Seventh West End Wilma Awards – voting open now

Voting is now open for the seventh annual West End Wilma Awards, with this year’s ceremony scheduled to take place on 31 July 2022 at London’s Leicester Square Theatre.

For the first time theatre lovers have been able to nominate who they think should be on the shortlist for the popular awards presented by the mother/son blogging duo.

Presented in association with Free@Last TV Ltd, the shortlisted nominees in each category are:

Best Touring Production: Bat Out Of Hell; The Cher Show; Les Misérables; Bedknobs and Broomsticks; Waitress

Best Cabaret/Solo Performance (sponsored by Phoenix Arts Club): Lucie Jones Live at the Adelphi; Rob Madge: My Son’s A Queer But What Can You Do at the Turbine Theatre; Mike Christie Live at Zedel; An Evening Without Kate Bush at Soho Theatre; Judy – Reimagined at Clapham Grand

Rising Star (sponsored by Concord Theatricals): Bethany Terry, Jak Malone, Morgan Gregory, Hannah Lowther, Gabrielle Brooks

Best Takeover in A Role (sponsored by Towngate Theatre): Amy Lennox – Cabaret; Lucie Jones – Wicked; Alice Fearn – Come From Away; Keala Settle – & Juliet; Fra Fee – Cabaret

Best Understudy: Emily Benjamin – Cabaret; Hannah Lowther – Heathers; Lauren Byrne – Cinderella; Danielle Fiamanya – Frozen; Joel Harper Jackson – Cock

Best West End Ensemble Performer (sponsored by Sherman Theatrical Entertainment): Bethany Terry – Cabaret; Hannah Lowther – Heathers; Nic Myers – Back To The Future; Alex Charles – Pretty Woman

Best Performer in A West End Show (sponsored by The Theatre Café): Anna-Jane Casey – Cabaret; Cassidy Janson – & Juliet; Jordan Luke Gage – Bonnie & Clyde; Victoria Hamilton Barritt – Cinderella; Katie Brayben – Girl From The North Country

Best Performer in An Off West End Show: Alisa Davidson – Heathers; Alex Young – Anyone Can Whistle; Jak Malone – Operation Mincemeat; Carly Mercedes Dyer – Anything Goes; Danielle Steers – The Cher Show; Joel Montague – Chicago

Best Off-West End Show: Anyone Can Whistle – Southwark Playhouse; Broken Wings – Charing Cross Theatre; Heathers – The Other Palace; Operation Mincemeat – Southwark Playhouse

Best West End Show: Back To The Future – Adelphi Theatre; Get Up, Stand Up The Bob Marley Musical – Lyric Theatre; & Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre; Cabaret – Playhouse Theatre; Amelie – Criterion Theatre

Tickets are now on sale for the ceremony. 10% of ticket sales will be donated to Mousetrap Theatre Projects to help create more accessible theatre.

Angela Thomas