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2017 WhatsOnStage Award Nominations Announcement

December 2, 2016 by Carmen Paddock Leave a Comment

img_20161201_142847The opulent Cafe de Paris nightclub, just off Piccadilly Circus, was transformed into a showbiz extravaganza midday on 1st December to welcome the announcement of the 17th annual WhatsonStage Award nominations, with winners to be announced in February 2017. Between wine, canapés, and lively conversations – not to mention a glamorous balcony area for the event’s sponsors – the event is a celebration of the West End’s most acclaimed and popular shows in the past year. It has, thankfully, been a year of great theatre, and – as the opening video reminded attendees – great theatre has been very necessary in the year of Brexit and Trump.

Emcee Steve First heralded the event as the start of the Christmas countdown, jovially introducing the announcement portion of the afternoon. Thankfully, he feels that theatre audiences have made better voting choices than certain other occasions in 2016 (‘The people have spoken and what the f*** do the people know’), and this impressive and deserving list supports his trust in the theatre-going public.

 

 

 

 

The award nominees, announced at 13.30 on 1st December, are as follows:

 

Best Actor in a Play:

Kenneth Branagh in The Entertainer

Ian McKellen in No Man’s Land

Ian Hallard in The Boys in the Band

Jamie Parker in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Ralph Fiennes in Richard III

 

Best Actress in a Play:

Billie Piper in Yerma

Helen McCrory in The Deep Blue See

Lily James in Romeo and Juliet

Michelle Terry in Henry V

Pixie Lott in Breakfast at Tiffany’s

 

Best Actor in a Musical:

Andy Karl in Groundhog Day

Charlie Stemp in Half a Sixpence

Michael C Hall in Lazarus

Michael Xavier in Sunset Boulevard

Ramin Karimloo in Murder Ballad

 

Best Actress in a Musical:

Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl

Devon-Elise Johnson in Half a Sixpence

Carrie Hope Fletcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Amber Riley in Dreamgirls

Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard

 

Best Supporting Actor in a Play:

Anthony Boyle in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Derek Jacobi in Romeo and Juliet

Freddie Fox in Travesties

Paul Thornley in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Jonjo O’Neill in Unreachable

 

Best Supporting Actress in a Play:

Jenna Russell in Doctor Faustus

Poppy Miller in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Meera Syal in Romeo and Juliet

Noma Dumezweni in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Vanessa Redgrave in Richard III

 

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical:

Joel Montague in Funny Girl

Trevor Dion Nicholas in Aladdin

Adam J Bernard in Dreamgirls

Tyrone Huntley in Jesus Christ Superstar

Ian Bartholomew in Half a Sixpence

 

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical:

Amy Lennox in Lazarus

Emma Williams in Half a Sixpence

Rebecca Trehearn in Showboat

Sophia Ann Caruso in Lazarus

Victoria Hamilton-Barritt in Murder Ballad

 

Best New Play:

The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures (iHo)

The Mother

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The Flick

The Comedy About a Bank Robbery

 

Best New Musical

Dreamgirls

Half a Sixpence

Groundhog Day

School of Rock

Aladdin

 

Best Play Revival:

The Boys in the Band

Travesties

No Man’s Land

The Dresser

The Deep Blue Sea

 

Best Musical Revival:

Sunset Boulevard

Show Boat

Jesus Christ Superstar

Funny Girl

Ragtime

 

Best Direction:

John Tiffany for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Casey Nicholaw for Aladdin

Matthew Warchus for Groundhog Day

Rachel Kavanaugh for Half a Sixpence

Michael Mayer for Funny Girl

 

Best Choreography:

Drew McOnie for Jesus Chris Superstar

Casey Nicholaw for Aladdin

Andrew Wright for Half a Sixpence

Casey Nicholaw for Dreamgirls

Peter Darling for Groundhog Day

 

Best Costume Design:

Gregg Barnes for Aladdin

Paul Brown for Half a Sixpence

Matthew Wright for Funny Girl

Katrina Lindsay for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Gregg Barnes for Dreamgirls

 

Best Set Design:

Christine Jones for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Miriam Buether for Wild

Bob Crowley for Aladdin

Lez Brotherston for Show Boat

Rob Howell for Groundhog Day

 

Best Lighting Design:

Neil Austin for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Jack Weir for The Boys in the Band

Charlie Morgan Jones for Little Shop of Horrors

Hugh Vanstone for Groundhog Day

Natasha Katz for Aladdin

 

Best Video Design:

Tal Yarden for Lazarus

Andrzej Goulding for Groundhog Day

Laura Perrett for Murder Ballad

Finn Ross and Alex Woodward for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Finn Ross for The Tempest

 

Best Off-West End Production:

The Boys in the Band

The Last Five Years

Side Show

Ragtime

Grey Gardens

 

Best Regional Production:

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Flowers for Mrs Harris

Rent

The Grinning Man

The Girls

 

Best West End Show:

Les Miserables

Kinky Boots

Wicked

The Phantom of the Opera

Matilda the Musical

Author: Carmen PaddockTheatre goer and theatre writer
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