THE SPOTLIGHT BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY
WINNER – Katy Stephens – The Histories, RSC at the Roundhouse
Deanna Dunagan – August: Osage County at the NT Lyttelton
Lesley Sharp – Harper Regan at NT Cottesloe
Lindsay Duncan – That Face at the Duke of York’s
Margaret Tyzack – The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse
Penelope Wilton – The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse
THE SPOTLIGHT BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
WINNER – Kenneth Branagh – Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s
Adam Godley – Rain Man at the Apollo
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Othello at the Donmar Warehouse
Eddie Redmayne – Now or Later at the Royal Court Downstairs
Ian McDiarmid – Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Gielgud
Kevin Spacey & Jeff Goldblum – Speed the Plow at the Old Vic
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
WINNER – Sophie Thompson – The Female of the Species at the Vaudeville
Barbara Jefford – Pygmalion at the Old Vic
Denise Gough – Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Gielgud
Michelle Terry – The Man Who Had All the Luck at the Donmar Warehouse
Phoebe Nicholls – The Vortex at the Apollo & Waste at the Almeida
Susan Engel – Her Naked Skin at the NT Olivier
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY
WINNER – Tom Hiddleston – Othello at the Donmar Warehouse & Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s
Douglas Henshall – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida
Kevin R McNally – Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s
Malcolm Sinclair – Rosmersholm at the Almeida
Paul Ready – Major Barbara at the NT Olivier
Pip Carter – Gethsemane at the NT Cottesloe
THE VIAGOGO BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
WINNER – Sofia Escobar – West Side Story at Sadler’s Wells
Connie Fisher – They’re Playing Our Song at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Elena Roger – Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse & Vaudeville
Leila Benn Harris – Imagine This at the New London
Lisa O’Hare – Gigi at the Open Air
Ruthie Henshall – Marguerite at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
THE SEE TICKETS BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
WINNER – Ryan Molloy – Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward
Darius Danesh – Gone With the Wind at the New London
Douglas Hodge – La Cage aux Folles at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Playhouse
Julian Ovenden – Marguerite at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Matt Rawle – Zorro at the Garrick
Rolan Bell – The Harder They Come at the Barbican & Playhouse
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
WINNER – Tracie Bennett – La Cage aux Folles at the Playhouse
Lesli Margherita – Zorro at the Garrick
Linda Thorson – Gigi at the Open Air
Lorraine Bruce – Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse & Vaudeville
Natasha Yvette Williams – Gone With the Wind at New London
Sophia Ragavelas – Never Forget at the Savoy
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
WINNER – Stephen Ashfield – Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward
Alexander Hanson – Marguerite at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Jason Pennycooke – La Cage aux Folles at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Playhouse
Luke Evans – Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse & Vaudeville
Michael Matus – Imagine This at the New London
Nick Cavaliere – Zorro at the Garrick
BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE
WINNER – Eddie Izzard – Stripped at the Lyric
David Bradley – The Quiz at Trafalgar Studios
Derren Brown – Derren Brown Mindreader: An Evening of Wonders at the Garrick
Maria Friedman – Maria Friedman: Re-Arranged at the Menier Chocolate Factory
Nadine Marshall – random at the Royal Court Downstairs
Vanessa Redgrave – The Year of Magical Thinking at the NT Lyttelton
THE AMBASSADOR TICKETS BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
WINNER – Into the Hoods – at the Novello
August: Osage County – at the NT Lyttelton
Black Watch – National Theatre of Scotland at the Barbican
Brief Encounter – at The Cinema, Haymarket
The Histories – RSC at the Roundhouse
The Norman Conquests – at the Old Vic
THE MILK TWO SUGARS BEST TAKEOVER IN A ROLE
WINNER – Daniel Boys – Avenue Q at the Noël Coward
Denis Lawson – La Cage aux Folles at the Playhouse
Kelly Brook – Fat Pig at the Comedy
Rachel Tucker – We Will Rock You at the Dominion
Summer Strallen – The Sound of Music at the London Palladium
Suzanne Shaw – Chicago at the Cambridge
THE NICK HERN BOOKS BEST NEW PLAY
WINNER – Under the Blue Sky by David Eldridge – at the Duke of York’s
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts – at the NT Lyttelton
Black Watch by Gregory Burke – National Theatre of Scotland at the Barbican
Now or Later by Christopher Shinn – at the Royal Court Downstairs
That Face by Polly Stenham – at the Duke of York’s
The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall – at the NT Cottesloe
BEST NEW COMEDY
WINNER – Fat Pig by Neil LaBute – at Trafalgar Studios & the Comedy
God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza – at the Gielgud
Lifecoach by Nick Reed – at Trafalgar Studios
The Female of the Species by Joanna Murray-Smith – at the Vaudeville
The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh – at the NT Cottesloe
Well by Lisa Kron – at Trafalgar Studios
THE WALDORF HILTON BEST NEW MUSICAL
WINNER – Jersey Boys by Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe, Rick Elice & Marshall Brickman – at the Prince Edward
Eurobeat by Craig Christie & Andrew Patterson – at the Novello
Imagine This by Shuki Levy, David Goldsmith & Glenn Berenbeim – at the New London
Marguerite by Michel Legrand, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg & Jonathan Kent – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Never Forget by Guy Jones, Daniel Brocklehurst & Ed Curtis – at the Savoy
Zorro by the Gipsy Kings, John Cameron, Stephen Clark & Helen Edmundson – at the Garrick
THE EMG BEST PLAY REVIVAL
WINNER – Ivanov, Donmar West End – at Wyndham’s
Six Characters in Search of an Author – at the Gielgud
Speed the Plow – at the Old Vic
The Chalk Garden – at the Donmar Warehouse
The Norman Conquests – at the Old Vic
Waste – at the Almeida
THE TICKETMASTER BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
WINNER – West Side Story – at Sadler’s Wells
Candide – at the London Coliseum
Gigi – at the Open Air
La Cage aux Folles – at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Playhouse
Piaf – at the Donmar Warehouse & Vaudeville
They’re Playing Our Song – at the Menier Chocolate Factory
THE BEST SHAKESPEAREAN PRODUCTION
WINNER – Othello – at the Donmar Warehouse
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – RSC at Shakespeare’s Globe
Much Ado About Nothing – at the NT Olivier
The Histories – RSC at the Roundhouse
The Merry Wives of Windsor – at Shakespeare’s Globe
Twelfth Night – at the Tricycle
THE SEATCHOICE.COM BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER – Michael Grandage – Othello & The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse & Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s
Emma Rice – Brief Encounter at the Cinema, Haymarket
Matthew Warchus – The Norman Conquests at the Old Vic
Michael Boyd – The Histories, RSC at the Roundhouse
Rupert Goold – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida, Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Gielgud & No Man’s Land at the Duke of York’s
Samuel West – Dealer’s Choice at Trafalgar Studios & Waste at the Almeida
BEST SET DESIGNER
WINNER – Klara Zieglerova – Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward
Eugene Lee – Imagine This at the New London
Miriam Buether – In the Red & Brown Water at the Young Vic
Neil Murray – Brief Encounter at the Cinema, Haymarket
Rob Howell – The Norman Conquests at the Old Vic
Tom Piper – The Histories, RSC at the Roundhouse
THE WHITE LIGHT BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER
WINNER – Malcolm Rippeth – Brief Encounter at the Cinema, Haymarket & Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Gielgud
Chahine Yavroyan – Relocated at the Royal Court Upstairs & Wig Out! at the Royal Court Downstairs
Jean Kalman – The Year of Magical Thinking at the NT Lyttelton & In the Red & Brown Water at the Young Vic
Mark Henderson – Under the Blue Sky at the Duke of York’s, Marguerite & The Sea at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
Neil Austin – Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse & Vaudeville, No Man’s Land at the Duke of York’s & Oedipus at the NT Olivier
Paule Constable – Othello & The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse & Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s
BEST CHOREOGRAPHER
WINNER – Lynne Page – La Cage aux Folles at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Playhouse
Akram Khan – in-i at the NT Lyttelton
Karen Bruce – Never Forget at the Savoy
Kate Prince + ZooNation – Into the Hoods at the Novello
Matthew Bourne – Dorian Gray at Sadler’s Wells
Rafael Armago – Zorro at the Garrick
THE DEWYNTERS LONDON NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
WINNER – Josh Hartnett – Rain Man at the Apollo
Ella Smith – Fat Pig at Trafalgar Studios & the Comedy
George Sampson – Into the Hoods at the Novello
Joseph Mawle – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida
Ray Davies – Come Dancing at Theatre Royal Stratford East
Tarell Alvin McCraney – In the Red & Brown Water & The Brothers Size at the Young Vic & Wig Out! at the Royal Court Downstairs
THE MOBIUS BEST OFF-WEST END PRODUCTION
WINNER – Come Dancing – at Theatre Royal Stratford East
An Enemy of the People – at the Arcola
Piranha Heights – at Soho Theatre
Plague Over England – at the Finborough
The Vaclav Havel season – at the Orange Tree
The White Devil – at the Menier Chocolate Factory
THE TARGET LIVE BEST REGIONAL PRODUCTION
WINNER – Hamlet – RSC at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Calendar Girls – at Chichester Festival Theatre & on tour
On the Waterfront – at Nottingham Playhouse & the Edinburgh Fringe
Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi – at the Liverpool Playhouse
The Glass Menagerie – at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
The Music Man – at Chichester Festival Theatre
THE AKA THEATRE EVENT OF THE YEAR
WINNER – David Tennant returning to the stage in Hamlet for the RSC
The launch of the Donmar West End season at Wyndham’s
La Clique’s London debut at the Hippodrome
The in-the-round transformation of the Old Vic for The Norman Conquests
The RSC’s complete staging of The Histories at the Roundhouse (8.8%)
Widespread protests over arts funding cutbacks
