WHATSONSTAGE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The SPOTLIGHT Best Actress in a Play
 

• Helen McCrory – The Late Middle Classes at the Donmar Warehouse
• Jenny Jules – Ruined at the Almeida
• Kim Cattrall – Private Lives at the Vaudeville
• Nancy Carroll – After the Dance at the National, Lyttelton
• Tracie Bennett – End of the Rainbow at Trafalgar Studios
• Zoë Wanamaker – All My Sons at the Apollo

  The SPOTLIGHT Best Actor in a Play
   

• Benedict Cumberbatch – After the Dance at the National, Lyttelton
• David Suchet – All My Sons at the Apollo
• Matthew Macfadyen – Private Lives at the Vaudeville
• Rory Kinnear – Hamlet at the National, Olivier & Measure for Measure at the Almeida
• Simon Russell Beale – Deathtrap at the Noel Coward & London Assurance at the National, Olivier
• Toby Stephens – The Real Thing at the Old Vic

  Best Supporting Actress in a Play
   

• Clare Higgins – Hamlet at the National, Olivier
• Emma Cunniffe – The Crucible at the Open Air Theatre
• Fiona Shaw – London Assurance at the National, Olivier
• Harriet Walter – Women Beware Women at the National, Olivier
• Jemima Rooper – All My Sons at the Apollo
• Tamsin Greig – The Little Dog Laughed at the Garrick

  Best Supporting Actor in a Play
   

• Adam James – Blood & Gifts at the National, Lyttelton
• Adrian Scarborough – After the Dance at the National, Lyttelton
• Eddie Redmayne – Red at the Donmar Warehouse
• Lee Ross – Birdsong at the Comedy
• Nigel Lindsay – Broken Glass at the Tricycle
• Stephen Campbell Moore – All My Sons at the Apollo

  The BABY GRAND Best Actress in a Musical
   

• Anna-Jane Casey – Bells Are Ringing at the Union
• Elena Roger – Passion at the Donmar Warehouse
• Sheridan Smith – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
• Sierra Boggess – Love Never Dies at the Adelphi
• Tamzin Outhwaite – Sweet Charity at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Haymarket
• Victoria Hamilton-Barritt – Flashdance at the Shaftesbury

  The EMG Best Actor in a Musical
   

• Alex Gaumond – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
• John Owen-Jones – Les Misérables 25th anniversary production at the Barbican
• Mark Umbers – Sweet Charity at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Haymarket
• Michael Arden – Aspects of Love at the Menier Chocolate Factory
• Ramin Karimloo – Love Never Dies at the Adelphi
• Sahr Ngaujah – Fela! at the National, Olivier

  The NURSING STANDARD Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
   

• Hannah Waddingham – Into the Woods at the Open Air
• Jill Halfpenny – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
• Josefina Gabrielle – Sweet Charity at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Haymarket
• Rosalie Craig – Aspects of Love at the Menier Chocolate Factory
• Scarlett Strallen – Passion at the Donmar Warehouse
• Summer Strallen – Love Never Dies at the Adelphi

  Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
   

• Chris Ellis-Stanton – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
• Dave Willetts – Aspects of Love at the Menier Chocolate Factory
• Joseph Millson – Love Never Dies at the Adelphi
• Michael Xavier – Into the Woods at the Open Air
• Paul J Medford – Sweet Charity at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Haymarket
• Tim Newman – All the Fun of the Fair at the Garrick

  Best Ensemble Performance
   

• Hair – at the Gielgud
• Les Misérables 25th anniversary concert – the company of companies – at The O2
• Men Should Weep – at the National, Lyttelton
• Posh – at the Royal Court Downstairs
• When We Are Married – at the Garrick
• Women, Power & Politics – at the Tricycle

  The CAPITAL BREAKS Best Solo Performance
   

• Bob Golding – Morecambe at the Duchess
• Caroline O’Connor – The Showgirl Within at the Garrick
• Hugh Hughes – The Wonderful World of Hugh Hughes at the Barbican Pit
• Meera Syal – Shirley Valentine at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Trafalgar Studios 1
• Michael Gambon – Krapp’s Last Tape at the Duchess
• Simon Callow – Shakespeare - The Man from Stratford, Dr Marigold & Mr Chops at Riverside Studios

  The TAKE ONE MEDIA Best Takeover in a Role
   

• Ben Richards – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Palace
• Denise Van Outen – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
• Griff Rhys-Jones – Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Kerry Ellis – Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Lee Mead – Wicked at the Apollo Victoria
• Rachel Tucker – Wicked at the Apollo Victoria

  The OBERON BOOKS Best New Play
   

• Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton – at Shakespeare’s Globe
• Blood & Gifts by JT Rogers – at the National, Lyttelton
• Posh by Laura Wade – at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Red by John Logan – at the Donmar Warehouse
• Ruined by Lynn Nottage – at the Almeida
• Tribes by Nina Raine – at the Royal Court Downstairs

  Best New Comedy
   

• Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris – at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Midsummer by David Greig – at Soho
• Morecambe by Tim Whitnall – at the Duchess
• Really Old, Like Forty-Five by Tamsin Oglesby – at the National, Cottesloe
• The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane – at the Garrick
• Yes, Prime Minister by Antony Jay & Jonathan Lynn – at the Gielgud

  The SEE TICKETS Best New Musical
   

• All the Fun of the Fair by David Essex & Jon Conway – at the Garrick
• Departure Lounge by Dougal Irvine – at Waterloo East
• Fela! by Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Bill T Jones & Jim Lewis – at the National, Olivier
• Flashdance by Robbie Roth, Robert Cary & Tom Hadley – at the Shaftesbury
• Legally Blonde by Nell Benjamin, Laurence O'Keefe & Heather Hach – at the Savoy
• Love Never Dies by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater & Ben Elton – at the Adelphi

  The RADISSON EDWARDIAN Best Play Revival
   

• After the Dance – at the National, Lyttelton
• All My Sons – at the Apollo
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – at the Novello
• Deathtrap – at the Noel Coward
• Design for Living – at the Old Vic
• The Real Thing – at the Old Vic

  The AMBASSADOR THEATRE GROUP Best Musical Revival
   

• Bells Are Ringing – at the Union
• Hair – at the Gielgud
• Into the Woods – at the Open Air
• Les Misérables 25th anniversary production – at the Barbican
• Passion – at the Donmar Warehouse
• Sweet Charity – at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Theatre Royal Haymarket

  The SHAKESPEARE 4 KIDZ Best Shakespearean Production
   

• As You Like It – at the Old Vic
• Hamlet – at the National, Olivier
• Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 – at Shakespeare’s Globe
• Macbeth – at Shakespeare’s Globe
• Measure for Measure – at the Almeida
• The Comedy of Errors – at the Open Air

  The LAST SECOND TICKETS Best Director
   

• Howard Davies – All My Sons at the Apollo, The White Guard & Blood & Gifts at the National, Lyttelton
• Nicholas Hytner – Hamlet & London Assurance at the National, Olivier
• Roger Michell – Rope at the Almeida & Tribes at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Rupert Goold – Earthquakes in London at the National, Cottesloe
• Thea Sharrock – After the Dance at the National, Lyttelton
• Timothy Sheader – Into the Woods & The Crucible at the Open Air

  Best Set Designer
   

• Bunny Christie – Men Should Weep at the National, Lyttelton
• Joanna Scotcher – The Railway Children at Waterloo Station
• Miriam Buether – Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Downstairs & Earthquakes in London at the National, Cottesloe
• Morgan Large – Flashdance at the Shaftesbury
• Soutra Gilmour – Into the Woods at the Open Air
• Stephen Brimson-Lewis – An Ideal Husband at the Vaudeville

  The WHITE LIGHT Best Lighting Designer
   

• James Farncombe – Ghost Stories at the Lyric Hammersmith & Duke of York’s
• Neil Austin – The Prince of Homburg at the Donmar Warehouse & Women Beware Women at the National, Olivier
• Paul Keogan – Novecento, Donmar at Trafalgar Studios 2
• Paule Constable – Blasted at the Lyric Hammersmith, Posh at the Royal Court Downstairs & Love Never Dies at the Adelphi
• Peter Mumford – Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Rick Fisher – Tribes at the Royal Court Downstairs

  Best Choreographer
   

• Arlene Phillips – Flashdance at the Shaftesbury
• Bill T Jones – Fela! at the National, Olivier
• Jason Gilkison – Burn the Floor at the Shaftesbury
• Jerry Mitchell – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
• Karole Armitage – Hair at the Gielgud
• Stephen Mear – Shoes at Sadler’s Wells & Sweet Charity at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Theatre Royal Haymarket

  The DEWYNTERS London Newcomer of the Year
   

• Ali Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Burn the Floor at the Shaftesbury
• Anya Reiss (playwright) – Spur of the Moment at the Royal Court Upstairs
• Daniel Kaluuya – Sucker Punch at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Jacob Casselden – Tribes at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Jonathan Groff – Deathtrap at the Noel Coward
• Robyn Addison – The Rivals at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

  The LEICESTER SQUARE THEATRE Best Off-West End Production
   

• A Number – at the Menier Chocolate Factory
• Bells Are Ringing – at the Union
• La Bohème – at the Cock Tavern, Kilburn & Soho
• The Beauty Queen of Leenane – at the Young Vic
• The Drowsy Chaperone – at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
• The Wages of Thin – at the Old Red Lion

  Best Regional Production
   

• Hamlet – at Sheffield Crucible
• Chess – on tour
• Antony & Cleopatra – at the Liverpool Playhouse
• 42nd Street – at the Chichester Festival Theatre
• Lend Me a Tenor – at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth
• A Raisin in the Sun – at the Royal Exchange, Manchester

  The EQUITY Best West End Show
   

• Jersey Boys – at the Prince Edward
• Les Misérables – at the Queen’s
• Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – at the Palace
• The Phantom of the Opera – at Her Majesty’s
• War Horse – at the New London
• Wicked – at the Apollo Victoria

  The AKA Theatre Event of the Year
   

• Jellyfish, the UK’s first recycled theatre, built on a playground in Southwark
• Judi Dench returning to the role of Titania after 40 years for Sir Peter Hall in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Rose, Kingston
• Les Misérables’ 25th anniversary concert at The 02 & screened to cinemas worldwide
• The Donmar Warehouse’s “Sondheim at 80” concerts
• The relaunch of the King’s Head as London’s first new opera house in 40 years
• The transformation of the Eurostar terminal at Waterloo for The Railway Children

  Special mentions
   

• The launch of the Young Vic’s 40th anniversary season
• You Me Bum Bum Train at the Barbican