Her Majesty's Theatre » spamalot http://www.hmt.com.au Melbourne's home to the world's greatest musicals Tue, 20 Jul 2010 07:59:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 CHICAGO AND SPAMALOT WIN HELPMANNS http://www.hmt.com.au/chicago-and-spamalot-win-helpmanns/ http://www.hmt.com.au/chicago-and-spamalot-win-helpmanns/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:24:07 +0000 jesse http://www.hmt.com.au/?p=923 Sharon Millerchip from Chicago The Musical, and Bille Brown from Monty Python’s Spamalot, have both won a coveted Helpmann Award, at a ceremony at the Sydney Opera House.

Sharon won in the category of Best Actress in a Musical, and Bille in the category of Best Actor in a Musical.

Her Majesty’s Theatre is incredibly proud to be the Melbourne home of both these productions.

For more information, visit the Helpmanns Award website.

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Monty Python’s Spamalot earned four nominations: Best Musical, Best Female Actor in a Musical (for Lucinda Shaw as Lady of The Lake), Best Male Actor in a Musical (for Bille Brown as King Arthur), and Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical (for Derek Metzger as Patsy). The upcoming production of Chicago The Musical also got three nods, for Damien Bermingham (Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical), Gina Riley (Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical), and Sharon Millerchip (Best Female Actor in a Musical).

Billy Elliot The Musical was the big winner at last year’s ceremony, picking up 7 awards, including Best Musical. Spamalot played 151 performances at HMT between November 2007 and April 2008. Chicago opens in Melbourne on 15 August.

This year’s winners will be announced  on Monday 27 July at the award ceremony held at the Sydney Opera House. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the Bio Channel on Foxtel.

Her Majesty’s Theatre congratulates all Helpmann nominees. A full list of nominations is available on the official website, www.helpmannawards.com.au

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