Also Recognised Awards Shortlist Announced - Voting Open Now

Award ceremonies can often focus on the big names or the big shows in the big categories, but Mark Shenton and Terri Paddock at MyTheatreMates have done something rather fantastic with the Also Recognised Awards, acknowledging the sheer wealth of theatrical opportunity. For once, the emphasis is not just on the performance, but also on the marketing, creativity, and ensemble elements of shows. For the first time this year, the new Best Musical Cabaret award was included.

Voting for the awards is now live at www.MyTheatreMates.com, with the awards being announced in early April.

The nominations are here:

Best Musical Direction

Kyle Riabko – Close to You, Menier Chocolate Factory & Criterion Theatre
Matt Spencer-Smith – Beautiful, Aldwych Theatre
Michael Bradley – Grand Hotel, Southwark Playhouse
Nicholas Skilbeck – Gypsy, Savoy Theatre
Nigel Lilley – Bend It Like Beckham, Phoenix Theatre
Theo Jamieson – High Society, Old Vic Theatre

Best Original Music

Cyndi Lauper – Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre
David Yazbek – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Playhouse Theatre
Howard Goodall – Bend It Like Beckham, Phoenix Theatre
Michael John LaChiusa – See What I Wanna See, Jermyn Street Theatre
Michael Webborn & Daniel Finn – The Clockmaker’s Daughter, Landor Theatre
Ross Clark & Matthew Strachan – The White Feather, Union Theatre

Best Ensemble Performance

Barbarians – Tooting Arts Club
Bugsy Malone – Lyric Hammersmith
Carmen Disruption – Almeida Theatre
Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage – Out of Joint, Arcola Theatre
Grand Hotel – Southwark Playhouse
Songs for a New World – The St. James Theatre

Best Solo Performance

Derren Brown – Miracle, Palace Theatre
Lucy Roslyn – The State vs John Hayes, King’s Head
Michael Urie – Buyer & Cellar, Menier Chocolate Factory
Philip Bretherton – Tony’s Last Tape, Bridgehouse
Tanya Moodie – Joanne, Soho Theatre
Zoë Wanamaker – All On Her Own, Branagh Theatre Company, Garrick

Best Musical Cabaret – NEW CATEGORY

Alexandra Silber – Crazy Coqs
Desperate Divas – St James Studio
Frances Ruffelle – Crazy Coqs
Miss-Leading Ladies – The St. James Theatre Studio
Scott Alan & Cynthia Erivo – The St. James Theatre Studio
Shoshana Bean – Hippodrome Casino

London Newcomer of the Year

David Moorst – Violence & Son, Royal Court Upstairs
Diana Nneka Atuona (playwright) – Liberian Girl, Royal Court Upstairs
Jake Davies – Barbarians, Tooting Arts Club
Kyle Riabko – Close to You, Menier Chocolate Factory & Criterion Theatre
Lucy Penrose – Through the Mill, London Theatre Workshop
Natale Dew – Bend It Like Beckham, Phoenix Theatre

Best Shakespearean Production

As You Like It – National Theatre, Olivier
Henry V – RSC, Barbican Theatre
Henry V – Lazarus, Union Theatre
Measure for Measure – Young Vic
The Merchant of Venice – Shakespeare’s Globe
The Winter’s Tale – Branagh Theatre Company, Garrick

Best Twitter Engagement

@BushTheatre – Bush Theatre
@curiousonstage – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Gielgud Theatre
@DonmarWarehouse – Donmar Warehouse
@MatildaMusical – Matilda The Musical, RSC, Cambridge Theatre
@New_Adventures – New Adventures
@PhantomOpera – The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty’s Theatre

Best Show Poster

Future Conditional – Old Vic
Hapgood – Hampstead Theatre
McQueen – St James & Theatre Royal Haymarket
Oppenheimer – RSC, Vaudeville Theatre
Showstopper – Apollo Theatre
The Mother F**ker with the Hat – National Theatre, Lyttelton

Best Show Trailer

Branagh Theatre Season – Garrick Theatre
Carrie – Southwark Playhouse
Golem – Trafalgar Studios
Husbands & Sons – National Theatre, Dorfman
Liberan Girl – Royal Court
Peter Pan Goes Wrong – Apollo Theatre

Theatre Event of the Year

Almeida Greeks season
Election night broadcast of James Graham’s The Vote at the Donmar Warehouse
Frenzy around Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet run at the Barbican
Large & tiny-scale Sweeney Todds running simultaneously in West End (ENO & Tooting Arts Club)
Noma Dumezweni triumphing in Linda after 11th hour takeover at Royal Court
Opening of Kenneth Branagh’s year-long Branagh Theatre season