Sonia Friedman said: “It is extraordinary. I want to take the chance to congratulate all the writers, performers, composers, directors, designers, lighting designers, sound designers, musicians, co-producers, investors and of course my team at SFP. I also want to say a very big thank you to all the immensely talented artists involved in all the productions we produced and co-produced in 2015 /2016. Today I am feeling very proud.”
Full list of SFP nominees:
Best Revival
Hamlet at Barbican Theatre
Best New Comedy
A Christmas Carol at Noel Coward Theatre
Virgin Atlantic Best New Play
Farinelli and the King at Duke of York’s Theatre
Mastercard Best New Musical
Bend It Like Beckham at Phoenix Theatre
Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch for Hamlet at Barbican Theatre
Mark Rylance for Farinelli and the King at Duke of York’s Theatre
Best Actress
Lia Williams for Oresteia at Almeida Theatre
Best Director
Robert Icke for Oresteia at Almeida
Best Actress in a Musical
Natalie Dew for Bend It Like Beckham at Phoenix Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Melody Grove for Farinelli and the King at Duke of York’s Theatre
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical
Preeya Kalidas for Bend It Like Beckham at Phoenix Theatre
Best Costume Design
Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli and the King at Duke of York’s Theatre
Katrina Lindsay for Bend It Like Beckham at Phoenix Theatre
Blue-I Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design
Hildegard Bechtler for Oresteia at Almeida Theatre
Es Devlin for Hamlet at Barbican Theatre
Jonathan Fensom for Farinelli and the King at Duke of York’s Theatre
White Light Award for Best Lighting Design
Natasha Chivers for Oresteia at Almeida Theatre
Best Sound Design
Christopher Shutt for Hamlet at Barbican Theatre
Autograph Sound Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music
Bend It Like Beckham – Music by Howard Goodall, Lyrics by Charles Hart and Orchestrations by Howard Goodall and Kuljit Bhamra at Phoenix Theatre
Farinelli and the King – Claire van Kampen for Musical Arrangements, the Musicians and Iestyn Davies and the singers who alternated the singing role of Farinelli at Duke of York’s Theatre