Benedict Cumberbatch up for WhatsOnStage award
3 December 2015
From the section Entertainment & Arts
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Benedict Cumberbatch is up for best actor as Hamlet
The blockbuster production of Hamlet, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, is the most nominated play at the WhatsOnStage awards.
The sell-out Barbican show has nine nominations, including best actor for the Sherlock star.
Musicals Kinky Boots and In The Heights also have nine nominations each.
The winners, chosen by public vote, will be announced at an awards concert on 21 February 2016 at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
Hamlet’s nominations include supporting actor nods for Ciaran Hinds, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Sian Brooke and Anastasia Hille, while Lyndsey Turner …read more
Source:: BBC Entertainment
