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 results of the 2002 Whatsonstage Awards were: [1]
Category | Winner | % of Vote |
---|---|---|
Best Actress in a Play | Victoria Hamilton for A Day in the Death of Joe Egg ( New Ambassadors) | 40% |
Best Actor in a Play | Alan Rickman for Private Lives ( Albery) | 64% |
Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Gemma Jones for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ( Lyric) | 26% |
Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Ned Beatty for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Lyric) | 32% |
Best Actress in a Musical | Frances Barber for Closer to Heaven ( Arts) | 44% |
Best Actor in a Musical | Craig Purnell for Songs for a New World ( Bridewell) | 36% |
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Craig Purnell for The Secret Garden ( Aldwych) | 52% |
Best Solo Performance | Linda Marlowe in Berkoff's Women (New Ambassadors) | 32% |
Best Ensemble Performance | The Play What I Wrote ( Wyndham's) | 29% |
Best New Play | Charlotte Jones' Humble Boy ( NT Cottesloe) | 30% |
Best New Comedy | Alistair Beaton's Feelgood ( Hampstead/ Garrick) | 36% |
Best New Musical | The Secret Garden (Aldwych) | 43% |
Best Play Revival | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (New Ambassadors) | 43% |
Best Musical Revival | Kiss Me, Kate ( Victoria Palace) | 52% |
Best Shakespearean Production | Love's Labours Lost ( Open Air) | 43% |
Best Director | Howard Davies for Private Lives (Albery) | 51% |
Best Set Designer | Sue Blane for The Relapse ( NT Olivier) | 31% |
Best Choreographer | Peter Darling for Closer to Heaven (Arts) | 54% |
London Newcomer of the Year | Emily Blunt for The Royal Family ( Haymarket) | 35% |
Top Turkey of 2001 | All You Need is Love ( Queen's) | 25% |
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 results of the 2002 Whatsonstage Awards were: [1]
Category | Winner | % of Vote |
---|---|---|
Best Actress in a Play | Victoria Hamilton for A Day in the Death of Joe Egg ( New Ambassadors) | 40% |
Best Actor in a Play | Alan Rickman for Private Lives ( Albery) | 64% |
Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Gemma Jones for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ( Lyric) | 26% |
Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Ned Beatty for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Lyric) | 32% |
Best Actress in a Musical | Frances Barber for Closer to Heaven ( Arts) | 44% |
Best Actor in a Musical | Craig Purnell for Songs for a New World ( Bridewell) | 36% |
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Craig Purnell for The Secret Garden ( Aldwych) | 52% |
Best Solo Performance | Linda Marlowe in Berkoff's Women (New Ambassadors) | 32% |
Best Ensemble Performance | The Play What I Wrote ( Wyndham's) | 29% |
Best New Play | Charlotte Jones' Humble Boy ( NT Cottesloe) | 30% |
Best New Comedy | Alistair Beaton's Feelgood ( Hampstead/ Garrick) | 36% |
Best New Musical | The Secret Garden (Aldwych) | 43% |
Best Play Revival | A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (New Ambassadors) | 43% |
Best Musical Revival | Kiss Me, Kate ( Victoria Palace) | 52% |
Best Shakespearean Production | Love's Labours Lost ( Open Air) | 43% |
Best Director | Howard Davies for Private Lives (Albery) | 51% |
Best Set Designer | Sue Blane for The Relapse ( NT Olivier) | 31% |
Best Choreographer | Peter Darling for Closer to Heaven (Arts) | 54% |
London Newcomer of the Year | Emily Blunt for The Royal Family ( Haymarket) | 35% |
Top Turkey of 2001 | All You Need is Love ( Queen's) | 25% |