Our top stagey snaps from the previous 12 months
Six the Musical performs at the WhatsOnStage Awards2019 is almost coming to a close and we thought it was a great time to look back over the past 12 months of photos to see what really grabbed headlines!
Bromance on the barricades
Alfie Boe (Jean Valjean) and Michael Ball (Javert) celebrate backstage as Les Misérables is staged with an all-star cast
Death of a Salesman is reborn at the Young Vic
Following the unexpected closure of the Piccadilly Theatre when a ceiling collapsed, the brilliant team at the Young Vic sprang into action to erect a temporary space to house scratch performances of Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell's production of Death of a Salesman , with Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke
It has been found
The Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen opens in the West End – lead star Sam Tutty makes his professional debut in the production
All about Gillian and Lily
All About Eve , starring Gillian Anderson (Margo Channing) and Lily James (Eve Harrington), comes to the West End, wowing audience with its technical exuberance
The cast of & Juliet were larger than life
Miriam-Teak Lee, Jordan Luke Gage and Cassidy Janson, three of the stars of & Juliet , celebrate as they bag a record 13 WhatsOnstage Award nominations for the new jukebox show, featuring the songs of Max Martin
The Old Vic brought a raft of stars to the stage
Bill Pullman (Joe Keller), Sally Field (Kate Keller), Jenna Coleman (Ann Deever) and Colin Morgan (Chris Keller) lead the cast of All My Sons While Sophie Thompson (Monica Reed), Indira Varma (Liz Essendine) and Andrew Scott (Garry Essendine) appeared in Present Laughter , which won eight nominations at the WhatsOnStage Awards
The WhatsOnStage Awards saw a number of big wins
Heathers won big at the WhatsOnStage Awards – Carrie Hope Fletcher accepts the award for Best Actress in a Musical and Paul Taylor-Mills accepts the award for Best New MusicalAidan Turner accepts the award for Best Actor in a Play Vanessa Redgrave picks up the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Play Six the Musical performers at the 19th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards
While the stars were out at the Olivier Awards
Patsy Ferran accepts the award for Best Actress for Summer and Smoke , presented by Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton and Charlie Cox Sharon D Clarke accepts the award for Best Actress in a Musical for Caroline, Or Change , presented by Layton Williams Not content with simply ruling the Donmar and the West End in the premiere of the incredible Sweat , Martha Plimpton and Clare Perkins also won the Olivier Awards red carpet
We were all islanders
American import Come From Away wowed audiences at the Phoenix Theatre, and went on to win four Olivier Awards
Man of La Mancha returned to the West End stage for the first time in a long time, with Kelsey Grammer starringKelsey Grammer (Miguel de Cervantes/Don Quixote) during the curtain call
Josie Rourke marks the end of her tenure at the Donmar Warehouse with a revival of Sweet Charity
Arthur Darvill (Oscar Lindquist), Josie Rourke (director) and Anne-Marie Duff (Charity Hope Valentine)
