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6th Helpmann Awards
Date	31 July 2006
Location	Lyric Theatre, Sydney
Hosted by	Simon Burke
Television/radio coverage
Network	Fox8

The 6th Annual Helpmann Awards for live performance in Australia were held on 31 July 2006 at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney.

Winners and nominees

In the following tables, winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. The nominees are listed below the winner and not in boldface.

Theatre

Best Play	Best Direction of a Play
Stuff Happens – Company B presented by Company B and Newtheatricals in association with Lunchbox Theatricals Away – Queensland Theatre Company Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? – State Theatre Company of South Australia Le Dernier Caravanserail – Melbourne International Arts Festival and Theatre du Soleil	Marion Potts – Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Declan Donnellan – Twelfth Night (Chekhov International Festival in co-operation with Cheek by Jowl presented by Sydney Festival) Ariane Mnouchkine – Le Dernier Caravanserail Simon Phillips – King Lear (Melbourne Theatre Company)
Best Female Actor in a Play	Best Male Actor in a Play
Caroline O'Connor – End of the Rainbow (Ensemble Productions) Jennifer Flowers – Doubt (Sydney Theatre Company) Victoria Longley – Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Leah Purcell – Stuff Happens	Greg Stone – Stuff Happens Stephen Dillane – Macbeth (Arts Projects Australia and Adelaide Festival of Arts) Marcus Graham – Oedipus the King (Queensland Theatre Company) Robert Menzies – Julius Caesar (Sydney Theatre Company)
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play	Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play
Alison Bell – Doubt Michaela Cantwell – Honk If You Are Jesus (State Theatre Company of South Australia) Anne Looby – The Peach Season (Griffin Theatre Company) Belinda McClory – The Odyssey (Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Black Swan Theatre Company and the Perth International Arts Festival)	Russell Dykstra – Stuff Happens Cameron Goodall – Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Hamish Michael – Two Brothers (Melbourne Theatre Company & Sydney Theatre Company) Frank Whitten – Julius Caesar

Musicals

Best Musical
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Melbourne Theatre Company Dusty: The Original Pop Diva – Dusty Productions Fiddler of the Roof – TML Enterprises Menopause the Musical – McPherson Ink
Best Direction of a Musical	Best Choreography in a Musical
Simon Phillips – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Stuart Maunder – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva Robyn Nevin – Summer Rain (Sydney Theatre Company) Gary Young – Menopause the Musical	Ross Coleman – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva Ross Coleman – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Andrew Hallsworth – Leader of the Pack (Crown and Leader Entertainment with newtheatricals) Andrew Hallsworth – Menopause the Musical
Best Female Actor in a Musical	Best Male Actor in a Musical
Tamsin Carroll – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva Amanda Harrison – Leader of the Pack Marina Prior – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Magda Szubanski – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee	David Campbell – Sunset Boulevard (The Production Company) David Campbell – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Ian Stenlake – Oklahoma! (The Production Company) Topol – Fiddler on the Roof
Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical	Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Christen O'Leary – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Alexis Fishman – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva Jodie Gillies – Summer Rain Deni Hines – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva	Tyler Coppin – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Mitchell Butel – Summer Rain Barry Crocker AM – Fiddler on the Roof Bert LaBonte – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Opera and Classical Music

Best Opera	Best Direction of an Opera
Flight – Adelaide Festival of Arts, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and State Opera of South Australia La Boheme – Opera Australia The Magic Flute – Opera Australia Romeo & Juliet – Opera Australia	John Cox – The Rake's Progress (Opera Australia) David Freeman – Nabucco (Opera Australia) Rachel McDonald – La Voix Humaine (Opera Australia) Simon Phillips – La Boheme
Best Female Performer in an Opera	Best Male Performer in an Opera
Emma Matthews – Lakmé (Opera Australia) Elizabeth Connell – Nabucco Rachelle Durkin – Rinaldo (Opera Australia) Emma Matthews – Romeo & Juliet	Philip Langridge – Death in Venice (Opera Australia) Teddy Tahu Rhodes – Don Giovanni (Opera Australia) David Walker – Flight
Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera	Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera
Catherine Carby – The Rake's Progress Amelia Farrugia – La Boheme Natalie Jones – La Boheme Nicole Youl – Carmen (West Australian Opera)	Peter Coleman-Wright – Death in Venice Joshua Bloom – The Rake's Progress Warwick Fyfe – The Magic Flute Graham Pushee – Rinaldo
Best Classical Concert Presentation	Best Performance in a Classical Concert
Tristan und Isolde – Queensland Music Festival and the Australian Youth Orchestra Brodsky Quartet – Sydney Festival Candide – Perth International Arts Festival Opera in Concert, Verdi's Otello – MSO	Lisa Gasteen – Tristan und Isolde (Queensland Music Festival and Australian Youth Orchestra) Diana Doherty – Bohemia Concert - Bohuslav Martinu - Concerto for oboe and small orchestra (Sydney Symphony) Rachelle Durkin – Candide (Perth International Arts Festival) Maestro Oleg Caetani – Opera in Concert, Verdi's Otello (MSO)

Dance and Physical Theatre

Best Ballet or Dance Work	Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production
Jiri – The Australian Ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream – West Australian Ballet An Evening of Works by Russell Maliphant – George Piper Dances presented by Sydney Festival I Want to Dance Better at Parties – Chunky Move presented by Sydney Festival	On the Case – Legs on the Wall Bright Abyss – La Compagnie du Hanneton presented by Sydney Festival PreTender – Buzz Dance Theatre
Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Work
Debra Batton and Mark Murphy – On the Case Felicity Bott – PreTender Russell Maliphant – An Evening of Works by Russell Maliphant Chrissie Parrott – A Midsummer Night's Dream
Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Work	Best Male Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Work
Lana Jones – JIRI (Forgotten Land) (The Australian Ballet) Rachel Rawlins – JIRI (Forgotten Land, Petite Mort) Leanne Mason – Rabbit (Buzz Dance Theatre) Danielle Rowe – The Sleeping Beauty (The Australian Ballet)	Daryl Brandwood – A Midsummer Night's Dream Michael Nunn – An Evening of Works by Russell Maliphant Remi Wortmeyer – JIRI (Forgotten Land) Paul Blackman – PreTender

Contemporary Music

Best Australian Contemporary Concert	Best Performance in an Australian Contemporary Concert
Boulevard Delirium – Malthouse Theatre in association with Schauspielhaus Vienna Broad – Maiden Australia Productions and Queensland Performing Arts Centre The Motown Show - Human Nature – The Harbour Agency Pannikin – Melbourne International Arts Festival and Marguerite Pepper Productions	Paul Capsis – Boulevard Delirium The Go-Betweens – Danger in the Past: The Story of the Go-Betweens (Sydney Festival) Delta Goodrem – Delta Goodrem: The Visualise Tour 2005 (Dainty Consolidated Entertainment) Andrew Tierney, Mike Tierney, Toby Allen, Phil Burton – The Motown Show - Human Nature
Best Contemporary Music Festival	Best International Contemporary Music Concert
The 17th Annual East Coast Blues and Roots Festival – Peter Noble, Chugg Entertainment, Talentworks and Definitive Events Apollo Bay Music Festival – Apollo Bay Music Festival Splendour in the Grass 2005 – Splendour in the Grass St Jeromes Laneway Festival – Rockin Roll Circus and Chugg Entertainment	Il Divo – Dainty Consolidated Entertainment Mariza – Sydney Festival Orion – Melbourne International Arts Festival and Pomegranate Arts Pat Metheny Trio – Adelaide Festival of Arts

Other

Best Presentation for Children	Best Comedy Performer
Stella and the Moon Man – Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image with Sydney Theatre Company and Australian Youth Orchestra The Green Sheep – Windmill Performing Arts Rabbit – Buzz Dance Theatre Space Magic – Hi-5 Productions	Colin Lane and Frank Woodley – Lano & Woodley - Goodbye (Token Events) David Collins & Shane Dundas – The Umbilical Brothers - The Rehearsal (A-List Entertainment) Judith Lucy – I Failed! (Token Events) Akmal Saleh – Akmal Live (A-List Entertainment)
Best Special Event
Festival Melbourne 2006 (Performing Arts Program) – Arts Projects Australia Il Cielo che Danza (The Dancing Sky) and The City of Bells – Adelaide Festival of Arts and Studio Festi Mazda's Opera in the Domain - Madama Butterfly – Opera Australia Red Shoe Delivery Service – Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Arts Centre and Red Shoe Delivery Service

Industry

Best New Australian Work
Garry Stewart – Garry Stewart and Louis-Philippe Demers' Devolution (Adelaide Festival of Arts, Australian Dance Theatre and Sydney Festival) Debra Batton (original concept) and Mark Murphy (story development) – On the Case Bruce Gladwin, Simon Laherty, Sonia Teuben, Genevieve Morris & Jim Russell (co-devisors) – Small Metal Objects (Back to Back Theatre and Melbourne International Arts Festival) Michael Smetanin – Sydney Symphony Contemporary Music Festival; Mysterium Cosmographicum (Sydney Symphony)
Best Original Score	Best Music Direction
Casey Bennetto – Keating! A country soul opera (Catherine Woodfield) Iain Grandage – The Drover's Wives (Steamworks Arts Production in association with Black Swan Theatre Company) Iain Grandage – The Odyssey Carl Polke – On the Case	Stephen Murphy – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva Roman Gottwald – Boulevard Delirium Ian McDonald – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Trevor Pinnock – Rinaldo
Best Scenic Design	Best Costume Design
Anna Tregloan – The Odyssey Shaun Gurton – King Lear Roger Kirk – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva Dave Jones – On the Case	Zoe Atkinson – The Odyssey Jennifer Irwin – Amalgamate (The Australian Ballet & Bangarra Dance Theatre) Leon Krasenstein – A Midsummer Night's Dream Nina Randall – Tempo Rouge (Dion & Randall Productions)
Best Lighting Design	Best Sound Design
Louis-Philippe Demers – Garry Stewart and Louis-Philippe Demers' Devolution Damien Cooper – Summer Rain Matt Scott – King Lear Paul Jackson – The Odyssey	Michael Waters – Dusty: The Original Pop Diva David Franzke – The Odyssey Max Lyandvert – Julius Caesar Michael O'Brien – PreTender

Lifetime Achievement

JC Williamson Award
Graeme Bell MBE AO John Clark AM

External links

• The official Helpmann Awards website