2019 WhatsOnStage Awards

2019 WhatsOnStage Awards
2019 WhatsOnStage Awards
Date	3 March 2019
Venue	Prince of Wales Theatre
Most awards	"Hamilton" (5)
Most nominations	"Hamilton" (12)

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 2019 Whatsonstage Awards, the 19th, took place on Sunday, 3 March 2019 at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The Awards Concert was presented by Vicky Vox and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, with performances from Carrie Hope Fletcher and the West End casts of Six and Spring Awakening.^[1]

The winners and nominees were:^[2]^[3]

Best New Play	Best New Musical
The Inheritance Dust Girls & Boys The Jungle Misty	Heathers the Musical Eugenius! Hamilton Tina – The Tina Turner Musical Six
Best Play Revival	Best Musical Revival
The Madness of George III The Lieutenant of Inishmore Summer and Smoke Translations The York Realist	Little Shop of Horrors Chess Company The King & I Me and My Girl
Best Actor in a Play	Best Actress in a Play
Aidan Turner for The Lieutenant of Inishmore Arinzé Kene for Misty Colin Morgan for Transalations Kyle Soller for The Inheritance Mark Gatiss for The Madness of George III	Sophie Okonedo for Anthony and Cleopatra Carey Mulligan for Girls & Boys Charlie Murphy for The Lieutenant of Inishmore Katherine Parkinson for Home, I’m Darling Patsy Ferran for Summer and Smoke
Best Actor in a Musical	Best Actress in a Musical
Jamael Westman for Hamilton Giles Terera for Hamilton Kobna Holdbrook-Smith for Tina – The Tina Turner Musical Jamie Muscato for Heathers the Musical Rob Houchen for Eugenius!	Carrie Hope Fletcher for Heathers the Musical Adrienne Warren for Tina – The Tina Turner Musical Laura Baldwin for Eugenius! Rachelle Ann Go for Hamilton Rosalie Craig for Company
Best Supporting Actor in a Play	Best Supporting Actress in a Play
Adrian Scarborough for The Madness of George III Adetomiwa Edun for Translations Andrew Burnap for The Inheritance Chris Walley for The Lieutenant of Inishmore Paul Hilton for The Inheritance	Vanessa Redgrave for The Inheritance Debra Gillett for The Madness of George III Michelle Fairley for Julius Caesar Michelle Fox for Translations Sian Thomas for Home, I’m Darling
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical	Best Supporting Actress in a Musical
Jason Pennycooke for Hamilton Cleve September for Hamilton Daniel Buckley for Eugenius! Jonathan Bailey for Company Richard Fleeshman for Company	Patti LuPone for Company Christine Allado for Hamilton Jodie Steele for Heathers the Musical Rachel John for Hamilton Vicky Vox for Little Shop of Horrors
Best Direction	Best Choreography
Marianne Elliott for Company Andy Fickman for Heathers the Musical Michael Grandage for The Lieutenant of Inishmore Stephen Daldry for The Inheritance Thomas Kail for Hamilton	Andy Blankenbuehler for Hamilton Carrie-Anne Ingrouille for Six Drew McOnie for Strictly Ballroom Liam Steel for Company Lizzi Gee for Little Shop of Horrors
Best Set Design	Best Costume Design
Tom Scutt for Little Shop of Horrors Bunny Christie for Company Es Devlin for Girls & Boys Miriam Buether for The Jungle Rae Smith for Translations	Paul Tazewell for Hamilton Catherine Martin for Strictly Ballroom Catherine Zuber for The King & I Gabriella Slade for Six Tom Scutt for Little Shop of Horrors
Best Lighting Design	Best Video Design
Howell Binkley for Hamilton Ben Cracknell for Heathers the Musical Howard Hudson for Little Shop of Horrors Neil Austin for Company Tim Deiling for Six	Terry Scruby for Chess Daniel Denton for Misty Dick Straker for A Monster Calls Luke Halls for The Lehman Trilogy Nina Dunn for The Assassination of Katie Hopkins
Best Off-West End Production	Best Regional Production
Six Dust Eugenius! Misty The Rink	Spring Awakening Death of a Salesman The Madness of George III Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual Romeo and Juliet
Best Original Cast Recording	Best Show Poster
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Bat Out of Hell Come From Away The Grinning Man Six	Little Shop of Horrors The Inheritance The Jungle The Lieutenant of Inishmore Tina – The Tina Turner Musical
Best West End Show
Les Misérables Bat Out of Hell Everybody’s Talking About Jamie Kinky Boots Wicked
Equity Award for Services to Theatre Society Special Award
Michael Grandage

References

^ Bowie-Sell, Daisy. "WhatsOnStage Awards 2019: everything you need to know". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^ "19th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards - Sunday, 3 March 2019". awards.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
^ "Hamilton and Aidan Turner among winners at 19th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.

[1] Bowie-Sell, Daisy. "WhatsOnStage Awards 2019: everything you need to know". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[2] "19th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards - Sunday, 3 March 2019". awards.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.

[3] "Hamilton and Aidan Turner among winners at 19th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.

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