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Dateline: 9th December, 2007

Theatregoers' Choice Awards

The nominations have been announced for the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards, the only theatrical awards voted for by members of the theatregoing public.

The FRANCO’S Best Actress in a Play

• Anne-Marie Duff – Saint Joan at the NT Olivier
• Janie Dee – Shadowlands at Wyndham’s
• Kate Fleetwood – Macbeth at the Gielgud
• Kristin Scott Thomas – The Seagull at the Royal Court
• Maggie Smith – The Lady from Dubuque at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
• Tamsin Greig – Much Ado About Nothing, RSC at the Novello

Best Actor in a Play

• Charles Dance – Shadowlands at Wyndham’s
• Ian McKellen – King Lear, RSC at the New London
• John Simm – Elling at the Bush & Trafalgar Studios
• Paterson Joseph – The Emperor Jones at the NT Olivier
• Patrick Stewart – Macbeth at the Gielgud, The Tempest & Antony & Cleopatra, RSC at the Novello
• Robert Lindsay – The Entertainer at the Old Vic

Best Supporting Actress in a Play

• Amanda Hale – The Glass Menagerie at the Apollo
• Andrea Riseborough – The Pain & the Itch at the Royal Court
• Diana Rigg – All About My Mother at the Old Vic
• Frances de la Tour – Boeing-Boeing at the Comedy
• Pam Ferris – The Entertainer at the Old Vic
• Ruth Wilson – Philistines at the NT Lyttelton

Best Supporting Actor in a Play

• David Haig – The Country Wife at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
• Lee Evans – The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios
• Mark Gatiss – All About My Mother at the Old Vic
• Nigel Lindsay – Awake & Sing at the Almeida
• Paul Ritter – The Hothouse at the NT Lyttelton
• Rory Kinnear – The Man of Mode at the NT Olivier

The FIRST MAGAZINE Best Actress in a Musical

• Denise Van Outen – Rent Remixed at the Duke of York’s
• Lara Pulver – Parade at the Donmar Warehouse
• Leanne Jones – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
• Sheridan Smith – Little Shop of Horrors at the Duke of York’s & Ambassadors
• Summer Strallen – The Drowsy Chaperone at the Novello
• Susan McFadden – Grease at the Piccadilly

The SEE TICKETS Best Actor in a Musical

• Bertie Carvel – Parade at the Donmar Warehouse
• Henry Goodman – Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy
• James Loye – The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Lee Mead – Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Adelphi
• Michael Ball – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
• Paul Keating – Little Shop of Horrors at the Duke of York’s & Ambassadors

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical

• Beverley Klein – Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy
• Elaine Paige – The Drowsy Chaperone at the Novello
• Laura Michelle Kelly – The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Nicole Faraday – Bad Girls at the Garrick
• Preeya Kalidas – Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Adelphi
  Tracie Bennett – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

• Ben James-Ellis – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
• Dean Collinson – Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Adelphi
• Mel Smith – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
• Michael Jibson – Take Flight at the Menier Chocolate Factory
• Michael Therriault – The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Shaun Escoffery – Parade at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Solo Performance

• Fiona Shaw – Happy Days at the NT Lyttelton
• Lucy Briers – Some Kind of Bliss at Trafalgar Studios
• Patrick Kielty – A Night in November at Trafalgar Studios
• Ralf Little – Stacy at Trafalgar Studios
• Richard Schiff – Underneath the Lintel at the Duchess
• Robert Bathurst – Alex at the Arts

Best Ensemble Performance

• Betrayal – at the Donmar Warehouse
• Dealer’s Choice – at the Menier Chocolate Factory
• Glengarry Glen Ross – at the Apollo
• Philistines – at the NT Lyttelton
• The Taming of the Shrew & Twelfth Night – Propeller at the Old Vic
• War Horse – at the NT Olivier

Best Takeover in a Role

• Dianne Pilkington – Wicked at the Apollo Victoria
• Kelly Osbourne – Chicago at the Cambridge
• Kerry Ellis – Wicked at the Apollo Victoria
• Leila Benn Harris & Robyn North – The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s
• Peter Davison – Spamalot at the Palace
• Ramin Karimloo – The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s

The NICK HERN BOOKS Best New Play

• A Disappearing Number by Complicite – at the Barbican
• All About My Mother by Samuel Adamson – at the Old Vic
• Joe Guy by Roy Williams – at Soho Theatre
• Landscape with Weapon by Joe Penhall – at the NT Cottesloe
• That Face by Polly Stenham – at the Royal Court Upstairs
• War Horse by Nick Stafford – at the NT Olivier

Best New Comedy

• Elling by Simon Bent – at the Bush & Trafalgar Studios
• Moonlight & Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson – at the Tricycle
• Rafta Rafta by Ayub Khan-Din – at the NT Lyttelton
• The Pain & the Itch by Bruce Norris – at the Royal Court
• Vernon God Little by Tanya Ronder – at the Young Vic
• Whipping It Up by Steve Thompson – at the Bush & Ambassadors

The SUPERBREAK Best New Musical

• Bad Girls The Musical by Kath Gotts, Maureen Chadwick & Ann McManus – at the Garrick
• Hairspray by Marc Shaiman, Scott Whitman, Mark O’Donnell & Thomas Meehan – at the Shaftesbury
• Parade by Jason Robert Brown & Alfred Uhry – at the Donmar Warehouse
• Take Flight by Richard Maltby Jr, David Shire & John Weidman – at the Menier Chocolate Factory
• The Drowsy Chaperone by Greg Morrison, Lisa Lambert, Don McKellar & Bob Martin – at the Novello
• The Lord of the Rings by AR Rahman, Varttina, Shaun McKenna & Matthew Warchus – at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Best Play Revival

• Boeing-Boeing – at the Comedy
• Equus – at the Gielgud
• Saint Joan – at the NT Olivier
• The Country Wife – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
• The Dumb Waiter – at Trafalgar Studios
• In Celebration – at the Duke of York’s

The TICKETMASTER Best Musical Revival

• Buddy – at the Duchess
• Fiddler on the Roof – at the Savoy
• Grease – at the Piccadilly
• Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – at the Adelphi
• Little Shop of Horrors – at the Duke of York’s & Ambassadors
• Rent – at the Duke of York’s

Best Shakespearean Production

• Antony & Cleopatra – RSC at the Novello
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream – at the Roundhouse
• King Lear – RSC at the New London
• Macbeth – at the Gielgud
• Much Ado About Nothing – RSC at the Novello
• The Merchant of Venice – at Shakespeare’s Globe

Best Director

• Jack O’Brien – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
• Marianne Elliott – Much Ado About Nothing, RSC at the Novello, Saint Joan & War Horse at the NT Olivier
• Matthew Warchus – Boeing-Boeing at the Comedy & The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Roger Michell – Landscape with Weapon at the NT Cottesloe & Betrayal at the Donmar Warehouse
• Rupert Goold – The Glass Menagerie at the Apollo, The Tempest, RSC at the Novello, Rough Crossings at the Lyric Hammersmith & Macbeth at the Gielgud
• Thea Sharrock – Equus at the Gielgud, The Emperor Jones at the NT Olivier & Cloud Nine at the Almeida

Best Set Designer

• Anthony Ward – Glengarry Glen Ross at the Apollo, Macbeth at the Gielgud, The Arsonists & Rhinoceros at the Royal Court
• Bunny Christie – Philistines & Women of Troy at the NT Lyttelton
• David Rockwell – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
• Hildegard Bechtler – All About My Mother at the Old Vic & The Hothouse at the NT Lyttelton
• Rae Smith & the Handspring Puppet Company – War Horse at the NT Olivier
• Rob Howell – The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Best Choreographer

• Bill Deamer – Lady Be Good at the Open Air Theatre
• Casey Nicholaw – The Drowsy Chaperone at the Novello
• Jerry Mitchell – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
• Kate Flatt – Fiddler on the Roof at the Savoy
• Peter Darling – The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Rob Ashford – Parade at the Donmar Warehouse

The DEWYNTERS London Newcomer of the Year

• Arthur Darvill – Terre Haute at Trafalgar Studios & Swimming with Sharks at the Vaudeville
• Billie Piper – Treats at the Garrick
• Colin Morgan – Vernon God Little at the Young Vic & All About My Mother at the Old Vic
• Daniel Radcliffe – Equus at the Gielgud
• Leanne Jones – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury
• Orlando Bloom – In Celebration at the Duke of York’s

Best Off-West End Production

• A Christmas Carol & The Magic Flute – at the Young Vic
• Dealer’s Choice – at the Menier Chocolate Factory
• I Love You Because – at the Landor
• tHe dYsFUnCKshOnalZ! – at the Bush
• The Masque of the Red Death – at Battersea Arts Centre
• Vernon God Little – at the Young Vic

Best Regional Production

• Angels in America – on tour
• Henry V – at the Royal Exchange, Manchester
• Never Forget – on tour
• Pygmalion – at the Theatre Royal Bath & on tour
• Sunshine on Leith – at Dundee Rep
• The Big Secret Live: I Am Shakespeare – at Chichester Festival & on tour

The AKA Theatre Event of the Year

• Daniel Radcliffe’s steamy publicity shots for Equus
• Launch of the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company & its first season under Jonathan Kent
• Nicholas Hytner’s “dead white males” comment about critics
• Punchdrunk’s takeover of BAC for The Masque of the Red Death
• Reopening of the Royal Festival Hall
• Reality TV head-to-head between Any Dream Will Do & Grease Is the Word

Honorable mentions:

• The success of the Royal Court’s Young Writers’ Programme
• Will Keen’s extraordinary performances in two roles for which he was not originally cast – Kiss of the Spider Woman at the Donmar Warehouse and The Arsonists at the Royal Court
• Michael Ball’s transformation as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray

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