Friday, January 02, 2015

It's the 2014 Chrissies!

Yes for the 8th year I am proud to present the apex of theatrical awards... the Chrissies!  As always, it has been hugely easy to find nominees, more difficult to sift a winner.  Be that as it may, here we go...

BEST DRAMA (Original/Revival):
 
MY NIGHT WITH REG - Kevin Elyot (Donmar)
Nominees:
BEYOND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS - Hare (Olivier, NT) /
ELLEN TERRY WITH EILEEN ATKINS - Atkins (Wanamaker Playhouse) /
KING LEAR - Shakespeare (Olivier, NT) / MEDEA - Euripedes (Olivier, NT)

BEST MUSICAL (Original/Revival):
GYPSY - Arthur Laurents / Jule Styne / Stephen Sondheim (Chichester)
 Nominees:
CITY OF ANGELS - Gelbart / Coleman / Zippel (Donmar) / FINGS AIN'T WOT THEY USED T'BE - Norman / Bart (Stratford East) / HERE LIES LOVE - Byrne / Cook (Dorfman, NT) / SUNNY AFTERNOON - Penhall / Davies (Hampstead) 

BEST ACTOR (Drama):
 SIMON RUSSELL BEALE - King Lear (Olivier, NT)
 Nominees:
BRIAN COX (The Weir) / RUPERT EVERETT (Amadeus) /
BILL NIGHY (Skylight) / CLIVE WOOD (Antony and Cleopatra)

BEST ACTRESS (Drama):
HELEN McCRORY - Medea (Olivier, NT)
Nominees:
EILEEN ATKINS (Ellen Terry with Eileen Atkins) / ASHLEY McGUIRE (Henry IV) /
CAREY MULLIGAN (Skylight) / IMELDA STAUNTON (Good People) 

BEST ACTOR (Musical):
 
JAMIE PARKER - Guys and Dolls (Chichester)
 
Nominees:
ALEXANDER HANSON (Stephen Ward) / DOMINIC NORTH (Edward Scissorhands) /
PETER POLYCARPOU (Guys and Dolls) / MICHAEL XAVIER (The Pajama Game)

BEST ACTRESS (Musical):
 IMELDA STAUNTON - Gypsy (Chichester)
Nominees:
JANIE DEE (Keeping it Together) / NATALIE MENDOZA (Here Lies Love) /
SOPHIE THOMPSON (Guys and Dolls) / JESSIE WALLACE (Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Drama):
Geoffrey Streatfeild - My Night With Reg (Donmar)
Nominees:
MATT BARDOCK (My Night With Reg) / PHIL DANIELS (Antony and Cleopatra) /
ADRIAN SCARBOROUGH (King Lear) / STANLEY TOWNSEND (King Lear)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Drama):
 
ANGELA LANSBURY - Blithe Spirit (Gielgud)
Nominees:
ANGEL COULBY (Good People) / NOMA DUMEZWENI (Henry V) /
PATSY FERRAN (Blithe Spirit) / SHARON ROONEY (Henry IV) 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (Musical):
 MIKE McSHANE - Assassins (Menier)
 Nominees:
GEORGE MAGUIRE (Sunny Afternoon) / ANDY NYMAN (Assassins) /
JAMIE PARKER (Assassins) / AARON TVEIT (Assassins)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Musical):
REBECCA TREHEARN - City of Angels (Donmar)
Nominees:
SAMANTHA BARKS (City of Angels) / SUZIE CHARD (Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be) / KATHERINE KELLY (City of Angels) / LARA PULVER (Gypsy) 

BEST DIRECTOR:
ROBERT HASTIE - My Night With Reg (Donmar)
Nominees:
CARRIE CRACKNELL (Medea) / JONATHAN KENT (Gypsy) /
JOSIE ROURKE (The Weir) / ALEX TIMBERS (Here Lies Love) 

BEST DESIGNER:
LIZZIE CLACHAN - Treasure Island (Olivier, NT)
 Nominees:
BOB CROWLEY (Skylight) / WILLIAM DUDLEY (Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be) /
ROBERT JONES (City of Angels) / Tom Scutt (The Weir) 

BEST LIGHTING:
HOWARD HARRISON - City of Angels (Donmar)
Nominees:
NEIL AUSTIN (Henry V) / MARK HENDERSON (Gypsy) /
PAUL PYANT (My Night With Reg) / JUSTIN TOWNSEND (Here Lies Love) 

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY:
 SCOTT AMBLER - Lord of The Flies (Sadler's Wells)
Nominees:
MATTHEW BOURNE (Edward Scissorhands) / BILL DEAMER (Grand Hotel) /
STEPHEN MEAR/JEROME ROBBINS (Gypsy) / ANNIE-B PARSON (Here Lies Love)

I do enjoy doing these!  Congratulations all...


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