The 25th Whats on Stage Awards
The 25th Whats on Stage Awards: Nominations
We are thrilled to share a range of nominations across all disciplines from our clients at this years Whats on Stage Awards.
Best Debut Performer
Jeevan Braich - Starlight Express
Stevie Doc - Mamma Mia
Best Performer in a Musical
Mean Girls – Georgina Castle
Best Regional Production
Dear Evan Hansen - Designer: Morgan Large; Associate MD: Bob Broad
Oliver! - designed by Lez Brotherston
Brassed Off - based on the screenplay by Mark Herman
Best Concert Event
Pippin – 50th Anniversary Concert – Director: Jonathan O’Boyle
Sondheim On Sondheim – Director: Paul Foster. Starring: Clive Rowe and Jenna Russell
Best Studio Production
Brace Brace – Sound Designer: Paul Arditti, Starring Phil Dunster
Best Casting Direction
Harry Blumenau – Why Am I So Single?
Stuart Burt – Fiddler On The Roof
Best Costume Design
Lez Brotherston – Oliver!
Best Set Design
Miriam Buether – Kyoto
Tim Hatley - Starlight Express
Best Sound Design
Paul Arditti – Brace Brace
Best New Musical
Babies – Book Writer & Director: Martha Geelan. Casting Director: Harry Blumenau. Starring Zoe Athena. Zoë Athena
Why Am I So Single? – Lighting Designer: Jai Morjaria; Casting Director: Harry Blumenau. Starring: Noah Thomas
Mean Girls - starring: Elèna Gyasi & Georgina Castle
MJ - starring Ashley Zhangazha
The Devil Wears Prada - designed by Tim Hatley
Best Musical Revival
Dean Evan Hansen - Designer: Morgan Large; Associate MD: Bob Broad
Kiss Me Kate - starring Jack Butterworth
Starlight Express - starring Jeevan Braich, designed by Tim Hatley
Hello Dolly! - Jenna Russell
Oliver! - designed by Lez Brotherston
Hadestown - starring Dylan Wood
Best New Play
Giant – Director: Nicholas Hytner; Designer: Bob Crowley; Sound Designer: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite. Starring: Elliot Levy, Tessa Bonham Jones and Richard Hope.
Kyoto – by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson; Set Design: Miriam Buether; Video Designer: Akhila Krishnan. Starring: Togo Igawa, Nancy Crane, Olivia Barrowclough, and Ferdy Roberts
Punch – Sound Designer: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite. Starring: David Shields
Princess Essex - starring Tyreke Leslie, Eloise Secker and John Cummins
Slave Play - starring: Kit Harington and Aaron Heffernan
Best Play Revival
A Raisin in the Sun – Starring: Joséphine-Fransilja Brookman, Sound Designer: Max Pappenheim
The Crucible – Lighting Designer: Jess Bernberg
Romeo and Juliet – Sound Designers: Ben & Max Ringham; Casting Director: Stuart Burt. Starring: Ray Sesay
Oedipus - starring Bhasker Patel and Sara Hazemi, James Wilbraham
Macbeth - starring Moyo Akandé
Best West End Show
Cabaret – Casting Director: Stuart Burt
Operation Mincemeat – Designer: Ben Stones
Best Off-West End Production
KENREX – Co-Writer and Starring: Jack Holden ; Composer: John Patrick Elliott