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...