18th Helpmann Awards

!Best Play

!Best Direction of a Play

• The Children – Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company
• Black is the New White – Sydney Theatre Company
• Laser Beak Man – Brisbane Festival, La Boite Theatre Company and Dead Puppet Society
• The Irresistible – Side Pony Productions & The Last Great Hunt
• The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man – Malthouse Theatre
• The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui – Sydney Theatre Company

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• Sarah Goodes – The Children
• Matthew Lutton – The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man
• Kip Williams – Cloud Nine (Sydney Theatre Company)
• Kip Williams – The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

• Pamela Rabe – The Children
• Miranda Daughtry – A Doll's House (State Theatre Company South Australia)
• Helen Morse – Memorial (Brink Productions and Adelaide Festival)
• Sarah Peirse – The Children

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• Hugo Weaving – The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
• John Bell – The Father (Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company)
• Daniel Monks – The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man
• Toby Schmitz – Thyestes (Belvoir, originally created by The Hayloft Project)

• Anita Hegh – The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
• Kate Box – Top Girls (Sydney Theatre Company)
• Elaine Crombie – An Octoroon (Queensland Theatre and Brisbane Festival)
• Jane Montgomery-Griffiths – Macbeth (Melbourne Theatre Company)

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• Mitchell Butel – Mr Burns, A Post-Electric Play (Belvoir and State Theatre Company South Australia)
• Peter Carroll – The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
• Harry Greenwood – Cloud Nine
• Colin Moody – The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

! colspan=2 | Best Musical

• Beautiful: The Carole King Musical – Michael Cassel in association with Paul Blake & Sony/ATV Music Publishing & Mike Bosner
• Dream Lover – John Frost and Gilbert Theatrical
• Mamma Mia! The Musical – Michael Coppel, Louise Withers & Linda Bewick
• Muriel's Wedding The Musical – Sydney Theatre Company and Global Creatures

• Marc Bruni – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
• Dean Bryant – Assassins (Hayes Theatre Co)
• Simon Phillips – Dream Lover
• Simon Phillips – Muriel's Wedding The Musical

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• Andrew Hallsworth – Muriel's Wedding The Musical
• Karen Bruce – The Bodyguard (John Frost, Michael Harrison and David Ian)
• Josh Prince – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
• Tom Hodgson – Mamma Mia! The Musical

• Esther Hannaford – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
• Maggie McKenna – Muriel's Wedding The Musical
• Natalie O'Donnell – Mamma Mia! The Musical
• Marina Prior – Dream Lover

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• David Campbell – Dream Lover
• David Campbell – Assassins
• Euan Doidge – Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical (Michael Cassel Group and Nullarbor Productions in association with MGM on Stage)
• David Harris – Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical
• Ian Stenlake – Mamma Mia! The Musical

• Amy Lehpamer – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
• Madeleine Jones – Muriel's Wedding The Musical
• Jemma Rix – The Wizard of Oz (John Frost and Suzanne Jones)
• Christie Whelan Browne – Muriel's Wedding The Musical

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• Mat Verevis – Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
• Martin Crewes – Dream Lover
• Bobby Fox – Assassins
• Robert Grubb – Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical

!Best Opera

!Best Direction of an Opera

• Hamlet (Dean) – Glyndebourne Festival, Adelaide Festival, State Opera of South Australia and Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
• Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets – Victorian Opera and Malthouse Theatre in association with Melbourne Festival
• Cunning Little Vixen – Victorian Opera
• The Nose – Opera Australia

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• Neil Armfield – Hamlet
• Barrie Kosky – The Nose
• Matthew Lutton – Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
• Stuart Maunder – Cunning Little Vixen

• Nicole Car – La Traviata (Opera Australia)
• Taryn Fiebig – Triple Bill (Pinchgut Opera)
• Dimity Shepherd – Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
• Helen Sherman – Coronation of Poppea (Pinchgut Opera)

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• Allan Clayton – Hamlet
• Kanen Breen – Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
• Ferruccio Furlanetto – Don Quichotte (Opera Australia)
• Barry Ryan – Cunning Little Vixen

• Lorina Gore – Hamlet
• Natalie Christie Peluso – Coronation of Poppea
• Antoinette Halloran – Cunning Little Vixen
• Meow Meow – Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets

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• Kanen Breen – Coronation of Poppea
• Warwick Fyfe – Don Quichotte
• Jud Arthur – Hamlet
• Kim Begley – Hamlet

• Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Bluebeard’s Castle: With Bach and Brahms
• Sydney Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven and Bruckner: Simone Young Conducts
• Musica Viva Australia – Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Rachel Podger
• West Australian Symphony Orchestra – Wagner and Beyond: Inspiring Wagner

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• Perth Festival – Jordi Savall with Hesperion XXI & Tembembe Ensemble Continuo
• Rundfunkchor Berlin and Adelaide Festival – human requiem
• Pieter Wispelwey & Caroline Almonte and Melbourne Recital Centre – Pieter Wispelwey: Beethoven, Bach, Brahms with Caroline Almonte
• Musica Viva Australia – Takács Quartet

• Jonas Kaufmann – Parsifal
• Kwangchul Youn – Parsifal
• Pieter Wispelwey – Pieter Wispelwey plays the Bach Cello Suites
• Emanuel Ax – A Mozart Celebration: Emanuel Ax with The Sydney Symphony Orchestra

!Best Ballet

!Best Dance Production

• Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland – The Australian Ballet
• The Great Gatsby – West Australian Ballet
• The Winter's Tale – The Royal Ballet & QPAC
• Woolf Works – The Royal Ballet & QPAC

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• Bennelong – Bangarra Dance Theatre
• Intimate Space – Restless Dance Theatre in association with Bleach* Festival and Festival 2018
• Mozart Airborne – Expressions Dance Company, Opera Queensland and QPAC
• One Flat Thing, Reproduced – Strut Dance

• Tide – BLEACH* Festival & The Farm
• Carrion – Justin Shoulder
• Limbo Unhinged – Strut & Fret Production House
• White Spirit – Zaman Production & Galerie Itinerrance in collaboration with the Musée Du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac and Perth Festival

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• Stephen Page – Bennelong
• Phillip Adams – Ever (Phillip Adams BalletLab in association with Melbourne Festival)
• Wayne McGregor – Woolf Works
• Christopher Wheeldon – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

• Ako Kondo – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Elise May – Behind Closed Doors (Expressions Dance Company and QPAC)
• Melissa Boniface – The Great Gatsby
• Vivinne Wong – Infra (The Australian Ballet)

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• Beau Dean Riley Smith – Bennelong
• Joshua Thomson – Tide
• Kevin Jackson – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Nelson Earl – Ocho (Sydney Dance Company)

!style="width:50%;"|Best Australian Contemporary Concert

!style="width:50%;"|Best International Contemporary Concert

• Gotye Presents a Tribute to Jean-Jacques Perrey – Gotye, Sydney Festival & Mona Foma{{cite news |last1=Jefferson |first1=Dee |title=Helpmann Awards: Sydney Theatre Company Biggest Winners |newspaper=ABC News |date=16 July 2018 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-16/helpmann-awards-full-results-sydney-theatre-company-dominates/9998470 |publisher=ABC Arts |accessdate=16 July 2018}}
• Symphonica with Armand van Helden (with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Frontier Touring & Arts Centre Melbourne)
• Gang of Youths – Australia 2017 (with Live Nation)
• Midnight Oil – The Great Circle World Tour 2017 (with Frontier Touring)

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• Paul McCartney – One On One World Tour 2017 – Paul McCartney, Frontier Touring, Mpl & Marshall Arts
• Cécile McLorin Salvant and Adelaide Festival
• Ed Sheeran World Tour 2018 (with Frontier Touring)
• Underworld (with Sydney Opera House Presents)

!style="width:50%;"|Best Cabaret Performer

!style="width:50%;"|Best Comedy Performer

• Taylor Mac – A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (Melbourne International Arts Festival)
• Briefs Ensemble – Briefs: Close Encounters (Briefs Factory)
• Reuben Kaye – Journey to the Centre of Attention (Adelaide Cabaret Festival)
• Queenie van de Zandt – Blue: The Songs of Joni Mitchell (Neil Gooding Productions & Queenie van de Zandt)

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• Celia Pacquola – All Talk (Token Events)
• Urzila Carlson – Studies Have Shown (Live Nation)
• Zoe Coombs Marr – Bossy Bottom (Token Events)
• Anne Edmonds – Helen Bidou – Enter the Spinnaker Lounge (Token Events)
• Colin Lane & Frank Woodley – Lano & Woodley – Fly (Token Events)
• Julia Morris – Lift and Separate Golden Jubilee (Live Nation)
• Rhys Nicholson – Seminal (Century)

• Emil and the Detectives – Slingsby
• Junk – Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne
• Tetris – DreamBIG Children’s Festival 2017 at Adelaide Festival Centre
• The Secret Life of Suitcases – Arts Centre Melbourne, Ailie Cohen Puppet Maker and the Unicorn Theatre London

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• Our Land People Stories – Bangarra Dance Theatre
• Hello, Goodbye and Happy Birthday – Roslyn Oades and Performing Lines
• Oddysea – Sensorium Theatre and Performing Lines WA
• Saltbush – Insite Arts, Compagnia TPO and Performing Lines/Blak Lines

!Best New Australian Work

!Best Special Event

• Stephen Page – Bennelong
• Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn – Hamlet
• Colin Lane & Frank Woodley – Lano & Woodley – Fly
• Nakkiah Lui – Black is the New White
• Nicholas Paine, David Morton, Tim Sharp and Sam Cromack – Laser Beak Man
• PJ Hogan, Kate Miller-Heidke & Keir Nuttall – Muriel’s Wedding The Musical

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• Taylor Mac: A 24 Decade History Of Popular Music

• Kate Miller-Heidke & Keir Nuttall – Muriel's Wedding The Musical
• Sam Cromack – Laser Beak Man
• Steve Francis – Bennelong
• Max Richter – Woolf Works

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• Isaac Hayward – Muriel's Wedding The Musical
• Phoebe Briggs – Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
• Nicolette Fraillon – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Brian Ritchie – The Spirit of Churaki (Bleach* Festival and Banaam)

• Jacob Nash – Bennelong
• Bunny Christie – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (National Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company and Arts Centre Melbourne)
• Bob Crowley – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• David Morton, Jonathon Oxlade and Justin Harrison – Laser Beak Man

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• Gabriela Tylesova – Muriel's Wedding The Musical
• Zoe Atkinson – Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets
• Jennifer Irwin – Bennelong
• Jonathon Oxlade – Mr Burns, A Post-Electric Play

• Nick Schlieper – Bennelong
• Geoff Cobham – Emil and the Detectives
• Paule Constable – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Damien Cooper – You Animal, You (Force Majeure, Sydney Festival and Carriageworks)

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• Michael Waters – Muriel’s Wedding The Musical
• Ian Dickinson for Autograph – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• Byron J. Scullin, Tom Supple and Hannah Fox – Siren Song (Byron J. Scullin & Supple Fox and Perth Festival)
• Michael Waters – Dream Lover

!JC Williamson Award

!Sue Nattrass Award

• Robyn Archer
• Reg Livermore
• Robyn Nevin
• Archie Roach
• Jim Sharman}}

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• Carrillo Gantner
• Susan Provan
• Ian McRae
• Rhoda Roberts
• Frank van Straten}}