Nominations By Show 2012
Akram Khan Company - DESH at Sadler's Wells
Taking inspiration from his homeland, Akram Khan choreographed and performed this full-length solo show in which he used his body and voice to portray several characters familiar in daily Bangladeshi culture.
Nominated for:
- Best New Dance Production WINNER
Anna Christie at Donmar Warehouse
Jude Law and Ruth Wilson stepped into the lead roles in Rob Ashford’s critically acclaimed production of Eugene O’Neill’s epic play about love and forgiveness at the Donmar Warehouse.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress WINNER
- Best Actor
- Best Revival WINNER
- Best Lighting Design
Anna Nicole at Royal Opera House
This controversial opera told the story of the late Playboy model whose marriage to an octogenarian billionaire husband caught the attention of the media, charting her life from becoming a dubious sex symbol to her untimely death.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Opera
Ballets C De La B Alain Platel, Les/Frank Van Laecke - Gardenia at Sadler's Wells
A collaboration between transvestite actress Vanessa Van Durme, directors Alain Platel and Frank Van Laecke and composer Steven Prengels, Gardenia, based on real experiences of the cast, indulged in the human instinct for voyeurism.
Nominated for:
- Best New Dance Production
Betrayal at Harold Pinter Theatre
Best Actress nominee Kristin Scott Thomas led the cast of Ian Rickson’s revival of Harold Pinter’s 1978 masterpiece about a love triangle played out in reverse over the course of nine years.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress
Betty Blue Eyes at Novello Theatre
Based on Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray’s film A Private Function, this new eccentric musical featured music by Stiles and Drewe, a host of bizarre and wonderful characters and a scene-stealing electronic pig.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress In A Musical
- Best Actor In A Musical
- Best New Musical
Castor And Pollux at London Coliseum
The first of French Baroque composer Rameau’s works ever to be staged by the ENO is a tale of brotherly love that sweeps from ancient Sparta down to the gates of Hell and up to the starry vault of Heaven.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Opera WINNER
- Best New Opera Production WINNER
The Children's Hour at Harold Pinter Theatre
Hollywood stars Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss took to the London stage in Ian Rickson’s acclaimed production of Lillian Hellman’s drama about a 1930s girls’ boarding school which becomes entangled in a story of deceit, shame and courage.
Nominated for:
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role
Clemency at Linbury Studio (Royal Opera House)
Scottish composer James MacMillan’s latest opera gave a modern twist to the Biblical story of Abraham and Sarah, taking less than an hour to spark emotional and philosophical debate.
Nominated for:
- Best New Opera Production
Collaborators at National Theatre Cottesloe
Simon Russell Beale and Alex Jennings teamed up for Nicholas Hytner’s Stalin Russia-set production of screenwriter John Hodge’s debut play. Set in 1938, Collaborators depicts a lethal game of cat and mouse between writer Mikhail Bulgakov and the secret police.
Nominated for:
- MasterCard Best New Play WINNER
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role
Crazy For You at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Regent Park Open Air theatre’s revival of Ken Ludwig’s musical brought to life some of Gershwin’s most loved numbers with a colourful, energetic production that starred Sean Palmer and Clare Foster as unlikely lovers.
Nominated for:
- Best Musical Revival WINNER
- Best Costume Design WINNER
- Best Theatre Choreographer
Derren Brown: Svengali at Shaftesbury Theatre
The nation’s favourite magician and 2006 Olivier Award winner was back in the West End last year with a brand new mind-bending show full of psychological illusions, audience participation and unexplainable tricks.
Nominated for:
- Best Entertainment And Family WINNER
Flare Path at Haymarket, Theatre Royal
Trevor Nunn’s production of Terence Rattigan’s World War II drama celebrated the centenary of the birth of the acclaimed playwright. Sienna Miller led an acclaimed cast on the Haymarket stage to create a powerful and passionate drama.
Nominated for:
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role WINNER
- Best Revival
Frankenstein at National Theatre Olivier
Best Actor nominees Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller shared the roles of Frankenstein and his monster in Danny Boyle’s high profile production of the famous tale of creation and abandonment.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor WINNER
- Best Lighting Design WINNER
- Best Sound Design
Ghost The Musical at Piccadilly Theatre
Eurythmics star Dave Stewart teamed up with Bruce Joel Rubin, Glen Ballard and director Matthew Warchus to adapt the famous film into a heartbreaking stage production using magical tricks and dynamic video projections.
Nominated for:
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical
- Best New Musical
- Best Lighting Design
- Best Set Design
- Best Sound Design
Grief at National Theatre Cottesloe
Mike Leigh’s 1950s-set familial drama made its world premiere at the National Theatre to critical acclaim. Lesley Manville starred as Dorothy, a woman unable to move on from the grief of losing her husband in World War II.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress
Inadmissible Evidence at Donmar Warehouse
Jamie Lloyd directed Douglas Hodge in John Osborne’s witty, poignant and surreal comedy about a frenetic lawyer struggling to avoid the harsh truths of his life and keep a hold on reality.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor
Jerusalem at Apollo Theatre
Jez Butterworth’s hit show returned to the West End with Mark Rylance back in his Olivier Award-winning role as local waster Johnny Byron. Butterworth’s acclaimed drama is a powerful vision of life in our green and pleasant land.
Nominated for:
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role
Jumpy at Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs
April De Angelis’s frank family drama starred Tamsin Greig as a middle aged wife and mother who finds herself having panic attacks on the tube and worrying about life after the big 50.
Nominated for:
- MasterCard Best New Play
The Ladykillers at Gielgud Theatre
Best Director nominee Sean Foley’s staging of the madcap Ealing comedy about a group of oddball criminals saw a star-studded cast unite for an imaginative and eccentric production at the Gielgud theatre.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress
- MasterCard Best New Play
- Best Director
- Best Set Design
- Best Sound Design
Lend Me A Tenor The Musical at Gielgud Theatre
Matthew Kelly starred in Ian Talbot’s musical set in Ohio in 1934, where the failure of the world’s greatest tenor Tito Merelli to arrive at the Grand Opera Company leads to a riotous, unpredicted explosion of mistaken identities.
Nominated for:
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical
London Road at National Theatre Cottesloe
The National Theatre’s controversial musical about the Ipswich murders was met with critical acclaim when it opened last April. Starring Best Actress in a Musical nominee Kate Fleetwood, the musical was based on verbatim interviews recorded by Alecky Blythe.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress In A Musical
- Best New Musical
- Best Director
- Best Theatre Choreographer
The Madness Of George III at Apollo Theatre
David Haig stepped into the royal shoes of George III at the Apollo theatre to tell Alan Bennett’s story of the British monarch who, despite a catalogue of accomplishments, is famed for his bouts of unbridled lunacy.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor
Matilda The Musical at Cambridge Theatre
Boasting a huge 10 nominations, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s much-loved tale features imaginative staging, spectacular choreography and a hilarious score by Tim Minchin.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor In A Musical WINNER
- Best Actress In A Musical WINNER
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical
- Best New Musical WINNER
- Best Director WINNER
- Best Theatre Choreographer WINNER
- Best Lighting Design
- Best Set Design WINNER
- Best Costume Design
- Best Sound Design WINNER
The Metamorphosis at Linbury Studio (Royal Opera House)
Royal Ballet principal dancer Edward Watson caught the imagination as the slime-covered Gregor Samsa, contorting his body to take on an insect-like appearance in Arthur Pita’s acclaimed new version of Kafka’s short story.
Nominated for:
- Best New Dance Production
- Outstanding Achievement In Dance WINNER
Midnight Tango at Aldwych Theatre
Strictly Come Dancing stars Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace brought all the drama, sensuality and elegance of the Argentine tango to the West End in this dance extravaganza set in the intoxicating city of Buenos Aires.
Nominated for:
- Best Entertainment And Family
A Midsummer Night's Dream at London Coliseum
Christopher Alden’s setting of Britten’s Shakespearean opera in a school was seen by some as controversial, others as bold. Either way, the revitalised version of the story of love and magic caught the eye.
Nominated for:
- Best New Opera Production
Mogadishu at Lyric Hammersmith
Vivienne Franzmann’s hard-hitting play about a white teacher accused of racial assault presents the playground as the most brutal and revealing of stages, offering a look at the potentially life-changing consequences of lies.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing at Wyndham's Theatre
Doctor Who stars David Tennant and Catherine Tate reunited on stage for William Shakespeare’s mischievous comedy. Directed by Josie Rourke, the production was acclaimed for its 1980s setting and comical leading pair.
Nominated for:
- Best Revival
Noises Off at Old Vic
This revival of Michael Frayn’s classic comedy became the first Old Vic production to transfer into the West End. Following the backstage politics and onstage disasters of a touring farce, the comedy had audience members laughing in the aisles.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress
- Best Revival
One Man, Two Guvnors at National Theatre Lyttelton
First seen at the National Theatre before bringing its hilarity to the West End, Richard Bean’s Brighton-set comedy of gangsters and a very hungry minder wowed audiences and critics alike.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor
- MasterCard Best New Play
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role
- Best Set Design
- Best Director
The Passenger at London Coliseum
Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Auschwitz-survivor Zofia Posmysz, who spent three years in the notorious concentration camp, The Passenger is an operatic exploration of the Holocaust and its devastating effect.
Nominated for:
- Best New Opera Production
Potted Potter at Garrick Theatre
Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner’s original condensed offering returned to the West End for a summer season of silly costume changes, ridiculous props and a generous helping of Hogwarts magic.
Nominated for:
- Best Entertainment And Family
Roadkill at Stratford East, Theatre Royal
Conceived and directed by Cora Bissett, Roadkill combined direct, chilling performances with video and animation, taking audiences on a journey by minibus to tell the powerful story of the terrifying complexities of sex trafficking today.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre WINNER
Salt, Root And Roe at Trafalgar Studios 2
Set against the mythical backdrop of North Pembrokeshire, Tim Price’s new play starred Imogen Stubbs and followed the story of twins Iola and Anest. Directed by Hamish Pirie, the production explored the complex issue of assisted suicide.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre
Shrek The Musical at Drury Lane, Theatre Royal
Based on the popular animated film, the life of the swamp-dwelling ogre who becomes an unlikely hero was brought to the stage in a colourful, feisty and comic production for families.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor In A Musical
- Best New Musical
- Best Costume Design
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical WINNER
Singin' In The Rain at Palace Theatre
Chichester Festival Theatre’s hit show transferred into the West End with Adam Cooper and Scarlett Strallen winning hearts and soaking audience members. 24,000 litres of water help create two show-stopping downpours at every performance.
Nominated for:
- Best Actress In A Musical
- Best Performance In A Supporting Role In A Musical
- Best Musical Revival
- Best Theatre Choreographer
Some Like it Hip Hop at Peacock Theatre
Some Like It Hip Hop combined elements of Billy Wilder’s much-loved film and Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night to create a comic tale of love, mistaken identity and gender stereotypes in ZooNation’s trademark style of hip hop, comedy and physical theatre.
Nominated for:
- Best New Dance Production
- Outstanding Achievement In Dance
South Pacific at Barbican Theatre
Bartlett Sher’s Lincoln Center Theater production played a limited season at the Barbican theatre starring Paulo Szot and Samantha Womack. Featuring songs by Rodgers and Hammerstein, the musical tells of two couples threatened by the realities of war.
Nominated for:
- Best Actor In A Musical
- Best Costume Design
- Best Musical Revival
The Tales Of Hoffmann at London Coliseum
Directed by Richard Jones, Offenbach’s operatic swansong took a trip into the memory of the titular poet and featured hit numbers including the clockwork-driven Doll’s Song and the seductively swooning Barcarolle.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Opera
The Tiger Who Came To Tea at Vaudeville Theatre
David Wood’s adaptation of Judith Kerr’s much-loved picture book takes The Tiger Who Came To Tea from the page to the stage, delighting audiences with magic, music, mayhem and a very hungry tiger.
Nominated for:
- Best Entertainment And Family
Il Trittico at Royal Opera House
Richard Jones’s staging of Puccini’s operatic cycle was the first at the Royal Opera House since 1965. Consisting of three short stories, the production covered everything from jealousy, murder and suicide to romance, exuberance and sheer transcendent joy.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In Opera
The Village Bike at Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
This provocative and darkly comic look at fantasy and romance from Royal Court Young Writers programme graduate Penelope Skinner offers a witty insight into the lives of a newly married couple in the midst of a heat wave.
Nominated for:
- Outstanding Achievement In An Affiliate Theatre
The Wizard Of Oz at London Palladium
Following a televised search for a Dorothy, Danielle Hope began her journey to the Emerald City in the London Palladium’s production featuring the film’s original songs and new material from Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Nominated for:
- Best Musical Revival
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