| 2008 Helpmann Award Winners |
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Best Costume Design Julie Lynch Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show Howard Panter and Paul Dainty for Rocky Horror Australia and Star City Best Scenic Design Dan Potra Dead Man Walking Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions Best Lighting Design Rick Fisher Billy Elliot the Musical Universal Pictures Stage Entertainment, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions Best Sound Design Gareth Fry Black Watch National Theatre of Scotland, presented by Sydney Festival & Perth International Arts Festival and Brisbane Powerhouse Best Regional Touring Production Keating! Company B Best Special Event The Choir of Hard Knocks Sydney Opera House and Australian Broadcasting Corporation Best Original Score Barrie Kosky The Tell-Tale Heart Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne International Arts Festival Best Music Direction Stephen Amos Billy Elliot the Musical Universal Pictures Stage Entertainment, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions Best Performance in a Classical Concert Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Classical Connections - Sir Charles Returns Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Best Choreography in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production Tanja Liedtke Construct Presented by Sydney Festival Best Choreography in a Musical Peter Darling Billy Elliot the Musical Universal Pictures Stage Entertainment, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions Best Direction of an Opera John Cox Arabella Opera Australia Best Direction of a Musical Stephen Daldry in association with Julian Webber Billy Elliot the Musical Universal Pictures Stage Entertainment, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions Best Direction of a Play Neil Armfield Toy Symphony Company B Best Visual or Physical Theatre Production Mortal Engine Chunky Move presented by Sydney Festival Best Contemporary Music Festival Womadelaide Womadelaide Foundation Best Australian Contemporary Concert Crowded House The Frontier Touring Company Best International Contemporary Concert Björk On The Steps Of The Sydney Opera House Presented by Sydney Festival Best Male Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera James Egglestone Little Women State Opera of South Australia/State Theatre Company of SA Best Female Performer in a Supporting Role in an Opera Emma Matthews Arabella Opera Australia Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play Russell Dykstra Toy Symphony Company B Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play Julie Forsyth Exit The King Company B and Malthouse Theatre Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Shane Jacobson Guys and Dolls Ambassador Theatre Group, Shows Inc, Marriner Theatres and Tulchin/Bartner Productions Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Sharon Millerchip Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror Show Howard Panter and Paul Dainty for Rocky Horror Australia and Star City Best Classical Concert Presentation Opera In The Park - Madama Butterfly West Australian Opera Best Presentation for Children Mr McGee and the Biting Flea Patch Theatre Company Best New Australian Work Michael Gow Toy Symphony Company B Best Comedy Performer David Collins & Shane Dundas The Umbilical Brothers - Don't Explain A-List Entertainment Best Male Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production Paul White Construct Presented by Sydney Festival Best Female Dancer in a Dance or Physical Theatre Production Sara Black Glow Chunky Move and Melbourne International Arts Festival Best Male Performer in an Opera Teddy Tahu Rhodes Dead Man Walking Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions Best Female Performer in an Opera Cheryl Barker Arabella Opera Australia Best Male Actor in a Play Richard Roxburgh Toy Symphony Company B Best Female Actor in a Play Leah Purcell The Story Of The Miracles at Cookie's Table Griffin Theatre Company and HotHouse Theatre Best Performance in an Australian Contemporary Concert David Campbell David Campbell - The Swing Sessions 2 Caplice Management, Luckiest Productions and The Harbour Agency Best Male Actor in a Musical Lochlan Denholm, Nick Twiney, Rarmian Newton, & Rhys Kosakowski Billy Elliot the Musical Universal Pictures Stage Entertainment, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions Best Female Actor in a Musical Genevieve Lemon Billy Elliot the Musical Universal Pictures Stage Entertainment, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions Best Ballet or Dance Work Glow Chunky Move and Melbourne International Arts Festival Best Opera Arabella Opera Australia Best Play Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Company B Best Musical Billy Elliot the Musical Universal Pictures Stage Entertainment, Working Title Films and Old Vic Productions |
