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Saul and The Drover’s Wife the big winners at Helpmann Awards

The 2017 Helpmann Awards were presented tonight in Sydney; here’s a complete list of award winners.

24 Jul 2017 12:00

Richard Watts

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Leah Purcell in The Drover’s Wife. Photo by Brett Boardman.

Adelaide Festival’s production of Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s Saul (presented in association with State Opera of South Australia, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and the Adelaide Festival Centre) and Leah Purcell’s adaptation of The Drover’s Wife at Belvoir were the big winners at tonight’s Helpmann Awards, taking home six awards and four awards respectively.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts