5th Helpmann Awards
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The 5th Annual Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia were held on 8 August 2005 at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney.
The Sapphires by Tony Briggs, produced by Melbourne Theatre Company, was named Best Play and Best New Australian Work. The Australian production of Broadway musical The Producers received five awards including Best Musical. State Opera of South Australia's season of Wagner's Ring Cycle received ten awards including Best Opera and Best Special Event.
Winners and nominees
In the following tables, winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The nominees are those which are listed below the winner and not in boldface.
Theatre
Musicals
Opera and Classical Music
Dance and Physical Theatre
| Best Ballet or Dance Work | Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production |
|---|---|
| Shen Wei Dance Arts – Sydney Festival in association with Sydney Opera House Already Elsewhere – Sydney Festival Mr. B - A Tribute to George Balanchine – The Australian Ballet Shades of Gray – Sydney Dance Company | Compagnie Philippe Genty Vanishing Point – Arts Projects Australia The Lazy Kings – Sydney Festival Provenance – Melbourne International Arts Festival and Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes The Red Tree – Queensland Performing Arts Centre's Out of the Box Festival of Early Childhood Learning |
| Best Choreography in a Ballet or Dance Work | |
| Stephen Baynes – Unspoken Dialogues (Southern Lights) (The Australian Ballet) Graeme Murphy – Shades of Gray Shen Wei – Shen Wei Dance Arts Christopher Wheeldon – Continuum (Red Hot & New) (The Australian Ballet) | |
| Best Female Dancer in a Ballet or Dance Work | Best Male Dancer in a Ballet or Dance Work |
| Justine Summers – Unspoken Dialogues (Southern Lights) Wakako Asano – Shades of Gray Lucinda Dunn – Almost Tango (Red Hot & New) Lynette Wills – El Tango (Southern Lights) | Steven Heathcote – Unspoken Dialogues (Southern Lights) Joshua Consandine – Shades of Gray Dein Perry – Dein Perry's Tap Dogs (Michael Chugg Entertainment, Definitive Events and Back Row Productions in association with Dein Perry and Nigel Triffit) Brett Simon – Dangerous Liaisons - The Ballet (West Australian Ballet) |
Contemporary Music
| Best Australian Contemporary Concert | Best Performance in an Australian Contemporary Concert |
|---|---|
| Kura Tungar: Songs from the River - Ruby Hunter & Archie Roach – Melbourne International Arts Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre, Sydney Opera House and Australian Art Orchestra Missy Higgins – Harbour Agency Tales of Time and Space – Sydney Festival in association with International Concert Attractions, Andrew Kay & Associates and Sydney Opera House Women in Voice 14 – QPAC in association with Queensland Folk Federation and Annie Peterson | Kate Miller-Heidke – Women in Voice 14 Paul Grabowsky – Tales of Time and Space Missy Higgins – Missy Higgins Midnight Oil – WaveAid - the Tsunami Relief Concert (Michael Chugg Entertainment, Mark Pope Music and IMC) |
| Best Contemporary Music Festival | Best International Contemporary Music Concert |
| The 16th Annual East Coast International Blues and Roots Music Festival – Peter Noble, Michael Chugg Entertainment, Definitive Events and Talentworks Womadelaide Sounds of the Planet 2005 – WOMADelaide Foundation and managed by Arts Projects Australia and WOMAD Big Day Out 05 – Creative Festival Entertainment 13th Annual Apollo Bay Music Festival – Apollo Bay Music Festival Committee of Management | Bette Midler "Kiss My Brass" Tour – Garry Van Egmond, Michael Chugg and Jack Utsick Came So Far For Beauty: An Evening of Leonard Cohen Songs – Sydney Festival in association with International Concert Attractions, Andrew Kay & Associates and Sydney Opera House Eagles Farewell Tour Australia 2004 – The Frontier Touring Company k.d Lang in Concert with the Sydney Symphony – Dainty Consolidated Entertainment |
Other
| Best Presentation for Children | Best Special Event |
|---|---|
| Riverland Gamegirl – Arena Theatre Company Possum Magic - The Musical – Garry Ginivan Attractions in association with the Arts Centre The Red Tree | The Ring Cycle David Hare's Via Dolorosa – newtheatricals in association with Melbourne International Arts Festival, Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company Dein Perry's Tap Dogs 10th Anniversary Tour WaveAid - The Tsunami Relief Concert |
Industry
| Best New Australian Work | |
|---|---|
| Tony Briggs – The Sapphires David Brown – Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed John Haddock and Michael Campbell – Madeline Lee Ros Horin – Through the Wire (Performing Lines in association with Melbourne Theatre Company) | |
| Best Original Score | Best Music Direction |
| Tom Waits – The Black Rider Mel Brooks – The Producers Brett Collery – The Red Tree John Haddock – Madeline Lee | Asher Fisch – The Ring Cycle Ian McDonald – Urinetown, the Musical Tom Woods – Madeline Lee Peter Casey – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical |
| Best Scenic Design | Best Costume Design |
| Michael Scott-Mitchell – The Ring Cycle Richard Jeziorny – The Red Tree Robert Kemp – The Venetian Twins Robin Wagner – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical | Stephen Curtis – The Ring Cycle Robert Kemp – The Venetian Twins William Ivey Long – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical Tatiana Noginova – The Love For Three Oranges |
| Best Lighting Design | Best Sound Design |
| Matt Scott – Urinetown, the Musical Rachel Burke – Black Medea (Malthouse Theatre) Nick Schlieper – Hedda Gabler Nick Schlieper – The Ring Cycle | Max Lyandvert – Journal of the Plague Year Brett Collery – Eating Ice Cream With Your Eyes Closed Kingsley Reeve – Zastozzi the Master of Discipline (Black Swan Theatre Company and Wesfarmers Arts) John Scandrett and Nick Reich – The Producers - The New Mel Brooks Musical |