Nominations Open in 11th Annual WOS Awards
The nominations phase in the 11th annual Whatsonstage.com Awards, the “theatregoers’ choice”, opens today, Monday 1 November 2010. The annual Awards have firmly established their place in the theatrical calendar with a record-breaking 46,000 people voting last year alone. Voting for both the nominations and eventual winners takes place online at www.whatsonstage.com/awards.
The full Awards shortlists will be announced on Friday 3 December 2010 at a lunchtime ceremony at Cafe de Paris in the heart of the West End. This year’s guest presenters include, speaking on behalf of this year’s adopted charity The Theatrical Guild, multiple Olivier Award winner Simon Russell Beale, currently starring in Deathtrap in the West End. There will also be several live musical performances. (Check back later this month for more line-up details!)
After the launch party, the race is on to decide the eventual Whatsonstage.com Award winners, with voting opening on 3 December and continuing until the end of January. Results are announced and awards presented in front of a live audience of theatregoer voters at our Winners’ Concert on Sunday 20 February 2010 at the West End’s Prince of Wales Theatre.
All professional productions – from Fringe to the West End – opened in London between 1 December 2009 and 30 November 2010 are eligible for nomination. Click here to remind yourself of some of the eligible productions that opened during the Awards year.
CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE YOUR FAVOURITES!
Our charity
Both Awards events are held in aid of this year’s adopted charity, The Theatrical Guild, which exists to provide help to all who are connected with the professional theatre, particularly backstage and front-of-house staff.
To tie in with the Launch Party, TTG have the “Great Theatreland Christmas Tree Competition”, whose winners will also be announced at the 3 December event. For more information on this inter-theatre contest, click here.
Get involved, get invited
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 £500 + VAT – 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 at the Prince of Wales Theatre next February. For more information on Theatregoer Sponsorship, click here.
** WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES AVAILABLE, STARTING FROM JUST £1,000. THESE ARE IDEAL FOR ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN OR WITH THE THEATRE INDUSTRY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, EMAIL US OR CALL 020 7317 9100 AND SPEAK TO RICHARD, SEAN OR DAVID. **
Full details about how we draw up the invitation lists for both Awards events can be found on the Awards site here. If you work in the theatre industry and think you should be invited, you can fill in the form on that page. But, please note, because of limited space and resources, we cannot respond personally to all requests and the only way to guarantee access is by becoming a sponsor!
