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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2016 21:29:08 GMT
I usually do crap at predicting so I am quite proud of myself this year haha!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2016 21:31:27 GMT
No surprise Benedict won Best Actor.
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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 21, 2016 21:35:24 GMT
The award for Best Actor in a Play goes to Benedict Cumberbatch for Hamlet
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Post by HereForTheatre on Feb 21, 2016 21:39:28 GMT
The award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical goes to david bedella for In The Heights
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2016 21:40:00 GMT
In the Heights wins Best Supporting Actor for David Bedella!
So that just leaves Best West End Show right? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2016 21:41:07 GMT
And the award for "person in any category that Sherlock fans have heard of" goes to ...
We should stop giving this shower of sh*te website the oxygen of publicity
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2016 21:43:05 GMT
And Les Mis wins Best West End show!  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2016 21:44:49 GMT
Pretty much everything is won by what has the most obsessive fans or who are famous enough for people to have heard of (Hamlet et al), pretty pointless really. Even Gatiss gets in on the Sherlock coattails, he was good but come on (and maybe Pulver for her Irene Adler too)........
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Post by mrbarnaby on Feb 21, 2016 22:01:01 GMT
Benedict winning- Says. It. All.
What a load of sh#* these awards are.
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Post by max on Feb 21, 2016 22:15:37 GMT
And the award for "person in any category that Sherlock fans have heard of" goes to ... We should stop giving this shower of sh*te website the oxygen of publicity Agreed. Though when Sinn Fein were denied the oxygen of publicity we ended up with actors (including Stephen Rea) voicing Gerry Adams on the news. I suggest Carol Channing voices for WOS (and Gerry Adams). |
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Post by Snciole on Feb 21, 2016 22:31:09 GMT
Delighted for David Bedella, who I have yet to see in In the Heights but was such fun as Frank N Furter in Rocky Horror and joined the Theatre Forum Lovers FB group so I hope he has joined us over here.  |
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Post by DuchessConstance on Feb 21, 2016 22:40:20 GMT
Benedict's speech though. OMG. Can't remember the last time an audience laughed so hard!
Are they told ahead of time? I noticed very few of the unsuccessful nominees seemed to be in attendance.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 3:29:41 GMT
Those interested, Matt did Hold Me In Your Heart, in full costume, hair and makeup. |
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Post by caa on Feb 22, 2016 6:47:19 GMT
As always some worthy winners, and some what! But whereas I used to get cross with the WOS awards, but now see them as a joke. What is the point of them?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 7:06:52 GMT
As always some worthy winners, and some what! But whereas I used to get cross with the WOS awards, but now see them as a joke. What is the point of them? The point's the same as any awards: to get publicity for the host and the winners, to give attention to someone who needs buttering up, to indulge in mutual back slapping, and, in the case of a few ceremonies, to be able to say "look, we have women and black people too". Occasionally they may result in recognition for the worthy, but that's incidental. |
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Post by alece10 on Feb 22, 2016 7:32:04 GMT
Well it was all very predictable and I pretty much guessed all the winners. So pleased for David Badella. Nicol Kidman. How tall is that woman!!! But amazing to see her there.
Some good musical performances too with the highlight for me being Jenna Russell performing a number from Grey Gardens.
Very annoying woman in front of me who spend the whole evening getting up and down, looking at her phone, flicking her hair and at one point turned around to me and said "who is that bird presenting?" it was, in fact, Janie Dee.
2 women spent the whole of the first half recording most of it and then posting it online or tweeting. Fortunately they got told off by the usher in the 2nd half.
Aftershow party was crowded to say the least and I got pushed into a corner with the cast of In The Heights, so not complaining. So many stunning people there, these actors don't have scrub up well on a night out.
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Post by Stasia on Feb 22, 2016 9:14:22 GMT
Theatre Forum Lovers FB group Haven't seen the link anywhere, is that a secret one? |
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Post by alece10 on Feb 22, 2016 10:15:27 GMT
Benedict's speech though. OMG. Can't remember the last time an audience laughed so hard! Are they told ahead of time? I noticed very few of the unsuccessful nominees seemed to be in attendance. That speech was hysterical, it just went on and on and on. I presume it was intentional
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Post by cherokee on Feb 22, 2016 11:46:45 GMT
Not a bad evening.
I was disappointed that Mel Giedroyc didn't host again. She was brilliant last year - just naturally funny. Steve Furst has his moments but I think he has a bitterness and a slightly nasty streak that isn't all shtick and is occasionally a bit off-putting.
Sarah Hadland was great though - very funny and self-deprecating. The running gag about her appearance in Cats went down really well. Really didn't warm to Janie Dee though. She seemed very insincere and hard. One of those actors who wants to make it all about her. Preeya Kalidas was sweet if a bit unremarkable - although I'll admit I was flagging by then.
Performances were OK on the whole. Jenna Russell was wonderful; Pixie Lott distinctly less so. And if those are really the two best songs from Mrs Henderson Presents God help them! So boring... Just dreadful. Matt Henry was great and I enjoyed the Something's Coming quartet. Though someone should have advised Alison Jiear against wearing those trousers. They really did not do her any favours at all!!
The awards themselves were pretty predictable: usually going to the biggest name in each category with the biggest online fan base. Benedict Cumberbatch's win was particularly egregious. Getting a best actor award when he didn't know his lines and had to rely on an earpiece throughout the run. Fair enough if you're Angela Lansbury and in your nineties but not for a young man playing Hamlet. And his acceptance speech was just embarrassing. People began laughing at the sheer length and self-indulgence of it. Presumably he has no one around him to advise him to keep it brief.
The finale of "One Day More" was spine tingling as always. A fun night out but it does highlight which luvvies take themselves far too seriously!
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Post by cherokee on Feb 22, 2016 11:47:47 GMT
Benedict's speech though. OMG. Can't remember the last time an audience laughed so hard! Are they told ahead of time? I noticed very few of the unsuccessful nominees seemed to be in attendance. That speech was hysterical, it just went on and on and on. I presume it was intentional
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Post by DuchessConstance on Feb 22, 2016 12:50:21 GMT
Presumably when they received the video someone noticed how long it was and made a conscious decision not to edit it. Whether this was because "It's Benedict" or because they thought it'd be funny, who knows.
It reminded me of some of those extended visual gags on Family Guy where they start mildly amusing, then get boring, then - because they just keep going and going - end up cycling back round and becoming really funny.
Oh and any forumers who chatted to a girl in a dress covered in hearts who'd lost her friends - THANK YOU!
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Post by d'James on Feb 22, 2016 13:14:40 GMT
I wonder why Mel didn't present. Steve said she was just 2 weeks ago. They were meant to do a song I thought. Hope she's alright, she's got the Eurovision thing on Friday.
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Post by Snciole on Feb 22, 2016 13:57:03 GMT
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Post by Phantom of London on Feb 22, 2016 14:06:22 GMT
If the Oliver Awards are the British equivalent of the American Tony Awards.
I guess the What's On Stage Awards are equivalent to Drama Desk Awards?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2016 14:10:05 GMT
*Olivier
And no, the Drama Desk Awards are probably... well, I want to say the Evening Standard Awards, but I take the Drama Desks much more seriously. The WOS awards are more akin to the Broadway World awards than anything else I reckon.
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