Don't bother, they're here
I didn’t do too badly with my predictions – I got 6 out of 8 winners right in the acting categories. Full list under the cut.
Best actor in a supporting role in a musical
“Some things are worth getting your heart broken for”
The Girl in the Fireplace
Doomsday
Army of Ghosts
School Reunion
New Earth
The Christmas Invasion
Tooth and Claw
The Impossible Planet
Rise of the Cybermen
The Satan Pit
The Age of Steel
The Idiot’s Lantern
Love & Monsters
Fear Her
Helen Griffin’s redoubtable Welshwoman Mrs Moore was a standout in the resistance fighters of Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
Personally it’s the 5 seconds of Cathy Murphy (Tilly from the amazeballs The House of Eliott) in The Christmas Invasion that annoyed me most, but there’s something a little odd about the way Maureen Lipman’s Wire in The Idiot’s Lantern is portrayed that doesn’t make anywhere near the most of her.
Anyone who cracks the Skasis Paradigm (also known as the God Maker or the Universal Theory) would be able to control the very building blocks of the universe. So its a wonder that only the Krillitanes of School Reunion have ever tried it.
D – hardly any gayness in this one, indeed references to a gay coupling between Jake and Ricky in Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel was removed into the world of deleted scenes.
Best New Play
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Palace
Elegy – Donmar Warehouse
The Flick – National Theatre Dorfman
One Night in Miami – Donmar Warehouse
Best New Musical
Groundhog Day – The Old Vic
Dreamgirls – Savoy
The Girls – Phoenix
School of Rock – New London
Best Revival
Yerma – Young Vic
The Glass Menagerie – Duke of York’s
This House – Garrick
Travesties – Apollo Continue reading “2017 Laurence Olivier Awards nominations”
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Oliver Chris and Lois Chimimba |
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Oliver Chris and Lois Chimimba |
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Adrian Lester |
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Jonathan Bailey |
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Billie Piper |
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Elliot Cowan |
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Denise Gough |
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Hal Fowler and Kim Wilde. KIM WILDE! |
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Hattie Morahan and Blake Ritson |
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John Heffernan |
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James Graham |
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Jessica Raine |
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Indhu Rubasingham and Dominic Cooke |
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Jim Carter |
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Kate Fleetwood |
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Kobna Holdbrook-Smith |
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Lenny Henry |
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Lily James |
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Lucian Msamati |
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Miles Jupp |
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Monica Dolan |
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Nathan Lane |
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Olivia Colman |
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Pandora Colin and Rory Kinnear |
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Penelope Wilton |
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Rosalie Craig |
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Rufus Norris |
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Simon Callow |
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Tamsin Greig |
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Tim McMullan |
Here’s the full list of the 17th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards winners. No real surprises here, there rarely is with these awards voted for by the public but it is nice to see a real spread across the musicals categories rather than one show dominating as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child does with the plays. And we’ll just ignore the leniency with the deadlines that meant Dreamgirls was able to sneak in despite having only played a handful of previews by the time nominations closed…congrats to all the winners and nominees.
Best Actor in a Play, sponsored by Radisson Blu Edwardian
Ian Hallard for The Boys in the Band
Ian McKellen for No Man’s Land
Jamie Parker for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child WINNER
Kenneth Branagh for The Entertainer
Ralph Fiennes for Richard III
Best Actress in a Play, sponsored by Live at Zédel
Billie Piper for Yerma WINNER
Helen McCrory for The Deep Blue Sea
Lily James for Romeo and Juliet
Michelle Terry for Henry V
Pixie Lott for Breakfast at Tiffany’s Continue reading “The 17th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards winners in full”
The Flick by Annie Baker
Best musical [new or revival]:
Groundhog Day
Best actor:
Stephen Dillane in Faith Healer
Best actress:
Billie Piper in Yerma
Best Shakespearean performance:
Glenda Jackson in King Lear
Best director:
John Tiffany for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Best designer:
Christine Jones for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Most promising playwright:
Charlene James for Cuttin’ It
Most promising newcomer:
Anthony Boyle in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child