WhatsOnStage Awards Winners: David Tennant, THE FERRYMAN, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE, CURSED CHILD

At a ceremony tonight at the Prince of Wales Theatre hosted by Trevor Dion Nicholas and Vikki Stone, the winners of the 18th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards were announced, as voted by theatregoers.

With Hamilton having revised its opening night date making it ineligible for this year's awards, the field was wide open. Leading the pack with four wins was 42nd Streetcurrently running at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane - taking Best Musical Revival, Best Choreography, Best Set Design and Best Costume Design - from a total of eight nominations.

Closely behind with three wins was Everybody's Talking About Jamie - Dan Gillespie Sells and Tom MacRae's homegrown British hit which began its life at Sheffield Theatres, before a much-deserved West End transfer. It received Best New Musical, Best Actor in a Musical for John McCrea, and Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for Lucie Shorthouse. In the musical categories, out of eight nominations, Bat Out of Hell landed one win for Best Lighting Design.

Matching Jamie's three wins, and leading in the play categories, was The Ferryman - Jez Butterworth's five star critically acclaimed play which opened at the Royal Court before running at the Gielgud Theatre, ahead of a recently announced Broadway run. Butterworth wins the Award for Best New Play, with Sam Mendes taking Best Direction, and Fra Fee winning Best Supporting Actor in a Play.

In the acting categories, Broadchurch co-stars Olivia Colman and David Tennant triumphed as Best Actress in a Play and Best Actor in a Play for their respective roles inMosquitoes at the National Theatre, and Don Juan in Soho at the Wyndham's Theatre. This is a first WhatsOnStage Award win for Colman, but a third for Tennant who has taken home the Best Actor in a Play category twice before for Hamlet and Richard II, with a further nomination for Much Ado About Nothing.

Tennant said today "The WhatsOnStage Awards are a wonderful evening celebrating everything that's good about London theatre and I'm so chuffed to be winning this forDon Juan in Soho, thank you all so much. It was an amazing experience working with the incredible Patrick Marber, the peerless Adrian Scarborough and a fantastic cast of brilliant, talented, enthusiastic, wonderful people so thank you to all of them. It was a real privilege getting to do a play about Soho in Soho and especially over a summer when London sadly suffered terrible attacks, the play itself began to feel like a real celebration of London. And indeed one of the crown jewels of London which is theatreland and the WhatsOnStage Awards are such a glorious celebration of that, so thank you all for voting and thank you all for getting involved.

Best Actress in a Musical was won by Carrie Hope Fletcher for her performance in the touring production of The Addams Family; with Ross Noble winning Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for Young Frankenstein. Musicals also triumphed in the Best Off-West End category with Hair; the touring production of Sunset Boulevard winning Best Regional Production; and Les Misérables winning Best Original Cast Recording.

The Almeida Theatre's production of Hamlet led by Andrew Scott won Best Play Revival, with Juliet Stevenson winning Best Supporting Actress in a Play for her performance as Gertrude.

Sonia Friedman won the Equity Award for Services to Theatre, with SFP Productions taking eight wins across the evening in another successful year for the company. As well as awards for The Ferryman, Don Juan in Soho and Hamlet, they were also represented by the West End phenomenon Harry Potter and the Cursed Child which won Best Show Poster and Best West End Show.

WhatsOnStage's Chief Operating Officer Sita McIntosh said today, "2017 was such a strong year for theatre, and it's wonderful to see such a broad cross section of work recognised in this year's awards - many of the nominees were running neck and neck during the voting process due to the strength of talent represented. It's also great to see new work being recognised across the categories with both Everybody's Talking About Jamie and The Ferryman winning multiple awards."

The WhatsOnStage Awards are proud to support Mousetrap Theatre Projects, a charity which takes children and young people who are disadvantaged or have special needs to see London's outstanding theatre. www.mousetrap.org.uk

Performances at the event included the title track from The Greatest Showman featuring the hosts Trevor Dion Nicholas and Vikki Stone, with Jonny Labey, Matthew Croke, Christine Allado, and Melanie La Barrie; Janie Dee singing "Could I Leave You?" from Follies; "A Very Good Day" from Working performed by Liam Tamne and Siubhan Harrison; the cast of Hair with "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In"; the company of Bat Out of Hell singing a medley from the production; Tyrone Huntley, Alice Fearn and Hannah-Jane Fox performing a selection of songs from current Broadway shows; "Get Into Your Dance" from Clare Halse and the cast of 42nd Street, and the company of Everybody's Talking About Jamie performing the title song.

THE 18TH ANNUAL WHATSONSTAGE AWARDS - WINNERS IN RED:

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY SPONSORED BY RADISSON BLU EDWARDIAN

• Andrew Garfield, Angels in America
• Andrew Scott, Hamlet
• Bryan Cranston, Network
• David Tennant, Don Juan in Soho
• Martin Freeman, Labour of Love

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY

• Eve Best, Love in Idleness
• Imelda Staunton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• Olivia Colman, Mosquitoes
• Natalie Dormer, Venus in Fur
• Tamsin Greig, Labour of Love

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL SPONSORED BY THE UMBRELLA ROOMS

• Andrew Polec, Bat Out of Hell
• Danny Mac, Sunset Boulevard
• Hadley Fraser, Young Frankenstein
• John McCrea, Everybody's Talking About Jamie
• Tom Lister, 42nd Street

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL SPONSORED BY 100 WARDOUR ST

• Carrie Hope Fletcher, The Addams Family
• Christina Bennington, Bat Out of Hell
• Janie Dee, Follies
• Josie Walker, Everybody's Talking About Jamie
• Ria Jones, Sunset Boulevard

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY

• Adrian Scarborough, Don Juan in Soho
• Fra Fee, The Ferryman
• Nathan Lane, Angels in America
• Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Angels in America
• Peter Polycarpou, Oslo

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY SPONSORED BY TONIC THEATRE

• Denise Gough, Angels in America
• Imogen Poots, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• Jessica Brown Findlay, Hamlet
• Juliet Stevenson, Hamlet
• Sheila Atim, Girl from the North Country

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL

• Chris Howell, 42nd Street
• Dex Lee , Five Guys Named Moe
• George Sampson, Our House
• Rob Fowler, Bat Out of Hell
• Ross Noble, Young Frankenstein

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL SPONSORED BY NEWMAN DISPLAYS

• Clare Halse, 42nd Street
• Danielle Steers, Bat Out of Hell
• Lucie Shorthouse, Everybody's Talking About Jamie
• Tracie Bennett, Follies
• Zoe Rainey, An American in Paris

BEST NEW PLAY SPONSORED BY JHI MARKETING

• Gloria
• Ink
• Labour of Love
• Oslo
• The Ferryman

BEST NEW MUSICAL SPONSORED BY SHINE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS

• Bat Out of Hell
• Cilla the Musical
• Everybody's Talking About Jamie
• The Band
• Young Frankenstein

BEST PLAY REVIVAL

• Angels in America
• Don Juan in Soho
• Hamlet
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• Witness for the Prosecution

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL SPONSORED BY R&H THEATRICALS

• 42nd Street
• Fiddler on the Roof
• Five Guys Named Moe
• Follies
• Hair

BEST DIRECTION

• Dominic Cooke, Follies
• Jay Scheib, Bat Out of Hell
• Marianne Elliott , Angels in America
• Robert Icke, Hamlet
• Sam Mendes, The Ferryman

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

• Andrew Wright, Five Guys Named Moe
• Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris
• Drew McOnie, On the Town
• Fabian Aloise, Our House
• Randy Skinner, 42nd Street

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

• Bob Crowley, An American in Paris
• Gary McCann, La Cage Aux Folles
• Peter McKintosh, On the Town
• Roger Kirk, 42nd Street
• Vicki Mortimer, Follies

BEST SET DESIGN

• Bob Crowley, An American in Paris
• Bunny Christie, Ink
• Douglas W. Schmidt, 42nd Street
• Jon Bausor, Bat Out of Hell
• Vicki Mortimer, Follies

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN SPONSORED BY WHITE LIGHT

• Natasha Katz, An American in Paris
• Patrick Woodroffe, Bat Out of Hell
• Paule Constable, Angels in America
• Paule Constable, Follies
• Peter Mumford, 42nd Street

BEST VIDEO DESIGN SPONSORED BY PRG XL VIDEO

• 59 Productions, An American in Paris
• Duncan McLean , Big Fish
• Duncan McLean , Labour of Love
• Tal Yarden, Hamlet
• Tal Yarden, Network

BEST OFF-WEST END PRODUCTION SPONSORED BY LES MISÉRABLES

• Hair
• La Ronde
• The Wild Party
• Working
• Yank!

BEST REGIONAL PRODUCTION SPONSORED BY MTI EUROPE

• Our House
• Sunset Boulevard
• The Addams Family
• The Band
• The Hypocrite

BEST ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING SPONSORED BY ENCORE RADIO

• Dear Evan Hansen
• Dreamgirls
• Girl from the North Country
• Hamilton
• Les Misérables

BEST SHOW POSTER

• Cats
• Hamilton
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Wicked

BEST WEST END SHOW SPONSORED BY JOE ALLEN

• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• Kinky Boots
• Les Misérables
• The Phantom of the Opera
• Wicked

EQUITY AWARD FOR SERVICES TO THEATRE

Sonia Friedman

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