Find out this year’s WhatsOnStage Award winners

By Kitty Underwood First Published 13 February 2023, Last Updated 25 September 2023

We went to the 23rd annual WhatsOnStage Awards last night, and found out all the audiences top picks from the last year of theatre all around the country.

See the full list of winners below!

Best Performer in a Musical (sponsored by TickX)

Courtney Bowman, Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Best Supporting Performer in a Musical (sponsored by Newman Displays)

Lauren Drew, Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

Best Performer in a Play

Jodie Comer, Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Supporting Performer in a Play

Gwyneth Keyworth, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre

Best Takeover Performance

Lucie Jones, Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre

Best Professional Debut Performance

Joe Locke, The Trials, Donmar Warehouse

Best Set Design

Tom Pye and Basil Twist, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre

Best Costume Design

Gabriella Slade, The Cher Show, UK tour

Best Lighting Design

Jessica Hung Han Yun, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre

Best Sound Design

Tony Gayle, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre

Best Video Design

Joshua Thorson, Oklahoma!, Young Vic

 

Best Graphic Design

Studio Doug, Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre

Best Direction

Phelim McDermott, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre

Best Choreography

Arlene Phillips, Grease, Dominion Theatre

Best Musical Direction/Supervision

Bruce O’Neil and Matt Smith, My Neighbour Totoro, Barbican Theatre

Best Casting Direction

Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher, Spring Awakening, Almeida Theatre

Best West End Show

Six, Vaudeville Theatre

Best Off-West End Production

But I’m A Cheerleader: The Musical, The Turbine Theatre

Best Regional Production

Billy Elliot, Curve, Leicester

Best Concert Event

Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends, Sondheim Theatre

Best Play Revival

Cock, Ambassadors Theatre

Best Musical Revival

Oklahoma!, Young Vic

Best New Play

Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre

Best New Musical

Bonnie & Clyde The Musical, Arts Theatre

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