8th Helpmann Awards

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| name = 8th Helpmann Awards

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| date = 28 July 2008

| location = Lyric Theatre, Sydney

| host = Jonathan Biggins and Julia Zemiro

| network = Bio.

| main = Helpmann Awards

| previous = 7th

| next = 9th

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The 2008 Helpmann Awards were presented on 28 July 2008 at the Lyric Theatre, Sydney. The ceremony was hosted by Jonathan Biggins and Julia ZemiroGeorgiou, Andrew: [http://www.timeoutsydney.com.au/theatre/helpmann-awards-2008.aspx Helpmann Awards 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025105640/http://www.timeoutsydney.com.au/theatre/helpmann-awards-2008.aspx |date=25 October 2009 }}, Time Out Sydney, 29 July 2008. and was broadcast live on Bio. (Foxtel's biography channel).Know, David: [http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2008/06/airdate-2008-helpmann-awards.html Airdate: 2008 Helpmann Awards], TV Tonight, 30 June 2008.

Nominees

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=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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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Company B
Black Watch – National Theatre of Scotland presented by Sydney Festival, Perth International Arts Festival
When the Rain Stops Falling – Brink Productions
Toy Symphony – Company B

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Neil Armfield – Toy Symphony
Benedict Andrews – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Barrie Kosky – The Tell-Tale Heart (Malthouse Theatre and Melbourne International Arts Festival)
John Tiffany – Black Watch

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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Leah Purcell – The Story of the Miracles at Cookie's Table (Griffin Theatre Company and HotHouse Theatre)
Catherine McClements – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kate Dickie – Aalst (National Theatre of Scotland, presented by Sydney Festival, Perth International Arts Festival and Brisbane Powerhouse)
Genevieve Picot – Rock 'n' Roll (Melbourne Theatre Company)

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Richard Roxburgh – Toy Symphony
Marton Csokas – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Martin Niedermair – The Tell-Tale Heart
Geoffrey Rush – Exit the King (Company B and Malthouse Theatre)

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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Julie Forsyth – Exit the King
Monica Maughan – Toy Symphony
Susan Prior – Riflemind (Sydney Theatre Company)
Alison Whyte – Don's Party (Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company)

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Russell Dykstra – Toy Symphony
Travis McMahon – Don's Party (Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company)
James Stewart – The Glass Menagerie (Queensland Theatre Company)
David Woods – Exit the King

=Musicals=

colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Musical
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colspan=2 valign="top" \| Billy Elliot the Musical – Universal Pictures, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions Guys and Dolls – Ambassador Theatre Group, Shows Inc, Marriner Theatres and Tulchin/Bartner Productions Company – Kookaburra: The National Musical Theatre Company The Phantom of the Opera – The Really Useful Group Asia Pacific and The Gordon/Frost Organisation
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Direction of a Musical ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Choreography in a Musical
valign="top" \| Stephen Daldry in association with Julian Webber – Billy Elliot the Musical Gale Edwards – Company Michael Grandage & Jamie Lloyd – Guys and Dolls Roger Hodgman – Little Me (The Production Company) \| valign="top" \| Peter Darling – Billy Elliot the Musical Rob Ashford – Guys and Dolls Ross Coleman – Sweet Charity (The Production Company) Ross Coleman – Shout! The Legend of The Wild One (Dennis Smith & John Gilbert)
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Female Actor in a Musical ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Male Actor in a Musical
valign="top" \| Genevieve Lemon – Billy Elliot the Musical Marina Prior – Guys and Dolls Ana Marina – The Phantom of the Opera Sharon Millerchip – Sweet Charity \| valign="top" \| Lochlan Denholm, Nick Twiney, Rarmian Newton and Rhys Kosakowski – Billy Elliot the Musical iOTA – Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show Mitchell Butel – Little Me Anthony Warlow – The Phantom of the Opera
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" \| Sharon Millerchip – Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show Lola Nixon – Billy Elliot the Musical Colette Mann – Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical Jackie Rees – The Phantom of the Opera \| valign="top" \| Shane Jacobson – Guys and Dolls Linal Haft – Billy Elliot the Musical Bill Hunter – Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical John Paul Young – Shout! The Legend of The Wild One

=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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Arabella – Opera Australia
Les Contes d'Hoffmann – Opera Australia
Dead Man Walking – Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions
Little Women – State Opera of South Australia and State Theatre Company of SA

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John Cox – Arabella
Bruce Beresford – A Streetcar Named Desire
Nigel Jamieson – Dead Man Walking
Adam Cook – Little Women

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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Cheryl Barker – Arabella
Emma Matthews – Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Kirsti Harms – Dead Man Walking
Elvira Fatykhova – Rigoletto

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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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Emma Matthews – Arabella
Antoinette Halloran – A Streetcar Named Desire
Hye Seoung Kwon – Carmen
Anke Hoppner – The Love of the Nightingale

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James Egglestone – Little Women
Luke Gabbedy – La bohème
Kanen Breen – Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Stuart Skelton – A Streetcar Named Desire

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

! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" | Best Performance in a Classical Concert

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West Australian Opera – Opera in the Park – Madama Butterfly
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra with L'Arpeggiata – Baroque Beat
Sydney Symphony – Sir Charles Mackerras concerts
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra – Sibelius Festival

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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – Classical Connections – Sir Charles Returns
Simone Young – Turangalîla-Symphonie
Michael Kieran Harvey – Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux
Aivale Cole – Opera in the Park – Madama Butterfly

=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
class=wikitable width="90%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="centre"
valign="top" \| Glow – Chunky Move & Melbourne International Arts Festival The Nutcracker – The Australian Ballet Sacred Monsters – Akram Khan Co. presented by Adelaide Festival of Arts, Sydney Opera House, Brisbane Powerhouse Roadkill – Brisbane Powerhouse and Dancenorth choreographed by Splintergroup \| valign="top" \| Mortal Engine – Chunky Move presented by Sydney Festival Au Revoir Parapluie – Sydney Festival Paradise City – Branch Nebula produced by Performing Lines Secret – Cirque Ici presented by Sydney Festival
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" \| Sara Black – Glow Sarah-Jayne Howard – Roadkill Larissa McGowan – G (Australian Dance Theatre, Theatre de la Ville, Joyce Theatre, Southbank Centre, Merrigong Theatre) Lucinda Dunn – Don Quixote (The Australian Ballet) \| valign="top" \| *Paul White – Construct* (Sydney Festival)** Akram Khan – Sacred Monsters Steven Heathcote – After the Rain (The Australian Ballet) Gavin Webber – Roadkill
colspan="2" style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Work
colspan=2 valign="top" \| Tanja Liedtke – Construct Christopher Wheeldon – After the Rain Gideon Obarzanek – Glow Lloyd Newson – To Be Straight With You (DV8 Physical Theatre presented by Adelaide Festival of Arts)

=Contemporary Music=

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

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

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The Frontier Touring Company – Crowded House
Maiden Australia and QPAC – Broad
Andrew McManus Presents – Kate Ceberano – Nine Lime Avenue Tour
Sydney Symphony – The Whitlams with the Sydney Symphony

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Womadelaide Foundation – Womadelaide
Chugg Entertainment & Rockin Roll Circus – St Jeromes Laneway Festival
Chugg Entertainment & Peter Noble Presents – 19th Annual East Coast Blues and Roots Festival
Vivian Lees & Ken West – Big Day Out Festival 2008

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

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

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David Campbell – The Swing Sessions 2
Guy Sebastian – The Memphis Tour
Kate Ceberano – Nine Lime Avenue Tour
Tina Arena in concert

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Sydney Festival – Björk on the Steps of the Sydney Opera House
The Frontier Touring Company – Justin Timberlake
Dainty Consolidated Entertainment – Bon Jovi – Lost Highway Tour
Chugg Entertainment and Perth International Arts Festival – Rufus Wainwright

=Other=

style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Presentation for Children ! style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Regional Touring Production
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valign="top" \| Mr McGee and the Biting Flea – Patch Theatre Company My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch – Gooligulch Productions in association with Garry Ginivan Attractions Hoods – Real T.V. Cat – Windmill Performing Arts \| valign="top" \| Keating! – Company B Mr McGee and the Biting Flea – Patch Theatre Company True Stories – Bangarra Dance Theatre Heroes – Queensland Theatre Company
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Comedy Performer
valign="top" \| David Collins & Shane Dundas – The Umbilical Brothers: Don't Explain Frank Woodley – Possessed Julia Morris – Julia Morris in Shoosh Please! Ross Noble

=Industry=

colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best New Australian Work
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colspan=2 valign="top" \| Michael Gow – Toy Symphony Andrew Bovell – When the Rain Stops Falling (Brink Productions co-presented by State Theatre Company of South Australia and Adelaide Festival of Arts) Gideon Obarzanek – Glow (Chunky Move presented by Melbourne International Arts Festival) Alana Valentine – Parramatta Girls (Company B)
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Original Score ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Music Direction
valign="top" \| Barrie Kosky – The Tell-Tale Heart Richard Mills – Songlines for the Heart's Desire Andree Greenwell – Venus & Adonis Ben Frost – Mortal Engine \| valign="top" \| Stephen Amos – Billy Elliot the Musical Peter Farnan – Sleeping Beauty Lionel Friend – Arabella Peter Casey – Company
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Scenic Design ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Costume Design
valign="top" \| Dan Potra – Dead Man Walking Peter McKintosh – The 39 Steps John F Macfarlane – The Nutcracker Ian MacNeil – Billy Elliot the Musical \| valign="top" \| Julie Lynch – Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show Robert Perdziola – Arabella Stephen Curtis – The Government Inspector John F Macfarlane – The Nutcracker
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Lighting Design ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Sound Design
valign="top" \| Rick Fisher – Billy Elliot the Musical Paul Jackson – Moving Target Trudy Dalgleish – Dead Man Walking Niklas Pajanti – When the Rain Stops Falling \| valign="top" \| Gareth Fry – Black Watch Chris Full, John Scandrett & Nick Reich – Guys and Dolls Paul Arditti – Billy Elliot the Musical Mic Pool – The 39 Steps
colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Special Event
colspan=2 valign="top" \| Sydney Opera House and Australian Broadcasting Corporation – The Choir of Hard Knocks Kookaburra: The National Musical Theatre Company – An Audience With Stephen Sondheim Adelaide Festival of Arts & The Electric Canvas – Ignition! and Northern Lights Queensland Music Festival and Brisbane City Council – Pig City

References

External links

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