The Helpmann Award for Best Play is a theatre award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001.[1] The award is for a production of a play, which may be a new work or a revival of an existing work. This is a list of winners and nominations for the Helpmann Award for Best Play.
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2000s
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2010s
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| Year |
Title |
Production compan(y/ies) |
|---|
2010
(10th) |
| Richard III |
Melbourne Theatre Company |
| August: Osage County |
Melbourne Theatre Company |
| Happy Days |
Malthouse Theatre |
| The Book of Everything |
Company B Belvoir and Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image |
2011
(11th) |
| The Wild Duck |
Belvoir |
| The Diary of a Madman |
Belvoir |
| Uncle Vanya |
Sydney Theatre Company and Bell Shakespeare |
| Do not go gentle |
fortyfivedownstairs |
2012
(12th) |
| Ganesh Versus the Third Reich |
Back to Back Theatre, Malthouse Theatre and Melbourne Festival |
| Neighbourhood Watch |
Belvoir |
| The Boys |
Griffin Theatre Company and Sydney Festival |
| The Importance of Being Earnest |
Melbourne Theatre Company |
2013
(13th) |
| The Secret River |
Sydney Theatre Company, The Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals, Sydney Festival, The Centenary of Canberra, Perth International Arts Festival |
| Medea |
Belvoir and Australian Theatre for Young People |
| Death of a Salesman |
Belvoir |
| Hedda Gabler |
State Theatre Company of South Australia |
2014
(14th) |
| Angels in America |
Belvoir |
| Roman Tragedies |
Toneelgroep Amsterdam presented by Adelaide Festival in association with Adelaide Festival Centre |
| The Shadow King |
Malthouse Theatre in association with the Confederation of Australian International Arts Festivals (Adelaide Festival, Brisbane Festival, Melbourne Festival, Perth International Arts Festival and Sydney Festival) |
| Waiting for Godot |
Sydney Theatre Company |
2015
(15th) |
| The Glass Menagerie |
Belvoir |
| Calpurnia Descending |
Malthouse Theatre and Sydney Theatre Company |
| Suddenly Last Summer |
Sydney Theatre Company |
| Endgame |
Sydney Theatre Company |
2016
(16th) |
| The Bleeding Tree |
Griffin Theatre Company |
| North by Northwest |
Melbourne Theatre Company and Kay + McLean Productions by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures |
| Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster |
Performing Lines and Nicola Gunn |
| Prize Fighter |
La Boite Theatre Company and Brisbane Festival |
2017
(17th) |
| The Drover's Wife |
Belvoir |
| Jasper Jones |
Melbourne Theatre Company |
| Once in Royal David's City |
Queensland Theatre and Black Swan State Theatre Company |
| Things I Know To Be True |
State Theatre Company of South Australia and Frantic Assembly |
2018
(18th) |
| The Children |
Melbourne Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company |
| The Irresistible |
Side Pony Productions and The Last Great Hunt |
| The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man |
Malthouse Theatre |
| Black is the New White |
Sydney Theatre Company |
| The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui |
Sydney Theatre Company |
| Laser Beak Man |
Brisbane Festival, La Boite Theatre Company and Dead Puppet Society in association with PowerArts |
2019
(19th)[4][5] |
| Counting and Cracking |
Belvoir and Co-Curious |
| Blackie Blackie Brown: The Traditional Owner of Death |
Sydney Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre |
| The Harp in the South: Part One and Part Two |
Sydney Theatre Company |
| Song for a Weary Throat |
Rawcus |
| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts One and Two) |
Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, and Michael Cassel |
| The Second Woman |
Nat Randall and Anna Breckon and Performing Lines |
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