WhatsOnStage Award Nominations 2021

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.