WHATSONSTAGE AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED

* [Eve Best – *Much Ado About Nothing* at Shakespeare’s Globe ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Kristin Scott Thomas – *Betrayal* at the Comedy ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Ruth Wilson – *Anna Christie* at the Donmar Warehouse ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Samantha Spiro – *Chicken Soup with Barley* at the Royal Court Downstairs ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Tamsin Greig – *Jumpy* at the Royal Court Downstairs ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Vanessa Redgrave – *Driving Miss Daisy* at Wyndham’s**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**Best Actor in a Play** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Benedict Cumberbatch – *Frankenstein* at the National, Olivier ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Jude Law – *Anna Christie* at the Donmar Warehouse ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Kevin Spacey – *Richard III* at the Old Vic ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [David Tennant – *Much Ado About Nothing* at Wyndham’s ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [James Earl Jones – *Driving Miss Daisy* at Wyndham’s ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**James Corden – *One Man, Two Guvnors* at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**Best Supporting Actress in a Play** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Bryony Hannah – *The Children’s Hour* at the Comedy ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Catherine Tate – *Season’s Greetings* at the National, Lyttelton**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Doon Mackichan – *Jumpy* at the Royal Court Downstairs ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Jemima Rooper – *One Man, Two Guvnors* at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Niamh Cusack – *Playboy of the Western World* at the Old Vic ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Sheridan Smith – *Flare Path* at the Theatre Royal Haymarket](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**Best Supporting Actor in a Play** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Arthur Darvill – *Dr Faustus* at Shakespeare’s Globe ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Charles Edwards – *Twelfth Night* at the National, Cottesloe ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [David Hayman – *Anna Christie* at the Donmar Warehouse ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Harry Hadden-Paton – *Flare Path* at the Theatre Royal Haymarket ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Mark Gatiss – *Season’s Greetings* at the National, Lyttelton ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Oliver Chris – *One Man, Two Guvnors* at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The BABY GRAND Best Actress in a Musical** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Amanda Holden – *Shrek the Musical* at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Caissie Levy – *Ghost the Musical* at the Piccadilly ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Clare Foster – *Crazy for You* at the Open Air & Novello ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Emma Williams – *Love Story* at the Duchess ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram Eleanor Worthington Cox & Sophia Kiely – *Matilda the Musical* at the Cambridge ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Sarah Lancashire – *Betty Blue Eyes* at the Novello](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The THEATRE TOKENS Best Actor in a Musical** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Bertie Carvel – *Matilda the Musical* at the Cambridge ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Nigel Lindsay – *Shrek the Musical* at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Oliver Tompsett – *Rock of Ages* at the Shaftesbury ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Reece Shearsmith – *Betty Blue Eyes* at the Novello ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Richard Fleeshman – *Ghost the Musical* at the Piccadilly**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Sean Palmer – *Crazy for You* at the Open Air & Novello](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**Best Supporting Actress in a Musical** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Ann Emery – *Betty Blue Eyes* at the Novello ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Hannah Waddingham – *The Wizard of Oz* at the London Palladium**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Harriet Thorpe – *Crazy for You* at the Open Air & Novello ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Lauren Ward – *Matilda the Musical* at the Cambridge ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Meow Meow – *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* at the Gielgud ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Sharon D Clarke – *Ghost the Musical* at the Piccadilly](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**Best Supporting Actor in a Musical** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Andrew Langtree – *Ghost the Musical* at the Piccadilly ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Ben Goddard – *Million Dollar Quartet* at the Noël Coward ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [David Burt – *Crazy for You* at the Open Air & Novello ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Nigel Harman – *Shrek the Musical* at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Paul Kaye – *Matilda the Musical* at the Cambridge ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Simon Lipkin – *Rock of Ages* at the Shaftesbury](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The LES MISÈRABLES Best Ensemble Performance** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Backbeat* – at the Duke of York’s ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [***London Road* – at the National, Cottesloe**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Richard III* & *The Comedy of Errors* – Propeller at Hampstead ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Some Like It Hip Hop* – Sadler’s Wells at the Peacock ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee* – at the Donmar Warehouse ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Top Girls* – at Trafalgar Studios 1](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The JO HUTCHISON INTERNATIONAL Best Solo Performance** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Daniel Kitson – *It’s Always Right Now Until It’s Later* at the National, Lyttelton ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [John Leguziamo – *Ghetto Klown* at Charing Cross ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Kerry Ellis – *Anthems* at the Royal Albert Hall**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Ruby Wax – *Losing It* at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Duchess ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Simon Callow – *Being Shakespeare* at Trafalgar Studios 1 ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Stephanie Street – *The Nightwatchman* at the National, Paintframe](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The SEATLIVE Best Takeover in a Role** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Alex Gaumond – *We Will Rock You* at the Dominion ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Alfie Boe – *Les Misèrables* at the Queen’s**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Kimberley Walsh – *Shrek the Musical* at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Matt Lucas – *Les Misèrables* at the Queen’s ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Susan McFadden – *Legally Blonde* at the Savoy ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Tara Fitzgerald – *Broken Glass* at the Vaudeville](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The NICK HERN BOOKS Best New Play** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Belongings* by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm – at Hampstead & Trafalgar Studios 2 ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Collaborators* by John Hodge – at the National, Cottesloe ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Grief* by Mike Leigh – at the National, Cottesloe ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Mogadishu* by Vivienne Franzmann – at the Lyric Hammersmith ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*The Heretic* by Richard Bean – at the Royal Court Downstairs ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [***Three Days in May* by Ben Brown – at Trafalgar Studios 1**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The EMG Best New Comedy** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Get Santa!* by Anthony Neilson, music by Nick Powell – at the Royal Court Downstairs ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Jumpy* by April de Angelis – at the Royal Court Downstairs ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*No Naughty Bits* by Steve Thompson – at Hampstead ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [***One Man, Two Guvnors* by Richard Bean – at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Potted Panto* by Daniel Clarkson, Jefferson Turner & Richard Hurst – at the Vaudeville ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*The Village Bike* by Penelope Skinner – at the Royal Court Upstairs](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The SEE TICKETS Best New Musical** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Betty Blue Eyes* by George Stiles, Antony Drewe, Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman – at the Novello ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Ghost the Musical* by Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard & Bruce Joel Rubin – at the Piccadilly ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*London Road* by Adam Cork & Alecky Blythe – at the National, Cottesloe ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [***Matilda the Musical* by Tim Minchin & Dennis Kelly – at the Cambridge**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Rock of Ages* by Chris D'Arienzo – at the Shaftesbury ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Shrek the Musical* by Jeanine Tesori & David Lindsay-Abaire – at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The SAMUEL FRENCH Best Play Revival** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Anna Christie* – at the Donmar Warehouse ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Chicken Soup with Barley* – at the Royal Court Downstairs ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [***Driving Miss Daisy* – at Wyndham’s**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Ecstasy* – at Hampstead & the Duchess ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Flare Path* – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Saved* – at the Lyric Hammersmith](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The RADISSON EDWARDIAN Best Musical Revival** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Crazy for You* – at the Open Air & Novello ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be* – at the Union ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Parade* – at Southwark Playhouse ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Ragtime* – at the Landor ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*South Pacific* – at the Barbican ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [***The Wizard of Oz* – at the London Palladium**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**Best Shakespearean Production** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Hamlet* – at the Young Vic ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*King Lear* – at the Donmar Warehouse ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Much Ado About Nothing* – at Shakespeare’s Globe ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [***Much Ado About Nothing* – at Wyndham’s**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Richard III* – at the Old Vic ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*The Tempest* – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The OAKLEY CAPITAL Best Director** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Danny Boyle – *Frankenstein* at the National, Olivier**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Josie Rourke – *Much Ado About Nothing* at Wyndham’s ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Matthew Warchus – *Ghost the Musical* at the Piccadilly & *Matilda the Musical* at the Cambridge ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Michael Grandage – *King Lear* & *Luise Miller* at the Donmar Warehouse ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Nicholas Hytner – *One Man, Two Guvnors* at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Trevor Nunn – *Flare Path* & *Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead* at the Theatre Royal Haymarket](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**Best Set Designer** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Mark Tildesley – *Frankenstein* at the National, Olivier ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Jon Bausor – *Lord of the Flies* at the Open Air ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Miriam Buether – *Decade* at St Katharine’s Docks ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Paul Wills – *Anna Christie* at the Donmar Warehouse ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Rob Howell – *Ghost the Musical* at the Piccadilly & *Matilda the Musical* at the Cambridge**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Robert Jones – *The Wizard of Oz* at the London Palladium](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The WHITE LIGHT Best Lighting Designer** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Bruno Poet – *Frankenstein* at the National, Olivier ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Hugh Vanstone – *Ghost the Musical* at the Piccadilly**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Mark Henderson – *The Kitchen* & *13* at the National, Olivier & *The Emperor & Galilean* at the National, Olivier ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Neil Austin – *Betty Blue Eyes* at the Novello ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Oliver Fenwick – *My City* at the Almeida ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Paule Constable – *Luise Miller* at the Donmar Warehouse](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**Best Choreographer** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Aline David – *The Kitchen* at the National, Olivier ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Ashley Wallen – *Ghost the Musical* at the Piccadilly ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Kate Prince – *Some Like It Hip Hop* at the Peacock ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Kelly Devine – *Rock of Ages* at the Shaftesbury ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Peter Darling – *Matilda the Musical* at the Cambridge**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Stephen Mear – *Crazy for You* at the Open Air & *Betty Blue Eyes* at the Novello](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The DEWYNTERS London Newcomer of the Year** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Danielle Hope – *The Wizard of Oz* at the London Palladium ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Johnny Flynn – *The Heretic* at the Royal Court Downstairs ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Kara Tointon – *Pygmalion* at the Garrick ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Kyle Soller – *The Glass Menagerie* & *Government Inspector* at the Young Vic & *The Faith Machine* at the Royal Court Downstairs ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Shayne Ward – *Rock of Ages* at the Shaftesbury ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**Tim Minchin – *Matilda* at the Cambridge**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The TIME OUT Best Off-West End Production** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Accolade* – at the Finborough ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Realism* – at Soho ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*The Animals & Children Took to the Streets* – at Battersea Arts Centre ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*The Belle’s Stratagem* – at Southwark Playhouse ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [***The Riots* – at the Tricycle**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story* – at the Tristan Bates & Charing Cross](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The LUCKINGS Best Regional Production** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*20th Century Boy* – at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Love Love Love* – at the Drum Theatre, Plymouth & on tour ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Macbeth* – at Liverpool Everyman ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Othello* – at Sheffield Crucible ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [***Sweeney Todd* – at Chichester Festival**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*The Go Between* – at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Derby Live & the Royal & Derngate, Northampton](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The EQUITY Best West End Show** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Jersey Boys* – at the Prince Edward ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Les Misérables* – at the Queen’s ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*The Phantom of the Opera* – at Her Majesty’s ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [***War Horse* – at the New London**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*We Will Rock You* – at the Dominion ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Wicked* – at the Apollo Victoria](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) [**The AKA Theatre Event of the Year** ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [**David Tennant & Catherine Tate reuniting on stage in *Much Ado About Nothing***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Headlong’s commemoration of 9/11 with *Decade*, written by 18 authors & staged in a disused office block at St Katharine’s Dock ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Michael Sheen & Bill Mitchell's National Theatre of Wales staging of *The Passion* on the streets of Port Talbot ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [The Bush Theatre’s 24-hour cycle of *66 Books*, in response to the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, to open its new Shepherd’s Bush Library home ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*The Phantom of the Opera’s* 25th anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall & screened to cinemas worldwide ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [The Royal Shakespeare Company’s 50th anniversary season & reopening of the Royal Shakespeare & Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Danny Boyle’s return to the stage with Frankenstein and his alternate casting of Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in the leads](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [*Duckie’s Lullaby*, the Barbican’s first-ever sleepover show ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [The National’s opening of its Paintframe as a one-off performance space ](https://www.londontheatredirect.com) * [Benefit concert to rescue Dress Circle](https://www.londontheatredirect.com)