Full List: 2012 Whatsonstage.com Award winners

At a star-studded awards concert held this evening (19 February) at the West End’s Prince of Wales Theatre, winners including James Corden, Richard Fleeshman, Hannah Waddingham, Nigel Harman, Kerry Ellis and Tim Minchin were on hand to collect their trophies (click here for photos and further coverage).

Among the shows celebrating tonight are Matilda the Musical (four awards), One Man, Two Guvnors, Ghost the Musical (three awards apiece), The Wizard of Oz and Shrek the Musical (two apiece).

Over 70,000 people took part in the voting process – a major new record representing a 55% increase on last year’s turnout.

The awards – hosted by Sheridan Smith, Alan Davies and Jenny Eclair – were staged in association with Time Out London in aid of this year’s adopted charity Stage One.

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Best Actress in a Play

Eve Best – Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare’s Globe

Kristin Scott Thomas – Betrayal at the Comedy

Ruth Wilson – Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse

Samantha Spiro – Chicken Soup with Barley at the Royal Court Downstairs

Tamsin Greig – Jumpy at the Royal Court Downstairs

Vanessa Redgrave – Driving Miss Daisy at Wyndham’s

Best Actor in a Play

Benedict Cumberbatch – Frankenstein at the National, Olivier

Jude Law – Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse

Kevin Spacey – Richard III at the Old Vic

David Tennant – Much Ado About Nothing at Wyndham’s

James Earl Jones – Driving Miss Daisy at Wyndham’s

James Corden – One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi

Best Supporting Actress in a Play

Bryony Hannah – The Children’s Hour at the Comedy

Catherine Tate – Season’s Greetings at the National, Lyttelton

Doon Mackichan – Jumpy at the Royal Court Downstairs

Jemima Rooper – One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi

Niamh Cusack – Playboy of the Western World at the Old Vic

Sheridan Smith – Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Supporting Actor in a Play

Arthur Darvill – Dr Faustus at Shakespeare’s Globe

Charles Edwards – Twelfth Night at the National, Cottesloe

David Hayman – Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse

Harry Hadden-Paton – Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Mark Gatiss – Season’s Greetings at the National, Lyttelton

Oliver Chris – One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi

The BABY GRAND Best Actress in a Musical

Amanda Holden – Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Caissie Levy – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly

Clare Foster – Crazy for You at the Open Air & Novello

Emma Williams – Love Story at the Duchess

Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram Eleanor Worthington Cox & Sophia Kiely – Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge

Sarah Lancashire – Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello

The THEATRE TOKENS Best Actor in a Musical

Bertie Carvel – Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge

Nigel Lindsay – Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Oliver Tompsett – Rock of Ages at the Shaftesbury

Reece Shearsmith – Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello

Richard Fleeshman – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly

Sean Palmer – Crazy for You at the Open Air & Novello

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical

Ann Emery – Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello

Hannah Waddingham – The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium

Harriet Thorpe – Crazy for You at the Open Air & Novello

Lauren Ward – Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge

Meow Meow – The Umbrellas of Cherbourg at the Gielgud

Sharon D Clarke – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

Andrew Langtree – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly

Ben Goddard – Million Dollar Quartet at the Noël Coward

David Burt – Crazy for You at the Open Air & Novello

Nigel Harman – Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Paul Kaye – Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge

Simon Lipkin – Rock of Ages at the Shaftesbury

The LES MISÈRABLES Best Ensemble Performance

Backbeat – at the Duke of York’s

London Road – at the National, Cottesloe

Richard III & The Comedy of Errors – Propeller at Hampstead

Some Like It Hip Hop – Sadler’s Wells at the Peacock

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – at the Donmar Warehouse

Top Girls – at Trafalgar Studios 1

The JO HUTCHISON INTERNATIONAL Best Solo Performance

Daniel Kitson – It’s Always Right Now Until It’s Later at the National, Lyttelton

John Leguziamo – Ghetto Klown at Charing Cross

Kerry Ellis – Anthems at the Royal Albert Hall

Ruby Wax – Losing It at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Duchess

Simon Callow – Being Shakespeare at Trafalgar Studios 1

Stephanie Street – The Nightwatchman at the National, Paintframe

The SEATLIVE Best Takeover in a Role

Alex Gaumond – We Will Rock You at the Dominion

Alfie Boe – Les Misèrables at the Queen’s

Kimberley Walsh – Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Matt Lucas – Les Misèrables at the Queen’s

Susan McFadden – Legally Blonde at the Savoy

Tara Fitzgerald – Broken Glass at the Vaudeville

The NICK HERN BOOKS Best New Play

Belongings by Morgan Lloyd Malcolm – at Hampstead & Trafalgar Studios 2

Collaborators by John Hodge – at the National, Cottesloe

Grief by Mike Leigh – at the National, Cottesloe

Mogadishu by Vivienne Franzmann – at the Lyric Hammersmith

The Heretic by Richard Bean – at the Royal Court Downstairs

Three Days in May by Ben Brown – at Trafalgar Studios 1

The EMG Best New Comedy

Get Santa! by Anthony Neilson, music by Nick Powell – at the Royal Court Downstairs

Jumpy by April de Angelis – at the Royal Court Downstairs

No Naughty Bits by Steve Thompson – at Hampstead

One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean – at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi

Potted Panto by Daniel Clarkson, Jefferson Turner & Richard Hurst – at the Vaudeville

The Village Bike by Penelope Skinner – at the Royal Court Upstairs

The SEE TICKETS Best New Musical

Betty Blue Eyes by George Stiles, Antony Drewe, Ron Cowen & Daniel Lipman – at the Novello

Ghost the Musical by Dave Stewart, Glen Ballard & Bruce Joel Rubin – at the Piccadilly

London Road by Adam Cork & Alecky Blythe – at the National, Cottesloe

Matilda the Musical by Tim Minchin & Dennis Kelly – at the Cambridge

Rock of Ages by Chris D’Arienzo – at the Shaftesbury

Shrek the Musical by Jeanine Tesori & David Lindsay-Abaire – at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

The SAMUEL FRENCH Best Play Revival

Anna Christie – at the Donmar Warehouse

Chicken Soup with Barley – at the Royal Court Downstairs

Driving Miss Daisy – at Wyndham’s

Ecstasy – at Hampstead & the Duchess

Flare Path – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Saved – at the Lyric Hammersmith

The RADISSON EDWARDIAN Best Musical Revival

Crazy for You – at the Open Air & Novello

Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be – at the Union

Parade – at Southwark Playhouse

Ragtime – at the Landor

South Pacific – at the Barbican

The Wizard of Oz – at the London Palladium

Best Shakespearean Production

Hamlet – at the Young Vic

King Lear – at the Donmar Warehouse

Much Ado About Nothing – at Shakespeare’s Globe

Much Ado About Nothing – at Wyndham’s

Richard III – at the Old Vic

The Tempest – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

The OAKLEY CAPITAL Best Director

Danny Boyle – Frankenstein at the National, Olivier

Josie Rourke – Much Ado About Nothing at Wyndham’s

Matthew Warchus – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly & Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge

Michael Grandage – King Lear & Luise Miller at the Donmar Warehouse

Nicholas Hytner – One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi

Trevor Nunn – Flare Path & Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Set Designer

Mark Tildesley – Frankenstein at the National, Olivier

Jon Bausor – Lord of the Flies at the Open Air

Miriam Buether – Decade at St Katharine’s Docks

Paul Wills – Anna Christie at the Donmar Warehouse

Rob Howell – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly & Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge

Robert Jones – The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium

The WHITE LIGHT Best Lighting Designer

Bruno Poet – Frankenstein at the National, Olivier

Hugh Vanstone – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly

Mark Henderson – The Kitchen & 13 at the National, Olivier & The Emperor & Galilean at the National, Olivier

Neil Austin – Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello

Oliver Fenwick – My City at the Almeida

Paule Constable – Luise Miller at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Choreographer

Aline David – The Kitchen at the National, Olivier

Ashley Wallen – Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly

Kate Prince – Some Like It Hip Hop at the Peacock

Kelly Devine – Rock of Ages at the Shaftesbury

Peter Darling – Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge

Stephen Mear – Crazy for You at the Open Air & Betty Blue Eyes at the Novello

The DEWYNTERS London Newcomer of the Year

Danielle Hope – The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium

Johnny Flynn – The Heretic at the Royal Court Downstairs

Kara Tointon – Pygmalion at the Garrick

Kyle Soller – The Glass Menagerie & Government Inspector at the Young Vic & The Faith Machine at the Royal Court Downstairs

Shayne Ward – Rock of Ages at the Shaftesbury

Tim Minchin – Matilda at the Cambridge

The TIME OUT Best Off-West End Production

Accolade – at the Finborough

Realism – at Soho

The Animals & Children Took to the Streets – at Battersea Arts Centre

The Belle’s Stratagem – at Southwark Playhouse

The Riots – at the Tricycle

Thrill Me: The Leopold & Loeb Story – at the Tristan Bates & Charing Cross

The LUCKINGS Best Regional Production

20th Century Boy – at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich

Love Love Love – at the Drum Theatre, Plymouth & on tour

Macbeth – at Liverpool Everyman

Othello – at Sheffield Crucible

Sweeney Todd – at Chichester Festival

The Go Between – at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Derby Live & the Royal & Derngate, Northampton

The EQUITY Best West End Show

Jersey Boys – at the Prince Edward

Les Misérables – at the Queen’s

The Phantom of the Opera – at Her Majesty’s

War Horse – at the New London

We Will Rock You – at the Dominion

Wicked – at the Apollo Victoria

The AKA Theatre Event of the Year

David Tennant & Catherine Tate reuniting on stage in Much Ado About Nothing

Headlong’s commemoration of 9/11 with Decade, written by 18 authors & staged in a disused office block at St Katharine’s Dock

Michael Sheen & Bill Mitchell‘s National Theatre of Wales staging of The Passion on the streets of Port Talbot

The Bush Theatre’s 24-hour cycle of 66 Books, in response to the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, to open its new Shepherd’s Bush Library home

The Phantom of the Opera’s 25th anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall & screened to cinemas worldwide

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s 50th anniversary season & reopening of the Royal Shakespeare & Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon

Danny Boyle’s return to the stage with Frankenstein and his alternate casting of Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in the leads

Duckie’s Lullaby, the Barbican’s first-ever sleepover show

The National’s opening of its Paintframe as a one-off performance space

Benefit concert to rescue Dress Circle

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