Theatregoer's Choice Award Nominations
As Award Season enters into full swing, the nominations are announced for the 2008 What's On Stage Theatregoer's Choice Awards. The West End's musicals have been represented well with Hairspray leading the way with a whopping 10 nominations. The Lord of the Rings has also proved popular with 7 nominations with other musicals and former Show and Stay favourites such as Boeing Boeing and Treats also making an appearance.
And The Nominations Are...
FRANCO'S Best Actress In A Play
- Anne-Marie Duff - Saint Joan. The NT Olivier
- Jamie Dee - Shadowlands. Wyndham's
- Kate Fleetwood - Macbeth. The Gielgud
- Krisitn Scott Thomas - The Seagull The Royal Court
- Maggie Smith - The Lady from Dubuque. Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Tamsin Greig - Much Ado About Nothing. RSC at the Novello
Best Actor
- Charles Dance - Shadowlands. Wyndhams
- Ian McKellan - King Lear. The New London
- John Simm - Elling. Bush & Trafalgar Studios
- Patterson Joseph- The Emperor Jones. The NT Olivier
- Patrick Stewart - Macbeth. Gielgud
- Robert Lindsay - Much Ado About Nothing. RSC at the Novello
Best Supporting Actress in a Play
- Amanda Hale - The Glass Menagerie. The Apollo
- Andrea Riseborough - The Pain & the Itch. The Royal Court
- Dianna Rigg - All About My Mother. The Old Vic
- Frances de la Tour - Boeing Boeing. The Comedy
- Pam Ferris - The entertainer. The Old Vic
- Ruth Wilson - Philistines. The NT Lyttelton
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
- Davind Haig - The Country Wife. Theatre Royal Haymarket
- Lee Evans - The Dumb Waiter. Trafalgar Studios
- Mark Gatiss - All About My Mother. The Old Vic
- Nigel Lindsay -Awake & Sing. The Almeda
- Paul Ritter - The Hothouse. The NT Lyttelton
- Rory Kinnear - The Man of Mode. The NT Olivier
The FIRST MAGAZINE Best Actress In A Musical
- Denise Van Outen - Rent. London Palladium
- Lara Pulver - Parade. The Donmare Warehouse
- Leanne Jones - Hairspray. The Shaftesbury
- Sheridan Smith- Little Shop of Horrors. The Menier Chocolate Factory & Duke of York's
- Summer Strallen - The Drowsy Chaperone. Novello
- Susan McFadden - Grease. The Piccadilly
The SEE Tickets Best Actor In A Musical
Best Supporting Actress In A Musical
Best Supporting Actor In A Musical
Best Solo Performance
- Fiona Shaw - Happy Days. The NT Lyttelton
- Lucy Briers - Some Kind of Bliss. Trafalgar Studios
- Patrick Kielty - A Night In November. Trafalgar Studios
- Ralf Little - Stacy. Trafalgar Studios
- Richard Schiff - Underneath the Lintel. The Duchess
- Robert Bathurst - Alex. The Arts
Best Ensemble Performance
- Betrayal. The Donmar Warehouse
- Dealers Choice. The Menier Chocolate Factory
- Glengarry Glen Ross. The Apollo
- Philistines. The NT Lyttelton
- The Taming of the Shrew & Twelfth Night. Propeller at the Old Vic
- War Horse. The NT Olivier
Best Takeover In A Role
Best New Comedy
- Elling - by Simon Bent. The Bush & Trafalgar Studios
- Moonlight & Magnolias - by Ron Hutchinson. The Tricycle
- Rafta Rafta - by Ron Hutchinson. The NT Lyttelton
- The Pain & the Itch - by Bruce Norris. The Royal Court
- Vernon God Little - by Tanya Ronder. The Young Vic
- Whipping It Up - by Steve Thompson. The Bush & Ambassadors
The NICK HERN BOOKS Best New Play
- A Disappearing Number - by Complicite. The Barbican
- All About My Mother - by Samuel Adamson. The Old Vic
- Joe Guy - by Roy Wiliams. Soho Theatre
- Landscape with Weapon - by Joe Penhall. The NT Cottesloe
- That Face - by Polly Stenham. The Royal Court Upstairs
- War Horse - by Nick Stafford . The NT Olivier
The SUPERBREAK Best New Musical
- Bad Girls The Musical - by Kath Gotts, Maureen Chadwick and Ann McManus. The Garrick
- Hairspray - by Marc Shaiman, Scott Whitman, Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan. The Shaftesbury
- Parade - by Jason Robert Brown and Alfred Uhry. The Donmar Warehouse
- Take Flight - by Richard Maltby Jr, David Shire and John Weidman. The Menier Chocolate Factory
- The Lord of the Rings - by AR Rahman, Varttina, Christopher Nightingale, Shaun McKenna and Matther Warchus. Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best Play Revival
- Boeing Boeing. The Comedy
- Equus. The Geilgud
- Saint Joan. The NT Olivier
- The Country Wife. The Theatre Royal Haymarket
- The Dumb Waiter. Trafalgar Studios
- In Celebration - The Duke of York's
The TICKETMASTER Best Musical Revival
- Buddy. The Duchess
- Fiddler on the Roof. The Savoy
- Grease. The Piccadilly
- Rent. The Duke of York's
Best Director
- Jack O'Brien - Hairspray. The Shaftesbury
- Marianne Elliott - Much Ado About Nothing, Saint Joan, War Horse. RSC at the Novello and the NT Olivier
- Matthew Warchus - Boeing Boeing at the Comedy and Lord of the Rings at Theatre Royal Haymarket.
- Roger Michell - Landscape With Weapon at the NT Cottesloe and Betrayal at the Donmar Warehouse.
- Rupert Goold - The Glass Menagerie at the Apollo, The Tempest RSC at the Novello, Rough Crossings at the Lyric Hammersmith and Macbeth at the Gielgud.
- Thea Sharrock - Equus at the Gielgud, The Emperor Jones at the NT Olivier and Cloud Nine at the Almeda.
Best Set Designer
- Anthony Ward - Glengarry Glen Ross at the Apollo, Macbeth at the Gielgud, The Arsonists & Rhinoceros at the Royal Court.
- Bunny Christie - Philistines & Women of Troy at the NT Lyttelton
- David Rockwell - Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
- Hildegard Bechtler - All About My Mother at the Royal Vic and The Hothouse at the NT Lyttelton.
- Rae Smith & the Handspring Puppet Company - War Horse at the NT Olivier
- Rob Howell - The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best Choreographer
- Bill Deamer - Lady Be Good. Open Air Theatre
- Casey Nicholaw - The Drowsy Chaperone The Novello
- Jerry Mitchell - Hairspray. The Shaftesbury
- Sammy Dallas Byres (reproducing Jerome Robbins) & Kate Flatt- Fiddler on the Roof. The Savoy
- Peter Darling - Lord of the Rings. Theatre Royal Drury Lande
- Rob Ashford - Parade. Donmar Warehouse
The DEWYNTERS London Newcomer of the Year
- Arthur Darvill - Terre Haute and Swimming with Sharks
- Billie Piper - Treats
- Colin Morgan - Vernon God Little and All About My Mother.
- Daniel Radcliffe - Equus
- Leanne Jones - Hairspray.
- Orlando Bloom - In Celebration
Best Off West End Production
- A Christmas Carol & The Magic Flute at the Young Vic
- Dealer's Choice at the Menier Chocolate Factory
- I love You Because at the Landor
- tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ! at the Bush
- The Masque of the Red Death at Battersea Arts Centre
- Vernon God Little at the Young Vic
Best Regional Production
- Angels in America on tour
- Henry V at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
- Never Forget on tour
- Pygmalion at the Theatre Royal Bath & on tour
- Sunshine on Leith at Dundee Rep
- The Big Secret Live: I Am Shakespeare at Chichester Festival & on tour
The AKA Theatre Event of the Year
- Daniel Radcliffe's steamy publicity shots for Equus
- Launch of the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company & its first season under Jonathan Kent
- Nicholas Hytner's "dead white males" comment about critics
- Punchdrunks's The Masque of the Red Death
- Reality TV head-to-head between Any Dream Will Do and Grease Is The Word
- Reopening of the Royal Festival Hall
The winners will be announced in late January so make sure to check back with Show and Stay for the results and all your West End theatre news.
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Published by: Tony Hill
