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WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN THE NINTH ANNUAL
- Donmar Warehouse continues West End domination with five trophies
- Broadway import Jersey Boys is four-time victor, The Four Seasons’ Bob Gaudio collects for Best New Musical
- David Tennant’s RSC Hamlet, La Cage aux Folles & 50th anniversary West Side Story nab two awards apiece
- Josh Hartnett, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Izzard, Ray Davies, Neil LaBute, Sophie Thompson, Tom Hiddleston & Tracie Bennett amongst top winners
- Record-Breaking Turnout: Over 35,000 Voters
The SPOTLIGHT Best Actress in a Play
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| Katy Stephens – The Histories, RSC at the Roundhouse |
20.3%
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| Deanna Dunagan – August: Osage County at the NT Lyttelton |
15.6%
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| Lesley Sharp – Harper Regan at NT Cottesloe |
17.1%
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| Lindsay Duncan – That Face at the Duke of York’s |
18.3%
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| Margaret Tyzack – The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse |
9.2%
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| Penelope Wilton – The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse |
19.5%
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The SPOTLIGHT Best Actor in a Play
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| Kenneth Branagh – Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s |
26.4%
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| Adam Godley – Rain Man at the Apollo |
18.1%
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| Chiwetel Ejiofor – Othello at the Donmar Warehouse |
16.5%
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| Eddie Redmayne – Now or Later at the Royal Court Downstairs |
6.9%
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| Ian McDiarmid – Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Gielgud |
9.2%
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| Kevin Spacey & Jeff Goldblum – Speed the Plow at the Old Vic |
22.9%
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Best Supporting Actress in a Play
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| Sophie Thompson – The Female of the Speciesat the Vaudeville |
24.2%
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| Barbara Jefford – Pygmalion at the Old Vic |
17.8%
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| Denise Gough – Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Gielgud |
15.6%
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| Michelle Terry – The Man Who Had All the Luck at the Donmar Warehouse |
12.9%
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| Phoebe Nicholls – The Vortex at the Apollo & Waste at the Almeida |
15.8%
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| Susan Engel – Her Naked Skin at the NT Olivier |
13.7%
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Best Supporting Actor in a Play
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| Tom Hiddleston – Othello at the Donmar Warehouse & Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s |
24.1%
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| Douglas Henshall – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida |
18.3%
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| Kevin R McNally – Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s |
23.7%
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| Malcolm Sinclair – Rosmersholm at the Almeida |
10.9%
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| Paul Ready – Major Barbara at the NT Olivier |
11.4%
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| Pip Carter – Gethsemane at the NT Cottesloe |
11.7%
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The VIAGOGO Best Actress in a Musical
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| Sofia Escobar – West Side Story at Sadler’s Wells |
35.8%
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| Connie Fisher – They’re Playing Our Song at the Menier Chocolate Factory |
24.9%
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| Elena Roger – Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse & Vaudeville |
16.3%
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| Leila Benn Harris – Imagine This at the New London |
5.6%
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| Lisa O’Hare – Gigi at the Open Air |
4.6%
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| Ruthie Henshall – Marguerite at the Theatre Royal Haymarket |
12.8%
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The See Tickets Best Actor in a Musical
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| Ryan Molloy – Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward |
33.7%
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| Darius Danesh – Gone With the Wind at the New London |
14.3%
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| Douglas Hodge – La Cage aux Folles at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Playhouse |
23.8%
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| Julian Ovenden – Marguerite at the Theatre Royal Haymarket |
8.5%
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| Matt Rawle – Zorro at the Garrick |
15.6%
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| Rolan Bell – The Harder They Come at the Barbican & Playhouse |
4.2%
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Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
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| Tracie Bennett – La Cage aux Folles at the Playhouse |
24.1%
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| Lesli Margherita – Zorro at the Garrick |
20.7%
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| Linda Thorson – Gigi at the Open Air |
11.5%
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| Lorraine Bruce – Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse & Vaudeville |
15.3%
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| Natasha Yvette Williams – Gone With the Wind at New London |
13%
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| Sophia Ragavelas – Never Forget at the Savoy |
15.4%
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Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
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| Stephen Ashfield – Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward |
35%
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| Alexander Hanson – Marguerite at the Theatre Royal Haymarket |
10.1%
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| Jason Pennycooke – La Cage aux Folles at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Playhouse |
16.2%
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| Luke Evans – Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse & Vaudeville |
13.8%
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| Michael Matus – Imagine This at the New London |
8.9%
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| Nick Cavaliere – Zorro at the Garrick |
15.9%
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Best Solo Performance
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| Eddie Izzard – Stripped at the Lyric |
28.7%
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| David Bradley – The Quiz at Trafalgar Studios |
7.7%
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| Derren Brown – Derren Brown Mindreader: An Evening of Wonders at the Garrick |
17.2%
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| Maria Friedman – Maria Friedman: Re-Arranged at the Menier Chocolate Factory |
19.4%
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| Nadine Marshall – Random at the Royal Court Downstairs |
5.2%
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| Vanessa Redgrave – The Year of Magical Thinking at the NT Lyttelton |
21.8%
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The AMBASSADOR TICKETS Best Ensemble Performance
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| Into the Hoods – at the Novello |
22.9%
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| August: Osage County – at the NT Lyttelton |
12.5%
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| Black Watch – National Theatre of Scotland at the Barbican |
13.5%
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| Brief Encounter – at The Cinema, Haymarket |
21%
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| The Histories – RSC at the Roundhouse |
17.6%
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| The Norman Conquests – at the Old Vic |
12.5%
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The MILK TWO SUGARS Best Takeover in a Role
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| Daniel Boys – Avenue Q at the Noël Coward |
27.4%
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| Denis Lawson – La Cage aux Folles at the Playhouse |
18.2%
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| Kelly Brook – Fat Pig at the Comedy |
10.3%
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| Rachel Tucker – We Will Rock You at the Dominion |
14.7%
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| Summer Strallen – The Sound of Music at the London Palladium |
16.7%
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| Suzanne Shaw – Chicago at the Cambridge |
12.7%
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The Nick Hern Books Best New Play
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| Under the Blue Sky by David Eldridge – at the Duke of York’s |
21.1%
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| August: Osage County by Tracy Letts – at the NT Lyttelton |
20.7%
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| Black Watch by Gregory Burke – National Theatre of Scotland at the Barbican |
20.3%
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| Now or Later by Christopher Shinn – at the Royal Court Downstairs |
10.9%
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| That Face by Polly Stenham – at the Duke of York’s |
15.1%
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| The Pitmen Painters by Lee Hall – at the NT Cottesloe |
12%
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Best New Comedy
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| Fat Pig by Neil LaBute – at Trafalgar Studios & the Comedy |
30.6%
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| God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza – at the Gielgud |
16.7%
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| Lifecoach by Nick Reed – at Trafalgar Studios |
10.4%
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| The Female of the Species by Joanna Murray-Smith – at the Vaudeville |
22.4%
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| The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh – at the NT Cottesloe |
10.6%
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| Well by Lisa Kron – at Trafalgar Studios |
9.3%
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The WALDORF HILTON Best New Musical
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| Jersey Boys by Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe, Rick Elice & Marshall Brickman – at the Prince Edward |
40.6%
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| Eurobeat by Craig Christie & Andrew Patterson – at the Novello |
11.7%
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| Imagine This by Shuki Levy, David Goldsmith & Glenn Berenbeim – at the New London |
8.7%
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| Marguerite by Michel Legrand, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg & Jonathan Kent – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket |
11.2%
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| Never Forget by Guy Jones, Daniel Brocklehurst & Ed Curtis – at the Savoy |
10.1%
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| Zorro by the Gipsy Kings, John Cameron, Stephen Clark & Helen Edmundson – at the Garrick |
17.7%
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The EMG Best Play Revival
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| Ivanov, Donmar West End – at Wyndham’s |
25.9%
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| Six Characters in Search of an Author – at the Gielgud |
16.5%
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| Speed the Plow – at the Old Vic |
17.6%
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| The Chalk Garden – at the Donmar Warehouse |
15.5%
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| The Norman Conquests – at the Old Vic |
16.6%
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| Waste – at the Almeida |
7.8%
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The Ticketmaster Best Musical Revival
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| West Side Story – at Sadler’s Wells |
33.1%
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| Candide – at the London Coliseum |
4.5%
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| Gigi – at the Open Air |
8.2%
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| La Cage aux Folles – at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Playhouse |
29.7%
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| Piaf – at the Donmar Warehouse & Vaudeville |
17.2%
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| They’re Playing Our Song – at the Menier Chocolate Factory |
7.3%
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The Best Shakespearean Production
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| Othello – at the Donmar Warehouse |
25.4%
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| A Midsummer Night’s Dream – RSC at Shakespeare’s Globe |
24.5%
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| Much Ado About Nothing – at the NT Olivier |
14.2%
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| The Histories – RSC at the Roundhouse |
17.7%
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| The Merry Wives of Windsor – at Shakespeare’s Globe |
7.7%
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| Twelfth Night – at the Tricycle |
10.4%
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The SEATCHOICE.com Best Director
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| Michael Grandage – Othello & The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse & Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s |
21.9%
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| Emma Rice – Brief Encounter at The Cinema, Haymarket |
21.4%
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| Matthew Warchus – The Norman Conquests at the Old Vic |
11.5%
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| Michael Boyd – The Histories, RSC at the Roundhouse |
18.8%
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| Rupert Goold – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida, Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Gielgud &No Man’s Land at the Duke of York’s |
13.9%
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| Samuel West – Dealer’s Choice at Trafalgar Studios & Waste at the Almeida |
12.6%
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Best Set Designer
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| Klara Zieglerova – Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward |
32.9%
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| Eugene Lee – Imagine This at the New London |
12.8%
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| Miriam Buether – In the Red & Brown Water at the Young Vic |
6.4%
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| Neil Murray – Brief Encounter at The Cinema, Haymarket |
19.8%
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| Rob Howell – The Norman Conquests at the Old Vic |
12%
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| Tom Piper – The Histories, RSC at the Roundhouse |
16.2%
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The WHITE LIGHT Best Lighting Designer
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| Malcolm Rippeth – Brief Encounter at The Cinema, Haymarket & Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Gielgud |
24.1%
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| Chahine Yavroyan – Relocated at the Royal Court Upstairs & Wig Out! at the Royal Court Downstairs |
5.6%
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| Jean Kalman – The Year of Magical Thinking at the NT Lyttelton & In the Red & Brown Water at the Young Vic |
8.2%
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| Mark Henderson – Under the Blue Sky at the Duke of York’s, Marguerite & The Sea at the Theatre Royal Haymarket |
17.4%
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| Neil Austin – Piaf at the Donmar Warehouse & Vaudeville, No Man’s Land at the Duke of York’s & Oedipus at the NT Olivier |
23%
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| Paule Constable – Othello & The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse & Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s |
21.7%
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Best Choreographer
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| Lynne Page – La Cage aux Folles at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Playhouse |
25.8%
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| Akram Khan – in-i at the NT Lyttelton |
5.5%
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| Karen Bruce – Never Forget at the Savoy |
13.3%
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| Kate Prince + ZooNation – Into the Hoods at the Novello |
17%
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| Matthew Bourne – Dorian Gray at Sadler’s Wells |
17.4%
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| Rafael Armago – Zorro at the Garrick |
21%
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The Dewynters London Newcomer of the Year
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| Josh Hartnett – Rain Man at the Apollo |
29.4%
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| Ella Smith – Fat Pig at Trafalgar Studios & the Comedy |
18.2%
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| George Sampson – Into the Hoods at the Novello |
21.1%
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| Joseph Mawle – The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida |
9%
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| Ray Davies – Come Dancing at Theatre Royal Stratford East |
14.8%
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| Tarell Alvin McCraney – In the Red & Brown Water & The Brothers Size at the Young Vic & Wig Out! at the Royal Court Downstairs |
7.6%
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The MOBIUS Best Off-West End Production
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| Come Dancing – at Theatre Royal Stratford East |
32.1%
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| An Enemy of the People – at the Arcola |
11.1%
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| Piranha Heights – at Soho Theatre |
10.8%
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| Plague Over England – at the Finborough |
12.7%
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| The Vaclav Havel season – at the Orange Tree |
9.6%
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| The White Devil – at the Menier Chocolate Factory |
23.6%
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The TARGET LIVE Best Regional Production
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| Hamlet – RSC at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |
48%
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| Calendar Girls – at Chichester Festival Theatre & on tour |
19.9%
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| On the Waterfront – at Nottingham Playhouse & the Edinburgh Fringe |
7.2%
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| Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi – at the Liverpool Playhouse |
7.1%
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| The Glass Menagerie – at the Royal Exchange, Manchester |
7.1%
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| The Music Man – at Chichester Festival Theatre |
10.6%
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The AKA Theatre Event of the Year
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| David Tennant returning to the stage in Hamlet for the RSC |
53.8%
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| The launch of the Donmar West End season at Wyndham’s |
12.6%
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| La Clique’s London debut at the Hippodrome |
7.8%
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| The in-the-round transformation of the Old Vic for The Norman Conquests |
7.2%
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| The RSC’s complete staging of The Histories at the Roundhouse |
8.8%
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| Widespread protests over arts funding cutbacks |
9.9%
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