& Juliet and Come From Away win big at the 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards
Posted on 2 March 2020
Ever since the nominees were announced, fans went into a frenzy of voting for their favourites, and everyone waited eagerly for the winners to be announced. New musical & Juliet was nominated for a whopping 13 awards and took home 6 of them including Best Actress Musical (congratulations Miriam-Teak Lee). Come From Away also did exceedingly well, winning 5 awards, including Best Musical (now that’s how you celebrate your 1st birthday in the West End!) Other winners include the likes of Andrew Scott and Claire Foy. Read below for the full list of winners…
The 20th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards winners
Andrew Scott for Present Laughter (Old Vic)
Claire Foy for Lungs (Old Vic)
Hammed Animashaun for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bridge Theatre)
Sophie Thompson for Present Laughter (Old Vic)
Sam Tutty for Dear Evan Hansen (Noel Coward Theatre)
Miriam-Teak Lee for & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre)
Jack Loxton for Dear Evan Hansen (Noel Coward Theatre)
Rachel Tucker for Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre)
Life of Pi (Sheffield Theatres; transferring to London’s Wyndham’s Theatre)
Betrayal (Harold Pinter Theatre)
Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre)
Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre)
Falsettos (Other Palace)
The Color Purple (Leicester Curve)
Kelly Devine for Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre)
Paloma Young for & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre)
Jamie Lloyd for Evita (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre)
Dewynters for & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre)
Howard Hudson for & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre)
Ian Eisenbrath, Alan Berry and team for Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre)
Soutra Gilmour for & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre)
Gareth Owen for Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre)
Andrzej Goudling for & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre)
By Jade Ali
A love for theatre stemmed from my love of literature and music, but the West End on my doorstep opened up a whole new appreciation and passion for all things stage-y