2002 WhatsOnStage Awards

The results of the 2002 Whatsonstage.com Awards were:

Category	Winner	% of Vote
Best Actress in a Play	Victoria Hamilton for A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (New Ambassadors)	40%
Best Actor in a Play	Alan Rickman for Private Lives (Albery)	64%
Best Supporting Actress in a Play	Gemma Jones for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Lyric)	26%
Best Supporting Actor in a Play	Ned Beatty for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Lyric)	32%
Best Actress in a Musical	Frances Barber for Closer to Heaven (Arts)	44%
Best Actor in a Musical	Craig Purnell for Songs for a New World (Bridewell)	36%
Best Supporting Performance in a Musical	Craig Purnell for The Secret Garden (Aldwych)	52%
Best Solo Performance	Linda Marlowe in Berkoff's Women (New Ambassadors)	32%
Best Ensemble Performance	The Play What I Wrote (Wyndham’s)	29%
Best New Play	Charlotte Jones' Humble Boy (NT Cottesloe)	30%
Best New Comedy	Alistair Beaton's Feelgood (Hampstead/Garrick)	36%
Best New Musical	The Secret Garden (Aldwych)	43%
Best Play Revival	A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (New Ambassadors)	43%
Best Musical Revival	Kiss Me, Kate (Victoria Palace)	52%
Best Shakespearean Production	Love's Labours Lost (Open Air)	43%
Best Director	Howard Davies for Private Lives (Albery)	51%
Best Set Designer	Sue Blane for The Relapse (NT Olivier)	31%
Best Choreographer	Peter Darling for Closer to Heaven (Arts)	54%
London Newcomer of the Year	Emily Blunt for The Royal Family (Haymarket)	35%
Top Turkey of 2001	All You Need is Love (Queen’s)	25%