Panache – Sydney Symphony Tchaikovsky's Symphony Pathetique – West Australian Symphony Orchestra \| valign="top" \| Imogen Cooper in recital as part of the Sydney Symphony International Pianist in Recital Series – Sydney Symphony Great Romantics Tour – Australian Chamber Orchestra Les Voix Humaines – Melbourne Recital Centre London Sinfonietta – Programs 1 & 2 – Adelaide Festival
colspan="2" style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Individual Classical Performance
colspan=2 valign="top" \| *Imogen Cooper – Imogen Cooper – Recital* (Melbourne Recital Centre)** Calvin Bowman – Bach Marathon (Melbourne International Arts Festival and City of Melbourne) Alexander Gavrylyuk – Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 with the Sydney Symphony (Sydney Symphony Prokofiev Festival) (Sydney Symphony) Philippe Jaroussky – Vivaldi Olympia (Australian Brandenburg Orchestra)

=Dance and physical theatre=

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style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Ballet or Dance Work

! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production

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FIRE – Bangarra Dance Theatre
Dyad 1929 – The Australian Ballet
Harakiri – a rite – STRUT dance
Körper – Melbourne International Arts Festival and Sasha Waltz

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style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Work

! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Male Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Work

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Danielle Rowe – Dyad 1929
Deborah Brown – FIRE
Lucinda Dunn – The Silver Rose (The Australian Ballet)
Tara Soh – Be Your Self (Australian Dance Theatre in association with the Adelaide Festival and Adelaide Festival Centre)

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Richard Cilli – We Unfold (Sydney Dance Company)
Daniel Gaudiello – The Silver Rose
Matthew Morris – Harakiri – a rite
Kimball Wong – Be Your Self

colspan="2" style="background:#C4C3D0;" | Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production

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Stephen Page – FIRE

Phillip Adams – Miracle (BalletLab)

Didier Theron – Harakiri – a rite

Wayne McGregor – Dyad 1929

=Contemporary music=

style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Australian Contemporary Concert ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Contemporary Music Festival
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valign="top" \| *The Man in Black: The Johnny Cash Story* – Sydney Opera House in association with Folsom Prison Productions Dirty Three & Laughing Clowns – Sydney Festival by arrangement with ATP and Feel Presents a Don't Look Back concert John Farnham – Live by Demand – Glenn Wheatley – Talentworks The RocKwiz National Tour 2010 – Renegade Films and RocKwiz Touring \| valign="top" \| Big Day Out 2010 – Vivian Lees and Ken West Homebake Music & Arts Festival 2009 – The 15th Anniversary – Domestic Music Concepts 2010 Melbourne International Jazz Festival – Melbourne International Jazz Festival WOMADelaide – WOMADelaide Foundation
colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best International Contemporary Music Concert
colspan=2 valign="top" \| Pink – Funhouse Tour – Michael Coppel Presents AC/DC Black Ice Tour – Garry Van Egmond & Chugg Entertainment Beyonce – Michael Coppel Presents George Michael – Live – Dainty Consolidated Entertainment

=Other=

style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Cabaret Performer ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Comedy Performer
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valign="top" \| *iOTA – Smoke & Mirrors* (Sydney Festival)** Paul Capsis, Martin Martini, Le Gateau Chocolat, Lady Carol, Christine Johnson, Simone Page Jones – A Company of Strangers (Strut n Fret) Moira Finucane – The Burlesque Hour (Finucane & Smith with fortyfivedownstairs, Auspicious Arts Projects and The Street Theatre) Meow Meow – Meow to the World: Crisis is Born (Again) (Sydney Opera House presents) \| valign="top" \| Wil Anderson – Wilful Misconduct Kitty Flanagan – Charming and Alarming Fiona O'Loughlin – On a Wing and A Prayer Hannah Gadsby – The Cliff Young Shuffle
style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Presentation for Children ! style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Regional Touring Production
valign="top" \| Sonya Hartnett's Thursday's Child – Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People The Book of Everything – Company B Belvoir & Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image Shape of a Girl – Sydney Opera House presents The Wizard of Oz – Windmill Theatre \| valign="top" \| True Stories – Bangarra Dance Theatre The Age I'm In – Force Majeure and Performing Lines The Kursk – Critical Stages and Matrix Theatre Letter's End – Spoon Tree Productions
colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Special Event
colspan=2 valign="top" \| Festival First Night – Sydney Festival A R Rahman – Sydney Festival Dirtsong – Arts House and Melbourne International Arts Festival La Fura dels Baus – Lotterywest Opening Celebration – Perth International Arts Festival

=Industry=

colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best New Australian Work
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colspan=2 valign="top" \| *Craig Ilott & iOTA – Smoke & Mirrors* (Sydney Festival and Spiegeltent International)** The Black Arm Band with Steven Richardson and Alexis Wright – Dirtsong (Arts House and Melbourne International Arts Festival) BalletLab and Phillip Adams – Miracle (BalletLab) Brett Dean and Amanda Holden – Bliss
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Original Score ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Music Direction
valign="top" \| iOTA with Tina Harris, Joe Accaria, Chris Ball and Martin Hailey – Smoke & Mirrors Brett Dean – Bliss Jeff Marx and Robert Lopez – Avenue Q Taikoz – Pericles (Bell Shakespeare in association with Taikoz) \| valign="top" \| Ron Melrose & Luke Hunter – Jersey Boys Mark Wigglesworth – Peter Grimes (Opera Australia) Nicolette Fraillon – Dyad 1929 (Steve Reich) (The Australian Ballet) Iain Grandage – Wunderschon (Perth International Arts Festival in association with the National Academy of Music)
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Scenic Design ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Costume Design
valign="top" \| Dale Ferguson – August: Osage County Roger Kirk – The Silver Rose (The Australian Ballet) Brian Thomson – Bliss Klara Zieglerova & Michael Clark – Jersey Boys \| valign="top" \| Gabriela Tylesova – Così fan tutte Dale Ferguson – The Drowsy Chaperone Roger Kirk – The Silver Rose Tess Schofield – Peter Grimes
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Lighting Design ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Sound Design
valign="top" \| Nigel Levings – Bliss Nick Schlieper – Richard III Howell Binkley – Jersey Boys Geoff Cobham – The Flying Dutchman \| valign="top" \| *Paul Charlier – A Streetcar Named Desire* (Sydney Theatre Company)** BalletLab and David Chisholm / Myles Mumford – Miracle Steve Canyon Kennedy – Jersey Boys Bob Scott – Bliss

=Special awards=

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style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | JC Williamson Award

! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Sue Nattrass Award

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Tony Gould AN D UNIV
Brian Nebenzahl OAM RFD

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References

External links

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