Best Supporting Actor in a Play + in a Musical

Best Supporting Actor in a Play

John Simm, The Homecoming
Anyone who has seen Doctor Who knows Simm can do menacing but it has never been as appealing as it is here, giving Lenny a directly sexual charge that fair flew off the stage. I'm no big fan of Pinter but I could watch this performance over and over.

Honourable mention: David Moorst, Violence and Son
If it's good enough for the Oscars (Alicia Vikander as Best Supporting Actress for The Danish Girl, gurl?!), it's good enough for me. As the younger half of the titular pair, Moorst was heartbreaking, and horrific in the same moment, a thoroughly complex performance for a thoroughly complex part. 

Harm Duco Schut, Glazen Speelgoed
Johnny Flynn, Hangmen
James Garnon, As You Like It (Globe)
David Sturzaker, Nell Gwynn

7-10
Jolyon Coy, Creditors; David Mumeni, Lela & Co.; Pearce Quigley, The Beaux' Stratagem; Luke Thompson, Oresteia


Best Supporting Actor in a Musical

Emmanuel Kojo, Show Boat
You may think that you know the song 'Ol' Man River' but Kojo's incandescent rendition(s) of this standard imbue it with an extraordinary power that is just memerising. Don't wait for a transfer which hasn't been confirmed yet, get to Sheffield while you still can!

Honourable mention: Ako Mitchell, Little Shop of Horrors
'Here he is folks, the leader of the plaque!' I've seen Mitchell in a range of roles but as dastardly dentist Orin Scrivello DDS, he really unleashed his devilishly fun side with memorable results.

Matthew Malthouse, Mrs Henderson Presents
Ian McIntosh, Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
Jamie Parker, High Society
George Rae, Grand Hotel

7-10
Paul Harwood, Singin' In The Rain; Stephen Matthews, Anything Goes ; Sam O'Rourke, The Smallest Show on Earth; Renato Paris, Close To You



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