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Rachel Weisz and Jude Law win at Whatsonstage Awards

Published Sunday 14 February 2010 at 20:49 by Alistair Smith

Rachel Weisz and Jude Law have repeated their successes at this year’s Critics’ Circle Awards, picking up the Best Actress and Best Actor awards at the 2010 Whatsonstage.com Awards.

The awards were announced today at a ceremony at the Prince of Wales Theatre and were voted for by the general public.

Weisz won for her performance in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse, while Law was recognised for the Donmar production of Hamlet at the Wyndham’s Theatre. Both were also award winners at the Critics’ Circle Awards earlier this month.

Meanwhile, Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem at the Royal Court won Best New Play and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert the Musical won Best New Musical.

Other winners included Patrick Stewart, Trevor Nunn and John Barrowman.

The winners in full are:

Best Actress in a Play

Rachel Weisz – A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Actor in a Play

Jude Law – Hamlet, Donmar West End at Wyndham’s

Best Supporting Actress in a Play

Miriam Margolyes – Endgame at the Duchess

Best Supporting Actor in a Play

Patrick Stewart – Hamlet, RSC at the Novello

Best Actress in a Musical

Patina Miller – Sister Act at the London Palladium

Best Actor in a Musical

Rowan Atkinson – Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Best Supporting Actress in a Musical

Jodie Prenger – Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

Oliver Thornton – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Palace

Best Solo Performance

Derren Brown – Derren Brown: Enigma at the Adelphi

Best Ensemble Performance

On the Waterfront – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Takeover in a Role

John Barrowman – La Cage aux Folles at the Playhouse

Best New Play

Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth – at the Royal Court Downstairs

Best New Comedy

Calendar Girls by Tim Firth – at the Noel Coward

Best New Musical

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert by Allan Scott & Stephan Elliott – at the Palace

Best Play Revival

A Streetcar Named Desire – at the Donmar Warehouse

Best Musical Revival

Oliver! – at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Best Shakespearean Production

Hamlet – RSC at the Novello

Best Director

Trevor Nunn – Inherit the Wind at the Old Vic & A Little Night Music at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Garrick

Best Set Designer

Brian Thomson – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Palace

Best Lighting Designer

Natasha Katz – Sister Act at the London Palladium

Best Choreographer

Ross Coleman – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Palace

London Newcomer of the Year

Diana Vickers – The Rise & Fall of Little Voice at the Vaudeville

Best Off-West End Production

The Pirates of Penzance – at the Union Theatre

Best Regional Production

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall – Bristol Old Vic & tour

Best West End Show

Wicked

Theatre Event of the Year

The pairing of Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Waiting for Godot