AWARDS: Winners of the 2024 monstas are …

monstagigz readers have been voting throughout October, November and December for their favourite pop, theatre, TV, film and podcasts of 2024 from our shortlists. Read on for details of our 2024 10th annual monstas winners …

  • Read on for reasons including the winners of our 17 monstas for the best theatre, pop, TV, film and podcasts of 2024
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AWARDS SHORTLIST: MONSTAS: Best Theatre Actress of 2024

It’s been quite the year, it’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2024? Over the next month we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 17 categories for our 10th annual Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2024.

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AWARDS SHORTLIST: MONSTAS: Best Theatre Actor of 2024

It’s been quite the year, it’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2024? Over the next month we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 17 categories for our 10th annual Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2024.

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AWARDS SHORTLIST: MONSTAS: Best Theatre Supporting Actor of 2024

It’s been quite the year, it’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2024? Over the next month we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 17 categories for our 10th annual Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2024.

  • Read on for the nominees for the monsta for the Best Theatre Supporting Actor of 2024 Previous winner 2023: Katy Secombe (Guys And Dolls, Bridge Thetare)
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AWARDS SHORTLIST: MONSTAS: Best New Play of 2024

It’s been quite the year, it’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2024? Over the next 2 months we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 17 categories for our Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2024.

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THEATRE REVIEW: Death Of England: The Plays starring Paapa Essiedu, Erin Doherty, Thomas Coombes & Sharon Duncan-Brewster

By Neil Durham

WORTH A LOOK?: ****/*****/****

WHEN?: Saturday 24 August and runs through 28 September 2024 RUNTIME: 3 successive 100-minute plays without interval

Paapa Essiedu (The Effect, National Theatre) plays Delroy in the 2nd of these intertwined state-of-the-nation dramas and it’s a performance so electric it draws an immediate standing ovation from an audience including Pedro Pascal and Russell Tovey (Constellations, Vaudeville Theatre) who are sitting together near our front row seat.

  • Read on for reasons including how this is brutally honest and unflinching work unafraid to take a deep dive into the nation’s heart
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PREVIEW: 9 reasons why we can’t wait for August starring Death Of England: The Plays

  1. Death Of England: The Plays @SohoPlace

Death Of England: Michael, Death Of England: Delroy and Death Of England: Closing Time were written by Clint Dyer and Roy Williams and were originally performed at the National Theatre. Delroy won monstas for our Best New Play in 2020 and Best Theatre Actor for Michael Balogun in 2020. You can see these plays starring Paapa Essiedu (The Effect, National Theatre) and Erin Doherty (Crave, Chichester Festival Theatre) singly or in combinations during this innovative run. Runs 15 July through 28 September 2024. Tickets

  • Read on for reasons including new musical Why Am I So Single?, Victorious Festival and A Chorus Line
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