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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 A ... [...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, Victoria, Southbank in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It was designed by architect Roy Grounds, 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, Melbourne, 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 O ... [...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 Thorne, J. K. Rowling, and John Tiffany. The plot occurs nineteen years after the events of Rowling's novel ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''. It follows Albus Severus Potter, the second son of Harry Potter, who is now Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic. When Albus arrives at Hogwarts, he gets sorted into Slytherin, and fails to live up to his father's legacy, making him resentful of his father. Rowling has referred to the play as "the eighth Harry Potter story". From its premiere, ''Harry Potter and the Cursed Child'' has received mostly positive reviews from critics for its performances, story, illusions, and stage wizardry, though reception from the ''Harry Potter'' fan community was more polarized. The original West End production premiered at the Palace Theatre on 7 June 2016. It received a record-breaking eleven nomination ... [...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 Compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melita Jurisic
Melita Jurisic is an Australian actress. Jurisic was born in Croatia and migrated to Australia with her family at age five. She began her career as part of the Lighthouse Company (Playhouse) in Adelaide. Career Screen, stage and music Jurisic's screen roles include a lead (as Dr. Eva) in the ABC TV series '' Something in the Air'', playing the title character in the 1987 film '' The Tale of Ruby Rose'', the 1986 TV movie ''Hunger'', Croatian film '' Transatlantik'' in 1998, 1997's '' The Sound of One Hand Clapping'', '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' '' Bordertown'' and '' The Petrov Affair''. She is also known for her role as Dr. Magda in the television series ''The Flying Doctors''. Her stage roles are numerous, and include ''Macbeth'' with the Sydney Theatre Company in 2014, ''I Am A Miracle'' at the Malthouse in 2015 and '' Three Sisters'' at the Sydney Opera House in 2001. Internationally she appeared in a number of Barrie Kosky's productions at Schauspielhaus Wien in Vienna, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Stuart (Schiller Play)
''Mary 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 Gaetano Donizetti, Donizetti's opera ''Maria Stuarda'' (1835). Synopsis Mary Stuart is imprisoned in England — nominally for the murder of her husband Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Darnley, but actually due to her claim to the throne of England held by Queen Elizabeth I of England, 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, 1st Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley, the Earl of Leicester, a letter from Mary, in which she pleads for help. This is a delicate situation, fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Thomson (actress)
Helen Thomson is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Gladys Presley in the biographical film ''Elvis (2022 film), Elvis'' (2022). Career 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 (film), 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 (Australian actor), David Roberts. Thomson portrayed the role of Gladys Presley, the mother of Austin Butler's character, in the biographical film ''Elvis (2022 film), Elvis'' (2022). In 2024, Thomson appeared in Belvoir St's ''August: Osage County.'' She also has roles in Australian television series ''Colin from Accounts'' and in 2025 she would appear in Foxtel series ''The Last Anniversary''. In 2025, Thomson appeared in Spit (2025 film), ''Spit.'' Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Mulvany
Kate Maree Mulvany (born 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. She has won several awards, including the Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award for ''The Seed'' in 2004 and the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play for her role in ''Richard 3'' in 2017. Early life and education Kate Maree Mulvany was born in 1977 and grew up in Geraldton, Western Australia. Her father, Danny, had migrated to Australia as a "ten-pound Pom" from Nottingham in England. He was called up to fight in the Vietnam War when he was 22, despite not being an Australian citizen at that time, and developed PTSD from his experiences there. Her mother, Glenys, is a schoolteacher. She has a siste ... [...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 him ... [...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 Theatre, comedy, opera, classical music, Theatre play, theatre, dance and physical theatre. Cate Blanchett has the most wins in this category with four, for ''Hedda Gabler'', ''Uncle Vanya'', ''Big and Little, 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 (actress), Caroline O'Connor played six characters in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kip Williams
Kip Williams is an Australian director and writer of theatre and opera. Williams was Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company from 2016-2024. His appointment at age 30 made him the youngest artistic director in the company's history. Biography Williams first joined Sydney Theatre Company (STC) in 2012, when he was appointed Directing Associate by then Artistic Directors Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton. He was subsequently made Resident Director in 2013, before being named Artistic Director and Co-CEO in November 2016, a role in which he served until November 2024, marking 13 years with the company. Williams won the 2015 Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play for his STC production of Tennessee Williams's '' Suddenly Last Summer''. He has won the Green Room Award for Best Director twice, first in 2016 for his production of '' Miss Julie'' for Melbourne Theatre Company, and again in 2023 with STC's ''The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is a three-time winner of the Syd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eamon Flack
Eamon Flack is an Australian theatre director. He is the Artistic Director of 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 Best Play at the Helpmann Awards, ''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 the associate writer of '' Counting and Cracking'', written by S. Shakthidharan, which won both the Victorian Prize for Literature and the Victorian Premier's Prize for D ... [...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 (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. Blacklock has appeared in numerous ..., 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 of Australia 1990 establishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
