The 2017 Helpmann Award nominations have been announced. Jimmy Barnes is up for a Cabaret award, Springsteen and Patti Smith are competing for Best International Concert and Dame Julie Andrews may win a Director award if ‘My Fair Lady’ can beat ‘The Book of Mormon’.
The 2017 Helpmann Awards will be held at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre on the set of Kinky Boots.
In calling out Australia’s “fickle Prime Minister” and his government’s ignorance of the contribution of the Arts to the Australian economy Live Performance Australia Chief Executive, Evelyn Richardson said, “This year has been a remarkable year for live performances in Australia reflecting a vibrant industry with more than 18 million people attending shows across the country and ticket revenues of $1.4 billion”.
“Over the past seventeen years, the Helpmann Awards have received over 10,000 entries and announced 2,600 Nominations, which further illustrates the scale of the live performance industry in Australia. We are thrilled to be announcing on 24 July a further 42 winners to add to the existing 550 Helpmann Awards alumni.”
The awards will be announced in Sydney on 24 July. The event will be broadcast live on Foxtel Arts and streamed live via foxtelarts.com.au.
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
BEST AUSTRALIAN CONTEMPORARY CONCERT
DEBORAH CONWAY & WILLY ZYGIER WITH QPAC, NFSA, ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE, THEATRE ROYALE, MARGARET RIVER CULTURAL CENTRE & STUDIOVICTOR
The Beginning & The End
QPAC, NFSA, Arts Centre Melbourne, Theatre Royale, Margaret River Cultural Centre & StudioVictor
FLUME, FUTURE CLASSIC, CHUGG ENTERTAINMENT AND LANEWAY PRESENTS
Flume
Laneway Presents, Chugg Entertainment and Future Classic
MISSY HIGGINS AND FRONTIER TOURING
Missy Higgins Orchestral Concert Series 2016
Frontier Touring
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS AND BILLIONS AUSTRALIA
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Billions Australia
BEST CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL
MONA FOMA 2017
Museum of Old and New Art
ST. JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL 2017
Lunatic Entertainment and Laneway Presents
THE 28TH ANNUAL BLUESFEST BYRON BAY The 28th Annual Bluesfest Byron Bay
WOMADELAIDE 2017
Womadelaide Foundation
< strong>BEST INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY CONCERT</ strong>
ADELE AND LIVE NATION AUSTRALASIA
Adele Live 2017
Live Nation Australasia
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND AND FRONTIER TOURING
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band – Summer ‘17
Frontier Touring
PATTI SMITH AND BLUESFEST TOURING
Patti Smith and her Band Australian Tour 2017
Bluesfest Touring
PJ HARVEY AND BILLIONS AUSTRALIA
PJ Harvey
Billions Australia
CABARET
BEST CABARET PERFORMER</ strong>
BETTY GRUMBLE
Grumble: Sex Clown Saves the World
Don’t Be Lonely
JIMMY BARNES
Working Class Boy: An Evening of Stories & Songs
Frontier Touring and in Association with Premier Artists
MATERHARERE HOPE HAAMI, JUANITA DUNCAN, OFA FOTU, CRYSTAL STACEY, LISA FA’ALAFI AND KIM ‘BUSTY BEATZ’ BOWERS
Hot Brown Honey
Arts Centre Melbourne and Sydney Opera House in Association with Briefs Factory Presents
SVEN RATZKE
Starman
Adelaide Festival Centre’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Release Creative
MUSICALS
< strong>BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL</ strong>
CASEY NICHOLAW
Aladdin
Disney Theatrical Productions (Australia)
JERRY MITCHELL
Kinky Boots
MICHAEL CASSEL by special arrangement with DARYL ROTH and HAL LUFTIG
JULIE ANDREWS
My Fair Lady
Opera Australia and John Frost
TREY PARKER AND CASEY NICHOLAW
The Book of Mormon
ANNE GAREFINO, SCOTT RUDIN, IMPORTANT MUSICALS, JOHN FROST, Roger Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Jean Doumanian, Roy Furman, Stephanie P. McClelland, Kevin Morris, Jon B. Platt, Sonia Friedman Productions
Tickets for the 17th Annual Helpmann Awards are available now from Ticketmaster.
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