Best Actress in a Play
Sophie Melville, Iphigenia in Splott
Solo performances dominated the roost for a lot of the yr however few had been as deeply affecting as Melville’s work right here, returning to the function which desperately nonetheless feels so related, its rawness felt like one thing model new.
Honourable point out: Erin Doherty, The Crucible
Keeping it in the identical family, Doherty’s depth made her ultimate casting for the canniness of Abigail Williams however it was her reactive appearing that mesmerised me, I might have watched the entire manufacturing once more observing the considerate complexities of her reactions.
Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, Blues for an Alabama Sky
Noma Dumezweni, A Doll’s House Part 2
Chris Nietvelt, Age of Rage
Claire Rushbrook, Middle
Nicola Walker, The Corn is Green
8-10
Jodie Comer, Prima Facie; Mei Mac, My Neighbour Totoro; Ruth Wilson, The Human Voice
Best Actress in a Musical
Katie Brayben, Tammy Faye
In Tammy Faye, Brayben gave an absolute blinder of a lead efficiency that went an extended solution to electrifying the present and papering over a few of its cracks. A West End switch has but to be introduced so perhaps some extra work in being finished on it however I pray to the Lord that they preserve Brayben if it does certainly switch.
Honourable point out: Courtney Bowman, Legally Blonde
You kinda knew Legally Blonde would knock it out of the (Regent’s) park however Courtney Bowman’s exuberant tackle the long-lasting Elle Woods was one for the ages. And if you happen to’re inspiring the likes of Quentin Letts to certainly one of his petty outbursts, it’s a must to assume she was doing one thing proper.
Carly Anderson, Crazy For You
Liv Andrusier, Ride
Kerry Ellis, Anything Goes
Joanna Riding, Gypsy
Frida Rødbroe, La Maupin
8-10
Anoushka Lucas, Oklahoma!; Miri Mesika, The Band’s Visit; Gemma Sutton, The Wicker Husband