NEWS: Who won what at the WhatsOnStage Awards 2018?

The winners of the 18th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards have been announced.

Broadchurch co-stars David Tennant and Olivia Colman were both recognised in this year's awards, winning for Best Actor in a Play and Best Actress in a Play respectively.

In the Best Actor in a Musical category John McCrea from Everybody's Talking About Jamie took home the prize, while Best Actress in a Musical was won by Carrie Hope Fletcher for her turn as Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family.

42nd Street won four awards, the most of any show, picking up gongs in Best Musical Revival, Best Choreography, Best Costume Design and Best Set Design. The Equity Award for Services to Theatre was given to producer Sonia Friedman.

The night was hosted by Aladdin's 'Genie', Trevor Dion Nicholas and Vikki Stone, who returned following her first year in 2017. Check the full list of winners below:

 

BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY
• Andrew Garfield, Angels in America
• Andrew Scott, Hamlet
• Bryan Cranston, Network
David Tennant, Don Juan in Soho 
• Martin Freeman, Labour of Love

BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY 
• Eve Best, Love in Idleness
• Imelda Staunton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Olivia Colman, Mosquitoes 
• Natalie Dormer, Venus in Fur
• Tamsin Greig, Labour of Love

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
• Andrew Polec, Bat Out of Hell 
• Danny Mac, Sunset Boulevard
• Hadley Fraser, Young Frankenstein
John McCrea, Everybody's Talking About Jamie 
• Tom Lister, 42nd Street

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Carrie Hope Fletcher, The Addams Family 
• Christina Bennington, Bat Out of Hell 
• Janie Dee, Follies 
• Josie Walker, Everybody's Talking About Jamie
• Ria Jones, Sunset Boulevard

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY
• Adrian Scarborough, Don Juan in Soho
Fra Fee, The Ferryman 
• Nathan Lane, Angels in America
• Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Angels in America
• Peter Polycarpou, Oslo

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
• Denise Gough, Angels in America
• Imogen Poots, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• Jessica Brown Findlay, Hamlet
Juliet Stevenson, Hamlet 
• Sheila Atim, Girl from the North Country

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL 
• Chris Howell, 42nd Street 
• Dex Lee, Five Guys Named Moe 
• George Sampson, Our House
• Rob Fowler, Bat Out of Hell
Ross Noble, Young Frankenstein

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
• Clare Halse, 42nd Street
• Danielle Steers, Bat Out of Hell
Lucie Shorthouse, Everybody's Talking About Jamie 
• Tracie Bennett, Follies
• Zoe Rainey, An American in Paris

BEST NEW PLAY 
Gloria Ink
Labour of Love
Oslo
The Ferryman

BEST NEW MUSICAL
Bat Out of Hell 
Cilla the Musical
Everybody's Talking About Jamie 
The Band
Young Frankenstein

BEST PLAY REVIVAL
Angels in America
Don Juan in Soho
Hamlet 
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Witness for the Prosecution

BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL  
42nd Street 
Fiddler on the Roof
Five Guys Named Moe
Follies
Hair

BEST DIRECTION
• Dominic Cooke, Follies 
• Jay Scheib, Bat Out of Hell
• Marianne Elliott, Angels in America
• Robert Icke, Hamlet
Sam Mendes, The Ferryman

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
• Andrew Wright, Five Guys Named Moe
• Christopher Wheeldon, An American in Paris
• Drew McOnie, On the Town
• Fabian Aloise, Our House
Randy Skinner, 42nd Street

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
• Bob Crowley, An American in Paris
• Gary McCann, La Cage Aux Folles
• Peter McKintosh, On the Town
Roger Kirk, 42nd Street 
• Vicki Mortimer, Follies

BEST SET DESIGN 
• Bob Crowley, An American in Paris
• Bunny Christie, Ink
Douglas W. Schmidt, 42nd Street 
• Jon Bausor, Bat Out of Hell
• Vicki Mortimer, Follies

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN
• Natasha Katz, An American in Paris
Patrick Woodroffe, Bat Out of Hell 
• Paule Constable, Angels in America
• Paule Constable, Follies
• Peter Mumford, 42nd Street

BEST VIDEO DESIGN
59 Productions, An American in Paris 
• Duncan McLean, Big Fish
• Duncan McLean, Labour of Love
• Tal Yarden, Hamlet
• Tal Yarden, Network

BEST OFF-WEST END PRODUCTION
Hair 
La Ronde
The Wild Party
Working
Yank!

BEST REGIONAL PRODUCTION
Our House
Sunset Boulevard 
The Addams Family
The Band
The Hypocrite

BEST ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING
Dear Evan Hansen
Dreamgirls
Girl from the North Country
Hamilton
Les Misérables

BEST SHOW POSTER
Cats
Hamilton
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 
The Phantom of the Opera
Wicked

BEST WEST END SHOW
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 
Kinky Boots
Les Misérables
The Phantom of the Opera
Wicked

EQUITY AWARD FOR SERVICES TO THEATRE
Sonia Friedman

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