Winners of the 25th What’s On Stage Awards

WINNERS IN FULL:

BEST PERFORMER IN A PLAY SPONSORED BY SINE DIGITAL     

Emma D’Arcy, The Other Place, National Theatre                                   
Tom Holland, Romeo & Juliet, Duke of York’s Theatre
Cush Jumbo, Macbeth, Donmar Warehouse and Harold Pinter Theatre
Anne Odeke, Princess Essex, Shakespeare’s Globe
Michael Sheen, Nye, National Theatre and Wales Millennium Centre
WINNER – David Tennant, Macbeth, Donmar Warehouse and Harold Pinter Theatre

                                                       

BEST PERFORMER IN A MUSICAL SPONSORED BY TICKETMASTER

Georgina Castle, Mean Girls, Savoy Theatre
Jo Foster, Why Am I So Single?, Garrick Theatre
Myles Frost, MJ the Musical, Prince Edward Theatre
WINNER – Imelda Staunton, Hello, Dolly!, The London Palladium
Leesa Tulley, Why Am I So Single?, Garrick Theatre
Vanessa Williams, The Devil Wears Prada, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Dominion Theatre                    

                                                           

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMER IN A PLAY                                                       

WINNER – Freema Agyeman, Romeo & Juliet, Duke of York’s Theatre
Romola Garai, Giant, Royal Court Theatre
Julie Hesmondhalgh, Punch, Nottingham Playhouse
Teddy Hinde, The History Boys, UK tour
Atsuki Mashiko, Spirited Away, The London Coliseum
Sharon Small, Nye, National Theatre

 

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMER IN A MUSICAL SPONSORED BY NEWMAN DISPLAYS                      

Siobhan Athwal, Bhangra Nation, Birmingham Rep
Amy Di Bartolomeo, The Devil Wears Prada, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Dominion Theatre
WINNER – Melanie La Barrie, Hadestown, Lyric Theatre
Grace Mouat, Mean Girls, Savoy Theatre
Jaydon Vijn, Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Tom Xander, Mean Girls, Savoy Theatre     

                                                                                                 

BEST TAKEOVER PERFORMANCE

Zoe Birkett, TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, Aldwych Theatre
Cara Delevingne, Cabaret, Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre
Craig Ryder, Moulin Rouge! the Musical, Piccadilly Theatre
Alex Sawyer, Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre
Tobias Turley, Mamma Mia!, Novello Theatre
WINNER – Layton Williams, Cabaret, Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre

                                                           

BEST PROFESSIONAL DEBUT PERFORMANCE SPONSORED BY AKA                                         

Esme Bowdler, Heathers the Musical, @sohoplace and UK tour
WINNER – Jeevan Braich, Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Stevie Doc, Mamma Mia!, Novello Theatre
Vasco Emauz, Back to the Future the Musical, Adelphi Theatre
Mia Kobayashi, Your Lie in April, Harold Pinter Theatre
Gerardine Sacdalan, & Juliet, UK tour

                   

BEST NEW MUSICAL SPONSORED BY TRAVELZOO                                          

Babies, Music and lyrics by Jack Godfrey and book by Martha Geelan, The Other Palace
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Music and lyrics by Darren Clark and book and lyrics by Jethro Compton, Ambassadors Theatre
The Devil Wears Prada, Music by Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub and Mark Sonnenblick and book by Kate Wetherhead, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Dominion Theatre
MJ the Musical, Music and lyrics by Michael Jackson and book by Lynn Nottage, Prince Edward Theatre
WINNER – Mean Girls, Music by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin and book by Tina Fey, Savoy Theatre
Why Am I So Single?, Music, lyrics and book by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, Garrick Theatre

                                                          

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL SPONSORED BY CONCORD THEATRICALS                                          

Dear Evan Hansen, Nottingham Playhouse and UK tour
Hadestown, Lyric Theatre
Hello, Dolly!, The London Palladium
Kiss Me, Kate, Barbican Theatre
WINNER – Oliver!, Chichester Festival Theatre
Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre                                                

           

BEST NEW PLAY SPONSORED BY GO LIVE THEATRE

Giant, Mark Rosenblatt, Royal Court Theatre
Kyoto, Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, RSC’s Swan Theatre
Princess Essex, Anne Odeke, Shakespeare’s Globe
Punch, James Graham, Nottingham Playhouse
Slave Play, Jeremy O’Harris, Noël Coward Theatre
WINNER – Spirited Away, Adapted by John Caird and co-adapted by Maoko Imai, The London Coliseum                                         

                                                           

BEST PLAY REVIVAL SPONSORED BY EDWARDIAN HOTELS – OFFICAL HOTEL PARTNER    

A Raisin in the Sun, Leeds Playhouse, Oxford Playhouse, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse
The Crucible, Sheffield Crucible
WINNER – Macbeth, Donmar Warehouse and Harold Pinter Theatre
Oedipus, Wyndham’s Theatre
Romeo & Juliet, Duke of York’s Theatre
Waiting for Godot, Theatre Royal Haymarket            

                                                           

BEST WEST END SHOW SPONSORED BY DEWYNTERS                                    

Cabaret , Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre
Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre
Les Misérables, Sondheim Theatre
Mamma Mia!, Novello Theatre
Operation Mincemeat, Fortune Theatre
WINNER – SIX, Vaudeville Theatre

 

BEST REGIONAL PRODUCTION SPONSORED BY MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL   

42 Balloons, The Lowry, Salford
The Artist, Theatre Royal Plymouth
Becoming Nancy, Birmingham Repertory Theatre
Brassed Off, Theatre by the Lake, Stephen Joseph Theatre and Octagon Theatre Bolton
Dear Evan Hansen, Nottingham Playhouse and UK tour
WINNER – Oliver!, Chichester Festival Theatre                         

                                                           

BEST STUDIO PRODUCTION SPONSORED BY THEATRICAL RIGHTS WORLDWIDE                  

BRACE BRACE, Royal Court Theatre
Dear Young Monster, Bristol Old Vic Weston Studio
WINNER – Diary of a Gay Disaster, Underbelly Cowgate and Arcola Theatre
KENREX, Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse, Sheffield
Mulatto Boy, Omnibus Theatre
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em, Barn Theatre

 

BEST CONCERT EVENT                                               

Gypsy the Musical in Concert, Hope Mill Theatre at Opera House, Manchester
I Am Harvey Milk, Cadogan Hall
Pippin – 50th Anniversary Concert, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
WINNER – Something Rotten! – In Concert, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Sondheim on Sondheim, Alexandra Palace Theatre
Spring Awakening: 15th Anniversary Concert, Victoria Palace Theatre       

 

BEST DIRECTION SPONSORED BY LOVETHEATRE                              

Eline Arbo, The Years, Almeida Theatre
Robert Icke, Oedipus, Wyndham’s Theatre
Anthony Lau, The Crucible, Sheffield Crucible
James Macdonald, Waiting for Godot, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Drew McOnie, The Artist, Theatre Royal Plymouth
WINNER – Emma Rice, The Buddha of Suburbia, RSC’s Swan Theatre and Barbican Theatre

 

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY SPONSORED BY LADUCA SHOES

Matthew Bourne, Oliver!, Chichester Festival Theatre
Julia Cheng, Fiddler on the Roof, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Drew McOnie, The Artist, Theatre Royal Plymouth
Rujuta Vaidya, Bhangra Nation, Birmingham Rep
Anthony Van Laast, Kiss Me, Kate, Barbican Theatre
WINNER – Christopher Wheeldon, MJ the Musical, Prince Edward Theatre                              

                                                           

BEST SET DESIGN SPONSORED BY PREEVUE    

Jon Bausor and Toby Olié, Spirited Away, The London Coliseum
Miriam Buether, Kyoto, RSC’s Swan Theatre
Es Devlin, Coriolanus, National Theatre
WINNER – Tim Hatley, Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Kenneth MacLeod, Maggie and Me, UK tour
Tom Scutt, Fiddler on the Roof, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN    

Sachiko Nakahara, Spirited Away, The London Coliseum
Lez Brotherston, Oliver!, Chichester Festival Theatre
Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Tom Scutt, Fiddler on the Roof, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
WINNER – Gabriella Slade, Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Rae Smith, Hello, Dolly!, The London Palladium                                        

                                                           

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN SPONSORED BY WHITE LIGHT   

Paule Constable, Oliver!, Chichester Festival Theatre
WINNER – Howard Hudson, Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Jessica Hung Han Yun, Minority Report, Nottingham Playhouse, Birmingham Rep and Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Tim Lutkin, Coriolanus, National Theatre
Bruno Poet, Waiting for Godot, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Zoe Spurr, The Artist, Theatre Royal Plymouth                             

 

BEST SOUND DESIGN SPONSORED BY HERE @ OUTERNET   

Paul Arditti, BRACE BRACE, Royal Court Theatre
Susan Bear, Maggie and Me, UK tour
Nicola T Chang, Minority Report, Nottingham Playhouse, Birmingham Rep and Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
WINNER – Gareth Fry, Macbeth, Donmar Warehouse and Harold Pinter Theatre
Gareth Fry, Viola’s Room, Woolwich Works
Gareth Owen, Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre                                        

 

BEST VIDEO DESIGN SPONSORED BY TIKTOK     

David Bergman, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Grant Gee and Ellie Thompson, Bluets, Royal Court Theatre
WINNER – Andrzej Goulding, Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Tal Rosner, Minority Report, Nottingham Playhouse, Birmingham Rep and Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Ash J Woodward, The Artist, Theatre Royal Plymouth
Ash J Woodward, FANGIRLS, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre                                 

 

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION/SUPERVISION SPONSORED BY DISNEY’S HERCULES          

Mark Aspinall and Dan Turek, Fiddler on the Roof, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Niraj Chag and Simon Baker, The Buddha of Suburbia, RSC’s Swan Theatre and Barbican Theatre
Darren Clark and Mark Aspinall, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Ambassadors
Theatre
Alasdair Macrae, Macbeth, Donmar Warehouse and Harold Pinter Theatre
Matthew Malone, Brassed Off, Theatre by the Lake, Stephen Joseph Theatre and Octagon Theatre Bolton
WINNER – Liam Robinson and Tarek Merchant, Hadestown, Lyric Theatre  

                                                        

BEST CASTING DIRECTION   

Amy Ball, The Years, Almeida Theatre
WINNER – Harry Blumenau and Sarah-Jane Price, Why Am I So Single?, Garrick Theatre
Stuart Burt, Fiddler on the Roof, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
Alastair Coomer and Chloe Blake, Till the Stars Come Down, National Theatre
Anna Cooper, Macbeth, Donmar Warehouse and Harold Pinter Theatre
Lotte Hines, A Raisin in the Sun, Leeds Playhouse, Oxford Playhouse, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Nottingham Playhouse    

 

BEST WIGS, HAIR AND MAKE-UP DESIGN

Campbell Young Associates, The Devil Wears Prada, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Dominion Theatre
WINNER – Jackie Saundercock and Campbell Young Associates, Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre
Marg Horwell, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Theatre Royal Haymarket
Betty Marini, The Cabinet Minister, Menier Chocolate Factory
Hiroaki Miyauchi, Spirited Away, The London Coliseum
Georgia Nosal, The Artist, Theatre Royal Plymouth

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