Mary Poppins Heads Helpmann Nominations

The Nominees for the 11^th Annual Helpmann Awards were announced simultaneously in Sydney and Melbourne tonight (July 4).

Heading the nominations were the big musical theatre productions running around the country. Mary Poppins led the nominations with 12 nominations, followed by Love Never Dies with 10 nominations, while Hairspray and Doctor Zhivago were tied on seven nominations each. The four musicals are competing for the title of Best Musical.

Anthony Warlow (Doctor Zhivago), David Harris (Wicked), Matt Lee (Mary Poppins) and Ben Lewis (Love Never Dies) are nominated for Best Male Actor in a Musical, while Jaz Flowers (Hairspray), Lucy Maunder (Doctor Zhivago), Jemma Rix (Wicked) and Verity Hunt-Ballard (Mary Poppins) have been nominated as Best Female Actor in a Musical.

The Sydney nomination ceremony, held in the foyer of the Capitol Theatre, was hosted by Jonathan Biggins, while Todd McKenney was MC for the Melbourne event. Amanda Muggleton, Garry Scale, Bobby Fox and Mitchell Butel announced the nominees across 41 categories.

The Helpmann Awards will be presented on Monday August 1, at the Sydney Opera House. It was announced tonight, that in a new agreement with Events NSW, the Helpmanns would be presented in Sydney for the next three years.

The Awards Ceremony will be broadcast live and exclusive on the arts channel STVDIO (Foxtel and Austar) from 8pm, with Red Carpet arrivals from 7.30pm.

The ceremony will include performances by the casts of Doctor Zhivago, Hairspray, Mary Poppins, Love Never Dies, as well as Slava and Leonard Grigoryan, Expressions Dance Theatre, STOMP and Opera Australia.

As previously announced, this year’s J C Williamson Award for lifetime contribution will go to three great J C Wiliamson leading ladies, Jill Perryman, Toni Lamond and Nancye Hayes.

In the dramatic stakes, Sydney’s Belvoir and Sydney Theatre Company dominated, with the STC’s Uncle Vanya and In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, and Belvoir’s Wild Duck, Measure for Measure and Diary of a Madman all scoring multiple nominations.

Cate Blanchett has been nominated for Best Female Actor in a Play in the Sydney Theatre Company's Uncle Vanya, competing with Ursula Yovich in Waltzing The Wilarra, Robyn Nevin in Long Day's Journey Into Night and Robin McLeavy in Measure For Measure.

Geoffrey Rush has been nominated for Best Male Actor in a Play in Diary Of A Madman, up against Richard Roxburgh in Uncle Vanya, Toby Schmitz in Much Ado About Nothing and Lucas Stibbard in boy girl wall.

Trevor Jones and James Pratt were also announced as joint winners of the Brian Stacey Award for Emerging Australian Conductors, with each to receive a grant of $3,500.

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2011 Helpmann Award Nominees

Scott Irwin
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live

Martin Crewes

Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman/Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts,Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran Productions

Philip Quast
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh

Simon Gleeson
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust

Esther Hannaford
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live

Alinta Chidzey
West Side Story
Michael Brenner for BB Promotion GmbH, Howard Panter for Ambassador Theatre Group, The Bartner Group, Norman Tulchin, Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and David Atkins Enterprises

Taneel Van Zyl
Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman/Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts,Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran Productions

Marina Prior
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh

John Bell
Uncle Vanya
Sydney Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare

Colin Moody
Measure for Measure
Belvoir

Anthony Phelan
The Wild Duck
Belvoir

Dennis Olsen
Entertaining Mr Sloane
State Theatre Company of South Australia

Helen Thomson
In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play
Sydney Theatre Company

Yael Stone
The Diary of a Madman
Belvoir

Anita Hegh
The Wild Duck
Belvoir

Ann Phelan
Do not go gentle
fortyfivedownstairs

Douglas McNicol
Aida
State Opera of South Australia

Kanen Breen
Partenope
Opera Australia

Andrew Collis
The Bear
Victorian Opera

Andrew Jones
La Boheme
Opera Australia

Elizabeth Campbell
Aida
State Opera of South Australia

Nicole Car
Carmen
Opera Australia

Emma Pearson
Der Rosenkavalier
Opera Australia

Dimity Shepherd
The Threepenny Opera
Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera

Denise Scott
Denise Scott Regrets
Token Events

Hannah Gadsby
Hannah Gadsby Mrs Chuckles
Token Events

Tom Gleeson
Tom Gleeson Up Himself
Token Events

Wil Anderson
Wil Anderson Man Vs Wil
Token Events

Eddie Perfect
Misanthropology
Sydney Festival

Moira Finucane with Maude Davey, Caroline Lee, Paul Cordeiro, Toni Lamond, Shirley Cattunar, Brian Lucas, Sosina Wogayehu, Derek Ives, Azaria Universe, Harriet Ritchie, Holly Durant, Lily Paskas, Carolyn Connors, Lois Olney, Yumi Umiumare, David Pidd, Margaret Dobson, Yvette Coppersmith
Finucane & Smith’s Carnival of Mysteries
Melbourne Festival

Ursula Yovich
Magpie Blues
Melbourne Festival

Paul Capsis
Paul Capsis – Make Me a King
the Arts Centre and Deborah Tobias Creative Management

Janet Hine
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live

Bob Crowley
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh

Gabriela Tylesova
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust

Tracy Grant Lord
In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play
Sydney Theatre Company

Bob Crowley
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh

Kim Carpenter
SNOW on MARS
Kim Carpenter’s Theatre of Image & Sydney Festival 2011

Gabriela Tylesova
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust

Brian Thomson
La Boheme
Opera Australia

Nick Schlieper
Baal
Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre

Howard Harrison
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh

Adam Silverman
Partenope
Opera Australia

Nick Schlieper
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust

Stefan Gregory
Baal
Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre

Peter Grubb
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh

Claire Brothers
U2 360 Tour
Live Nation in association with Michael Coppel

Mick Potter
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust

John Rodgers
Where the Heart Is
Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Alan John
The Diary of a Madman
Belvoir

Regurgitator
Akira
Sydney Opera House

David Milroy
Waltzing the Wilarra
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Lilli Paasikivi – Mahler Song of the Earth with the Sydney Symphony
Mahler Song of the Earth
Sydney Symphony

Stuart Skelton – Mahler Song of the Earth with the Sydney Symphony
Mahler Song of the Earth
Sydney Symphony

Sir Simon Rattle
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Sydney Opera House and the Perth Concert Hall

Cecilia Bartoli
Cecilia Bartoli
Sydney Opera House, UMCMP & Andrew McManus Presents

Garrick Ohlsson in recital as part of the Sydney Symphony International Pianists in Recital Series
Sydney Symphony

Scharoun Ensemble Berlin
Melbourne Recital Centre

Bach and Beyond
Australian Chamber Orchestra

The Rest is Noise
Australian Chamber Orchestra

The Creation
Academy of Ancient Music presented by Perth International Arts Festival

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Sydney Opera House and the Perth Concert Hall

Thomas Ades and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Melbourne Festival and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Britten’s War Requiem – Conducted by Tadaaki Otaka
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Ben Walsh
My Bicycle Loves You
Sydney Festival and Perth International Arts Festival present

Stephen Brooker and Michael Tyack
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh

Christian Curnyn
Partenope
Opera Australia

Guy Simpson
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust

Lachlan Philpott
Silent Disco
Griffin Theatre Company, Australian Theatre for Young People and Hothouse Theatre

Declan Greene
Moth
Malthouse Theatre & Arena Theatre Company

Finucane and Smith
Finucane and Smith’s Carnival of Mysteries
Melbourne Festival

Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Where the Heart Is
Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Tim Minchin & Sydney Symphony
Tim Minchin Vs Sydney Symphony
Sydney Symphony

Eddie Perfect
Songs from the Middle
Presented by Sydney Opera House, Produced & commissioned by ANAM in partnership with Melbourne Cabaret Festival

Me and My Shadow
Patch Theatre Company

GRUG
A Windmill Theatre and Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s Out of the Box Festival production

Dinosaur Petting Zoo
Erth Visual & Physical Inc. presented by Ten Days on the Island

Wombat Stew – A “Gooey Brewy Yummy Chewy” Aussie Musical for Families and Kids
Garry Ginivan Attractions in association with Regional Arts Victoria

Leonard Cohen @ Hanging Rock
Leonard Cohen and Frontier Touring Company

U2 360 Tour
U2 and Live Nation in association with Michael Coppel

Gorillaz ‘Plastic Beach’ Tour (Australia)
Gorillaz and Chugg Entertainment

Metallica World Magnetic Tour ‘10
Metallica and Michael Coppel Presents

Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens and Sydney Festival

MONA FOMA 2011
MONA – Museum of Old and New Art

Splendor In the Grass 2010
Village Sounds and Secret Service

Vivid Live 2010
Sydney Opera House

Byron Bay Bluesfest
Peter Noble

Mathinna
Bangarra Dance Theatre

Red Sky Morning
Red Stitch Actors Theatre and Performing Lines

Tuesdays With Morrie
Ensemble Productions

Untrained
Lucy Guerin Inc

The Church – “A Psychedelic Symphony” – 30^th Anniversary Concert – Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
The Church and International Music Concepts (IMC) in association with MAX

Akira
Regurgitator and Sydney Opera House

Powderfinger – Sunsets The Farewell Tour
Powderfinger and Secret Service & Village Sounds

Angus & Julia Stone “Down the Way Tour”
Angus & Julia Stone and International Music Concepts

Frances Rings
Artefact (of earth & sky)
Bangarra Dance Theatre

Natalie Weir
Where the Heart Is
Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Phillip Adams
Amplification
BalletLab and Phillip Adams (with C.U.B. Malthouse)

Akram Khan
Vertical Road
Melbourne International Arts Festival and Akram Khan Company

Jason Coleman
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live

Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh

Graeme Murphy
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust

Kelly Devine
Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman, Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran Productions

David Atkins
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live

Des McAnuff
Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman, Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts, Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran Productions

Richard Eyre and Matthew Bourne
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh

Simon Phillips
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust

Leigh Warren
Maria De Buenos Aires
State Opera of South Australia, Leigh Warren & Dancers

Michael Kantor
Threepenny Opera
Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera

Nigel Jamieson
La Fanciulla del West
Opera Australia

Christopher Alden
Partenope
Opera Australia

Wesley Enoch
Waltzing the Wilarra
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Benedict Andrews
Measure for Measure
Belvoir

Neil Armfield
The Diary of a Madman
Belvoir

Simon Stone
The Wild Duck
Belvoir

Paul White
In Glass
Sydney Opera House & Artful Management

Robert Curran
Madame Butterfly
The Australian Ballet

Stuart Shugg
Human Interest Story
Lucy Guerin Inc, Malthouse Melbourne and Perth International Arts Festival present

Richard Causer
Where the Heart Is
Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Kristina Chan
In Glass
Sydney Opera House & Artful Management

Lucinda Dunn
Cinderella
The Australian Ballet

Madeleine Eastoe
Halcyon
The Australian Ballet

Brooke Stamp
Amplification
BalletLab and Phillip Adams (with C.U.B. Malthouse)

Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Tosca
West Australian Opera

John Wegner
La Fanciulla del West
Opera Australia

John Bolton Wood
The Bear
Victorian Opera

Peter Coleman-Wright
The Marriage of Figaro
Opera Australia

Rachelle Durkin
La Sonnambula
West Australian Opera

Rinat Shaham
Carmen
Opera Australia

Patricia Racette
Madama Butterfly
Opera Australia

Emma Matthews
Partenope
Opera Australia

Anthony Warlow
Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman, Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts, Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran Productions

David Harris
Wicked
Marc Platt, David Stone, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt & John Frost

Matt Lee
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh

Ben Lewis
Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust

Jaz Flowers
Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live

Lucy Maunder
Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman, Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts, Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran Productions

Jemma Rix
Wicked
Marc Platt, David Stone, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt & John Frost

Verity Hunt-Ballard
Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh

Richard Roxburgh
Uncle Vanya
Sydney Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare

Geoffrey Rush
The Diary of a Madman
Belvoir

Toby Schmitz
Much Ado About Nothing
Bell Shakespeare

Lucas Stibbard
boy girl wall
A production by The Escapists, presented by La Boite

Ursula Yovich
Waltzing the Wilarra
Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company

Robyn Nevin
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Sydney Theatre Company and Artists Repertory Theatre

Cate Blanchett
Uncle Vanya
Sydney Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare

Robin McLeavy
Measure for Measure
Belvoir

Wunderkammer
Brisbane Festival Presents

Propaganda
Hothouse Theatre and Acrobat

Shanghai Lady Killer
Stalker Theatre presented by Brisbane Festival

Not in a Million Years
Force Majeure

Vertical Road
Melbourne Festival and Akram Khan Company

Where the Heart Is
Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre

Sutra
Co-presented by Sydney Opera House and Brisbane Festival

Amplification
BalletLab and Phillip Adams (with C.U.B. Malthouse)

Maria De Buenos Aires
State Opera of South Australia and Leigh Warren & Dancers

La Fanciulla del West
Opera Australia

Partenope
Opera Australia

The Threepenny Opera
Malthouse Theatre and Victorian Opera

Uncle Vanya
Sydney Theatre Company in association with Bell Shakespeare

Do not go gentle
fortyfivedownstairs

The Diary of a Madman
Belvoir

The Wild Duck
Belvoir

Hairspray
Paul Dainty, Dainty Group & Joel Pearlman, Roadshow Live

Doctor Zhivago
John Frost, Anita Waxman, Tom Dokton, Latitude Link, Power Arts, Chun-Soo Shin, Corcoran Productions

Mary Poppins
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh

Love Never Dies
The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific and Arts Capital Trust