Voting for the 2016 Also Recognised Awards, organised by My Theatre Mates is now open! Here is a list of the categories and the nominees for this year’s awards…
Best Musical Direction:
Kyle Riabko – Close to You, Menier Chocolate Factory & Criterion Theatre
Matt Spencer-Smith – Beautiful, Aldwych Theatre
Michael Bradley – Grand Hotel, Southwark Playhouse
Nicholas Skilbeck – Gypsy, Savoy Theatre
Nigel Lilley – Bend It Like Beckham, Phoenix Theatre
Theo Jamieson – High Society, Old Vic Theatre
Best Original Music:
Cyndi Lauper – Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre
David Yazbek – Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Playhouse Theatre
Howard Goodall – Bend It Like Beckham, Phoenix Theatre
Michael John LaChiusa – See What I Wanna See, Jermyn Street Theatre
Michael Webborn & Daniel Finn – The Clockmaker’s Daughter, Landor Theatre
Ross Clark & Matthew Strachan – The White Feather, Union Theatre
Best Ensemble Performance
Barbarians – Tooting Arts Club
Bugsy Malone – Lyric Hammersmith
Carmen Disruption – Almeida Theatre
Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage – Out of Joint, Arcola Theatre
Grand Hotel – Southwark Playhouse
Songs for a New World – The St. James Theatre
Best Solo Performance
Derren Brown – Miracle, Palace Theatre
Lucy Roslyn – The State vs John Hayes, King’s Head
Michael Urie – Buyer & Cellar, Menier Chocolate Factory
Philip Bretherton – Tony’s Last Tape, Bridgehouse
Tanya Moodie – Joanne, Soho Theatre
Zoë Wanamaker – All On Her Own, Branagh Theatre Company, Garrick
Best Musical Cabaret –
Alexandra Silber – Crazy Coqs
Desperate Divas – St James Studio
Frances Ruffelle – Crazy Coqs
Miss-Leading Ladies – The St. James Theatre Studio
Scott Alan & Cynthia Erivo – The St. James Theatre Studio
Shoshana Bean – Hippodrome Casino
London Newcomer of the Year
David Moorst – Violence & Son, Royal Court Upstairs
Diana Nneka Atuona (playwright) – Liberian Girl, Royal Court Upstairs
Jake Davies – Barbarians, Tooting Arts Club
Kyle Riabko – Close to You, Menier Chocolate Factory & Criterion Theatre
Lucy Penrose – Through the Mill, London Theatre Workshop
Natale Dew – Bend It Like Beckham, Phoenix Theatre
Best Shakespearean Production
As You Like It – National Theatre, Olivier
Henry V – RSC, Barbican Theatre
Henry V – Lazarus, Union Theatre
Measure for Measure – Young Vic
The Merchant of Venice – Shakespeare’s Globe
The Winter’s Tale – Branagh Theatre Company, Garrick
Best Twitter Engagement
@BushTheatre – Bush Theatre
@curiousonstage – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Gielgud Theatre
@DonmarWarehouse – Donmar Warehouse
@MatildaMusical – Matilda The Musical, RSC, Cambridge Theatre
@New_Adventures – New Adventures
@PhantomOpera – The Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty’s Theatre
Best Show Poster
Future Conditional – Old Vic
Hapgood – Hampstead Theatre
McQueen – St James & Theatre Royal Haymarket
Oppenheimer – RSC, Vaudeville Theatre
Showstopper – Apollo Theatre
The Mother F**ker with the Hat – National Theatre, Lyttelton
Best Show Trailer
Branagh Theatre Season – Garrick Theatre
Carrie – Southwark Playhouse
Golem – Trafalgar Studios
Husbands & Sons – National Theatre, Dorfman
Liberan Girl – Royal Court
Peter Pan Goes Wrong – Apollo Theatre
Theatre Event of the Year
Almeida Greeks season
Election night broadcast of James Graham’s The Vote at the Donmar Warehouse
Frenzy around Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet run at the Barbican
Large & tiny-scale Sweeney Todds running simultaneously in West End (ENO & Tooting Arts Club)
Noma Dumezweni triumphing in Linda after 11th hour takeover at Royal Court
Opening of Kenneth Branagh’s year-long Branagh Theatre season
The Also Recognised Awards returns for a second year, as part of My Theatre Mates (founded by Terri Paddock and Mark Shenton) to celebrate talent that is not necessarily rewarded in other theatre awards.
As well as the usual 10 categories, this year’s awards also features a brand new category for Best Musical Cabaret, as well as the UK’s first Best Musical Direction award.
The nominations for the awards were drawn up by Shenton and Paddock, with input from Andrew Keates and Mike Dixon and other members of the My Theatre Mates collective of independent theatre bloggers and commentators.
Voting in the awards opens today and will continue until Friday 25th March. Winners will be announced in early April. Vote here.