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THE 2008 THEATREGOERS' CHOICE AWARD WINNERS
The Franco's Best Actress in a Play
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| Maggie Smith – The Lady from Dubuque at the Theatre Royal Haymarket |
40.4% |
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| Anne-Marie Duff – Saint Joan at the NT Olivier |
16.3% |
| Janie Dee – Shadowlands at Wyndham’s |
7.5% |
| Kate Fleetwood – Macbeth at the Gielgud |
10.9% |
| Kristin Scott Thomas – The Seagull at the Royal Court |
12.4% |
| Tamsin Greig – Much Ado About Nothing, RSC at the Novello |
12.5% |
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Best Actor in a Play
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| Ian McKellen – King Lear, RSC at the New London |
33.2% |
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| Charles Dance – Shadowlands at Wyndham’s |
8.4% |
| John Simm – Elling at the Bush & Trafalgar Studios |
14.4% |
| Paterson Joseph – The Emperor Jones at the NT Olivier |
4.9% |
| Patrick Stewart – Macbeth at the Gielgud, The Tempest & Antony & Cleopatra, RSC at the Novello |
23.3% |
| Robert Lindsay – The Entertainer at the Old Vic |
15.8% |
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Best Supporting Actress in a Play
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| Diana Rigg – All About My Mother at the Old Vic |
29.5% |
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| Amanda Hale – The Glass Menagerie at the Apollo |
12.2% |
| Andrea Riseborough – The Pain & the Itch at the Royal Court |
5.7% |
| Frances de la Tour – Boeing-Boeing at the Comedy |
21.6% |
| Pam Ferris – The Entertainer at the Old Vic |
21.6% |
| Ruth Wilson – Philistines at the NT Lyttelton |
9.4% |
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Best Supporting Actor in a Play
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| Lee Evans – The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios |
33.2% |
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| David Haig – The Country Wife at the Theatre Royal Haymarket |
20.5% |
| Mark Gatiss – All About My Mother at the Old Vic |
18% |
| Nigel Lindsay – Awake & Sing at the Almeida |
9.8% |
| Paul Ritter – The Hothouse at the NT Lyttelton |
7.8% |
| Rory Kinnear – The Man of Mode at the NT Olivier |
10.7% |
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The First Magazine Best Actress in a Musical
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| Leanne Jones – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury |
43.1% |
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| Denise Van Outen – Rent Remixed at the Duke of York’s |
16% |
| Lara Pulver – Parade at the Donmar Warehouse |
7.6% |
| Sheridan Smith – Little Shop of Horrors at the Duke of York’s & Ambassadors |
15.6% |
| Summer Strallen – The Drowsy Chaperone at the Novello |
8.5% |
| Susan McFadden – Grease at the Piccadilly |
9.2% |
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The See Tickets Best Actor in a Musical
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| Michael Ball – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury |
33.7% |
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| Bertie Carvel – Parade at the Donmar Warehouse |
6.4% |
| Henry Goodman – Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy |
6.8% |
| James Loye – The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
12.3% |
| Lee Mead – Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Adelphi |
33.1% |
| Paul Keating – Little Shop of Horrors at the Duke of York’s & Ambassadors |
7.7% |
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Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
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| Tracie Bennett – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury |
30.5% |
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| Beverley Klein – Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy |
6.4% |
| Elaine Paige – The Drowsy Chaperone at the Novello |
14.7% |
| Laura Michelle Kelly – The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
21.6% |
| Nicole Faraday – Bad Girls at the Garrick |
7.6% |
| Preeya Kalidas – Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Adelphi |
19.1% |
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Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
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| Ben James-Ellis – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury |
27.6% |
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| Dean Collinson – Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Adelphi |
20.4% |
| Mel Smith – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury |
21.9% |
| Michael Jibson – Take Flight at the Menier Chocolate Factory |
5.5% |
| Michael Therriault – The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
16.9% |
| Shaun Escoffery – Parade at the Donmar Warehouse |
7.6% |
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Best Solo Performance
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| Fiona Shaw – Happy Days at the NT Lyttelton |
32% |
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| Lucy Briers – Some Kind of Bliss at Trafalgar Studios |
11.9% |
| Patrick Kielty – A Night in November at Trafalgar Studios |
17.5% |
| Ralf Little – Stacy at Trafalgar Studios |
20.3% |
| Richard Schiff – Underneath the Lintel at the Duchess |
7.7% |
| Robert Bathurst – Alex at the Arts |
10.5% |
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Best Ensemble Performance
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| The Taming of the Shrew & Twelfth Night – Propeller at the Old Vic |
25.1% |
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| Betrayal – at the Donmar Warehouse |
12.8% |
| Dealer’s Choice – at the Menier Chocolate Factory |
14.5% |
| Glengarry Glen Ross – at the Apollo |
19.9% |
| Philistines – at the NT Lyttelton |
7.1% |
| War Horse – at the NT Olivier |
20.6% |
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Best Takeover in a Role
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| Kerry Ellis – Wicked at the Apollo Victoria |
36.1% |
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| Dianne Pilkington – Wicked at the Apollo Victoria |
10.5% |
| Kelly Osbourne – Chicago at the Cambridge |
16.1% |
| Leila Benn Harris & Robyn North – The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s |
8.2% |
| Peter Davison – Spamalot at the Palace |
16.9% |
| Ramin Karimloo – The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s |
12.3% |
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The Nick Hern Books Best New Play
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| All About My Mother by Samuel Adamson – at the Old Vic |
33.9% |
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| A Disappearing Number by Complicite – at the Barbican |
9.1% |
| Joe Guy by Roy Williams – at Soho Theatre |
10.1% |
| Landscape with Weapon by Joe Penhall – at the NT Cottesloe |
9.5% |
| That Face by Polly Stenham – at the Royal Court Upstairs |
11% |
| War Horse by Nick Stafford – at the NT Olivier |
26.3% |
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Best New Comedy
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| Elling by Simon Bent – at the Bush & Trafalgar Studios |
21.7% |
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| Moonlight & Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson – at the Tricycle |
19.3% |
| Rafta Rafta by Ayub Khan-Din – at the NT Lyttelton |
13.7% |
| The Pain & the Itch by Bruce Norris – at the Royal Court |
15.9% |
| Vernon God Little by Tanya Ronder – at the Young Vic |
13.4% |
| Whipping It Up by Steve Thompson – at the Bush & Ambassadors |
15.9% |
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The Superbreak Best New Musical
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| Hairspray by Marc Shaiman, Scott Whitman, Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan – at the Shaftesbury |
50.4% |
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| Bad Girls The Musical by Kath Gotts, Maureen Chadwick & Ann McManus – at the Garrick |
6.5% |
| Parade by Jason Robert Brown & Alfred Uhry – at the Donmar Warehouse |
8.0% |
| Take Flight by Richard Maltby Jr, David Shire & John Weidman – at the Menier Chocolate Factory |
2.7% |
| The Drowsy Chaperone by Greg Morrison, Lisa Lambert, Don McKellar & Bob Martin – at the Novello |
7.7% |
| The Lord of the Rings by AR Rahman, Varttina, Christopher Nightingale, Shaun McKenna & Matthew Warchus – at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
24.7% |
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Best Play Revival
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| Equus – at the Gielgud |
45.2% |
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| Boeing-Boeing – at the Comedy |
16.6% |
| Saint Joan – at the NT Olivier |
8.5% |
| The Country Wife – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket |
7.5% |
| The Dumb Waiter – at Trafalgar Studios |
8.3% |
| In Celebration – at the Duke of York’s |
13.9% |
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The Ticketmaster Best Musical Revival
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| Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – at the Adelphi |
42.8% |
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| Buddy – at the Duchess |
5.0% |
| Fiddler on the Roof – at the Savoy |
11.3% |
| Grease – at the Piccadilly |
11.3% |
| Little Shop of Horrors – at the Duke of York’s & Ambassadors |
18.5% |
| Rent – at the Duke of York’s |
11.1% |
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The Best Shakespearean Production
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| Macbeth – at the Gielgud |
30.4% |
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| Antony & Cleopatra – RSC at the Novello |
6.9% |
| A Midsummer Night’s Dream – at the Roundhouse |
16.3% |
| King Lear – RSC at the New London |
20.9% |
| Much Ado About Nothing – RSC at the Novello |
15.3% |
| The Merchant of Venice – at Shakespeare’s Globe |
10.2% |
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Best Director
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| Jack O’Brien – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury |
39% |
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| Marianne Elliott – Much Ado About Nothing, RSC at the Novello, Saint Joan & War Horse at the NT Olivier |
9.6% |
| Matthew Warchus – Boeing-Boeing at the Comedy & The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
12.5% |
| Roger Michell – Landscape with Weapon at the NT Cottesloe & Betrayal at the Donmar Warehouse |
4.1% |
| Rupert Goold – The Glass Menagerie at the Apollo, The Tempest, RSC at the Novello, Rough Crossings at the Lyric Hammersmith & Macbeth at the Gielgud |
10.2% |
| Thea Sharrock – Equus at the Gielgud, The Emperor Jones at the NT Olivier & Cloud Nine at the Almeida |
24.6% |
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Best Set Designer
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| Rob Howell – The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
37.8% |
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| Anthony Ward – Glengarry Glen Ross at the Apollo, Macbeth at the Gielgud, The Arsonists & Rhinoceros at the Royal Court |
6.8% |
| Bunny Christie – Philistines & Women of Troy at the NT Lyttelton |
4.6% |
| David Rockwell – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury |
36.3% |
Hildegard Bechtler – All About My Mother at the Old Vic & The Hothouse
at the NT Lyttelton |
6.5% |
| Rae Smith & the Handspring Puppet Company – War Horse at the NT Olivier |
8.0% |
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Best Choreographer
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| Jerry Mitchell – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury |
50.4% |
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| Bill Deamer – Lady Be Good at the Open Air Theatre |
4.2% |
| Casey Nicholaw – The Drowsy Chaperone at the Novello |
7.2% |
| Sammy Dallas Bayes (reproducing Jerome Robbins) & Kate Flatt – Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy |
5.8% |
| Peter Darling – The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane |
25.3% |
| Rob Ashford – Parade at the Donmar Warehouse |
7.1% |
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The Dewynters London Newcomer of the Year
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| Daniel Radcliffe – Equus at the Gielgud |
33.9% |
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| Arthur Darvill – Terre Haute at Trafalgar Studios & Swimming with Sharks at the Vaudeville |
2.8% |
| Billie Piper – Treats at the Garrick |
8.3% |
| Colin Morgan – Vernon God Little at the Young Vic & All About My Mother at the Old Vic |
3.5% |
| Leanne Jones – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury |
32.1% |
| Orlando Bloom – In Celebration at the Duke of York’s |
19.4% |
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Best Off-West End Production
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| A Christmas Carol & The Magic Flute – at the Young Vic |
26% |
| I Love You Because – at the Landor |
26% |
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| tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ! – at the Bush |
9.0% |
| Dealer’s Choice – at the Menier Chocolate Factory |
15.9% |
| The Masque of the Red Death – at Battersea Arts Centre |
12.6% |
| Vernon God Little – at the Young Vic |
10.5% |
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Best Regional Production
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| Pygmalion – at the Theatre Royal Bath & on tour |
22.5% |
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| Angels in America – on tour |
21% |
| Henry V – at the Royal Exchange, Manchester |
15.4% |
| Never Forget – on tour |
19% |
| Sunshine on Leith – at Dundee Rep |
9.2% |
| The Big Secret Live: I Am Shakespeare – at Chichester Festival & on tour |
12.9% |
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The AKA Theatre Event of the Year
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| Daniel Radcliffe’s steamy publicity shots for Equus |
45% |
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| Launch of the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company & its first season under Jonathan Kent |
6.1% |
| Nicholas Hytner’s “dead white males” comment about critics |
5.0% |
| Punchdrunk’s takeover of BAC for The Masque of the Red Death |
5.3% |
| Reopening of the Royal Festival Hall |
11.1% |
| Reality TV head-to-head between Any Dream Will Do & Grease Is the Word |
27.6% |
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