West End Wilma Awards – nominees announced

The nominees have been announced for the fourth annual West End Wilma Awards which are due to be held at the Delfont Room in the Prince of Wales Theatre on Friday 3 November at 2pm.

Presented in association with Free@Last TV Ltd, and decided by West End Wilma and the reviewing team of more than 40 people, the shortlisted nominees in each category are:

Best Touring Production

Billy Elliot
Rent
The Addams Family

Best Cabaret/Solo Show

Rachel Tucker (Live At Zedel)
Christine Bianco (O Come All Ye Divas)
Audra McDonald (Leicester Square Theatre)

Rising Star

Andrew Polec (Bat Out of Hell)
Charlie Stemp (Half a Sixpence)
Abigail Carter Simpson (Newsrevue/Charming Dick)

Best Comedy

Roller Diner (Soho Theatre)
Margaret Thatcher Queen of Game Shows (Underbelly Festival)
Tina Turner Tea Lady (Gary’s Warehouse – The Bottle Shop)

Best Understudy

Jenny Gayner (The Girls)
Joel Montague (School of Rock)
Alice Fearn (Wicked)

Best Performer in an Off-West End Show

Zoe Doano (Death Takes a Holiday, Charing Cross Theatre)
Chris Jenkins (Tick Tick Boom, Park Theatre)
Jodie Jacobs (Lizzie, Greenwich Theatre)

Best Performer in a West End Show

Victoria Hamilton Barritt (Murder Ballad, Arts Theatre)
Fisayo Akinade (Saint Joan, Donmar Warehouse)
Emma Williams (Half a Sixpence, Noel Coward Theatre)

Best Off-West End Show

Lizzie (Greenwich Theatre)
Sideshow (Southwark Playhouse)
Working (Southwark Playhouse)

Best West End Show

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Palace Theatre)
School of Rock (New London Theatre)
Half a Sixpence (Noel Coward Theatre)

Public voting for this year’s awards have opened at westendwilma.com.

Angela Thomas