The 23rd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards – full list of winners

And without any further ado, here is the full list of winners (in bold) alongside the 2023 nominees:

Best Performer in a Musical

(sponsored by TickX)

– Courtney Bowman, Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
– Katie Brayben, Tammy Faye, Almeida Theatre
– Divina De Campo, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Leeds Playhouse and HOME Manchester
– Jordan Luke Gage, Bonnie & Clyde the Musical, Arts Theatre
– Frances Mayli McCann, Bonnie & Clyde the Musical, Arts Theatre
– Charlie Stemp, Crazy for You, Chichester Festival Theatre

Best Supporting Performer in a Musical

(sponsored by Newman Displays)

– Jocasta Almgill, Grease, Dominion Theatre
– Lauren Drew, Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
– Paul French, Grease, Dominion Theatre
– Natalie McQueen, Bonnie & Clyde the Musical, Arts Theatre
– John Owen-Jones, The Great British Bake Off Musical, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
– Marisha Wallace, Oklahoma!, Young Vic

Best Performer in a Play

(sponsored by Sine Digital)

– Jonathan Bailey, Cock, Ambassadors Theatre
– Jodie Comer, Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre
– Carrie Hope Fletcher, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Rose Theatre, Kingston
– Mei Mac, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre
– Rafe Spall, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre
– David Tennant, Good, Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Supporting Performer in a Play

(sponsored by Edwardian Hotels London – Official Hotel Partner)

– Jade Anouka, Cock, Ambassadors Theatre
– Gwyneth Keyworth, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre
– Elliot Levey, Good, Harold Pinter Theatre
– Natasha Magigi, The Clothes They Stood Up In, Nottingham Playhouse
– Sharon Small, Good, Harold Pinter Theatre
– Greg Tannahill, Good Luck, Studio, Mercury Theatre, Salisbuy Playhouse and Yvonne Arnaud Theatre

Best Takeover Performance

(sponsored by Tandem Marketing)

– Lauren Byrne, Matilda The Musical, Cambridge Theatre
– Erin Caldwell, Heathers: The Musical, The Other Palace
– Joel Harper-Jackson, Cock, Ambassadors Theatre
– Lucie Jones, Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre
– Reuben Joseph, Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre
– Ben Joyce, Back to the Future: The Musical, Adelphi Theatre

Best Professional Debut Performance

(sponsored by AKA)

– Tomisin Ajani, The Play That Goes Wrong, Duchess Theatre
– Joe Locke, The Trials, Donmar Warehouse
– Oliver Nicholas, Back to the Future: The Musical, Adelphi Theatre
– Aharon Rayner, The Great British Bake Off Musical, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
– Nadine Shah, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare North Playhouse
– Djavan van de Fliert, Frozen, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Best Set Design

(sponsored by Preevue)

– Jon Bausor, Into the Woods, Theatre Royal Bath
– Es Devlin, The Crucible, National Theatre
– Robert Jones, Murder on the Orient Express, Chichester Festival Theatre
– Morgan Large, Sister Act, Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith and UK tour
– Tom Pye and Basil Twist, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre
– Ben Stones, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Leeds Playhouse and HOME Manchester

Best Costume Design

– Evie Gurney and Richard Mawbey, The 47th, The Old Vic
– William Ivey Long, Crazy for You, Chichester Festival Theatre
– Katrina Lindsay, Tammy Faye, Almeida Theatre
– Melissa Simon-Hartman, Much Ado About Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
– Gabriella Slade, The Cher Show, UK tour
– Catherine Zuber, My Fair Lady, London Coliseum and UK tour

Best Lighting Design

(sponsored by White Light)

– Neil Austin, Tammy Faye, Almeida Theatre
– Nic Farman, The Book Thief, Octagon Theatre, Bolton
– Jessica Hung Han Yun, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre
– Jack Knowles, Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre
– Tim Lutkin, The Crucible, National Theatre
– Scott Zielinski, Oklahoma!, Young Vic

Best Sound Design

(sponsored by Stage Sound Services)

– Neil Bettles, Blood Harmony, Traverse Theatre
– Tony Gayle, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre
– Paul Groothuis, The Band’s Visit, Donmar Warehouse
– Adam Fisher, Into the Woods, Theatre Royal Bath
– Drew Levy, Oklahoma!, Young Vic
– Annie May Fletcher, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Leeds Playhouse and HOME Manchester

Best Video Design

– Luke Halls and Zakk Hein, The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Bridge Theatre
– Douglas O’Connell, Identical, Nottingham Playhouse and The Lowry, Salford
– Finn Ross, Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre
– Finn Ross and Andrea Scott, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre
– Max Spielbichler, Best of Enemies, Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre
– Joshua Thorson, Oklahoma!, Young Vic

Best Graphic Design

(sponsored by Hexagon Print)

– AKA, Tammy Faye, Almeida Theatre
– Bob King Creative, My Fair Lady, London Coliseum and UK tour
– Felicity McCabe and the National Theatre Graphic Design Studio, The Crucible, National Theatre
– Muse Creative Communications, The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, Bridge Theatre
– Studio Doug, Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre
– Toshio Suzuki and Dewynters, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre

Best Direction

(sponsored by LOVEtheatre)

– Dominic Cooke, Good, Harold Pinter Theatre
– Daniel Fish and Jordan Fein, Oklahoma!, Young Vic
– Nikolai Foster, Billy Elliot, Curve, Leicester
– Rupert Goold, Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre
– Phelim McDermott, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre
– Indhu Rubasingham, The Father and the Assassin, National Theatre

Best Choreography

– Fabian Aloise, Bring It On: The Musical, Southbank Centre
– Maxine Doyle, The Burnt City, Woolwich Works
– Ellen Kane, A Chorus Line, Curve, Leicester
– Lynne Page, Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre
– Arlene Phillips, Grease, Dominion Theatre
– Susan Stroman, Crazy for You, Chichester Festival Theatre

Best Musical Direction/Supervision

– Sarah Travis, Steve Sidwell and the company, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, UK tour
– Daniel Kluger, Nathan Koci and Tom Brady, Oklahoma!, Young Vic
– Bruce O’Neil and Matt Smith, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre
– Nigel Lilley and Tarek Merchant, The Band’s Visit, Donmar Warehouse
– Stuart Morley, George Francis and Elliot Mackenzie, Whistle Down the Wind, Watermill Theatre
– Ted Sperling and Gareth Valentine, My Fair Lady, London Coliseum and UK tour

Best Casting Direction

– Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher, Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre
– Stuart Burt, The Seagull, Harold Pinter Theatre
– Anji Carroll, Marvellous, New Vic Theatre and @sohoplace

– Natalie Gallacher for Pippa Ailion Casting, Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
– Jacob Sparrow, Oklahoma!, Young Vic
– Anne Vosser and Jo Hawes, Identical, Nottingham Playhouse and The Lowry, Salford

Best West End Show

(sponsored by Dewynters)

– Back to the Future: The Musical, Adelphi Theatre
– Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre
– Les Misérables, Sondheim Theatre
– SIX, Vaudeville Theatre
– The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty’s Theatre
– Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre

Best Off-West End Production

– Anyone Can Whistle, Southwark Playhouse
– But I’m A Cheerleader: The Musical, The Turbine Theatre
– DIVA: Live from Hell!, The Turbine Theatre
– Millennials, The Other Palace Studio
– RIDE – A New Musical, Charing Cross Theatre
– Ruckus, Southwark Playhouse

Best Regional Production

(sponsored by Music Theatre International)

– Billy Elliot, Curve, Leicester
– Crazy for You, Chichester Festival Theatre
– The Great British Bake Off Musical, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
– Rodgers Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
– The Book Thief, Octagon Theatre, Bolton
– The Osmonds: A New Musical, UK tour

Best Concert Event

– Chess, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
– Jeremy Jordan, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
– SIX in Concert, Hampton Court Palace
– Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, Sondheim Theatre
– Treason, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
– The Witches of Eastwick, Sondheim Theatre

Best Play Revival

– Blues for an Alabama Sky, National Theatre
– Cock, Ambassadors Theatre
– Good, Harold Pinter Theatre
– The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Rose Theatre, Kingston
– The Crucible, National Theatre
– The Seagull, Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Musical Revival

(sponsored by Concord Theatricals)

– Billy Elliot, Curve, Leicester
– Grease, Dominion Theatre
– Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
– My Fair Lady, London Coliseum and tour
– Oklahoma!, Young Vic
– Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre

Best New Play

(sponsored by Ticketmaster)

– A Different Stage, Duke of York’s Theatre and UK tour
– Best of Enemies, Young Vic and Noël Coward Theatre
– Eureka Day, The Old Vic
– My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre
– Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre
– To Kill a Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre

Best New Musical

(sponsored by Travelzoo)

– Bonnie & Clyde the Musical, Arts Theatre
– The Great British Bake Off Musical, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
– Identical, Nottingham Playhouse and The Lowry, Salford
– Tammy Faye, Almeida Theatre
– The Band’s Visit, Donmar Warehouse
– The Osmonds: A New Musical, UK tour

Tickets for a selection of the winning shows are on sale below.