The Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer is an award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2006. [1]
Year | Performer(s) | Production |
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2006 (6th) | Colin Lane and Frank Woodley | Lano & Woodley – Goodbye |
2006 (6th) | Akmal Saleh | Akmal Live! |
Judith Lucy | I Failed! | |
David Collins & Shane Dundas | The Umbilical Brothers – The Rehearsal | |
2007 (7th) | Adam Hills | Adam Hills – Joymonger |
2007 (7th) | Akmal Saleh | Akmal Live! |
Fiona O'Loughlin | N/A | |
Tom Gleeson | Tom On! | |
2008 (8th) | David Collins & Shane Dundas | The Umbilical Brothers – Don't Explain |
2008 (8th) | Frank Woodley | Possessed |
Julia Morris | Shoosh Please! | |
Ross Noble | N/A | |
2009 (9th) | Tim Minchin | Tim Minchin – Ready For This? |
2009 (9th) | Adam Hills | Adam Hills – Inflatable |
Judith Lucy | Judith Lucy's Not Getting Any Younger | |
Julia Morris | "Don't you know who I use to be?" | |
2010 (10th) | Wil Anderson | Wil Anderson – Wilful Misconduct |
2010 (10th) | Kitty Flanagan | Charming and Alarming |
Fiona O'Loughlin | On a Wing and A Prayer | |
Hannah Gadsby | Hannah Gadsby – The Cliff Young Shuffle | |
2011 (11th) | Denise Scott | Regrets |
2011 (11th) | Hannah Gadsby | Mrs Chuckles |
Tom Gleeson | Up Himself | |
Wil Anderson | Man vs Wil | |
2012 (12th) | Tim Minchin | Tim Minchin vs The Orchestras Round II |
2012 (12th) | Wil Anderson | Wilarious |
Judith Lucy | Nothing Fancy | |
Sam Simmons | About the Weather | |
2013 (13th) | Julia Morris | No Judgement |
2013 (13th) | Kitty Flanagan | Hello Kitty Flanagan |
Hannah Gadsby | Happiness is a Bedside Table | |
Wil Anderson | GoodWil | |
2014 (14th) | Sam Simmons | Death Of A Sails-Man |
2014 (14th) | Ronny Chieng | Chieng Reaction |
Tom Gleeson | Quality | |
The Boy With Tape on His Face | More Tape | |
2015 (15th) | Judith Lucy | Ask No Questions of the Moth |
2015 (15th) | Ronny Chieng | You Don't Know What You're Talking About |
Nazeem Hussain | Legally Brown | |
Matt Okine | The Other Guy | |
Sam Simmons | Spaghetti for Breakfast | |
2016 (16th) | Tom Ballard | The World Keeps Happening |
2016 (16th) | Zoë Coombs Marr | Trigger Warning |
Doug Anthony Allstars – Paul McDermott, Tim Ferguson, Paul Livingston | Reunion. Rebirth | |
Julia Morris | I Don't Want Your Honest Feedback | |
2017 (17th) | Hannah Gadsby | Nanette |
2017 (17th) | Aunty Donna | Big Boys |
Tom Ballard | Problematic | |
Joel Creasey | Poser | |
Nazeem Hussain | Public Frenemy Nazeem Hussain | |
Sammy J | Hero Complex | |
2018 (18th) | Celia Pacquola | All Talk |
2018 (18th) | Urzila Carlson | Studies Have Shown |
Zoë Coombs Marr | Bossy Bottom | |
Anne Edmonds | Helen Bidou – Enter the Spinnaker Lounge | |
Colin Lane & Frank Woodley | Lano & Woodley – Fly | |
Julia Morris | Lift and Separate Golden Jubilee | |
Rhys Nicholson | Seminal |
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