There are two primary Whatsonstage.com Awards events every year. The Launch Party, at which shortlists are announced and voting is opened, is held at lunchtime on the first Friday in December. The Awards’ Concert, at which winners are announced and presented with their trophies in front of a capacity audience, takes place at a major West End theatre on a Sunday evening, usually the second or third week in February.
For the 2013 Whatsonstage.com Awards, covering the 2012 theatre year, the Launch Party will happen on Friday 7 December 2012 at Café de Paris, just off Leicester Square, and the Awards’ Concert will be presented on Sunday 17 February 2012 at 7pm at the Palace Theatre, home of Singin' in the Rain.
The Launch Party is a private event and you can attend by invitation only. Each October, we draw up the invitation list anew according to what’s opened during the relevant Awards year – it’s a mammoth task. We do our best to invite principal actors, creatives and producers from all the major openings, as well as other key industry figures in PR, marketing and management.
As a result, over the years, the Awards Launch Party has grown to become one of the year’s biggest industry events, attended by 600+ theatre bods – which has created a problem! Café de Paris can’t physically accommodate all the people we’d love to have there.
Because of that, though we aim to be as inclusive as possible, we can’t invite everyone from every production (especially with some of the larger company shows), and, on the day, we have be extra strict on the door. To guarantee entry on the day, you must be in receipt of an invite/party pass addressed to you and you must RSVP. We cannot accommodate unexpected guests.
For actors and creatives, please be aware that your invite is likely to have been sent to you via your agent and these do sometimes get waylaid en route. If you’d like to receive your invite directly in future, which is also enormously helpful for us, please email us at awards@whatsonstage.com with your contact information.
If you (or someone you know) hasn’t been invited and you think you should be, you can email us at awards@whatsonstage.com for consideration. Please include full name, email address, production and role. We apologise in advance that we aren’t able to respond to every request personally.
For members of the public, the only way to attend the Launch Party is by becoming an Individual Supporter of the Whatsonstage.com Awards, which costs £550 + VAT and includes access to all Awards events (or just £525 for members of our Theatre Club).
CLICK HERE TO BUY YOUR AWARDS SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE.
The Awards’ Concert is primarily a public event, with tickets at a range of prices going on sale via the theatre box office in November. A handful of tickets are held back as comps for invited guests, including sponsors and individual nominees (and one guest each per nominee). For production category nominations, winners are also provided with a pair of tickets. Producers or others connected to winners and nominees can purchase additional house seats, which will be located within the same area of the theatre. Guests are also invited to a private party following the Concert.
Concert tickets can be booked online, while supplies last, by clicking here.
For members of the public, the only way to attend the post-Concert party with the winners, nominees and other VIPs is by becoming an Individual Supporter of the Whatsonstage.com Awards, which costs £550 + VAT and includes access to all Awards events (or just £525 for members of our Theatre Club).
CLICK HERE TO BUY YOUR AWARDS SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE.
Journalists wishing to cover either Awards event should contact Beth Gaudin or Jo Preston at Teamspirit Public Relations on 020 7360 7877 or email whatsonstage@teamspiritpr.com.