The nominees for the 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards have been announced and we’re delighted to have a host of UA clients nominated.
Best Performer In A Male Identifying Role In A Musical:
Eddie Redmayne – Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club.
Best Performer In A Female Identifying Role In A Musical:
Samantha Barks – Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Jessie Buckley – Cabaret at Playhouse Theatre – Kit Kat Club
Best Supporting Performer In A Female Identifying Role In A Musical:
Obioma Ugoala – Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Best Performer In A Male Identifying Role In A Play:
Richard Armitage – Uncle Vanya at Harold Pinter Theatre
James McAvoy – Cyrano de Bergerac at Playhouse Theatre
Best Performer In A Female Identifying Role In A Play:
Lily Allen – 2:22 A Ghost Story at Noël Coward Theatre
Best Supporting Performer In A Female Identifying Role In A Play:
Jonathan Sayer – Magic Goes Wrong at Vaudeville Theatre & Apollo Theatre
Best Supporting Performer In A Male Identifying Role In A Play:
Akiya Henry – The Tragedy of Macbeth at Almeida Theatre
Best New Musical:
Cinderella – Co-written by Emerald Fennell and Starring Georgina Castle,
Frozen – Starring Samantha Barks, Obioma Ugoala, with lighting design by Neil Austin.
Pretty Woman the Musical – Starring Danny Mac.
Moulin Rouge! – Starring Jamie Bogyo
Best Musical Revival:
Cabaret – Starring Eddie Redmayne, Jessie Buckley, Elliot Levey and Cast by Stuart Burt.
Carousel – Starring Sam Mackay
Rent – Starring Alex Thomas-Smith, with Choreography by Tom Jackson Greaves
Best New Play
2:22 A Ghost Story – Starring Lily Allen
Leopoldstadt – Written by Tom Stoppard, starring Alexis Zegerman, Clara Francis, Griffin Stevens, Ed Stoppard, Luke Thallon with Lighting Design by Neil Austin and Sound Design by Adam Cork
Magic Goes Wrong – Vaudeville Theatre & Apollo Theatre – Starring Jonathan Sayer
Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) – With lighting by Colin Grenfell
The Ocean at the End of the Lane – With illusions and magic by Jamie Harrison
Best Play Revival
Constellations – Shyvonne Ahmmad who was understudy to the lead female role
Cyrano de Bergerac – Starring James McAvoy, Nima Taleghani and Cast by Stuart Burt
The Normal Heart – with Liz Carr and Danny Lee Wynter
The Tragedy of Macbeth – Starring Emun Elliott, Michael Abubakar and Akiya Henry
Uncle Vanya – Starring Richard Armitage, Dearbhla Molloy and with Music by Stephen Warbeck
Best Off-West End Production
My Son’s A Queer (But What Can You Do?) – With Lighting Design by Jai Morjaria and Sound Design by Tingying Dong.
Old Bridge – With Sound Design by Max Pappenheim
The Last Five Years – Directed by Jonathan O’Boyle
Best Regional Theatre Production:
Bedknobs and Broomsticks the Musical – UK tour directed by Jamie Harrison and Candice Edmunds with set design and illusions also by Jamie Harrison,
Bloody Elle – Written and Performed by Lauryn Redding with Sound Design by Alexandra Faye Braithwaite
Rent – Starring Alex Thomas-Smith, with Choreography by Tom Jackson Greaves
What’s New Pussycat? – Starring Kelly Price with Video Design by Akhila Krishnan
Best West End Show:
The Play That Goes Wrong – Written by Jonathan Sayer, Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and with Associate Director Sean Turner
Best Set Design:
Jamie Harrison – Bedknobs and Broomsticks the Musical, UK tour
Best Lighting Design:
Neil Austin – Frozen
Best Sound Design:
Adam Cork – Leopoldstadt
Ben and Max Ringham – Cyrano de Bergerac
Best Video Design:
Akhila Krishnan – What’s New Pussycat?
Voting will open after the shortlist is revealed, closing on Friday 21 January 2022, with the winners being announced at the awards ceremony on Sunday 27 February 2022.
