Well, I can't think of any other theatre events that captured public imagination or news attention quite so much. The Donmar West End season fizzled out like a damp squib, and it would be utterly classless to nominate the early retirement of Matt Lucas from
Prick Up Your Ears.
Ernie Get Your Gun was certainly one of the most talked about productions of the year, if not THE most talked about production of the year, so why not nominate it?