Helpmann Award for Best Presentation for Children

Helpmann Award for Best Presentation for Children
Country	Australia
Presented by	Live Performance Australia (LPA)
First awarded	2002
Currently held by	Robot Song - Arena Theatre Company (2019)
Website	helpmannawards.com.au

The Helpmann Award for Best Presentation for Children is an award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2001.^[1]

The award recognises excellence in live performance created especially for children and young persons up to the age of 18 years.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and marked in a separate colour, in boldface. Nominees are listed below with no highlight.

Year	Title	Production company(ies)
2002 (2nd)	Hi-5 Alive	International Concert Attractions, Kids Like Us Productions and Channel 9
	Mad, Bad and Spooky	Sydney Festival and Theatre of Image
	Mice – A Cheesy Little Musical	Barking Gecko Theatre Company
	The Sign of the Seahorse	Playbox and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
2003 (3rd)	Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Fish	Windmill Performing Arts
	Aesop and His Fables	Barking Gecko Theatre Company
	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Malcolm C. Cookie & Associates
	Out of the Blue	Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
2004 (4th)	The Happy Prince	Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image
	H2O - A Fantastical Voyage	Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
	Hidden Dragons	Barking Gecko Theatre Company
	Santa's Kingdom	David Atkins Enterprises, Garry Van Egmond Enterprises and International Concert Attractions
2005 (5th)	Riverland
	Gamegirl	Arena Theatre Company
	Possum Magic - The Musical	Garry Ginivan Attractions in association with the Arts Centre
	The Red Tree
2006 (6th)	'Stella and the Moon Man'	Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image with Sydney Theatre Company and Australian Youth Orchestra
	The Green Sheep	Windmill Performing Arts
	Rabbit	Buzz Dance Theatre
	Space Magic	Hi-5 Productions
2007 (7th)	**Jackie French's Hitler's Daughter**	Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People
	The Adventures of Snugglepot & Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom	Windmill Performing Arts and Company B in association with Sydney Festival, Perth International Arts Festival & Adelaide Festival Centre
	Emily Loves to Bounce!	Patch Theatre Company
	The Fairies Live on Stage	Andrew Kay & Associates, GGA & ABC
2008 (8th)	Mr McGee and the Biting Flea	Patch Theatre Company
	My Grandma lived in Gooligulch	Gooligulch Productions in association with Garry Ginivan Attractions
	Hoods	Real T.V.
	Cat	Windmill Performing Arts
2009 (9th)	The Promise	The Flying Fruit Fly Circus
	Angelina's Star Performance performed by the English National Ballet	The Arts Centre
	The Clockwork Forest	Windmill and Brink Productions
	Just Macbeth!	Bell Shakespeare
2010 (10th)	Thursday's Child	Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People
	The Wizard of Oz	Windmill Theatre
	The Shape of a Girl	Sydney Opera House
	The Book of Everything	Company B Belvoir and Kim Carpenter's Theatre of Image
2011 (11th)	Me and My Shadow	Patch Theatre Company
	GRUG	Windmill Theatre and Queensland Performing Arts Centre
	Dinosaur Petting Zoo	Erth Visual & Physical Inc. presented by Ten Days on the Island
	Wombat Stew	Garry Ginivan Attractions in association with Regional Arts Victoria
2012 (12th)	Boats	Terrapin Puppet Theatre
	White	Arts Centre Melbourne, Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Festival Centre, Windmill Theatre Company and Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
	The Red Tree	Barking Gecko Theatre Company and Perth International Arts Festival
	Statespeare	shake & stir theatre co
2013 (13th)	School Dance	Windmill Theatre
	Cautionary Tales for Children	Arena Theatre Company
	The Yard	CAPTIVATE and Shaun Parker & Company
	How High the Sky	Polyglot Theatre
2014 (14th)^[3]
	Pinocchio	Windmill Theatre and State Theatre Company of South Australia
	Storm Boy	Barking Gecko Theatre Company and Sydney Theatre Company
	Miss Ophelia	Arts Centre Melbourne and Sydney Opera House
	The House Where Winter Lives	Punchdrunk and Perth International Arts Festival
	Wulamanayuwi & the Seven Pamanui	Darwin Festival and Performing Lines
2015 (15th)^[4]
	The Rabbits	An Opera Australia and Barking Gecko Theatre Company co- production. In association with West Australian Opera. Commissioned by Perth International Arts Festival and Melbourne Festival
	Pete The Sheep	Monkey Baa Theatre Company
	Hans Christian, You Must Be an Angel	Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne
	Carnival of the Animals	Circa and QPAC's Out of the Box Festival
2016 (16th)^[5]
	Bambert's Book of Lost Stories	Barking Gecko Theatre Company
	The Young King	Slingsby Theatre Company
	Oddysea	Sensorium Theatre and Performing Lines WA
	ROALD DAHL'S Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts	shake & stir theatre co
2017 (17th)^[6]
	Jump First, Ask Later	Powerhouse Youth Theatre and Force Majeure
	In a Deep Dark Forest	The Inhabitors and Arts Centre Melbourne
	Cerita Anak (Child's Story)	Polyglot Theatre and Papermoon Puppet Theatre, presented by Arts Centre Melbourne and Asia TOPA
	New Owner	The Last Great Hunt
2018 (18th)^[7]
	Emil and the Detectives	Slingsby
	JUNK	Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Sydney Opera House and the Arts Centre Melbourne
	Tetris	DreamBIG Children's Festival 2017, Adelaide Festival Centre and Arch 8
	The Secret Life of Suitcases	Arts Centre Melbourne, Ailie Cohen Puppet Maker and the Unicorn Theatre, London
2019 (19th)^[8]
	Robot Song	Arena Theatre Company
	Wolfgang's Magical Musical Circus	Circa
	Baba Yaga	Windmill Theatre Company and Imaginate
	A Call to Dance	Amrita Hepi and Performing Lines

References

^ "About". Helpmann Awards. Live Performance Australia. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
^ "Helpmann Award Rules as at 31 March 2017" (PDF). helpmannawards.com.au. Live Performance Australia. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
^ "2014 Nominees and Winners | Helpmann Awards". www.helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "2015 Nominees and Winners | Helpmann Awards". www.helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "2016 Nominees and Winners | Helpmann Awards". www.helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "2017 Nominees and Winners | Helpmann Awards". www.helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "2018 Nominees and Winners | Helpmann Awards". www.helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
^ "2019 Nominees and Winners | Helpmann Awards". www.helpmannawards.com.au. Retrieved 16 July 2019.