Helpmann Award for Best Cabaret Performer


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

YearPerformerProduction
2010
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2010
iOTASmoke and Mirrors
2010
Moira FinucaneThe Burlesque Hour
2010
Meow MeowMeow to the World: Crisis is Born
2010
Paul Capsis, Martin Martini, Le Gateau Chocolat, Lady Carol, Christine Johnston and Simone Page JonesA Company of Strangers
2011
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2011
Eddie PerfectMisanthropology
2011
Moira Finucane Finucane and Smith's Carnival of Mysteries
2011
Ursula YovichMagpie Blues
2011
Paul CapsisPaul Capsis - Make Me a King
2012
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2012
Meow MeowLittle Match Girl
2012
Trevor AshleyDiamonds are for Trevor
2012
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 RitchieFinucane & Smith's Burlesque Hour LOVES Melbourne
2012
Caroline NinHymne A Piaf
2013
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2013
Robyn ArcherRobyn Archer in Concert: QUE RESTE-T-IL?
2013
Tommy BradsonThe Men My Mother Loved
2013
Christopher GreenTINA C: Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
2013
Mark NadlerI'm A Stranger Here Myself
2014
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2014
Sarah WardYana Alana Between the Cracks
2014
Jerick Hoffer The Vaudevillians starring Jinkx Monsoon
2014
Lady RizoLady Rizo
2014
Tommy BradsonREG
2015
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2015
Camille O'SullivanCamille O'Sullivan - Changeling
2015
David Campbell & John BucchinoDavid Campbell Sings John Bucchino
2015
Beccy Cole and Libby O'DonovanThe Cowgirl and The Showgirl
2015
Kim SmithNova Noir
2016
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2016
Michael GriffithsCole
2016
Michaela Burger and Greg WainExposing Edith
2016
Alan CummingAlan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs
2016
Phil ScottReviewing the Situation
2017
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2017
Hope Haami, Juanita Duncan, Ofa Fotu, Crystal Stacey, Alexis West, Ghenoa Gela, Lisa Fa'alafi and Kim 'Busty Beatz' BowersHot Brown Honey
2017
Jimmy BarnesWorking Class Boy: An Evening of Stories & Songs
2017
Betty GrumbleGrumble: Sex Clown Saves the World
2017
Sven RatzkeStarman
2018
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2018
Taylor MacA 24-Decade History of Popular Music
2018
Reuben KayeJourney to the Centre of Attention
2018
Queenie van de ZandtBLUE: The Songs Of Joni Mitchell
2018
Briefs EnsembleBriefs: Close Encounters
2019
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2019
Ali McGregorYma SumacThe Peruvian Songbird
2019
Michaela BurgerA Migrant's Son
2019
Libby O'DonovanKate Leigh — The Worst Woman in Sydney
2019
Dickie BeauRe-Member Me