9th Helpmann Awards

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| name = 9th Helpmann Awards

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| date = 27 July 2009

| location = Sydney Opera House

| host = Jonathan Biggins and Julia Zemiro

| network = Bio.

| main = Helpmann Awards

| previous = 8th

| next = 10th

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The 2009 Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia were presented on 27 July 2009 at the Sydney Opera House. The ceremony was hosted by Jonathan Biggins and Julia Zemiro and was broadcast live on Bio. (Foxtel's biography channel).Knox, David: [http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/07/2009-helpmann-awards-presenters.html 2009 Helpmann Awards: Presenters], TV Tonight, 21 July 2008.

Nominees and winners

Winners are listed in bold type.

=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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War of the Roses – Sydney Theatre Company in association with the Sydney Festival and Perth International Arts Festival
Women of Troy – Sydney Theatre Company
Ivanov – Katona Jozsef Theatre presented by Sydney Festival
The Gatz – Sydney Opera House and Brisbane Powerhouse

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Benedict Andrews – War of the Roses
Barrie Kosky – Women of Troy
Peter Evans – Blackbird (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Neil Armfield – Scorched (Company B)

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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Robyn Nevin – Women of Troy
Pamela Rabe – War of the Roses
Alison Bell – Blackbird
Cate Blanchett – War of the Roses

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Ben Winspear – Baghdad Wedding (Company B)
Colin Moody – Antigone (ThinIce)
Greg Stone – Blackbird
Robert Menzies – War of the Roses

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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Marta Dusseldorp – War of the Roses
Christen O'Leary – Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd (Arena Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre)
Bojana Novakovic – Woyzeck (Malthouse Theatre)
Yael Stone – Scorched

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Ewen Leslie – War of the Roses
Grant Piro – Realism (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Jimi Bani – Yibiyung (Company B)
Mark Jones – Goodbye Vaudeville Charlie Mudd

=Musicals=

colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Musical
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colspan=2 valign="top" \| Wicked – Marc Platt, David Stone, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and John Frost Shane Warne: The Musical – Token Events My Fair Lady – Opera Australia Monty Python's Spamalot – Ozalot
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Direction of a Musical ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Choreography in a Musical
valign="top" \| Lisa Leguillou – Wicked Stuart Maunder – My Fair Lady Geordie Brookman – Metro Street (State Theatre Company of South Australia, Arts Asia Pacific & Power Arts) Neil Gooding – Gutenberg! The Musical! (Neil Gooding Productions, Ian Stenlake & James Millar) \| valign="top" \| Wayne Cilento – Wicked Gideon Obarzanek – Shane Warne: The Musical Nathan M. Wright – Gutenberg! The Musical! Jo Stone – Metro Street
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Female Actor in a Musical ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Male Actor in a Musical
valign="top" \| Sharon Millerchip – Chicago Amanda Harrison – Wicked Lucy Durack – Wicked Lucinda Shaw (as the Lady of the Lake) – Monty Python's Spamalot \| valign="top" \| Bille Brown (as King Arthur) – Monty Python's Spamalot Eddie Perfect – Shane Warne: The Musical Todd McKenney – Priscilla Queen of the Desert – the Musical Reg Livermore – My Fair Lady
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" \| Nancye Hayes – My Fair Lady Ursula Yovich – Jerry Springer: The Opera Gina Riley – Chicago Maggie Kirkpatrick – Wicked \| valign="top" \| Rob Guest – Wicked Damien Bermingham – Chicago Derek Metzger – Monty Python's Spamalot Robert Grubb – My Fair Lady

=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" \| Billy Budd – Opera Australia The Coronation of Poppea – Victorian Opera The Navigator – Brisbane Festival and Melbourne International Arts Festival Aida – West Australian Opera \| valign="top" \| Neil Armfield – Billy Budd Chris Kohn – The Children's Bach Kate Cherry – The Coronation of Poppea Graeme Murphy – Aida
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Female Performer in an Opera ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Male Performer in an Opera
valign="top" \| Tiffany Speight – The Coronation of Poppea Rachelle Durkin – A Flowering Tree Susan Bullock – Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Cheryl Barker – The Makropoulos Secret \| valign="top" \| John Wegner – Billy Budd Philip Langridge – Billy Budd Jonathan Summers – Otello David Hansen – The Coronation of Poppea
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" \| Dominica Matthews – Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Emma Pearson – The Magic Flute Sally Wilson – The Coronation of Poppea Fiona Campbell – The Marriage of Figaro \| valign="top" \| John Wegner – Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Kanen Breen – Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Andrew Foote – The Barber of Seville Luke Gabbedy – The Marriage of Figaro
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Symphony Orchestra Concert ! style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Chamber and Instrumental Ensemble Concert
valign="top" \| Perth International Arts Festival/WA Opera/West Australian Symphony Orchestra – A Flowering Tree Adelaide Festival Centre's Symphonic Program and The Australian Youth Orchestra – Beethoven Festival: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E major, Op. 73 (Emperor), Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Australian Brandenburg Orchestra – Mozart Requiem Australian Chamber Orchestra – Euphoric \| valign="top" \| Adelaide Festival Centre's OzAsia Festival and Soundstream Contemporary Music Ensemble – Ecstatic Dances Musica Viva Australia – Eggner Trio Perth International Arts Festival – Theatre of Voices, The Little Match Girl Passion Perth International Arts Festival – Pacifica Quartet, Black Angels
colspan="2" style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Individual Classical Music Performance
colspan=2 valign="top" \| Herbert Schuch – The Beethoven Festival Genevieve Lacey – 4 Seasons Diana Doherty – Mozart, Beethoven & Schubert Kolja Blacher – Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Lisa Gasteen – The Valkyrie

=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" \| Mathinna – Bangarra Dance Theatre Graeme Murphy's Firebird – The Australian Ballet we unfold – Sydney Dance Company Two Faced Bastard – Melbourne International Arts Festival and Chunky Move \| valign="top" \| *Compagnie Philippe Genty – Lands End –* Arts Projects Australia** Cinderella on Ice – Lunchbox Theatrical Productions, Imperial Ice Stars, Tony Mercer, David Atkins Enterprises and Vladislav Olenin 30th Birthday Bash – Circus Oz At First Sight – National Institute of Circus Arts
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Male Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production
valign="top" \| Lana Jones – Graeme Murphy's Firebird Michelle Heaven – Two Faced Bastard Annabel Knight – 360° (Sydney Dance Company) Juliette Barton – we unfold \| valign="top" \| Antony Hamilton – Two Faced Bastard Bradley Chatfield – Sid's Waltzing Masquerade (Sydney Dance Company) Reed Luplau – Sid's Waltzing Masquerade Byron Perry – Corridor (Lucy Guerin Inc and Melbourne International Arts Festival)
colspan="2" style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production
colspan=2 valign="top" \| Stephen Page – Mathinna Phillip Adams – Axeman Lullaby (BalletLab) Graeme Murphy – Firebird Rafael Bonachela – we unfold

=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" \| WA, Perth International Arts Festival, NSW, Sydney Opera House Trust – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu One Louder and The Harbour Agency – Paul Kelly More Songs from the South Chugg Entertainment – Morning of the Earth (Film and Music Live in Concert) The Frontier Touring Company – KylieX2008 \| valign="top" \| Vivian Lees and Ken West – Big Day Out 2009 Domestic Music Concepts – Homebake Virgin Management & Michael Coppel – V Festival (Australia) Queenscliff Music Festival Inc. – Queenscliff Music Festival
colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best International Contemporary Music Concert
colspan=2 valign="top" \| The Frontier Touring Company – Leonard Cohen World Tour 2009 Vivian Lees and Ken West – Neil Young Presented by Sydney Festival – Grace Jones Chugg Entertainment – Coldplay Viva la Vida Tour

=Other=

style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Presentation for Children ! style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Regional Touring Production
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valign="top" \| The Flying Fruit Fly Circus – The Promise The Arts Centre – Angelina's Star Performance performed by the English National Ballet Windmill and Brink Productions – The Clockwork Forest Bell Shakespeare – Just Macbeth! \| valign="top" \| Fiery Angel Ltd and Kay & McLean Productions Pty Ltd – Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps Patch Theatre Company – Emily Loves to Bounce Spare Parts Puppet Theatre and Country Arts WA – The Arrival Taikoz – The Gathering
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Comedy Performer
valign="top" \| Tim Minchin – Ready For This? Adam Hills – Inflatable Judith Lucy – Judith Lucy's Not Getting Any Younger Julia Morris – Don't You Know Who I Used to Be?

=Industry Awards=

colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best New Australian Work
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colspan=2 valign="top" \| Eddie Perfect – Shane Warne: The Musical Andy Griffiths – Just Macbeth! Back to Back Theatre with The Necks – FOOD COURT Matthew Robinson – Metro Street
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Original Score ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Music Direction
valign="top" \| David Page – Mathinna Liza Lim – The Navigator The Necks – Chris Abrahams, Tony Buck & Lloyd Swanton – FOOD COURT Stephen Schwartz – Wicked \| valign="top" \| Richard Hickox – Billy Budd Martin Lowe – Jerry Springer The Opera Matthew Carey – Metro Street Nicolette Fraillon – Firebird and other legends
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Scenic Design ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Costume Design
valign="top" \| Eugene Lee – Wicked Bruce Gladwin, Mark Cuthbertson & Rhian Hinkley – Food Court Brian Thomson – Billy Budd Robert Cousins – War of the Roses \| valign="top" \| Susan Hilferty – Wicked Roger Kirk – My Fair Lady Michelle Jank – Sid's Waltzing Masquerade Tess Schofield – The Wonderful World of Dissocia
style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Lighting Design ! style="background:#C4C3D0;width:50%" \| Best Sound Design
valign="top" \| Nick Schlieper – War of the Roses Geoff Cobham – Metro Street Nigel Levings – Billy Budd Kenneth Posner – Wicked \| valign="top" \| Max Lyandvert – War of the Roses David Franzke – Venus & Adonis Tony Meola – Wicked George Gorga – we unfold
colspan=2 style="background:#C4C3D0;" \| Best Special Event
colspan=2 valign="top" \| The Frontier Touring Company, Chugg Entertainment, IMC & Mark Pope Music – Sound Relief Sydney Festival – Dawn Chorus Sydney Festival – Festival First Night Melbourne International Arts Festival in association with Arts House – Hidden Republic

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20081205191112/http://www.helpmannawards.com.au/default.aspx?s=hahome Helpmann Awards official site]

Category:Helpmann Awards

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