5th Helpmann Awards

• The Sapphires – Melbourne Theatre Company
• 12 Angry Men – Arts Projects Australia and Adrian Bohm
• Hedda Gabler – Sydney Theatre Company
• Three Furies – Sydney Festival in association with the Adelaide Festival of Arts, Perth International Arts Festival, Griffin Theatre Company and Sydney Opera House

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• Jim Sharman – Three Furies
• Michael Blakemore – Democracy (Sydney Theatre Company)
• Wesley Enoch – Riverland (Windmill Performing Arts)
• Robyn Nevin – Hedda Gabler

• Cate Blanchett – Hedda Gabler
• Deborah Mailman – The Sapphires
• Julie Forsyth – The Ham Funeral (Malthouse Theatre)
• Pamela Rabe – Dinner (Melbourne Theatre Company)

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• Robert Menzies – Journal of the Plague Year (Malthouse Theatre)
• Aaron Pedersen – Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed (Queensland Theatre Company)
• Richard Piper – The Daylight Atheist (Melbourne Theatre Company)
• William Zappa – Death of a Salesman (State Theatre Company of South Australia)

• Zoe Carides – Influence (Sydney Theatre Company)
• Justine Clarke – Hedda Gabler
• Amber McMahon – Afternoon of the Elves (Windmill Performing Arts and State Theatre Company of South Australia)
• Kerry Walker – The Spook (Company B)

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• Anthony Weigh – Hedda Gabler
• Hugo Weaving – Hedda Gabler
• John Gaden – Democracy
• Robert Menzies – The Ham Funeral

• The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical – SEL & GFO and Bialystock & Bloom New York Co.
• The Black Rider – Sydney Festival in association with International Concert Attractions and Andrew Kay & Associates
• Eureka – Simon Gallaher and Michael Harvey
• Urinetown, the Musical – Melbourne Theatre Company

• Susan Stroman – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical
• Stuart Maunder – HMS Pinafore and Trial By Jury (Opera Australia)
• Simon Phillips – Urinetown, the Musical
• Robert Wilson – The Black Rider

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• Susan Stroman – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical
• Ross Coleman – Urinetown, the Musical
• Paul Mercurio – Annie Get Your Gun (The Production Company)
• Arlene Phillips – Saturday Night Fever (Robert Stigwood in association with Adam Spiegel Productions, International Concert Attractions and David Atkins)

• Chloë Dallimore – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical
• Bridget Boyle – The Venetian Twins (Queensland Theatre Company in association with QPAC and Brisbane Festival)
• Lisa McCune – Urinetown, the Musical
• Emma Matthews – The Mikado (Opera Australia)

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• Mitchell Butel – The Venetian Twins
• Kane Alexander – Urinetown, the Musical
• Shane Bourne – Urinetown, the Musical
• Reg Livermore – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical

• Amanda Muggleton – Eureka
• Monique Montez – Saturday Night Fever
• Christen O'Leary – Urinetown, the Musical
• Meredith O'Reilly – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical

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• Tony Sheldon – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical
• Sandro Colarelli – The Venetian Twins
• Gerry Connolly – Urinetown, the Musical
• Matt McGrath – The Black Rider

• The Ring Cycle – State Opera of South Australia
• Der Rosenkavalier – Opera Australia
• The Love for Three Oranges – Opera Australia
• Madeline Lee – Opera Australia

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• Elke Neidhardt – The Ring Cycle
• Stuart Maunder – Manon (Opera Australia)
• Patrick Nolan – Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (Opera Australia)
• Francesca Zambello – The Love for Three Oranges

• Lisa Gasteen – The Ring Cycle
• Cheryl Barker – Tosca (Opera Australia)
• Bernadette Cullen – Il Trovatore (Opera Australia)
• Tiffany Speight – The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) (Opera Australia)

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• John Wegner – The Ring Cycle
• Peter Coleman-Wright – Tosca
• Michael Lewis – Madeline Lee
• Peter Rose – Der Rosenkavalier

• Deborah Riedel – The Ring Cycle
• Fiona Janes – Norma (Opera Australia and West Australian Opera)
• Emma Matthews – Der Rosenkavalier
• Tiffany Speight – The Merry Widow (Opera Australia)

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• Stuart Skelton – The Ring Cycle
• José Carbo – Madeline Lee
• Christopher Lincoln – Madeline Lee
• Bruce Martin – Nabucco (Opera Australia)

• 12 Angry Cellos – Sydney Festival
• Dean: Moments of Bliss – (Electrolux Master Series) – Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Verdi's Messa da Requiem – (Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert) – Opera Australia and ABC Classic FM
• St Matthew Passion – Perth International Arts Festival

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• Simone Young – Simone Young Conducts Mahler (West Australian Symphony Orchestra)
• Vladimir Ashkenazy – Ashkenazy Sibelius Cycle (Sydney Symphony Orchestra)
• Simon Keenlyside – Winterreise (Melbourne International Arts Festival and Trisha Brown Dance Company)
• Richard Mills – The Struggle Continues - A Luta continua (Ten Days on the Island) (Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra)

• Shen Wei Dance Arts – Sydney Festival in association with Sydney Opera House
• Already Elsewhere – Sydney Festival
• Mr. B - A Tribute to George Balanchine – The Australian Ballet
• Shades of Gray – Sydney Dance Company

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• Compagnie Philippe Genty Vanishing Point – Arts Projects Australia
• The Lazy Kings – Sydney Festival
• Provenance – Melbourne International Arts Festival and Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes
• The Red Tree – Queensland Performing Arts Centre's Out of the Box Festival of Early Childhood Learning

• Justine Summers – Unspoken Dialogues (Southern Lights)
• Wakako Asano – Shades of Gray
• Lucinda Dunn – Almost Tango (Red Hot & New)
• Lynette Wills – El Tango (Southern Lights)

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• Steven Heathcote – Unspoken Dialogues (Southern Lights)
• Joshua Consandine – Shades of Gray
• Dein Perry – Dein Perry's Tap Dogs (Michael Chugg Entertainment, Definitive Events and Back Row Productions in association with Dein Perry and Nigel Triffit)
• Brett Simon – Dangerous Liaisons - The Ballet (West Australian Ballet)

• Kura Tungar: Songs from the River - Ruby Hunter & Archie Roach – Melbourne International Arts Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sydney Opera House and Australian Art Orchestra
• Missy Higgins – Harbour Agency
• Tales of Time and Space – Sydney Festival in association with International Concert Attractions, Andrew Kay & Associates and Sydney Opera House
• Women in Voice 14 – QPAC in association with Queensland Folk Federation and Annie Peterson

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• Kate Miller-Heidke – Women in Voice 14
• Paul Grabowsky – Tales of Time and Space
• Missy Higgins – Missy Higgins
• Midnight Oil – WaveAid - the Tsunami Relief Concert (Michael Chugg Entertainment, Mark Pope Music and IMC)

• The 16th Annual East Coast International Blues and Roots Music Festival – Peter Noble, Michael Chugg Entertainment, Definitive Events and Talentworks
• Womadelaide Sounds of the Planet 2005 – WOMADelaide Foundation and managed by Arts Projects Australia and WOMAD
• Big Day Out 05 – Creative Festival Entertainment
• 13th Annual Apollo Bay Music Festival – Apollo Bay Music Festival Committee of Management

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• Bette Midler "Kiss My Brass" Tour – Garry Van Egmond, Michael Chugg and Jack Utsick
• Came So Far For Beauty: An Evening of Leonard Cohen Songs – Sydney Festival in association with International Concert Attractions, Andrew Kay & Associates and Sydney Opera House
• Eagles Farewell Tour Australia 2004 – The Frontier Touring Company
• k.d Lang in Concert with the Sydney Symphony – Dainty Consolidated Entertainment

• Riverland
• Gamegirl – Arena Theatre Company
• Possum Magic - The Musical – Garry Ginivan Attractions in association with the Arts Centre
• The Red Tree

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• The Ring Cycle
• David Hare's Via Dolorosa – newtheatricals in association with Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company
• Dein Perry's Tap Dogs 10th Anniversary Tour
• WaveAid - The Tsunami Relief Concert

• Tony Briggs – The Sapphires
• David Brown – Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed
• John Haddock and Michael Campbell – Madeline Lee
• Ros Horin – Through the Wire (Performing Lines in association with Melbourne Theatre Company)

• Tom Waits – The Black Rider
• Mel Brooks – The Producers
• Brett Collery – The Red Tree
• John Haddock – Madeline Lee

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• Asher Fisch – The Ring Cycle
• Ian McDonald – Urinetown, the Musical
• Tom Woods – Madeline Lee
• Peter Casey – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical

• Michael Scott-Mitchell – The Ring Cycle
• Richard Jeziorny – The Red Tree
• Robert Kemp – The Venetian Twins
• Robin Wagner – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical

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• Stephen Curtis – The Ring Cycle
• Robert Kemp – The Venetian Twins
• William Ivey Long – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical
• Tatiana Noginova – The Love For Three Oranges

• Matt Scott – Urinetown, the Musical
• Rachel Burke – Black Medea (Malthouse Theatre)
• Nick Schlieper – Hedda Gabler
• Nick Schlieper – The Ring Cycle

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• Max Lyandvert – Journal of the Plague Year
• Brett Collery – Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed
• Kingsley Reeve – Zastozzi the Master of Discipline (Black Swan Theatre Company and Wesfarmers Arts)
• John Scandrett and Nick Reich – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical

• Dame Joan Sutherland OM AC DBE
• David Williamson AO