So here's the round-up of my favourite acting performances from the last 12 months and a few stats about my theatre-going. I made 332 trips to the theatre in total where I saw: 238 plays, 76 musicals, 31.5 Shakespeares (Double Falsehood if you're wondering about the .5), 10 cabarets, 4 operas and 4 dance pieces (altogether 17 of these were revisits to productions I'd already seen). For a year which started off with me resolving to cut down on theatre, not a bad haul! 2012 will see me see less, I'm sure of it...
Best Actor in a Play Benedict Cumberbatch, Frankenstein
Best Actress in a Play Eve Best, Much Ado About Nothing (Globe)
Best Supporting Actor in a Play Ryan Sampson, The Kitchen Sink
Best Supporting Actress in a Play Alexandra Gilbreath, Othello
Best Revival The Tempest (Cheek By Jowl)
Best New Play The Kitchen Sink
Best Actor in a Musical Bertie Carvel, Matilda
Best Actress in a Musical Imelda Staunton, Sweeney Todd
Best Supporting Actor in a Musical Daniel Crossley, Singin' in the Rain
Best Supporting Actress in a Musical Samantha Spiro, Company
Best Musical Revival Singin' in the Rain
Best New Musical Matilda
And because people always want to know...
Labels: Alexandra Gilbreath, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bertie Carvel, Daniel Crossley, Eve Best, fosterIANs, Imelda Staunton, Ryan Sampson, Samantha Spiro