Helpmann Awards 2016 Creative
Musicals – Plays – Opera – Dance – Creative – Lifetime Awards
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Best Costume Design
Gabriela Tylesova – Ladies in Black – Queensland Theatre Company
Rob Howell – Matilda the Musical- RSC – WINNER *
Gabriela Tylesova – The Sleeping Beauty – The Australia Ballet
Jenny Tiramani – The Marriage of Figaro
Best Lighting Design
Hugh Vanstone – Ghost the Musical – Ambassador Theatre Group
Hugh Vanstone – Matilda the Musical – RSC WINNER *
Paul Jackson – Picnic at Hanging Rock – Malthouse Theatre & Black Swan State Theatre Company
Nick Schlieper – North by Northwest – Melbourne Theatre Company *
Best Music Direction
Isaac Hayward – Ladies in Black – Queensland Theatre Company
Nicolette Fraillon – The Sleeping Beauty – The Australian Ballet
Stephen Amos – Matilda the Musical – RSC * – WINNER
Iain Grandage, Lucky Oceans & Wayne Freer – Home – Perth International Arts Festival
Best New Australian Work
Future D Fidel – Prize Fighter – La Boite Theatre Company & Brisbane Festival
Carolyn Burns & Tim Finn with Simon Phillips – Ladies in Black WINNER – Queensland Theatre Company
Tom Wright – Picnic at Hanging Rock – Malthouse Theatre & Black Swan State Theatre Company
Dan Giovannoni and Luke Kerridge – Bambert’s Book of Lost Stories – Barking Gecko Theatre Company
Frances Rings, Deborah Brown and Waangenga Blanco – Lore – Bangarra Dance Theatre
Christopher Latham, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Garth Farr, Richard Nunns, Graeme Koehne AO, Peter Sculthorpe AO OBE, Elena Kats-Chernin, Kamran Ince, Ross Harris, Andrew Schultz, Ross Edwards and Demir Demirkan –
The Gallipoli Symphony – Dept of Veteran’s Affairs, Queensland Government, QPAC & Qantas Airways
Best Original Score
Tim Finn – Ladies in Black – Queensland Theatre Company
Tim Minchin – Matilda the Musical – RSC* – WINNER
Eddie Perfect – Songs From The Middle – Adelaide Festival Centre’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival
Roy David Page – Ochres – Bangarra Dance Theatre
Best Scenic Design
Gabriela Tylesova – The Sleeping Beauty – The Australian Ballet
Rob Howell – Matilda the Musical – WINNER – RSC*
Don Potra – Handa On Sydney Harbour – Turandot – Opera Australia
Nick Schlieper and Simon Phillips – North by Northwest – Melbourne Theatre Company*
Best Sound Design
Michael Waters – Fiddler on the Roof – Tim Lawson for TML Enterprises
Simon Baker – Matilda the Musical – WINNER – RSC*
Roy David Page – Ochres – Bangarra Dance Theatre
Ian McDonald – North by Northwest – Melbourne Theatre Company
* Matilda the Musical – The Royal Shakespeare Company and Louise Withers, Michael Coppel and Michael Watt with Chokey Productions, Just for Laughs Theatricals, Glass Half Full Productions, Paula Marie Black, Greenleaf Productions and Michael Lynch
