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  2019 HELPMANN AWARDS ACT I PRESENTED – THE FIRST 20 WINNERS AT THE 19TH ANNUAL HELPMANN AWARDS WERE ANNOUNCED TONIGHT, WITH COUNTING AND CRACKING TAKING HOME FOUR AWARDS – BY JO LITSON SOURCE: LIMELIGHT MAGAZINE For the first time since the foundation of the Helpmann Awards in 2001 by Live Performance Australia, the 2019 Helpmann Awards ceremony is being held in Melbourne rather than Sydney, with the announcement of the 43 awards taking place over two nights.The first 20 awards for best creative, designer and supporting actor roles were presented tonight at an intimate, industry-only cocktail hour event hosted by Robyn Archer. Vaishnavi Suryaprakash and Sukania Venugopal in Counting and Cracking. Photograph © Brett Boardman Counting and Cracking, the epic, new play by S. Shakthidharan, produced by Belvoir and Co-Curious, was the big winner of the evening with four awards. The play, which moves between 1956 and 2004, and takes place in ...