2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards

The UK’s leading theatre website today reveals the winners of the 2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards, the only major prize-giving event for the theatre industry voted for purely by the ticket-buying public.

Best Actor in a Play

James Corden - ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS at the National (Lyttelton) and Adelphi

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

Nigel Harman - SHREK at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

The LES MISERABLES Best Ensemble Performance

LONDON ROAD (Composer and Co-Lyricist Adam Cork) at the National (Cottesloe).  

The EMG Best New Comedy

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS by Richard Bean at the National (Lyttelton) and Adelphi

The TIME OUT Best West End Production

THE RIOTS at the Tricycle (Director Nicolas Kent; Designer Polly Sullivan)

The LUCKINGS Best Regional Production

SWEENEY TODD at Chichester Festival Theatre (Director Jonathan Kent; Associate Director Lloyd Wood)

The EQUITY Best West End Show

WAR HORSE at the New London (Directors Tom Morris and Marianne Elliot; Composer Adrian Sutton; Associate Puppetry Director Mervyn Millar)