My Theatre Awards 2012

Following up from my own personal awards for the shows I saw in 2011, I am continuing by doing it again for 2012. The winners will be in highlighted and in bold.

Best Leading Actress In A Play: (2011 winner - Iris Roberts)
Lisa Dillon - Katharina (Taming Of The Shrew)
Pippa Nixon - The Bastard (King John)
Meera Syal - Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)
Sheridan Smith - Hedda Gabler (Hedda Gabler)
Jessica Robinson - Little Voice (The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice)
Alexandra Gilbreath - Alice Ford (The Merry Wives Of Windsor)

Pippa Nixon as The Bastard in King John

Best Leading Actor In A Play: (2011 winner - James McArdle)
David Caves - Petruchio (Taming Of The Shrew)
Jonathan Slinger - Prospero (The Tempest)
Alex Waldmann - King John (King John)
Felix Hayes - Dromio of Ephesus/ Bruce MacKinnon - Dromio Of Syracuse (The Comedy Of Errors)
Paul Bhattacharjee - Benedick (Much Abo About Nothing)
Patterson Joseph - Brutus (Julius Caesar)
Rufus Hound - Francis Henshall (One Man Two Guvnors)
Joe Dixon - Tu'an Gu (The Orphan Of Zhao)
Michael Hodgson - Manny Rat (The Mouse And His Child)
Gethin Anthony - Grigory (Boris Godunov)
John Ramm - Frank Ford (The Merry Wives Of Windsor)

Michael Hodgson as Manny Rat in The Mouse And His Child

Best Supporting Actress In A Play: (2011 winner - Lucy Briggs-Owen)
Susie Trayling - Constance (King John)
Elizabeth Cadwallader - Bianca (Taming Of The Shrew)
Emily Taafe - Lucina (The Comedy Of Errors)
Siobhan Redmond - Elizabeth Woodville (Richard III)
Amara Khan - Hero (Much Ado About Nothing)
Amy Booth Steel - Dolly (One Man Two Guvnors)
Lucy Briggs-Owen - The Princess (The Orphan Of Zhao)
Julia Innocenti - Ralphie/Mrs Crow (The Mouse And His Child)
Naomi Sheldon - Seal/Donkey (The Mouse And His Child)
Anita Dobson - Mistress Quickly (The Merry Wives Of Windsor)

Suzie Trayling as Constance in King John

Best Supporting Actor In A Play: (2011 winner - Martin Hutson)
John Stahl - King Philip Of France (King John)
Mark Rylance - Olivia (Twelfth Night)
Daniel Lapaine - Eilert Loevborg (Hedda Gabler)
Jonathan Slinger - Malvolio (Twelfth Night)
Mark Holgate -  Macla (A Soldier In Every Son)
Ray Fearon - Mark Anthony (Julius Caesar)
Sagar Arya - Claudio (Much Ado About Nothing)
Stephen Fry - Malvolio (Twelfth Night)
Peter Claufield - Alfie (One Man Two Guvnors)
Graham Turner - Dr Cheng Ying (The Orphan Of Zhao)
Lloyd Hutchinson - Boris Godunov (Boris Goduvno)
Desmond Barritt - Sir John Falstaff (The Merry Wives Of Windsor)

Ray Fearson as Mark Anthony in Julius Caesar

Best Set Designer: (2011 winner - Borkur Jonsson)
Sara Perks - Gyspy
Rob Howell - Matilda 
Ruth Sutcliffe - Taming Of The Shrew 
Jon Bausor - The Comedy Of Errors/The Tempest/Twelfth Night
Tom Piper - Much Ado About Nothing 
Anthony Ward - Sweeney Todd 
Libby Watson - The Sound Of Music
Morgan Large - The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice
Nikki Turner - The Orphan Of Zhao
Angela Davies - The Mouse and His Child
Max Jones - The Merry Wives Of Windsor
Scott Pask  - Finding Neverland

The Merry Wives Of Windsor.

Best Costume Design:
Himani Dehlvi - Much Ado About Nothing
Eloise Kazan - A Soldier In Every Son
Sara Perks - Gypsy
Simon Higlett - Wonderful Town 
Anthony Ward - Oliver!
Anthony Ward - Sweeney Todd 
Jenny Tiramani - Twelfth Night (Shakespeare's Globe)
Nikki Turner - The Orphan Of Zhao 

An example of the costumes in A Soldier In Every Son

Best Choreographry: (2011 winner  - Andrew Wright)
Matthew Bourne - Oliver!
David Needham - Gypsy
Peter Darling - Matilda
Andrew Wright - Wonderful Town
Denni Sayers - Sweeney Todd
Richard Jones - Steel Pier
David Needham - Hello, Dolly!

Wonderful Town

Best Solo/Concert Performance: (2011 winner - Ramin Karimloo)
Alfie Boe: Bring Him Home Live (UK Tour)
Ramin Karimloo: The Road To Find Out (UK Tour)
Little Women In Concert (Playhouse Theatre)
The West End Men (UK Tour)

Best Supporting Actress In A Musical: (2011 winner - Hannah Waddingham)
Victoria-Hamilton Barritt - Louise/Gypsy Rose Lee (Gypsy)
Lauren Ward - Miss Honey (Matilda)
Jemma Alexander - Madame Defarge (A Tale Of Two Cities)
Lucy May Barker - Johanna (Sweeney Todd)
Jan Hartley - Mother Abbess (The Sound Of Music)
Sierra Boggess - Fantine (Les Miserables)
Lisa-Anne Wood - Precious McGuire (Steel Pier)
Aimie Atkinson - Shelby Stevens (Steel Pier)
Laura Pitt-Pulford - Irene Mulloy (Hello, Dolly!)

Victoria-Hamilton Barritt as Louise/Gypsy Rose Lee in Gypsy

Best Supporting Actor In A Musical: (2011 winner - Simon Lipkin)
David Fleeshman - Herbie (Gypsy)
Iain Fletcher - Bill Sikes (Oliver!)
Paul Kaye - Mr Wormwood (Matilda)
Jonathan Ansell - Charles Darnay (A Tale Of Two Cities)
Jon Boydon - Tommy DeVito (Jersey Boys)
John Bowe - Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd)
Tam Mutu - Javert (Les Miserables)
Oliver Boot - Captain Hook (Finding Neverland)
Michael Xavier - Cornelius Hackl (Hello, Dolly!)

Oliver Boot (left) as Captain Hook in Finding Neverland

Best Leading Actress In A Musical: (2011 winner - Natalie Andreou)
Caroline O'Connor - Mama Rose (Gypsy)
Sophia Kiely - Matilda (Matilda)
Samantha Barks - Nancy (Oliver!)
Lauren Samuels - Scaramouche (We Will Rock You)
Connie Fisher - Ruth (Wonderful Town)
Imelda Staunton - Mrs Lovett (Sweeney Todd)
Rosalie Craig - Sylvia Lleweyn Davies (Finding Neverland)
Helena Blackman - Maria (The Sound Of Music)
Sarah Galbraith - Rita Racine (Steel Pier)
Janie Dee - Dolly Levi (Hello, Dolly!)

Sophia Kiely as Matilda in Matilda The Musical.

Best Leading Actor In A Musical: (2011 winner - Ramin Karimloo)
Bertie Carvel - Miss Trunchball (Matilda)
Michael Howe - Sydney Carton (A Tale Of Two Cities)
Michael Xavier - Bob Baker (Wonderful Town)
Iwan Lewis - Emmett (Legally Blonde)
Ryan Molloy - Frankie Valli (Jersey Boys)
Michael Ball - Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd)
Geronimo Rauch - Valjean (Les Miserables)
Julian Ovenden - J M Barrie (Finding Neverland)

Bertie Carvel as Miss Trunchball in Matilda

Best Understudy Performance: (2011 winner - Tabitha Webb)
Scott Monello - Galelio (We Will Rock You)
Ankur Bahl - Dromio Of Ephesus/Dromio Of Syracuse (The Comedy Of Errors)
Felix Hayes - Malvolio (Twelfth Night)
Sandy Moffat - Stacee Jaxx (Rock Of Ages)
Amy Ross - Elle Woods (Legally Blonde)
Mark Theodore - Brutus (Julius Caesar)
Philip Andrew - Ray Say (The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice)
Ryan O'Gorman - Bill Sikes (Oliver!) 

Ankur Bahl getting his wig fitted.

Best Royal Shakespeare Company Production: (2011 winner - Heart Of Robin Hood)
The Comedy Of Errors (Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Roundhouse)
King John (Swan Theatre)
Twelfth Night (Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Roundhouse)
A Soldier In Every Son (Swan Theatre)
Julius Caesar (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Noel Coward Theatre and UK Tour)
Much Ado About Nothing (Royal Shakespeare Theatre and Noel Coward Theatre)
The Orphan Of Zhao (Swan Theatre)
The Mouse And His Child (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)
The Merry Wives Of Windsor (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)

King John

Best Play (not RSC):
Doctor In The House (UK Tour)
Calender Girls (UK Tour)
Hysteria (UK Tour)
Hedda Gabler (Old Vic, London)
The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice (UK Tour)
Twelfth Night (Globe Theatre and Apollo Theatre, London)
One Man Two Guvnors (UK Tour)

Twelfth Night

Best Touring Produciton/Regional Show: (2011 winner - 42nd Street)
Gypsy (Curve Theatre)
Oliver! (UK Tour)
Wonderful Town (UK Tour)
Joseph (UK Tour)
Finding Neverland (Curve Theatre)
The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice (UK Tour)
One Man Two Guvnors (UK Tour)
Hello, Dolly! (Curve Theatre)

Gypsy

Best New* Musical: (2011 winner - Rock Of Ages)
Oliver! (UK Tour)
Matilda (Cambridge Theatre)
Gypsy (Curve Theatre)
Tale Of Two Cities (Charing Cross Theatre)
Wonderful Town (UK Tour)
Jersey Boys (Prince Edward Theatre)
Sweeney Todd (Adelphi Theatre)
Finding Neverland (Curve Theatre)
Steel Pier (Union Theatre)
Hello, Dolly! (Curve Theatre)

Matilda The Musical

*first time I'd seen this show hence why I class it as new.