Whatsonstage Awards Announced
Published on 15 February 2010 by Carrie Dunn
Jude Law and Rachel Weisz took top acting honours at the Whatsonstage Awards this weekend, with Oliver!, Wicked, Sister Act and Priscilla picking up the prizes for musicals.
Law and Weisz were named as Best Actor and Best Actress in a Play, both for Donmar Warehouse productions: Law with a commanding 40% of the Best Actor vote for his portrayal of Hamlet and Weisz for her much acclaimed performance as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, which also took home the award for Best Play Revival.
Wicked took the title of Best West End Show, following a closely fought battle with War Horse, the only play nominated in the category. Oliver! won the Best Musical Revival category, Best Actor in a Musical (Rowan Atkinson) and Best Supporting Actress in a Musical (Jodie Prenger), while Priscilla, took home Best Choreographer (the late Ross Coleman), Best New Musical, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (Oliver Thornton) and Best Set Designer (Brian Thomson).
In the London Newcomer of the Year Award category, former X-Factor contestant Diana Vickers triumphed for her performance in The Rise & Fall of Little Voice over Lenny Henry, Jaime Winstone, Nicholas Hoult, Patina Miller and Tom Sturridge. Miller wasn't too disappointed to miss out, though, as she was named Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Deloris in Sister Act the musical. Star of stage, screen and the @WestEndUpdates daily quiz John Barrowman won Best Takeover in a Role for his turn as Zaza in La Cage aux Folles.
Honours list
Best Actress in a Play
Rachel Weisz – A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse
The CAPITAL BREAKS Best Actor in a Play
Jude Law – Hamlet, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s
Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Miriam Margolyes – Endgame at the Duchess
Best Supporting Actor in a Play
Patrick Stewart – Hamlet, RSC at the Novello
The BABY GRAND Best Actress in a Musical
Patina Miller – Sister Act at the London Palladium
The SEE TICKETS Best Actor in a Musical
Rowan Atkinson – Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Jodie Prenger – Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
Oliver Thornton – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Palace Theatre
The MOBIUS INDUSTRIES Best Solo Performance
Derren Brown – Derren Brown: Enigma at the Adelphi
The LES MISERABLES 25th Anniversary Award for Best Ensemble Performance
On the Waterfront – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
The MILK TWO SUGARS Best Takeover in a Role
John Barrowman – La Cage aux Folles at the Playhouse
The NICK HERN BOOKS Best New Play
Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth – at the Royal Court Downstairs
The WALDORF HILTON Best New Comedy
Calendar Girls by Tim Firth – at the Noel Coward
The SUPERBREAK Best New Musical
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert by Allan Scott & Stephan Elliott – at the Palace
The EMG Best Play Revival
A Streetcar Named Desire – at the Donmar Warehouse
The AMBASSADOR TICKETS Best Musical Revival
Oliver! – at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
The SHAKESPEARE 4 KIDZ Best Shakespearean Production
Hamlet – RSC at the Novello
Best Director
Trevor Nunn – Inherit the Wind at the Old Vic & A Little Night Music at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Garrick
Best Set Designer
Brian Thomson – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Palace
The WHITE LIGHT Best Lighting Designer
Natasha Katz – Sister Act at the London Palladium
Best Choreographer
Ross Coleman – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Palace
The DEWYNTERS London Newcomer of the Year
Diana Vickers – The Rise & Fall of Little Voice at the Vaudeville
Best Off-West End Production
The Pirates of Penzance – at the Union Theatre
The BOOKING OFFICE Best Regional Production
Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall – Bristol Old Vic & tour
The GROUPLINE Best West End Show
Wicked
The AKA Theatre Event of the Year
The pairing of Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Waiting for Godot
