The 25th Whats on Stage Awards: Nominations

We are thrilled to share a range of nominations across all disciplines from our clients at this years Whats on Stage Awards.

Best Debut Performer

Jeevan Braich – Starlight Express

Stevie Doc – Mamma Mia

Best Performer in a Musical

Mean Girls – Georgina Castle

Best Regional Production

Dear Evan Hansen – Designer: Morgan Large; Associate MD: Bob Broad

Oliver! – designed by Lez Brotherston

Brassed Off – based on the screenplay by Mark Herman

Best Concert Event

Pippin – 50^th Anniversary Concert – Director: Jonathan O’Boyle

Sondheim On Sondheim – Director: Paul Foster. Starring: Clive Rowe and Jenna Russell

Best Studio Production

Brace Brace – Sound Designer: Paul Arditti, Starring Phil Dunster

Best Casting Direction

Harry Blumenau – Why Am I So Single?

Stuart Burt – Fiddler On The Roof

Best Costume Design

Lez Brotherston – Oliver!

Best Set Design

Miriam Buether – Kyoto

Tim Hatley – Starlight Express

Best Sound Design

Paul Arditti – Brace Brace

Best New Musical

Babies – Book Writer & Director: Martha Geelan. Casting Director: Harry Blumenau. Starring Zoe Athena. Zoë Athena

Why Am I So Single? – Lighting Designer: Jai Morjaria; Casting Director: Harry Blumenau. Starring: Noah Thomas

Mean Girls – starring: Elèna Gyasi & Georgina Castle

MJ – starring Ashley Zhangazha

The Devil Wears Prada – designed by Tim Hatley

Best Musical Revival

Dean Evan Hansen – Designer: Morgan Large; Associate MD: Bob Broad

Kiss Me Kate – starring Jack Butterworth

Starlight Express – starring Jeevan Braich, designed by Tim Hatley

Hello Dolly! – Jenna Russell

Oliver! – designed by Lez Brotherston

Hadestown – starring Dylan Wood

Best New Play

Giant – Director: Nicholas Hytner; Designer: Bob Crowley; Sound Designer: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite. Starring: Elliot Levy, Tessa Bonham Jones and Richard Hope.

Kyoto – by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson; Set Design: Miriam Buether; Video Designer: Akhila Krishnan. Starring: Togo Igawa, Nancy Crane, Olivia Barrowclough, and Ferdy Roberts

Punch – Sound Designer: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite. Starring: David Shields

Princess Essex – starring Tyreke Leslie, Eloise Secker and John Cummins

Slave Play – starring: Kit Harington and Aaron Heffernan

Best Play Revival

A Raisin in the Sun – Starring: Joséphine-Fransilja Brookman, Sound Designer: Max Pappenheim

The Crucible – Lighting Designer: Jess Bernberg

Romeo and Juliet – Sound Designers: Ben & Max Ringham; Casting Director: Stuart Burt. Starring: Ray Sesay

Oedipus – starring Bhasker Patel and Sara Hazemi, James Wilbraham

Macbeth – starring Moyo Akandé

Best West End Show

Cabaret – Casting Director: Stuart Burt

Operation Mincemeat – Designer: Ben Stones