# 2018 WhatsOnStage Awards

The WhatsOnStage Awards, founded in 2001 as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are a fan-driven set of awards organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com, based on a popular vote recognising performers and productions of English theatre, with an emphasis on London's West End theatre.
The 2018 Whatsonstage Awards winners and nominees were:
| Best New Play | Best New Musical |
| The Ferryman Gloria Ink Labour of Love Oslo | Everybody's Talking About Jamie Bat Out of Hell The Musical Cilla the Musical The Band Young Frankenstein |
| Best Play Revival | Best Musical Revival |
| Hamlet Angels in America Don Juan in Soho Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Witness for the Prosecution | 42nd Street Fiddler on the Roof Five Guys Named Moe Follies Hair |
| Best Actor in a Play | Best Actress in a Play |
| David Tennant for Don Juan in Soho Bryan Cranston for Network Martin Freeman for Labour of Love Andrew Garfield for Angels in America Andrew Scott for Hamlet | Olivia Colman for Mosquitoes Eve Best for Love In Idleness Natalie Dormer for Venus in Fur Tamsin Greig for Labour of Love Imelda Staunton for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Best Actress in a Musical |
| John McCrea for Everybody's Talking About Jamie Hadley Fraser for Young Frankenstein Tom Lister for 42nd Street Danny Mac for Sunset Boulevard Andrew Polec for Bat Out of Hell | Carrie Hope Fletcher for The Addams Family Christina Bennington for Bat Out of Hell Janie Dee for Follies Ria Jones for Sunset Boulevard Josie Walker for Everybody's Talking About Jamie |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Best Supporting Actress in a Play |
| Fra Fee for The Ferryman Nathan Lane for Angels in America Peter Polycarpou for Oslo Adrian Scarborough for Don Juan in Soho Nathan Stewart-Jarrett for Angels in America | Juliet Stevenson for Hamlet Sheila Atim for Girl from the North Country Jessica Brown Findlay for Hamlet Denise Gough for Angels in America Imogen Poots for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Best Supporting Actress in a Musical |
| Ross Noble for Young Frankenstein Rob Fowler for Bat Out of Hell Chris Howell for 42nd Street Dex Lee for Five Guys Named Moe George Sampson for Our House | Lucie Shorthouse for Everybody's Talking About Jamie Tracie Bennett for Follies Clare Halse for 42nd Street Zoe Rainey for An American in Paris Danielle Steers for Bat Out of Hell |
| Best Direction | Best Choreography |
| Sam Mendes for The Ferryman Dominic Cooke for Follies Marianne Elliot for Angels in America Robert Icke for Hamlet Jay Scheib for Bat Out of Hell | Randy Skinner for 42nd Street Fabian Aloise for Our House Drew McOnie for On the Town Christopher Wheeldon for An American in Paris Andrew Wright for Five Guys Named Moe |
| Best Set Design | Best Costume Design |
| Douglas W Schmidt for 42nd Street Jon Bausor for Bat Out of Hell Bunny Christie for Ink Bob Crowley for An American in Paris Vicki Mortimer for Follies | Roger Kirk for 42nd Street Bob Crowley for An American in Paris Gary McCann for La Cage aux Folles Peter McKintosh for On the Town Vicki Mortimer for Follies |
| Best Lighting Design | Best Video Design |
| Patrick Woodroffe for Bat Out of Hell Paule Constable for Angels in America Paule Constable for Follies Natasha Katz for An American in Paris Peter Mumford for 42nd Street | 59 Productions for An American in Paris Duncan McLean for Big Fish Duncan McLean for Labour of Love Tal Yarden for Hamlet Tal Yarden for Network |
| Best Off-West End Production | Best Regional Production |
| Hair La Ronde The Wild Party Working Yank! | Sunset Boulevard Our House The Addams Family The Band The Hypocrite |
| Best Original Cast Recording | Best Show Poster |
| Les Misérables Dear Evan Hansen Dreamgirls Girl from the North Country Hamilton | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Cats Hamilton The Phantom of the Opera Wicked |
| Best West End Show ||
| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Kinky Boots Les Misérables The Phantom of the Opera Wicked ||
| Equity Award for Services to Theatre Society Special Award ||
| Sonia Friedman ||