A back had injury forced Tennant to pull out of the opening night of Hamlet and limited him to only a handful of appearances at London’s Novello Theatre before the run ended. Nevertheless, critics heaped praise on his performance justifying its best event tag and alos best regional production following its early sting in Strafford-Upon-Avon.

Following this hugely popular Hamlet production which ended earlier this year, theatregoers who missed out will be keen to get to get hold of tickets. Fear not the latest production of Hamlet staring Hollywood star Jude Law is set to start on June 3 at the Wyndham’s Theatre. Previews begin on May 29 and hundreds of Hamlet tickets are currently available from £60.

Meanwhile other winners include.

Best actor in a play: Kenneth Branagh – Ivanov (Donmar West End)

Best actress in a play: Katy Stephens – The Histories (RSC at the Roundhouse)

Best supporting actor in a play: Tom Hiddleston – Othello (Donmar Warehouse and West End)

Best supporting actress in a play: Sophie Thompson – The Female of the Species (Vaudeville)

Best actor in a musical: Ryan Molloy – Jersey Boys (Prince Edward)

Best actress in a musical: Sofia Escobar – West Side Story (Sadler’s Wells)

Best supporting actor in a musical: Stephen Ashfield – Jersey Boys (Prince Edward)

Best supporting actress in a musical: Tracie Bennett – La Cage aux Folles (Playhouse)

Nominations for this year’s Laurence Olivier Awards, the UK’s most prestigious stage awards, were announced yesterday February 3. Surprising to many the Laurence Olivier Awards judging panel excluded David Tennant from the voting despite the fact his brief portrayal of Hamlet was the West End’s most talked-about event of 2008.

A back had injury forced Tennant to pull out of the opening night and limited him to only a handful of appearances at London’s Novello Theatre before the run ended. Nevertheless, critics heaped praise on his performance. The production was recognised in other categories, with Tennant’s co-stars, Patrick Stewart and Oliver Ford Davies, picking up best supporting actor nominations for the roles of Claudius and Polonius respectively.

A spokesman for the Laurence Oliver Awards  explained: ‘Unfortunately, David Tennant could not be considered. There are nine judges and not all of them were able to see him in Hamlet because he didn’t appear in enough performances.’

Following this hugely popular Hamlet production which ended earlier this year, theatregoers who missed out will be keen to get to get hold of tickets. Fear not the latest production of Hamlet staring Hollywood star Jude Law is set to start on June 3 at the Wyndham’s Theatre. Previews begin on May 29 and hundreds of Hamlet tickets are currently available from £60.

Following the hugely popular Hamlet production which ended earlier this year, theatregoers who missed out will be keen to get to get hold of tickets. The most recent Hamlet production which took place at the Novello Theatre in London was a huge success.

The latest production of Hamlet is set to start on June 3 at the Wyndham’s Theatre. Previews begin on May 29 and hundreds of Hamlet tickets are currently available from £60.

Following the hugely popular Hamlet production which ended earlier this year, theatregoers who missed out will be keen to get to get hold of tickets. The most recent Hamlet production which took place at the Novello Theatre in London was a huge success.

The latest production of Hamlet is set to start on June 3 at the Wyndham’s Theatre. Previews begin on May 29 and hundreds of Hamlet tickets are currently available from £60.

Meanwhile Best Musical went to the revival of La Cage Aux Folles, a production that started life at the Menier Chocolate Factory before moving to the West End’s Playhouse Theatre.

Perhaps the most interesting result was in the Best Shakespearean Performance category. The critics were clearly split on this one and in the end the prize was shared between David Tennant for his RSC Hamlet  and Derek Jacobi for his performance as Malvolio in the Donmar’s West End staging of Twelfth Night

The awards in full breakdown as follows:

BEST NEW PLAY
August: Osage County, by Tracy Letts (National Theatre staging of the Steppenwolf production)

BEST MUSICAL
La Cage Aux Folles (Menier Chocolate Factory, transferring to the Playhouse Theatre)

BEST ACTOR
Kenneth Branagh – Ivanov (Donmar Warehouse at Wyndham’s Theatre)

BEST ACTRESS
Margaret Tyzack – The Chalk Garden (Donmar Warehouse)

BEST SHAKESPEAREAN PERFORMANCE
Derek Jacobi Twelfth Night (Donmar Warehouse at Wyndham’s Theatre) and David Tennant in Hamlet (RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon, transferring to the Novello Theatre)

BEST DIRECTOR
Michael Grandage – Ivanov & The Chalk Garden (Donmar Warehouse at Wyndham’s & Donmar)

BEST DESIGNER
Neil Murray – Brief Encounter (Kneehigh Theatre at Cinema Haymarket)

MOST PROMISING PLAYWRIGHT
Alexi Kaye Campbell for The Pride (Royal Court Theatre Upstairs)

JACK TINKER AWARD FOR MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
Ella Smith – Fat Pig (Trafalgar Studios, transferring to Comedy Theatre)

Many West End Theatre Tickets remain available for 2009  from as little as £12.

27 Jan – 24 Oct    Blood Brothers (£22.50)
27 Jan – 26 Sep   Oliver (£15)
27 Jan – 28 Feb   The Sound of Music (£12)
27 Jan – 27 Mar    Mamma Mia (£19.50)
27 Jan – 24 Oct    Jersey Boys (£20)
15 Feb – 17 May   Blue Man Group (£67.50)
27 Jan – 09 Jan    We will Rock You (£28)
27 Jan – 02 May   Enjoy (£13.50)
27 Jan – 18 Dec    Billy Elliot the Musical (£17.50)

]]> http://www.tixdaq.com/news/2009/01/29/critics-circle-theatre-awards/feed/ 0 http://www.tixdaq.com/news/2009/01/05/tennant-back-on-stage/ http://www.tixdaq.com/news/2009/01/05/tennant-back-on-stage/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:00:00 +0000 Gregory Jones http://www.tixdaq.com/2009/01/05/Tennant-back-on-stage David Tennant recently returned to play the lead role of latest RSC production of Hamlet at the West End’s Novello Theatre. The Dr Who star was ruled out by a back injury on December 8th, but he was back on stage this past Saturday (3rd January) to take part in the final week of performances.

Whilst the current run of performances is coming to a close, Shakespeare fans will be delighted to learn that Hamlet is returning to the stage in May. The RSC production of Hamlet starring David Tennant is moving to the Wyndham’s Theatre in London. Hamlet tickets are selling fast, but tickets to see David Tennant play Hamlet are still available.

Despite Tennant’s absence, his understudy was clearly capable of filling the gap left. The Hamlet stand-in, Edward Bennet, received a standing ovation from the packed Novello Theatre.

The Doctor Who star plays the lead role alongside Star Trek’s Patrick Stewart in the latest Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet. The shows have recently moved from Stratford upon Avon to London’s Novello Theatre and every single performance is completely sold out.

The latest RSC production is set to run until January 10th at the Novello Theatre, London and tickets to see Hamlet are available from £100 on various online ticket exchanges.

Despite Tennant’s absence, his understudy was clearly capable of filling the gap left. The Hamlet stand-in, Edward Bennet, received a standing ovation from the packed Novello Theatre.

The Doctor Who star plays the lead role alongside Star Trek’s Patrick Stewart in the latest Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet. The shows have recently moved from Stratford upon Avon to London’s Novello Theatre and every single performance is completely sold out.

The latest RSC production is set to run until January 10th at the Novello Theatre, London and tickets to see Hamlet are available from £100 on various online ticket exchanges.

David Tennant plays the leading role in the latest RSC production of Hamlet and it is proving to be as popular with the critics as with the fans. Hamlet has only recently opened at The Novello Theatre in London after enjoying a successful stint in Stratford-upon-Avon. Hamlet tickets are currently available from £105.

Whilst Hamlet was nominated in the Theatre Event of the Year category, David Tennant missed out on a nomination for Best Actor in a Play. That category is headed up by Hollywood heavyweights, Jeff Goldblum and Kevin Spacey as well as Kenneth Branagh’s role in Ivanov and Adam Godley’s portrayal of Charlie Babbit’s autistic brother in Rain Man. Tickets to see Rain Man at the Shaftsbury Apollo are still available and the production runs until December 20th. There were also nominations across various other categories for Eddie Izzard’s Stripped tour which is taking place at the Lyric Theatre, Jersey Boys at the  and We Will Rock You at the .

David Tennant plays the leading role in the latest RSC production of Hamlet and it is proving to be as popular with the critics as with the fans. Hamlet has only recently opened at The Novello Theatre in London after enjoying a successful stint in Stratford-upon-Avon. Hamlet tickets are currently available from £105.

Whilst Hamlet was nominated in the Theatre Event of the Year category, David Tennant missed out on a nomination for Best Actor in a Play. That category is headed up by Hollywood heavyweights, Jeff Goldblum and Kevin Spacey as well as Kenneth Branagh’s role in Ivanov and Adam Godley’s portrayal of Charlie Babbit’s autistic brother in Rain Man. Tickets to see Rain Man at the Shaftsbury Apollo are still available and the production runs until December 20th. There were also nominations across various other categories for Eddie Izzard’s Stripped tour which is taking place at the Lyric Theatre, Jersey Boys at the  and We Will Rock You at the .

The show previews from December 3 at the Novello Theatre and in an unprecedented move, all genuine tickets have been reprinted on redesigned ticket stock.

Original buyers will need to be collect their tickets on the evening of the performance by presenting the credit card used to make their purchase.

Tickets to certain shows have long been inaccessible for the younger end of the market due to high ticket prices. Discounts already exist for students, but many young professionals are not keen to fork out for full priced tickets.

Only time will tell how successful the new scheme will be in attracting new audiences to theatres across the UK. However it is clear that the opposite end of the market is demonstrating a willingness to pay whatever it takes to see their favourite shows. Some of this year’s top shows including Oliver!, Mamma Mia and Dirty Dancing are selling for more than six times face value on the resale markets. One pair of tickets originally bought for £90 to see David Tennant in the latest production of Hamlet sold recently for £607.

Tickets to certain shows have long been inaccessible for the younger end of the market due to high ticket prices. Discounts already exist for students, but many young professionals are not keen to fork out for full priced tickets.

Only time will tell how successful the new scheme will be in attracting new audiences to theatres across the UK. However it is clear that the opposite end of the market is demonstrating a willingness to pay whatever it takes to see their favourite shows. Some of this year’s top shows including Oliver!, Mamma Mia and Dirty Dancing are selling for more than six times face value on the resale markets. One pair of tickets originally bought for £90 to see David Tennant in the latest production of Hamlet sold recently for £607.