The Helpmann Award for Best Cabaret Performer is an award, presented at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2010. It recognises excellence in cabaret performance in Australia by a performer and/or group in a work created or co-created by the performer/group.
Winners and nominees
Source:
Year Performer(s) Production 2010(10th) iOTA Smoke and Mirrors Moira Finucane The Burlesque Hour Meow Meow Meow to the World: Crisis is Born (Again) Paul Capsis, Martin Martini, Le Gateau Chocolat, Lady Carol, Christine Johnston and Simone Page Jones A Company of Strangers 2011(11th) Eddie Perfect Misanthropology Moira Finucane (with Maude Davey, Caroline Lee, Paul Cordeiro, Toni Lamond, Shirley Cattunar, Brian Lucas, Sosina Wogayehu, Derek Ives, Azaria Universe, Harriet Ritchie, Holly Durant, Lily Paskas, Carolyn Connors, Lois Olney, Yumi Umiumare, David Pidd, Margaret Dobson and Yvette Coppersmith) Finucane and Smith's Carnival of Mysteries Ursula Yovich Magpie Blues Paul Capsis Paul Capsis - Make Me a King 2012(12th) Meow Meow Little Match Girl Trevor Ashley Diamonds are for Trevor Moira Finucane, with Rhonda Burchmore, Deborah Conway, Die Roten Punkte, Pamela Rabe, Phillip Adams' BalletLab, Meow Meow, Vika and Linda Bull, Kamahi Djordon King as Constantina Bush & The Bushettes, Sosina Wogayehu and Burlesque Hour artistes Maude Davey, Holly Durant and Harriet Ritchie Finucane & Smith's Burlesque Hour LOVES Melbourne Caroline Nin Hymne A Piaf 2013(13th) Robyn Archer Robyn Archer in Concert: QUE RESTE-T-IL? Tommy Bradson The Men My Mother Loved Christopher Green TINA C: Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word Mark Nadler I'm A Stranger Here Myself 2014(14th) Sarah Ward Yana Alana Between the Cracks Jerick Hoffer (as Jinkx Monsoon) The Vaudevillians starring Jinkx Monsoon Lady Rizo Lady Rizo Tommy Bradson REG 2015(15th)Camille O'SullivanCamille O'Sullivan - ChangelingDavid Campbell & John BucchinoDavid Campbell Sings John BucchinoBeccy Cole and Libby O'DonovanThe Cowgirl and The ShowgirlKim SmithNova Noir 2016(16th)Michael GriffithsColeMichaela Burger and Greg WainExposing EdithAlan CummingAlan Cumming Sings Sappy SongsPhil ScottReviewing the Situation 2017(17th)Hope Haami, Juanita Duncan, Ofa Fotu, Crystal Stacey, Alexis West, Ghenoa Gela, Lisa Fa'alafi and Kim 'Busty Beatz' BowersHot Brown HoneyJimmy BarnesWorking Class Boy: An Evening of Stories & SongsBetty GrumbleGrumble: Sex Clown Saves the WorldSven RatzkeStarman 2018(18th)Taylor Mac A 24-Decade History of Popular Music Reuben Kaye Journey to the Centre of AttentionQueenie van de Zandt BLUE: The Songs Of Joni Mitchell Briefs Ensemble Briefs: Close Encounters 2019(19th)Ali McGregor Yma Sumac — The Peruvian Songbird Michaela Burger A Migrant's Son Libby O'Donovan Kate Leigh — The Worst Woman in Sydney Dickie Beau Re-Member Me
See also Helpmann Awards
References
External links The official Helpmann Awards website