Started in May 2015, London is MyTheatre’s youngest branch. We have only six months and sixty-three reviews under our belt yet, even without a full year to cover, there’s been so much going on in London since May that we had plenty to choose from when it came time to join the My Entertainment World awards season. 63 reviews have given way to five categories: Best Director, Best Original Work, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Set Design.
I would like to thank my team for their work in these six months. Thank you Adam and Jordan for covering shows despite holding full-time jobs; thank you for also having the musical theatre knowledge to cover a large element of the London scene that I omit from my coverage. Thank you also to Caroline for joining the team in the later months and for reviewing a wide range of works from companies that had not been covered before.
Be sure to check out our nominations for the MyTV Awards, MyCinema Awards and MyTheatre Awards in Toronto, Boston and New York and don’t forget to submit your votes for Fan Favourite in the comment section below, on Facebook and on Twitter using the hashtag #MyTheatreAwards.
Congratulations to All and Thanks for a Great Year of Theatre!
If you see yourself on this list and would like to be a part of our annual Nominee Interview Series, please contact us at london@myentertainmentworld.ca.
Here are your nominees…
Best Director
James Dacre for King John (Globe)
Liz Stevenson for Barbarians (Young Vic)
Adam Lenson for See What I Wanna See (Jermyn Street Theatre)
Vladimir Shcherban for Price of Money (Belarus Free Theatre)
Best Original Work
Temple by Steve Waters (Donmar Warehouse)
Lela & Co by Cordelia Lynn (Royal Court Theatre)
Consensual by Evan Placey (National Youth Theatre REP)
Four Minutes Twelve Seconds by James Fritz (Trafalgar Studios)
And Then Come the Nightjars by Bea Roberts (Theatre 503)
The White Feather by Ross Clark (Union Theatre)
Best Actor
Jo Stone-Fewings in King John (Shakespeare’s Globe)
Stephen Wight in McQueen (Royal Haymarket)
Conor Neaves in Consensual (National Youth Theatre REP)
Brian Vernel in Barbarians (Young Vic)
Sam Mackay in In the Heights (Kings Cross Theatre)
Kenneth Cranham in The Father (Wyndham’s Theatre)
Best Actress
Laura Donnelly in The Wasp (Trafalgar Studios)
Kate Maravan in Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Trafalgar Studios)
Kristin Scott Thomas in The Audience (Apollo Theatre)
Lauren Lyle in Consensual (National Youth Theatre REP)
Evelyn Hoskins in Carrie (Southwark Playhouse)
Karlina Grace-Paseda in Sarai (Arcola Theatre)
Best Set Design
Es Devlin in Hamlet (RSC)
Hildegard Bechtler in Oresteia (Almeida)
Samuel Wyer in Alice’s Adventures Underground (The Vaults)
Justin Williams in Through the Mill (London Theatre Workshop)
Tim Goodchild in Elf The Musical (Michael Rose and U-Live)