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19th Helpmann Awards
The 19th Annual Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia was held across two nights; the Curtain Raiser Ceremony on 14 July 2019 and the Awards Ceremony on 15 July 2019 at the Arts Centre Melbourne. Nominations were announced on 12 June 2019. Major winners of the awards included cross-cultural play '' Counting & Cracking'' (seven awards including Best Play and Best New Australian Work), Indigenous musical ''Barbara and the Camp Dogs'' (four awards including Best Musical and Best Original Score) and opera ''The Magic Flute'' from Komische Oper Berlin (three awards including Best Opera). Recipients and nominations Theatre Musicals Opera and Classical Music Dance and Physical Theatre Contemporary Music Other Industry Lifetime Achievement {, class="wikitable" !JC Williamson Award !Sue Nattrass Award , - , valign="top" , Kev Carmody , valign="top" , Liz Jones , - References Helpmann Awards Helpmann Awards 2019 awards in Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arts Centre Melbourne
Arts Centre Melbourne, originally known as the Victorian Arts Centre and briefly called the Arts Centre, is a performing arts centre consisting of a complex of theatres and concert halls in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, located in the central Melbourne suburb of Southbank in Victoria, Australia. It was designed by architect Sir Roy Grounds, the masterplan for the complex (along with the National Gallery of Victoria) was approved in 1960 and construction began in 1973 following some delays. The complex opened in stages, with Hamer Hall opening in 1982 and the Theatres Building opening in 1984. Arts Centre Melbourne is located by the Yarra River and along St Kilda Road, one of the city's main thoroughfares, and extends into the Melbourne Arts Precinct. Major companies regularly performing include Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, the Melbourne Theatre Company, The Production Company, Victorian Opera, Bell Shakespeare, Bangarra Dance Theatre and the Melbourne Symphony Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child
''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' is a play written by Jack Thorne from an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Thorne. Previews of the play began at the Palace Theatre, London, on 7 June 2016 as a two-part play, and it premiered on 30 July 2016. The play opened on Broadway on 21 April 2018 at the Lyric Theatre, with previews starting on 16 March 2018. Its cast was similar to that of the first year in the West End, with returning actors Anthony Boyle, Sam Clemmett, Noma Dumezweni, Poppy Miller, Jamie Parker, Alex Price, and Paul Thornley. The story begins nineteen years after the events of the 2007 novel '' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' and follows Harry Potter, now Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic, and his younger son, Albus Severus Potter, who is about to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The play is marketed as the eighth story in the '' Harry Potter'' series. The play received enth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Arundell
Paula Arundell is an Australian actress and singer. Early life Arundell studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), in Sydney. She graduated in 1995, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting). Career Arundell has appeared on television in '' Water Rats'', ''Murder Call'', ''Farscape'', '' All Saints'', ''Home and Away'', '' Out of the Blue'' and ''Love My Way'' among others. Arundell's films have included ''Disgrace'', '' Dags'', ''Sample People'', ''Gods of Egypt'', and the upcoming ''Harmony''. As a singer, Arundell performed a version of the Tim Buckley song " Song to the Siren", which was used in the 2006 Neil Armfield film ''Candy''. She also voiced Sonic the Hedgehog in the '' Sonic Live in Sydney'' theme park. She also played an older Hermione Granger in the Melbourne production of ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child''. In 2021, Arundell joined the cast of ''Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera, which has aired since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Theatre Company
The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne, it is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia. The company's Southbank Theatre houses the 500-seat Sumner and the 150-seat Lawler, and the company also performs in the Arts Centre Melbourne's Fairfax Studio and Playhouse, all located in Melbourne's Arts Precinct in Southbank. Considered Victoria's state theatre company, it formally comes under the auspices of the University of Melbourne. As of 2013 it offered a Mainstage Season of ten to twelve plays each year, as well as education, family and creative development activities, and reported having a subscriber base of approximately 20,000 people and played to a around quarter of a million people annually. History The Melbourne Theatre Company was founded in 1953 by John Sumner as the Union Theatre Repertory Company, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Stuart (Schiller Play)
''Mary Stuart'' (german: Maria Stuart, ) is a verse play by Friedrich Schiller that depicts the last days of Mary, Queen of Scots. The play consists of five acts, each divided into several scenes. The play had its première in Weimar, Germany on 14 June 1800. The play formed the basis for Donizetti's opera ''Maria Stuarda'' (1835). Synopsis Mary Stuart is imprisoned in England — nominally for the murder of her husband Darnley, but actually due to her claim to the throne of England held by Queen Elizabeth I. While Mary's cousin, Elizabeth, hesitates over signing Mary's death sentence, Mary hopes for a reprieve. After Mary finds out that Mortimer (created by Schiller), the nephew of her custodian, is on her side, she entrusts her life to him. Mortimer is supposed to give Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester, a letter from Mary, in which she pleads for help. This is a delicate situation, for Leicester seems to support Queen Elizabeth. After numerous requests, Mary finally ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Thomson (actress)
Helen Thomson is an Australian actress. Thomson's credits include the television shows ''Bad Mothers'', '' Stupid Stupid Man'' and ''Blue Heelers'' and the films ''Gettin' Square'', '' A Man's Gotta Do'' and ''La Spagnola''. Thomson has multiple stage credits with the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company. She has been a frequent collaborator with her husband David Roberts. Thomson is also known for her role as Gladys Presley in the biographical film ''Elvis Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the " King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His ener ...'' (2022). Filmography Film Television References External links * 21st-century Australian actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Mulvany
Kate Mulvany (born 24 February 1977) is an Australian actress, playwright and screenwriter. She works in theatre, television and film, with roles in ''Hunters '' (2020–2023), ''The Great Gatsby'' (2013), ''Griff the Invisible'' (2010) and ''The Final Winter'' (2007). She has played lead roles with Australian theatre companies as well as appearing on television and in film. In 2004 she won the Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award for ''The Seed''. In 2017, she won the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play for her role in ''Richard 3''. Career Mulvany has played Cassius, Lady Macbeth, and was lauded for her performance as Richard III in which she revealed her real-life spinal disability. Her adaptation of Craig Silvey’s novel ''Jasper Jones'' has been performed in Perth by Barking Gecko Theatre Company, in Sydney by Belvoir St Theatre, and in Melbourne by the Melbourne Theatre Company. In 2015 it was shortlisted for the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting, New Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helpmann Award For Best Male Actor In A Play
The Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Play is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) (the trade name for the Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA)), an employers' organisation which serves as the peak body in the live entertainment and performing arts industries in Australia. The accolade is handed out at the annual Helpmann Awards, which celebrates achievements in musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre. This is a list of winners and nominations for the Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Play. Winners and nominees *Source: See also *Helpmann Awards Notes :A: The character in '' The Christian Brothers'' is known as the "unnamed elderly Christian Brothers’ teacher" :B: In '' The Blue Room'' Marcus Graham portrayed the male characters: Fred, Anton, Charles, Robert, Malcolm. :C: '' Gulpilil'' is an autobiographical stage production, where David Gulpilil played himse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helpmann Award For Best Female Actor In A Play
The Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play is an award presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) (the trade name for the Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA)), an employers' organisation which serves as the peak body in the live entertainment and performing arts industries in Australia. The accolade is handed out at the annual Helpmann Awards, which celebrates achievements in musical theatre, contemporary music, comedy, opera, classical music, theatre, dance and physical theatre. Cate Blanchett has the most wins in this category with four, for ''Hedda Gabler'', ''Uncle Vanya'', '' Gross und Klein (Big and Small)'' and ''The Maids''. Winners and nominees In the following list winners are listed first and marked in gold, in boldface, and the nominees are listed below with no highlight. *Source: See also *Helpmann Awards Notes :A: Caroline O'Connor played six characters in the play ''Bombshells'': Meryl Davenport, Tiggy Entwhistle, Mary O’Donnel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kip Williams
Kip Williams is an Australian theatre and opera director. Williams is the current Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company. His appointment at age 30 made him the youngest artistic director in the company's history. Biography Williams has been a resident artist with Sydney Theatre Company (STC) since 2012. He was appointed Directing Associate in 2012 by then Artistic Directors Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton. He was then appointed Resident Director in 2013, before being named Artistic Director and Co-CEO in November 2016. Williams won the 2015 Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play for his production of Tennessee Williams's ''Suddenly Last Summer'' for Sydney Theatre Company. He won the 2016 Green Room Award for Best Director for his production of ''Miss Julie'' for Melbourne Theatre Company. He won the 2018 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Director for his production of ''The Harp in the South'' for Sydney Theatre Company. He won the 2021 Sydney Theatre Award for Best Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eamon Flack
Eamon Flack is an Australian theatre director. He is Artistic Director of Belvoir (theatre company), Belvoir, a theatre company in Sydney's Surry Hills. Flack, who grew up in Darwin, Northern Territory, was encouraged towards a career in theatre by actor Bille Brown when studying at the University of Queensland, where Brown was an adjunct professor. Flack studied acting at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Flack become Literary Manager and later Associate Director at Belvoir, before being appointed Artistic Director from 2016. Two productions Flack directed for Belvoir have won Helpmann Award for Best Play, Best Play at the Helpmann Awards, ''Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Angels in America'' in 2014 and ''The Glass Menagerie'' in 2015. He was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2016 for Belvoir's production of ''Ivanov''. Flack was credited as associate writer of ''Counting and Cracking'', written by S. Shakthi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Performing Lines
Performing Lines is an Australian performing arts producer and presenter. It was established in 1990 as a successor to the Australian Content department of the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust, it was established by actress Wendy Blacklock Wendy Blacklock AM (born 20 January 1932) is an Australian-born retired theatre actress and theatrical entrepreneur, radio and television actress, comedienne, producer, writer, singer, dancer and choreographer who has appeared in numerous perfo ..., who also served as general manager. Performing Lines presents national and international tours of innovative Australian performing arts. Productions (selected) *The Theft of Sita *The Seven Stages of Grieving *Shadows and Objects for Meditation *Same, Same but Different *Wolf Lullaby References {{reflist External linksOfficial website Theatre in Australia 1990 establishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
