The Everything Theatre Fringe Theatre Awards, or Etties for brief, are merely our enjoyable spherical up of the previous yr. Previously, come the top of the yr we’ve requested our reviewers to choose some highlights which we’d publish as a spherical up of the very best of the yr. But in 2022 we determined we must always do issues a bit in a different way. And that’s the Etties.
Obviously we don’t have a group of assessors to go and watch each present, so we aren’t going to fake these are something greater than a enjoyable strategy to spotlight a number of the reveals our group have liked prior to now yr. The shortlists have been put collectively by wanting again at our 4- and 5-star opinions, after which discussing throughout the group which really feel are the easiest of the bunch. It’s not essentially the most scientific method however what awards ever are?
We purpose to publish all our shortlists through the w/c 2 January, after which we’ll be asserting the winners on Wednesday 18 January.
Anyone Can Whistle
Southwark Playhouse – April 2022
it’s two hours of full escapism and enjoyable. Never have I seen such a bonkers present, and one the place though not all the pieces was comprehensible, I couldn’t assist however smile!
Lucy Vail
Zorro The Musical
Charing Cross Theatre – April 2022
This tongue-in-cheek manufacturing has previous jokes and a predictable storyline, that are all good issues… a humorous, toe-tapping and joyful couple of hours. Great enjoyable.
Irene Lloyd
Lift
Southwark Playhouse – May 2022
From the second the primary quantity is sung by the ensemble the vocal high quality takes your breath away. Musically, each single performer is excellent and the orchestra, positioned above the tech desk barely above the heads of the viewers, enhances that excellence.
Sara West
Diva: Live From Hell!
Turbine Theatre – August 2022
It’s a brilliantly humorous, camp, darkish story that demonstrates the performing, singing, faucet dancing and all-round brilliance of Luke Bayer and the entire artistic group
Lucy Boardman
A Gig For Ghosts
Soho Theatre – October 2022
The music is solely however skilfully offered. It by no means oversteps its boundary into feeling like we’re watching a full-on-musical, however is rigorously woven into the natural expertise of the ‘gig’.
Dean Wood
La Maupin
Lion and Unicorn Theatre – November 2022
If solely all musicals have been this completely bonkers, possibly I might rethink my perception that they need to be banished from existence.
Rob Warren
The winner will probably be introduced Wednesday 18 January