The 19th Annual

Helpmann Awards The Helpmann Awards are accolades for live entertainment and performing arts in Australia, presented by industry group Live Performance Australia (LPA) since 2001. The annual awards recognise achievements in the disciplines of musical theatre ...

for live performance in Australia was held across two nights; the Curtain Raiser Ceremony on 14 July 2019 and the Awards Ceremony on 15 July 2019 at the

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. Nominations were announced on 12 June 2019. Major winners of the awards included cross-cultural play '' Counting & Cracking'' (seven awards including Best Play and Best New Australian Work), Indigenous musical '' Barbara and the Camp Dogs'' (four awards including Best Musical and Best Original Score) and opera ''

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(three awards including Best Opera).

Recipients and nominations

Theatre

Musicals

Opera and Classical Music

Dance and Physical Theatre

Contemporary Music

Other

Industry

Lifetime Achievement

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References

Helpmann Awards

2019 awards in Australia

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