2010 WhatsOnStage Awards


The WhatsOnStage Awards, founded in 2001 as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are a fan-driven set of awards organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com, based on a popular vote recognising performers and productions of English theatre, with an emphasis on London's West End theatre.
The 2010 WhatsOnStage Award nominees and winners were:
Best New PlayBest New Musical

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  • * Been So Long
  • * Dreamboats & Petticoats
  • * Sister Act
  • * Spring Awakening
  • * Thriller Live!
  • Best Play RevivalBest Musical Revival
    A Streetcar Named Desire
  • * A View from the Bridge
  • * Arcadia
  • * Enjoy
  • * Three Days of Rain
  • * Waiting for Godot
  • Oliver!
  • * A Little Night Music
  • * Annie Get Your Gun
  • * Carousel
  • * Hello, Dolly!
  • * Sunset Boulevard
  • Best Actor in a PlayBest Actress in a Play
    Jude Law for Hamlet
  • * David Harewood for The Mountaintop
  • * Dominic West for Life Is a Dream
  • * Ken Stott for A View from the Bridge
  • * Mark Rylance for Jerusalem
  • * Samuel West for Enron
  • Rachel Weisz for A Streetcar Named Desire
  • * Alison Steadman for Enjoy
  • * Fiona Shaw for Mother Courage & Her Children
  • * Helen Mirren for Phedre
  • * Juliet Stevenson for Duet for One
  • * Lesley Sharp for The Rise & Fall of Little Voice
  • Best Actor in a MusicalBest Actress in a Musical
    Rowan Atkinson for Oliver!
  • * Alexander Hanson for A Little Night Music
  • * Aneurin Barnard for Spring Awakening
  • * Jason Donovan for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  • * Julian Ovenden for Annie Get Your Gun
  • * Tony Sheldon for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  • Patina Miller for Sister Act
  • * Charlotte Wakefield for Spring Awakening
  • * Hannah Waddingham for A Little Night Music
  • * Jane Horrocks for Annie Get Your Gun
  • * Kathryn Evans for Sunset Boulevard
  • * Samantha Spiro for Hello, Dolly!
  • Best Supporting Actor in a PlayBest Supporting Actress in a Play
    Patrick Stewart for Hamlet
  • * David Dawson for Comedians
  • * John Shrapnel for Phedre
  • * Mackenzie Crook for Jerusalem
  • * Marc Warren for The Rise & Fall of Little Voice
  • * Simon Paisley Day for Entertaining Mr Sloane
  • Miriam Margolyes for Endgame
  • * Amanda Drew for Enron
  • * Carol Macready for Enjoy
  • * Hayley Atwell for A View from the Bridge
  • * Kate Fleetwood for Life Is a Dream
  • * Michelle Dockery for Burnt by the Sun
  • Best Supporting Actor in a MusicalBest Supporting Actress in a Musical
    Oliver Thornton for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  • * Burn Gorman for Oliver!
  • * Clive Carter for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  • * Daniel Crossley for Hello, Dolly!
  • * Gabriel Vick for A Little Night Music
  • * Iwan Rheon for Spring Awakening
  • Jodie Prenger for Oliver!
  • * Jessie Buckley for A Little Night Music
  • * Julia Sutton for Sister Act
  • * Lesley Garrett for Carousel
  • * Maureen Lipman for A Little Night Music
  • * Sheila Hancock for Sister Act
  • Best Set DesignerBest Lighting Designer
    Brian Thomson for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  • * Christopher Oram for A Streetcar Named Desire & Twelfth Night
  • * Lizzie Clachan for Money, Shunt & Treasure Island
  • * Miriam Buether for Judgment Day & When the Rain Stops Falling
  • * Peter McKintosh for Prick Up Your Ears, Entertaining Mr Sloane
  • * & Hello, Dolly!
  • * William Dudley for Peter Pan
  • Natasha Katz for Sister Act
  • * Johanna Town for Speaking in Tongues
  • * Kevin Adams for Spring Awakening
  • * Mark Henderson for Enron
  • * Mike Robertson for On the Waterfront
  • * Neil Austin for Life Is a Dream & Madame de Sade
  • Best DirectorBest Choreographer
    Trevor Nunn for Inherit the Wind & A Little Night Music
  • * Gregory Doran for Hamlet
  • * Ian Rickson for Parlour Song & Jerusalem
  • * Nicholas Hytner for Phedre & The Habit of Art
  • * Rupert Goold for Enron
  • * Sam Mendes for The Cherry Orchard & The Winter’s Tale
  • Ross Coleman for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
  • * Adam Cooper for Carousel and Shall We Dance
  • * Anthony Van Laast for Sister Act
  • * Bill T Jones for Spring Awakening
  • * Gary Lloyd for Thriller Live!
  • * Stephen Mear for Hello, Dolly!
  • Best Off-West End ProductionBest Regional Production
    The Pirates of Penzance
  • * F**king Men
  • * Forbidden Broadway
  • * Kursk
  • * Kurt & Sid
  • * Stovepipe
  • Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
  • * It’s a Wonderful Life
  • * Spend Spend Spend
  • * The Caretaker
  • * The Light in the Piazza
  • * The Winslow Boy
  • Best Solo PerformanceBest Ensemble Performance
    Derren Brown 'for Derren Brown: Enigma
  • * Alan Cumming for I Bought a Blue Car Today
  • * Clare Higgins for The Fever
  • * David Hare for Berlin
  • * Rob Brydon for Rob Brydon Live!
  • * Sadie Frost for Touched
  • On the Waterfront
  • * Arcadia
  • * Dancing
  • * Our Class
  • * The Great Game
  • * The Power of Yes
  • Best Takeover in a RoleBest Shakespearean Production
    John Barrowman for La Cage aux Folles
  • * Brian Conley for Hairspray
  • * Edward Bennett for Hamlet
  • * Melanie C for Blood Brothers
  • * Omid Djalili for Oliver!
  • * Roger Allam for La Cage aux Folles
  • Hamlet
  • * All’s Well That Ends Well
  • * Hamlet
  • * Othello
  • * The Winters Tale
  • * Twelfth Night
  • London Newcomer of the YearBest West End Show
    Diana Vickers for The Rise & Fall of Little Voice
  • * Jaime Winstone for The Fastest Clock in the Universe
  • * Lenny Henry for Othello
  • * Nicholas Hoult for New Boy
  • * Patina Miller for Sister Act
  • * Tom Sturridge for Punk Rock
  • Wicked'
  • * Billy Elliot
  • * Hairspray
  • * Jersey Boys
  • * Les Miserables
  • * Mamma Mia!
  • * The Lion King
  • * The Phantom of the Opera
  • * War Horse
  • * We Will Rock You