Helpmann Awards 2015: Bogan-gate no barrier for Leo Schofield as Sydney sweeps pool

By Louise Rugendyke
Updated July 29 2015 - 12:25pm, first published July 27 2015 - 10:30pm
Hugo Weaving won best actor his role as the tyrant Hamm in Sydney Theatre Company's <i>Endgame</i>. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti
Hugo Weaving won best actor his role as the tyrant Hamm in Sydney Theatre Company's <i>Endgame</i>. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti
Hugo Weaving won best actor his role as the tyrant Hamm in Sydney Theatre Company's <i>Endgame</i>. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti
Hugo Weaving won best actor his role as the tyrant Hamm in Sydney Theatre Company's <i>Endgame</i>. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti
Caroline O'Connor (centre) won best actress in a musical for the Opera Australia/John Frost production of the musical <i>Anything Goes</i>, which also won best musical. Photo: Jim Lee
Caroline O'Connor (centre) won best actress in a musical for the Opera Australia/John Frost production of the musical <i>Anything Goes</i>, which also won best musical. Photo: Jim Lee
Hugo Weaving won best actor his role as the tyrant Hamm in Sydney Theatre Company's <i>Endgame</i>. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti
Hugo Weaving won best actor his role as the tyrant Hamm in Sydney Theatre Company's <i>Endgame</i>. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti
Hugo Weaving won best actor his role as the tyrant Hamm in Sydney Theatre Company's <i>Endgame</i>. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti
Hugo Weaving won best actor his role as the tyrant Hamm in Sydney Theatre Company's <i>Endgame</i>. Photo: Lisa Tomasetti

He was at the centre of a cultural spat over "bogans and third-generation morons", but Leo Schofield had the last laugh at the Helpmann Awards, with an opera from his Brisbane Baroque festival beating Opera Australia to the coveted best opera award.

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