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• Eve Best – Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare’s Globe
• Kristin Scott Thomas – Betrayal at the Comedy
• Ruth Wilson – Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse
• Samantha Spiro – Chicken Soup with Barley at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Tamsin Greig – Jumpy at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Vanessa Redgrave – Driving Miss Daisy at Wyndham’s

Best Actor in a Play

• Benedict Cumberbatch – Frankenstein at the National, Olivier
• Jude Law – Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse
• Kevin Spacey – Richard III at the Old Vic
• David Tennant – Much Ado About Nothing at Wyndham’s
• James Earl Jones – Driving Miss Daisy at Wyndham’s
• James Corden – One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi

Best Supporting Actress in a Play

• Bryony Hannah – The Children’s Hour at the Comedy
• Catherine Tate – Season’s Greetings at the National, Lyttelton
• Doon Mackichan – Jumpy at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Jemima Rooper – One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi
• Niamh Cusack – Playboy of the Western World at the Old Vic
• Sheridan Smith – Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Supporting Actor in a Play

• Arthur Darvill – Dr Faustus at Shakespeare’s Globe
• Charles Edwards – Twelfth Night at the National, Cottesloe
• David Hayman – Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse
• Harry Hadden-Paton – Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
• Mark Gatiss – Season’s Greetings at the National, Lyttelton
• Oliver Chris – One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi

The BABY GRAND Best Actress in a Musical

• Amanda Holden – Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Caissie Levy – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly
• Clare Foster – Crazy for You at the Open Air & Novello
• Emma Williams – Love Story at the Duchess
• Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram Eleanor Worthington Cox & Sophia Kiely – Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge
• Sarah Lancashire – Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello

The THEATRE TOKENS Best Actor in a Musical

• Bertie Carvel – Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge
• Nigel Lindsay – Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Oliver Tompsett – Rock of Ages at the Shaftesbury
• Reece Shearsmith – Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello
• Richard Fleeshman – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly
• Sean Palmer – Crazy for You at the Open Air & Novello

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical

• Ann Emery – Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello
• Hannah Waddingham – The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium
• Harriet Thorpe – Crazy for You at the Open Air & Novello
• Lauren Ward – Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge
• Meow Meow – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg at the Gielgud
• Sharon D Clarke – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

• Andrew Langtree – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly
• Ben Goddard – Million Dollar Quartet at the Noël Coward
• David Burt – Crazy for You at the Open Air & Novello
• Nigel Harman – Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Paul Kaye – Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge
• Simon Lipkin – Rock of Ages at the Shaftesbury

The LES MISÈRABLES Best Ensemble Performance

• Backbeat – at the Duke of York’s
• London Road – at the National, Cottesloe
• Richard III & The Comedy of Errors – Propeller at Hampstead
• Some Like It Hip Hop – Sadler’s Wells at the Peacock
• The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – at the Donmar Warehouse
• Top Girls – at Trafalgar Studios 1

The JO HUTCHISON INTERNATIONAL Best Solo Performance

• Daniel Kitson – It’s Always Right Now Until It’s Later at the National, Lyttelton
• John Leguziamo – Ghetto Klown at Charing Cross
• Kerry Ellis – Anthems at the Royal Albert Hall
• Ruby Wax – Losing It at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Duchess
• Simon Callow – Being Shakespeare at Trafalgar Studios 1
• Stephanie Street – The Nightwatchman at the National, Paintframe

The SEATLIVE Best Takeover in a Role

• Alex Gaumond – We Will Rock You at the Dominion
• Alfie Boe – Les Misèrables at the Queen’s
• Kimberley Walsh – Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
• Matt Lucas – Les Misèrables at the Queen’s
• Susan McFadden – Legally Blonde at the Savoy
• Tara Fitzgerald – Broken Glass at the Vaudeville

The NICK HERN BOOKS Best New Play

• Belongings by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm – at Hampstead & Trafalgar Studios 2
• Collaborators by John Hodge – at the National, Cottesloe
• Grief by Mike Leigh – at the National, Cottesloe
• Mogadishu by Vivienne Franzmann – at the Lyric Hammersmith
• The Heretic by Richard Bean – at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Three Days in May by Ben Brown – at Trafalgar Studios 1

The EMG Best New Comedy

• Get Santa! by Anthony Neilson, music by Nick Powell – at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Jumpy by April de Angelis – at the Royal Court Downstairs
• No Naughty Bits by Steve Thompson – at Hampstead
• One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean – at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi
• Potted Panto by Daniel Clarkson, Jefferson Turner & Richard Hurst – at the Vaudeville
• The Village Bike by Penelope Skinner – at the Royal Court Upstairs

The SEE TICKETS Best New Musical

• Betty Blue Eyes by George Stiles, Antony Drewe, Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman – at the Novello
• Ghost the Musical by Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard & Bruce Joel Rubin – at the Piccadilly
• London Road by Adam Cork & Alecky Blythe – at the National, Cottesloe
• Matilda the Musical by Tim Minchin & Dennis Kelly – at the Cambridge
• Rock of Ages by Chris D'Arienzo – at the Shaftesbury
• Shrek the Musical by Jeanine Tesori & David Lindsay-Abaire – at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

The SAMUEL FRENCH Best Play Revival

• Anna Christie – at the Donmar Warehouse
• Chicken Soup with Barley – at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Driving Miss Daisy – at Wyndham’s
• Ecstasy – at Hampstead & the Duchess
• Flare Path – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
• Saved – at the Lyric Hammersmith

The RADISSON EDWARDIAN Best Musical Revival

• Crazy for You – at the Open Air & Novello
• Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be – at the Union
• Parade – at Southwark Playhouse
• Ragtime – at the Landor
• South Pacific – at the Barbican
• The Wizard of Oz – at the London Palladium

Best Shakespearean Production

• Hamlet – at the Young Vic
• King Lear – at the Donmar Warehouse
• Much Ado About Nothing – at Shakespeare’s Globe
• Much Ado About Nothing – at Wyndham’s
• Richard III – at the Old Vic
• The Tempest – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

The OAKLEY CAPITAL Best Director

• Danny Boyle – Frankenstein at the National, Olivier
• Josie Rourke – Much Ado About Nothing at Wyndham’s
• Matthew Warchus – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly & Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge
• Michael Grandage – King Lear & Luise Miller at the Donmar Warehouse
• Nicholas Hytner – One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi
• Trevor Nunn – Flare Path & Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Set Designer

• Mark Tildesley – Frankenstein at the National, Olivier
• Jon Bausor – Lord of the Flies at the Open Air
• Miriam Buether – Decade at St Katharine’s Docks
• Paul Wills – Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse
• Rob Howell – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly & Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge
• Robert Jones – The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium

The WHITE LIGHT Best Lighting Designer

• Bruno Poet – Frankenstein at the National, Olivier
• Hugh Vanstone – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly
• Mark Henderson – The Kitchen & 13 at the National, Olivier & The Emperor & Galilean at the National, Olivier
• Neil Austin – Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello
• Oliver Fenwick – My City at the Almeida
• Paule Constable – Luise Miller at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Choreographer

• Aline David – The Kitchen at the National, Olivier
• Ashley Wallen – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly
• Kate Prince – Some Like It Hip Hop at the Peacock
• Kelly Devine – Rock of Ages at the Shaftesbury
• Peter Darling – Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge
• Stephen Mear – Crazy for You at the Open Air & Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello

The DEWYNTERS London Newcomer of the Year

• Danielle Hope – The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium
• Johnny Flynn – The Heretic at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Kara Tointon – Pygmalion at the Garrick
• Kyle Soller – The Glass Menagerie & Government Inspector at the Young Vic & The Faith Machine at the Royal Court Downstairs
• Shayne Ward – Rock of Ages at the Shaftesbury
• Tim Minchin – Matilda at the Cambridge

The TIME OUT Best Off-West End Production

• Accolade – at the Finborough
• Realism – at Soho
• The Animals & Children Took to the Streets – at Battersea Arts Centre
• The Belle’s Stratagem – at Southwark Playhouse
• The Riots – at the Tricycle
• Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story – at the Tristan Bates & Charing Cross

The LUCKINGS Best Regional Production

• 20th Century Boy – at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich
• Love Love Love – at the Drum Theatre, Plymouth & on tour
• Macbeth – at Liverpool Everyman
• Othello – at Sheffield Crucible
• Sweeney Todd – at Chichester Festival
• The Go Between – at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Derby Live & the Royal & Derngate, Northampton

The EQUITY Best West End Show

• Jersey Boys – at the Prince Edward
• Les Misérables – at the Queen’s
• The Phantom of the Opera – at Her Majesty’s
• War Horse – at the New London
• We Will Rock You – at the Dominion
• Wicked – at the Apollo Victoria

The AKA Theatre Event of the Year

• David Tennant & Catherine Tate reuniting on stage in Much Ado About Nothing
• Headlong’s commemoration of 9/11 with Decade, written by 18 authors & staged in a disused office block at St Katharine’s Dock
• Michael Sheen & Bill Mitchell's National Theatre of Wales staging of The Passion on the streets of Port Talbot
• The Bush Theatre’s 24-hour cycle of 66 Books, in response to the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, to open its new Shepherd’s Bush Library home
• The Phantom of the Opera’s 25th anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall & screened to cinemas worldwide
• The Royal Shakespeare Company’s 50th anniversary season & reopening of the Royal Shakespeare & Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon
• Danny Boyle’s return to the stage with Frankenstein and his alternate casting of Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in the leads
• Duckie’s Lullaby, the Barbican’s first-ever sleepover show
• The National’s opening of its Paintframe as a one-off performance space
• Benefit concert to rescue Dress Circle