{"id":1318,"date":"2019-07-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/"},"modified":"2019-07-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T00:00:00","slug":"major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Winners At 2019 Helpmann Awards Include Moving Story Of A Sri-Lankan Australian Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tale of Sri Lankan-Australian family has taken centre stage at the 19th annual Helpmann Awards, alongside the works of Indigenous singer-songwriter Kev Carmody.<\/p>\n<p>The event celebrates Australia&#8217;s live entertainment and performing arts industry with the awards presented at Melbourne&#8217;s Art Centre on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Belvoir and Co-Curious\u2019 Counting and Cracking won seven gongs at the awards including best production of a play, best new Australia work and best direction of a play.<\/p>\n<p>The multilingual play follows a family from Colombo in the 1950s, through the Sri Lankan civil war, until they arrive in western Sydney in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>Play writer Shakthi Shakthidharan said the industry wasn&#8217;t set-up for shows like his.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This industry is not set-up to make these kinds of shows happen. If we want to be an Australia that asks people to limit themselves to fit in then we diminish our collective imagination,&#8221; he said, accepting a gong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we want to be an Australia that asks us to expand and present our full selves and we can help fulfil the potential this country can be, and I hope Counting and Cracking is beginning with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indigenous singer-songwriter Kev Carmody, whose works are ingrained in Australian culture, won the JC Williamson Award for his outstanding contribution to the live performance industry.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Thank you to the Helpmann organisation for the recognition&nbsp; of our ancient oral tradition. I accept this award on behalf of that recognition as well as all Indigenous people,&#8221; Carmody said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Awards were handed out in the categories of comedy, cabaret, contemporary music, musicals, opera, classical music, theatre and ballet, dance and physical theatre.<\/p>\n<p>The play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child&#8217;s Neil Austin won best lighting design.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n  <img data-original=https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tumblr_mmj2ygghmy1sn129eo2_500-3.gif alt=\"Image result for lumos gif\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" \/>\n  <noscript><img src=https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tumblr_mmj2ygghmy1sn129eo2_500-3.gif alt=\"Image result for lumos gif\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" ><\/noscript>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Ali McGregor won her first best cabaret performer gong while Tara Jade Samaya won the title of best female dancer on the night among the accolades.<\/p>\n<p>Comedian Susie Youssef and SA State Theatre&#8217;s Mitchell Butel hosted the awards with performances from the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the Victorian Opera, the Australian Ballet and the Bangarra dance group.<br><br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<br><br \/>\n\t<strong>Full list of Helpmann Award winners for 2019 :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best ballet &#8211; Aurum, The Australian Ballet<\/li>\n<li>Best choreography in a ballet, dance or physical theatre production &#8211; Antony Hamilton, Forever &amp; ever, Sydney Dance Company<\/li>\n<li>Best dance production &#8211; The Beginning of Nature, Australian Dance Theatre<\/li>\n<li>Best female dancer in a ballet, dance or physical theatre production &#8211; Tara Jade Samaya, Common Ground, Chunk Move<\/li>\n<li>Best male dancer in a ballet, dance or physical theatre production &#8211; Waangenga Blanco, Dark Emu, Bangarra Dance Theatre<\/li>\n<li>Best visual or physical theatre production &#8211; Out of Chaos&#8230; , Gravity &amp; Other Myths<\/li>\n<li>Best cabaret performer &#8211; Ali McGregor, Yma Sumac &#8211; The Peruvian Songbird, Adelaide Festival Centre&#8217;s Adelaide Cabaret Festival<\/li>\n<li>Best comedy performer &#8211; Hannah Gadsby, Douglas, A Token Event<\/li>\n<li>Best Australian contemporary concert &#8211; Tim Minchin and Live Nation Australasia, Back<\/li>\n<li>Best contemporary music festival &#8211; Museum of Old and New Art, MONA FOMA 2019<\/li>\n<li>Best international contemporary concert &#8211; David Byrne and Frontier Touring, American Utopia Tour 2018<\/li>\n<li>Best costume design &#8211; Gabriela Tylesova, Twelfth Night, Melbourne Theatre Company<\/li>\n<li>Best lighting design &#8211; Neil Austin, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Parts One and Two), Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, and Australian Executive Producer, Michael Cassel<\/li>\n<li>Best music direction &#8211; Erin Helyard, Artaserse, Pinchgut Opera<\/li>\n<li>Best new Australian work &#8211; Shakthi Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack, Counting and Cracking, Belvoir &amp; Co-Curious<\/li>\n<li>Best original score &#8211; Ursula Yovich, Alana Valentine and Adm Ventoura, Barbara and the Camp Dogs, Belvoir in association with Vicki Gordon Music Productions Pty Ltd<\/li>\n<li>Best scenic design &#8211; Dale Ferguson, Counting and Cracking, Belvoir &amp; Co-Curious<\/li>\n<li>Best sound design &#8211; Stefan Gregory, Counting and Cracking, Belvoir &amp; Co-Curious<\/li>\n<li>Best special event &#8211; Dark MOFO 2018, MONA<\/li>\n<li>Best choreography in a musical &#8211; Malik Le Nost &amp; Mitchell Woodcock, Saturday Night Fever, John Frost in Association with Robert Stigwood<\/li>\n<li>Best direction of a musical &#8211; Francesca Zambello, Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: West Side Story, Opera Australia<\/li>\n<li>Best female actor in a musical &#8211; Ursula Yovich, Barbara and the Camp Dogs, Belvoir in association with Vicki Gordon Music Productions Pty Ltd<\/li>\n<li>Best female actor in a supporting role in a musical &#8211; Elaine Crombie, Barbara and the Camp Dogs, Belvoir in association with Vicki Gordon Music Productions Pty Ltd<\/li>\n<li>Best male actor in a musical &#8211; Brent Hill, School of Rock Musical, GWB Entertainment and S&amp;Co in association with Kham Inc by arrangement with the Really Useful Group Ltd<\/li>\n<li>Best male actor in a supporting role in a musical &#8211; Tony Sheldon &#8211; Roald Dahl&#8217;s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The New Musical, John Frost, Craig Donnell, Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Langley Park Productions and Neal Street Productions<\/li>\n<li>Best musical &#8211; Barbara and the Camp Dogs, Belvoir in association with Vicki Gordon Music Productions Pty Ltd<\/li>\n<li>Best chamber and\/or instrumental ensemble concert &#8211; Gabrieli Consort &amp; Players, Purcell&#8217;s King Arthur, Melbourne Recital Centre and State Opera of South Australia<\/li>\n<li>Best direction of an opera &#8211; Barrie Kosky &amp; Suzanne Andrade, Komische Oper Berlin&#8217;s The Magic Flute, Adelaide Festival and Perth Festival by arrangement with Arts Projects Australia<\/li>\n<li>Best female in a supporting role in an opera &#8211; Taryn Fiebig, Metamorphosis, Opera Australia<\/li>\n<li>Best female performer in an opera &#8211; Lise Lindstrom, Salome, Opera Australia<\/li>\n<li>Best individual classical music performance &#8211; Asher Fisch, Tristan und Isolde, West Australian Symphony Orchestra<\/li>\n<li>Best male in a supporting role in an opera &#8211; Tom Erik Lie, Komische Oper Berlin&#8217;s The Magic Flute, Adelaide Festival and Perth Festival by arrangement with Arts Projects Australia<\/li>\n<li>Best male performer in an opera &#8211; Michael Honeyman, Wozzeck, Opera Australia<\/li>\n<li>Best opera &#8211; Komische Oper Berlin&#8217;s The Magic Flute, Adelaide Festival and Perth Festival by arrangement with Arts Projects Australia<\/li>\n<li>Best symphony orchestra concert &#8211; Tristan und Isolde, West Australian Symphony Orchestra<\/li>\n<li>Best presentation for children and young people &#8211; Robot Song, Arena Theatre Company<\/li>\n<li>Best regional touring production &#8211; Bennelong, Bangarra Dance Theatre<\/li>\n<li>Best direction of a play &#8211; Shakthi Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack, Counting and Cracking, Belvoir &amp; Co-Curious<\/li>\n<li>Best female actor in a play &#8211; Kate Mulvany, Every Brilliant Thing, Belvoir<\/li>\n<li>Best female actor in a supporting role in a play &#8211; Vaishnavi Suryaprakash, Counting and Cracking, Belvoir &amp; Co-Curious<\/li>\n<li>Best male actor in a play &#8211; Prakash Belawadi, Counting and Cracking, Belvoir &amp; Co-Curious<\/li>\n<li>Best male actor in a supporting role in a play &#8211; Paul Blackwell, Faith Healer, A Belvoir Production presented by State Theatre Company South Australia<\/li>\n<li>Best production of a play &#8211; Counting and Cracking, Belvoir &amp; Co-Curious<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: AAP.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Images: Helpmann Awards.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And more!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-1318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Major Winners At 2019 Helpmann Awards Include Moving Story Of A Sri-Lankan Australian Family - Smooth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Major Winners At 2019 Helpmann Awards Include Moving Story Of A Sri-Lankan Australian Family\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"And more!&nbsp;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smooth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-16T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/helpmann_awards-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Krisinda Merhi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Krisinda Merhi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Krisinda Merhi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/93780907ceeb7394ce383936d9f00b87\"},\"headline\":\"Major Winners At 2019 Helpmann Awards Include Moving Story Of A Sri-Lankan Australian Family\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/\"},\"wordCount\":1124,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Stage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/\",\"name\":\"Major Winners At 2019 Helpmann Awards Include Moving Story Of A Sri-Lankan Australian Family - Smooth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-16T00:00:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Major Winners At 2019 Helpmann Awards Include Moving Story Of A Sri-Lankan Australian Family\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/\",\"name\":\"Smooth FM\",\"description\":\"Your Feel Good Station\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Smooth\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Smooth FM\",\"alternateName\":\"Smooth\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/smooth-logo-fb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/smooth-logo-fb.jpg\",\"width\":690,\"height\":388,\"caption\":\"Smooth FM\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/93780907ceeb7394ce383936d9f00b87\",\"name\":\"Krisinda Merhi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/43dbb852770dcf9a659561c7c30f363b1d0b93b30249dad391b65c52b47f55dd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/43dbb852770dcf9a659561c7c30f363b1d0b93b30249dad391b65c52b47f55dd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Krisinda Merhi\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/author\/kmerhi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Major Winners At 2019 Helpmann Awards Include Moving Story Of A Sri-Lankan Australian Family - Smooth","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Major Winners At 2019 Helpmann Awards Include Moving Story Of A Sri-Lankan Australian Family","og_description":"And more!&nbsp;","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/","og_site_name":"Smooth","article_published_time":"2019-07-16T00:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/helpmann_awards-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Krisinda Merhi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Krisinda Merhi","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/"},"author":{"name":"Krisinda Merhi","@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/93780907ceeb7394ce383936d9f00b87"},"headline":"Major Winners At 2019 Helpmann Awards Include Moving Story Of A Sri-Lankan Australian Family","datePublished":"2019-07-16T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-16T00:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/"},"wordCount":1124,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Stage"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/","name":"Major Winners At 2019 Helpmann Awards Include Moving Story Of A Sri-Lankan Australian Family - Smooth","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-07-16T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-16T00:00:00+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/major-winners-2019-helpmann-awards-include-moving-story-sri-lankan-australian-family\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Major Winners At 2019 Helpmann Awards Include Moving Story Of A Sri-Lankan Australian Family"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/","name":"Smooth FM","description":"Your Feel Good Station","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Smooth","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#organization","name":"Smooth FM","alternateName":"Smooth","url":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/smooth-logo-fb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/smooth-logo-fb.jpg","width":690,"height":388,"caption":"Smooth FM"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/93780907ceeb7394ce383936d9f00b87","name":"Krisinda Merhi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/43dbb852770dcf9a659561c7c30f363b1d0b93b30249dad391b65c52b47f55dd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/43dbb852770dcf9a659561c7c30f363b1d0b93b30249dad391b65c52b47f55dd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Krisinda Merhi"},"url":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/author\/kmerhi\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/helpmann_awards-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318"},{"taxonomy":"geo_market","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/geo_market?post=1318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}