Nominations for the third annual Also Recognised Awards have been announced today by My Theatre Mates, founded by Mark Shenton and Terri Paddock.
The audience-voted awards celebrate talent in theatre that is overlooked in other award bodies. Voting for the awards is now open and will close on the 26th March 2017.
The nominees are as follows:
Best Musical Direction •
Jordan Li-Smith – Ragtime, Charing Cross Theatre
Laura Bangay – Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, National Theatre
Michael Bradley – Grey Gardens, Southwark Playhouse
Michael Reed – Sunset Boulevard, London Coliseum
Nick Finlow – Dreamgirls, Savoy Theatre
Tom Deering – Jesus Christ Superstar, Open Air Theatre
Best Original Music
David Bowie – Lazarus, King’s Cross Theatre
Dougal Irvine – The Buskers Opera, Park Theatre
Richard Taylor – Flowers for Mrs Harris, Sheffield Crucible
Scott Frankel – Grey Gardens, Southwark Playhouse
Tim Minchin – Groundhog Day, Old Vic Theatre
Tim Phillips & Marc Teitler – The Grinning Man, Bristol Old Vic
Best Twitter Engagement
@ChichesterFT – Chichester Festival Theatre
@HPPlayLDN – Harry Potter & the Cursed Child
@NationalTheatre – National Theatre
@SchoolOfRockUK – School of Rock
@TheRSC – Royal Shakespeare Company
@WickedUK – Wicked
Best Ensemble Performance
Belarus Free Theatre – Burning Doors at Soho Theatre & Tomorrow I Was Always a Lion at the Arcola Theatre
Boy – Almeida Theatre
Donmar’s Shakespeare Trilogy – Donmar at King’s Cross
Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour – National Theatre
Steel Magnolias – Hope Theatre
Titanic – Charing Cross Theatre
Best Solo Performance
Cush Jumbo – White Rabbit Red Rabbit, Southbank Centre & Good Chance Theatre
James Cartwright – Raz, Trafalgar Studios
Luke Wright – What I Learned From Jonny Bevan, Soho Theatre
Ruby Wax – Sane New World, Arts Theatre
Sean Michael Verey – Tonight with Donny Stixx, The Bunker
Sophie Melville – Iphigenia in Splott, National Theatre
Best Shakespearean Production
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Shakespeare’s Globe
Donmar’s Shakespeare Trilogy – Donmar at King’s Cross
Hamlet – RSC, Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Henry V – Open Air Theatre • King Lear – Old Vic Theatre
Kings of War – Toneelgroep Amsterdam at the Barbican
Best Musical Cabaret
Ann Hampton Callaway & Amanda McBroom – The Pheasantry
Barb Jungr & John McDaniel, That’s Life – Brasserie Zedel
Ceili O’Connor – The Understudy, Century Club
Sally Ann Triplett – The Pheasantry
Shoshana Bean – Pizza Express, St Martin’s Lane
Simon Lipkin, Jon Robyns & Giles Terera – Orange Tree Theatre
London Newcomer of the Year
Anthony Boyle – Harry Potter & the Cursed Child, Palace Theatre
Charlie Stemp – Half a Sixpence, Chichester Festival & Noel Coward Theatre
Frankie Fox – Boy, Almeida Theatre
Sam Thomas – Floyd Collins, Wilton’s Music Hall
Sarah Snook – The Master Builder, Old Vic Theatre
Zoe Cooper (playwright) – Jess and Joe Forever, Orange Tree Theatre & tour
Theatre Event of the Year
Emma Rice’s departure announcement from Shakespeare’s Globe
Shakespeare Live! at the RSC as part of Shakespeare 400th birthday celebrations
The premiere of Harry Potter & the Cursed Child
Three-show day for the Donmar’s Shakespeare Trilogy
Understudy Natasha J Barnes stepping in – triumphantly – for Sheridan Smith in Funny Girl
Understudy Ria Jones stepping in – triumphantly – for Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard
Best Show Poster
A Raisin in the Sun – Albany Theatre
Flowers for Mrs Harris – Sheffield Crucible
Hand to God – Vaudeville Theatre
Parade – Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
The Maids – Trafalgar Studios
They Drink It In the Congo – Almeida Theatre
Best Show Trailer
Half a Sixpence – Chichester Festival & Noel Coward Theatre
Hedda Gabler – National Theatre
Nice Fish – Harold Pinter Theatre
This House – Headlong, Garrick Theatre
Trainspotting – King’s Head Theatre & The Vaults
Unreachable – Royal Court Theatre
Talking about the awards Mark and Terri said: “The UK has a number of theatre awards, each of which provides a unique perspective on our industry. But despite the spectrum of opinion gauged in these many prize-givings, there are still some key categories that aren’t well covered elsewhere. We founded the Also Recognised Awards to fill some of those gaps. These online awards are purely about recognising and celebrating that talent.”
To cast your vote in the awards visit: http://mytheatremates.com/AlsoRecognisedAwards-2017/