The 26th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards: full list of UA nominees

We’re thrilled to celebrate our incredible clients and collaborators who have been recognised in the WhatsOnStage Awards nominations this year. Here’s the full list of UA talent featured across categories:

The SINE Digital Best Performer in a Play Award

• Rosamund Pike – Inter Alia

Best Takeover Performance

• Stevie Doc – The Devil Wears Prada

Best New Play – sponsored by Disney on Stage

• Born With Teeth – Sound Designer: George Dennis. Lighting Designer: Neil Austin
• Clarkston by Samuel D Hunter – Sound Designer: George Dennis; Casting Director: Stuart Burt CDG CSA
• The Comedy About Spies by Henry Lewis and Henry Shields – Associate Director: Katie-Ann McDonough
• Inter Alia – Cast includes: Rosamund Pike and Jasper Talbot; Designer: Miriam Buether
• Stereophonic – Cast includes: Lucy Karczewski; Associate Director: Emma Baggott

The Travelzoo Best New Musical Award

• Hercules – Adapter/Co-Book Writer: Kwame Kwei-Armah
• Here and Now – Directed by: Rachel Kavanaugh
• Shucked – Cast includes: Steven Webb
• Paddington - Lighting Design: Neil Austin

The Londoner Best Play Revival Award

• The Lady from the Sea, Bridge Theatre – Cast includes: Gracie Oddie James
• Much Ado About Nothing, Theatre Royal Drury Lane – Associate Director & Text Editor: Jonathan Glew; Cast includes: James Phoon; Casting Director: Stuart Burt CDG CSA 
• Richard II, Bridge Theatre – Directed by: Nicholas Hytner; Designer: Bob Crowley
• The Seagull, Barbican Theatre – Cast includes: Jason Watkins
• A Streetcar Named Desire, Sheffield Crucible – Cast includes: Jake Dunn and Joanna Vanderham; Sound Designer & Music Arranger: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite

Best Musical Revival – sponsored by Concord Theatricals

• Evita – Cast includes: Harrison Wilde; Children’s Casting: Harry Blumenau CDG CSA 
• Jesus Christ Superstar, The Watermill Theatre – Video Design: Daniel Denton
• The Producers – Directed by: Patrick Marber; Cast includes: Raj Ghatak and Joanna Woodward; Associate Director (Menier): Martha Geelan

Best Regional Production

• Come Fall in Love – Video Designer: Akhila Krishnan
• Jesus Christ Superstar, Watermill Theatre – Video Designer: Daniel Denton
• Krapp’s Last Tape, York Theatre Royal - Costume Designer: Guy Speranza

Best Studio Production – sponsored by Theatrical Rights Worldwide

• Brixton Calling, Southwark Playhouse – Sound Designer: Max Pappenheim
• The Last Five Years, Barn Theatre, Cirencester and Reading Rep Theatre – Cast includes: Guy Woolf; Casting: Harry Blumenau CDG CSA 

Best West End Show – sponsored by Dewynters

• Cabaret, Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse Theatre – Casting: Stuart Burt CDG CSA 
• Hadestown – Cast includes: Melaine Bright and Dylan Wood
• Oliver!, Gielgud Theatre – Designer: Lez Brotherston

The White Light Best Lighting Design Award

• Neil Austin, Born With Teeth
• Neil Austin, Paddington The Musical

Best Concert Event

• The Book Thief in Concert, Prince of Wales Theatre – Director & Choreographer: Tom Jackson Greaves
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame in Concert, Prince Edward Theatre – Director: Jonathan O’Boyle; Casting: Harry Blumenau CDG CSA

Best Casting Direction

• Stuart Burt – Make It Happen

Congratulations to all our clients and collaborators on these fantastic nominations!