| JC Williamson Award | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | In recognition of "individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the Australian live entertainment and performing arts industry and shaped the future of our industry for the better." |
| Country | Australia |
| Presented by | Live Performance Australia (LPA) |
| First awarded | 1998 |
| Website | Website |
The JC Williamson Award (formally known as the James Cassius Williamson Award), is an lifetime achievement award presented annually as a sector of the Helpmann Awards, governed by Live Performance Australia.
The awards are named after the American actor, who became Australia's foremost pioneering leading theatre entrepreneur James Cassius Williamson
The board of directors of the JC William Awards committee elects recipients who are members of the performing arts, art administrators, entrepreneurs, members of the media, playwrights, theatre producers, directors and politicians [1]
In 2020 and 2021, the awards where cancelled due to COVID-19, but it was announced in May 2021, that recipients will be awarded for the 2020 season. [2]
The awards are a lifetime achievement award in recognition with the incitement of "individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the Australian live entertainment and performing arts industry and shaped the future of our industry for the better", the award is the highest honour the LPA can bestow. [3] [4]
| Year | Recipient(s) | Occupation | Ref(s) | |
| 1998 | Edna Edgley Kenn Brodziak | Edna Edgley - Theatre entrepreneur Kenn Brodzik - Concert promotor, producer, artist manager | [5] | |
| 1999 | Googie Withers John McCallum | Googie Withers - Stage and screen actress, dancer John McCallum- theatre, film and TV actor and television producer | [5] | |
| 2000 | Award not given | |||
| 2001 | Ruth Cracknell | Actress, comedienne and author | [5] | |
| Clifford Hocking | Impresario and festival director | [5] | ||
| 2002 | Kevin Jacobsen | Concert promotor, former musician | [5] | |
| Graeme Murphy | Dancer/Choreographer | [5] | ||
| 2003 | Wendy Blacklock John Robertson | Wendy Blacklock Actress, theatre entrepreneur John Robertson - Producer | [5] | |
| 2004 | John Farnham | Singer | [5] | |
| John Sumner | Founder and director of the Melbourne Theatre Company | [5] | ||
| 2005 | Dame Joan Sutherland David Williamson | (Dame) Joan Sutherland Coloratura Soprano David Williamson - Playwright, dramatist | [6] | |
| 2006 | John Clark | Director | [7] | |
| Graeme Bell | Musician | |||
| 2007 | Dame Margaret Scott | Dancer/Choreographer, teacher, administrator | [8] | |
| Barry Tuckwell | Musician | |||
| 2008 | Sue Nattrass | Performer | [9] | |
| Barry Humphries | Actor and comedian | |||
| 2009 | John Bell | Actor, theatrical impresario | [10] | |
| Michael Gudinski | Entertainment promotor, founder of Mushroom Records | |||
| 2010 | Tony Gould | Queensland performing artsdirector | [11] | |
| Brian Nebenzahl | ||||
| 2011 | Jill Perryman Toni Lamond Nancye Hayes |
| [12] | |
| 2012 | Jimmy Little Katharine Brisbane | Jimmy Little - Country singer/musician Katharine Brisbane - Journalist | [13] | |
| 2013 | Kylie Minogue David Bleckinsop | Kylie Minogue - Singer and actress David Bleckinsop | [15] | [16] |
| 2014 | John Frost | Producer | [17] | |
| 2015 | Paul Kelly | Musician, singer-songwriter | [18] | |
| 2016 | Stephen Page | Artistic director | [ citation needed ] | |
| 2017 | Richard Tognetti | Musician | [ citation needed ] | |
| 2018 | Robyn Archer Reg Livermore Robyn Nevin Archie Roach Jim Sharman |
| [ citation needed ] | |
| 2019 | Kev Carmody | Singer-songwriter, Musician | [19] | |
| 2020 | Deborah Cheetham, David McAllister | Cheetham (Indigenous Australian soprano, actress, composer and playwright) McAllister (German Australian Politician) | [2] | |
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