6th Helpmann Awards

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| name = 6th Helpmann Awards

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| date = 31 July 2006

| location = Lyric Theatre, Sydney

| host = Simon Burke

| network = Fox8

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| previous = 5th

| main = Helpmann Awards

| next = 7th

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The 6th Annual Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia were held on 31 July 2006 at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney.{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/polished-dusty-star-shines/2006/07/31/1154198073788.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1|title=Polished Dusty star shines|last=Creagh|first=Sunanda|date=1 August 2006|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=8 August 2006}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-08-01/dusty-cleans-up-at-helpmann-awards/1227744?pfm=sm|title='Dusty' cleans up at Helpmann awards|date=1 August 2006|work=ABC News|access-date=8 August 2017|language=en-AU}}

Winners and nominees

In the following tables, winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The nominees 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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Stuff Happens – Company B presented by Company B and Newtheatricals in association with Lunchbox Theatricals
Away – Queensland Theatre Company
Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? – State Theatre Company of South Australia
Le Dernier Caravanserail – Melbourne International Arts Festival and Theatre du Soleil

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Marion Potts – Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
Declan Donnellan – Twelfth Night (Chekhov International Festival in co-operation with Cheek by Jowl presented by Sydney Festival)
Ariane Mnouchkine – Le Dernier Caravanserail
Simon Phillips – King Lear (Melbourne Theatre Company)

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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Caroline O'Connor – End of the Rainbow (Ensemble Productions)
Jennifer Flowers – Doubt (Sydney Theatre Company)
Victoria Longley – Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
Leah Purcell – Stuff Happens

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Greg Stone – Stuff Happens
Stephen Dillane – Macbeth (Arts Projects Australia and Adelaide Festival of Arts)
Marcus Graham – Oedipus the King (Queensland Theatre Company)
Robert Menzies – Julius Caesar (Sydney Theatre Company)

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 Bell – Doubt
Michaela Cantwell – Honk If You Are Jesus (State Theatre Company of South Australia)
Anne Looby – The Peach Season (Griffin Theatre Company)
Belinda McClory – The Odyssey (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Black Swan Theatre Company and the Perth International Arts Festival)

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Russell Dykstra – Stuff Happens
Cameron Goodall – Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
Hamish Michael – Two Brothers (Melbourne Theatre Company & Sydney Theatre Company)
Frank Whitten – Julius Caesar

=Musicals=

colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Musical
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colspan=2 valign="top" \| The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Melbourne Theatre Company Dusty: The Original Pop Diva – Dusty Productions Fiddler of the Roof – TML Enterprises Menopause the Musical – McPherson Ink
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Direction of a Musical ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Choreography in a Musical
valign="top" \| Simon Phillips – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Stuart Maunder – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva Robyn Nevin – Summer Rain (Sydney Theatre Company) Gary Young – Menopause the Musical \| valign="top" \| Ross Coleman – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva Ross Coleman – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Andrew Hallsworth – Leader of the Pack (Crown and Leader Entertainment with newtheatricals) Andrew Hallsworth – Menopause the Musical
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Female Actor in a Musical ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Male Actor in a Musical
valign="top" \| Tamsin Carroll – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva Amanda Harrison – Leader of the Pack Marina Prior – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Magda Szubanski – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee \| valign="top" \| *David Campbell – Sunset Boulevard* (The Production Company)** David Campbell – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Ian Stenlake – Oklahoma! (The Production Company) Topol – Fiddler on the Roof
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" \| Christen O'Leary – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Alexis Fishman – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva Jodie Gillies – Summer Rain Deni Hines – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva \| valign="top" \| Tyler Coppin – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Mitchell Butel – Summer Rain Barry Crocker AM – Fiddler on the Roof Bert LaBonte – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

=Opera and Classical Music=

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

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

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Flight – Adelaide Festival of Arts, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and State Opera of South Australia
La Boheme – Opera Australia
The Magic Flute – Opera Australia
Romeo & Juliet – Opera Australia

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John Cox – The Rake's Progress (Opera Australia)
David Freeman – Nabucco (Opera Australia)
Rachel McDonald – La Voix Humaine (Opera Australia)
Simon Phillips – La Boheme

style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Female Performer in an Opera

! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Male Performer in an Opera

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Emma Matthews – Lakmé (Opera Australia)
Elizabeth Connell – Nabucco
Rachelle Durkin – Rinaldo (Opera Australia)
Emma Matthews – Romeo & Juliet

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Philip Langridge – Death in Venice (Opera Australia)
Teddy Tahu Rhodes – Don Giovanni (Opera Australia)
David Walker – Flight

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

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Catherine Carby – The Rake's Progress
Amelia Farrugia – La Boheme
Natalie Jones – La Boheme
Nicole Youl – Carmen (West Australian Opera)

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Peter Coleman-Wright – Death in Venice
Joshua Bloom – The Rake's Progress
Warwick Fyfe – The Magic Flute
Graham Pushee – Rinaldo

style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Classical Concert Presentation

! style="background:#C4C3D0;" | Best Performance in a Classical Concert

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Tristan und Isolde – Queensland Music Festival and the Australian Youth Orchestra
Brodsky Quartet – Sydney Festival
Candide – Perth International Arts Festival
Opera in Concert, Verdi's Otello – MSO

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Lisa Gasteen – Tristan und Isolde (Queensland Music Festival and Australian Youth Orchestra)
Diana Doherty – Bohemia Concert - Bohuslav Martinu - Concerto for oboe and small orchestra (Sydney Symphony)
Rachelle Durkin – Candide (Perth International Arts Festival)
Maestro Oleg Caetani – Opera in Concert, Verdi's Otello (MSO)

=Dance and Physical Theatre=

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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valign="top" \| Jiri – The Australian Ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream – West Australian Ballet An Evening of Works by Russell Maliphant – George Piper Dances presented by Sydney Festival I Want to Dance Better at Parties – Chunky Move presented by Sydney Festival \| valign="top" \| On the Case – Legs on the Wall Bright Abyss – La Compagnie du Hanneton presented by Sydney Festival PreTender – Buzz Dance Theatre
colspan="2" style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Work
colspan=2 valign="top" \| Debra Batton and Mark Murphy – On the Case Felicity Bott – PreTender Russell Maliphant – An Evening of Works by Russell Maliphant Chrissie Parrott – A Midsummer Night's Dream
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
valign="top" \| *Lana Jones – JIRI (Forgotten Land)* (The Australian Ballet)** Rachel Rawlins – JIRI (Forgotten Land, Petite Mort) Leanne Mason – Rabbit (Buzz Dance Theatre) Danielle Rowe – The Sleeping Beauty (The Australian Ballet) \| valign="top" \| Daryl Brandwood – A Midsummer Night's Dream Michael Nunn – An Evening of Works by Russell Maliphant Remi Wortmeyer – JIRI (Forgotten Land) Paul Blackman – PreTender

=Contemporary Music=

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style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Australian Contemporary Concert

! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Performance in an Australian Contemporary Concert

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Boulevard Delirium – Malthouse Theatre in association with Schauspielhaus Vienna
Broad – Maiden Australia Productions and Queensland Performing Arts Centre
The Motown Show - Human Nature – The Harbour Agency
Pannikin – Melbourne International Arts Festival and Marguerite Pepper Productions

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Paul Capsis – Boulevard Delirium
The Go-Betweens – Danger in the Past: The Story of the Go-Betweens (Sydney Festival)
Delta Goodrem – Delta Goodrem: The Visualise Tour 2005 (Dainty Consolidated Entertainment)
Andrew Tierney, Mike Tierney, Toby Allen, Phil Burton – The Motown Show - Human Nature

style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Contemporary Music Festival

! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best International Contemporary Music Concert

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The 17th Annual East Coast Blues and Roots Festival – Peter Noble, Chugg Entertainment, Talentworks and Definitive Events
Apollo Bay Music Festival – Apollo Bay Music Festival
Splendour in the Grass 2005 – Splendour in the Grass
St Jeromes Laneway Festival – Rockin Roll Circus and Chugg Entertainment

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Il Divo – Dainty Consolidated Entertainment
Mariza – Sydney Festival
Orion – Melbourne International Arts Festival and Pomegranate Arts
Pat Metheny Trio – Adelaide Festival of Arts

=Other=

style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Presentation for Children ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Comedy Performer
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valign="top" \| Stella and the Moon Man – Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image with Sydney Theatre Company and Australian Youth Orchestra The Green Sheep – Windmill Performing Arts Rabbit – Buzz Dance Theatre Space Magic – Hi-5 Productions \| valign="top" \| *Colin Lane and Frank Woodley – Lano & Woodley - Goodbye* (Token Events)** David Collins & Shane Dundas – The Umbilical Brothers - The Rehearsal (A-List Entertainment) Judith Lucy – I Failed! (Token Events) Akmal Saleh – Akmal Live (A-List Entertainment)
colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Special Event
colspan=2 valign="top" \| Festival Melbourne 2006 (Performing Arts Program) – Arts Projects Australia Il Cielo che Danza (The Dancing Sky) and The City of Bells – Adelaide Festival of Arts and Studio Festi Mazda's Opera in the Domain - Madama Butterfly – Opera Australia Red Shoe Delivery Service – Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Arts Centre and Red Shoe Delivery Service

=Industry=

colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best New Australian Work
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colspan=2 valign="top" \| *Garry Stewart – Garry Stewart and Louis-Philippe Demers' Devolution* (Adelaide Festival of Arts, Australian Dance Theatre and Sydney Festival)** Debra Batton (original concept) and Mark Murphy (story development) – On the Case Bruce Gladwin, Simon Laherty, Sonia Teuben, Genevieve Morris & Jim Russell (co-devisors) – Small Metal Objects (Back to Back Theatre and Melbourne International Arts Festival) Michael Smetanin – Sydney Symphony Contemporary Music Festival; Mysterium Cosmographicum (Sydney Symphony)
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Original Score ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Music Direction
valign="top" \| *Casey Bennetto – Keating! A country soul opera* (Catherine Woodfield)** Iain Grandage – The Drover's Wives (Steamworks Arts Production in association with Black Swan Theatre Company) Iain Grandage – The Odyssey Carl Polke – On the Case \| valign="top" \| Stephen Murphy – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva Roman Gottwald – Boulevard Delirium Ian McDonald – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Trevor Pinnock – Rinaldo
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Scenic Design ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Costume Design
valign="top" \| Anna Tregloan – The Odyssey Shaun Gurton – King Lear Roger Kirk – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva Dave Jones – On the Case \| valign="top" \| Zoe Atkinson – The Odyssey Jennifer Irwin – Amalgamate (The Australian Ballet & Bangarra Dance Theatre) Leon Krasenstein – A Midsummer Night's Dream Nina Randall – Tempo Rouge (Dion & Randall Productions)
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Lighting Design ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Sound Design
valign="top" \| Louis-Philippe Demers – Garry Stewart and Louis-Philippe Demers' Devolution Damien Cooper – Summer Rain Matt Scott – King Lear Paul Jackson – The Odyssey \| valign="top" \| Michael Waters – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva David Franzke – The Odyssey Max Lyandvert – Julius Caesar Michael O'Brien – PreTender

=Lifetime Achievement=

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style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| JC Williamson Award
valign="top" \| Graeme Bell MBE AO John Clark AM

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

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Graeme Bell MBE AO
John Clark AM

References

External links

[http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/ The official Helpmann Awards website]

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