Belvoir triumphs at Helpmann Awards as Harry Potter snubbed

Culturally diverse stories and Aboriginal artists triumphed at Act II of the 2019 Helpmann Awards on Monday night.
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Eamon Flack, Vicky Gordon, Sue Donnelly, Alana Valentine, S. Shakthidaran, Elaine Crombie and Ursula Yovich celebrate Belvoir’s multiple wins at the Helpmanns. Photo credit: Getty Images.

Despite multiple nominations, including Best Production of a Play, theatrical juggernaut Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two took home only a single Helpmann Award this week – for Neil Austin’s lighting design – after a split ceremony held over two nights at Arts Centre Melbourne.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts