Meera Syal at the 2011 Whatsonstage.com Awards
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Shayne Ward, Richard Fleeshman & Backbeat Launch WOS Awards

Shayne Ward, Richard Fleeshman and “the Beatles” will help kick things off in style in the 2012 Whatsonstage.com Awards, by singing at the Launch Party, when full shortlists are announced and final voting opened, on Friday 2 December 2011 at Café de Paris, in the heart of the West End.

Ward, Fleeshman and the Fab Four (or, in this case Five: Nick Blood, Andrew Knott, Daniel Healy, Will Payne and Oliver Bennett) will perform numbers from their respective hit shows - Rock of Ages at the Shaftesbury Theatre, Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre and Backbeat at the Duke of York’s Theatre. All three shows opened during the past six months and, if their fans have anything to do with this month’s nominations phase (which, of course, they do), will doubtless figure in the shortlists announced on the day.

To help us read the shortlists, we’ll be joined by three big names from this past year’s Whatsonstage.com Awards: Meera Syal, who won Best Solo Performance for Shirley Valentine and returns to the stage for the RSC in next year’s World Shakespeare Festival; Nigel Lindsay, who scooped Best Actor in a Play for Broken Glass and is now greening up at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in screen-to-stage Broadway blockbuster Shrek The Musical; and Jemima Rooper, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Play for All My Sons and has just returned to the West End opposite James Corden in One Man, Two Guvnors.

Other special guests will include actor (and another former nominee) Malcolm Sinclair, president of Equity, a sponsor of the Awards, and West End producer Joseph Smith, the new chief executive of this year’s adopted charity Stage One, which is dedicated to developing the producers of the future.

Get involved, get invited – Thanks to our sponsors

The Launch Party is an industry-only, by-invitation event. However, a limited number of members of the public can attend by becoming Theatregoer Sponsors. Private sponsorship packages – priced at £550 + VAT (or £525 for Theatre Club Members) – include two invites to the star-studded launch party at Café de Paris as well as VIP tickets and post-show party passes to the Winners’ Concert, produced by Stuart Piper and Jason Haigh-Ellery on behalf of Whatsonstage.com, at the West End’s Prince of Wales Theatre on 19 February.

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Booking Tickets & Show Listings
	Rock of Ages Listing Page
	Ghost the Musical Listing Page
	Backbeat Listing Page
	Shrek - The Musical Listing Page
	One Man, Two Guvnors Listing Page

Internal Links
	WOS Awards Charity Stage One Launches Theatre Auction - 4th Nov 2011 News
	WOS Adopts Stage One as 2012 Charity, Launches Year of the Producer - 27th Sep 2011 News
	Rock of Ages confirms transfer to Garrick in Jan - 10th Dec 2012 news
	Rock of Ages follows Loserville at Garrick? - 13th Nov 2012 gossip
	Rock of Ages closes at Shaftesbury on 6 Jan ahead of transfer - 4th Oct 2012 news
	Year of the Producer: Brief Encounter with... Julian Stoneman - 16th Aug 2012 interviews
	Ghost the Musical confirms closing date at Piccadilly, 6 Oct - 14th Jun 2012 news
	With 100 days to go, West End warms up for Olympics - 18th Apr 2012 news
	Ghost, Octagon, Lowry & Royal Exchange win Manchester Awards - 15th Mar 2012 news
	Show Pics: Siobhan Dillon & Mark Evans are Ghost's Molly & Sam - 9th Feb 2012 photos
	Photos: West End & Broadway Ghost Stars Meet at Piccadilly - 11th Jan 2012 photos
	Nick Blood: Why You Should Come & See ... Backbeat - 12th Dec 2011 interviews
	Beatles Backbeat Shutters Early in West End, 18 Feb - 30th Nov 2011 news
	Siobhan Dillon & Mark Evans Takeover Ghost, 13 Jan - 29th Nov 2011 news
	ATG Launches UK-Wide Theatre Card with Ghost Promo - 10th Nov 2011 news
	WOS Radio: Theatregoers Come Together at Backbeat Q&A - 19th Oct 2011 radio
	Backbeat Cast & Creative Rock at post-show Q&A - 19th Oct 2011 blog
	Backbeat - 11th Oct 2011 reviews
	Review Round-up: Did Backbeat Rock the Critics? - 11th Oct 2011 roundup
	1st Night Photos: Backbeat Beatles Make West End Debut - 11th Oct 2011 photos
	A Criterion for Critics - 7th Oct 2011 blog
	WOS Radio: The First Critics at the Cri Debate - 6th Oct 2011 news
	1st Night Photos: Stars Rock Out at Rock of Ages Gala - 29th Sep 2011 photos
	Review Round-up: Did Rock of Ages Get Critics Believin'? - 29th Sep 2011 roundup
	Rock of Ages - 29th Sep 2011 reviews
	Photos: Rock of Ages Opens at West End's Shaftesbury - 28th Sep 2011 photos
	Opening: Playboy, Rock of Ages, Advice, Phantom 25 - 26th Sep 2011 news
	Brief Encounter With ... Rock of Ages' Justin Lee Collins - 19th Sep 2011 interviews
	WOS Theatregoers Rock Out with Collins et al - 15th Sep 2011 blog
	Blood, Knott & Gedmintas Cast in West End Backbeat - 2nd Sep 2011 news
	Photos: Popstars Pop Up for Pudsey in West End Musicals - 31st Aug 2011 news
	Andre Keen to Haunt the West End in Ghost??? - 19th Aug 2011 gossip
	Photos: Rock of Ages Cast Shape up for Shaftesbury - 12th Aug 2011 photos
	Stage Play of Beatles Film Backbeat Hits West End in Oct - 1st Aug 2011 news
	Justin Lee Collins Rocks WOS Mag, Aug/Sep Out Now - 29th Jul 2011 news
	West End Drum Roll for Beatles’ Backbeat??? - 26th Jul 2011 gossip
	1st Night Photos: Levy & Fleeshman Haunt Piccadilly - 20th Jul 2011 photos
	Review Round-up: Ghost Reincarnated as Musical - 20th Jul 2011 roundup
	Ghost the Musical - 19th Jul 2011 reviews
	Top Ten: Awe-inspiring Stage Special Effects - 18th Jul 2011 features
	Opening: Ghost, Woman Killed, Loyalty & Journey - 18th Jul 2011 news
	WOS TV: Up Close With ... Ghost the Musical's Richard Fleeshman - 18th Jul 2011 interviews
	Fleeshman Faced Broken Foot Rehearsing Ghost??? - 18th Jul 2011 gossip
	Top Ten: Screen-to-Stage Musicals - 21st Jun 2011 features
	Tompsett & Lipkin Join Full Rock of Ages Cast - 16th Jun 2011 news
	Top Five: Shows to See With Your Dad for Father's Day - 13th Jun 2011 features
	X Factor's Ward in Rock of Ages, Full CFT Singin' - 8th Jun 2011 news
	Justin Lee Collins Jams in London Rock of Ages - 2nd Jun 2011 news
	WOS Magazine Is Shrek Green, Jun/Jul Out Now - 2nd Jun 2011 news
	ATG Look to Launch More from Manchester after Ghost??? - 19th May 2011 gossip
	Photos: Ghost Cast Prepare to Haunt Piccadilly - 17th May 2011 photos
	Photos: Ghost's Fleeshman & Levy, New London Poster - 11th May 2011 photos
	Ghost the Musical (Manchester) - 13th Apr 2011 reviews
	Galas: Shrek, West End Eurovision & Ghost CD - 6th Apr 2011 news
	Broadway Rock of Ages Hits Shaftesbury, 31 Aug - 3rd Mar 2011 news
	Ghost's Fleeshman & Levy Headline WOS Awards - 7th Jan 2011 news
	WOS TV: Ghost Launches in Style at Abbey Road - 23rd Nov 2010 tv
	Levy, Fleeshman & Stewart Give Ghost Sneak Peek??? - 16th Nov 2010 gossip
	Levy & Fleeshman Lead Ghost Cast to West End - 12th Nov 2010 news
	Oliver Thompsett Haunts Laura Michelle Kelly in Ghost??? - 28th Sep 2010 gossip
	Ghost Confirms West End Piccadilly Run, 22 Jun - 17th Sep 2010 news
	Beatles Film Backbeat Receives Stage Premiere - 20th Oct 2009 news
	Whatsontage.com Awards microsite
	Year of the Producer content
External Links
	Rock of Ages official website
	Ghost the Musical official website
	Backbeat official website