Helpmann Award for Best Play
The Helpmann Award for Best Play is a theatre award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001.[1] The award is for a production of a play, which may be a new work or a revival of an existing work. This is a list of winners and nominations for the Helpmann Award for Best Play.
| Helpmann Award for Best Play | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Play |
| Location | Australia |
| Presented by | Live Performance Australia |
| Currently held by | Counting & Cracking (2019) |
| Website | HelpmannAwards.com.au |
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour.
2000s
2010s
| Year | Title | Production compan(y/ies) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 (10th) | ||
| Richard III | Melbourne Theatre Company | |
| August: Osage County | Melbourne Theatre Company | |
| Happy Days | Malthouse Theatre | |
| The Book of Everything | Company B Belvoir and Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image | |
| 2011 (11th) | ||
| The Wild Duck | Belvoir | |
| The Diary of a Madman | Belvoir | |
| Uncle Vanya | Sydney Theatre Company and Bell Shakespeare | |
| Do not go gentle | fortyfivedownstairs | |
| 2012 (12th) | ||
| Ganesh Versus the Third Reich | Back to Back Theatre, Malthouse Theatre and Melbourne Festival | |
| Neighbourhood Watch | Belvoir | |
| The Boys | Griffin Theatre Company and Sydney Festival | |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Melbourne Theatre Company | |
| 2013 (13th) | ||
| The Secret River | Sydney Theatre Company, The Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, Sydney Festival, The Centenary of Canberra, Perth International Arts Festival | |
| Medea | Belvoir and Australian Theatre for Young People | |
| Death of a Salesman | Belvoir | |
| Hedda Gabler | State Theatre Company of South Australia | |
| 2014 (14th) | ||
| Angels in America | Belvoir | |
| Roman Tragedies | Toneelgroep Amsterdam presented by Adelaide Festival in association with Adelaide Festival Centre | |
| The Shadow King | Malthouse Theatre in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals (Adelaide Festival, Brisbane Festival, Melbourne Festival, Perth International Arts Festival and Sydney Festival) | |
| Waiting for Godot | Sydney Theatre Company | |
| 2015 (15th) | ||
| The Glass Menagerie | Belvoir | |
| Calpurnia Descending | Malthouse Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company | |
| Suddenly Last Summer | Sydney Theatre Company | |
| Endgame | Sydney Theatre Company | |
| 2016 (16th) | ||
| The Bleeding Tree | Griffin Theatre Company | |
| North by Northwest | Melbourne Theatre Company and Kay + McLean Productions by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures | |
| Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster | Performing Lines and Nicola Gunn | |
| Prize Fighter | La Boite Theatre Company and Brisbane Festival | |
| 2017 (17th) | ||
| The Drover's Wife | Belvoir | |
| Jasper Jones | Melbourne Theatre Company | |
| Once in Royal David's City | Queensland Theatre and Black Swan State Theatre Company | |
| Things I Know To Be True | State Theatre Company of South Australia and Frantic Assembly | |
| 2018 (18th) | ||
| The Children | Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company | |
| The Irresistible | Side Pony Productions and The Last Great Hunt | |
| The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man | Malthouse Theatre | |
| Black is the New White | Sydney Theatre Company | |
| The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui | Sydney Theatre Company | |
| Laser Beak Man | Brisbane Festival, La Boite Theatre Company and Dead Puppet Society in association with PowerArts | |
| 2019 (19th)[4][5] | ||
| Counting and Cracking | Belvoir and Co-Curious | |
| Blackie Blackie Brown: The Traditional Owner of Death | Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre | |
| The Harp in the South: Part One and Part Two | Sydney Theatre Company | |
| Song for a Weary Throat | Rawcus | |
| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts One and Two) | Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, and Michael Cassel | |
| The Second Woman | Nat Randall and Anna Breckon and Performing Lines |
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See also
References
- "About". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- "Nominees". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia. Archived from the original on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- "Pandora Archive 2001 Helpmann Awards Nominees". Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA). Pandora Archive. Archived from the original on 18 July 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- "2019 Nominees and Winners | Helpmann Awards". www.helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- "2019 Helpmann Awards Act II presented". Limelight. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
External links
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