It’s been quite the year, it’s almost Christmas and what would the festive season be without some recognition of the best of 2022? Over the next month we’ll shortlist five nominees in each of 16 categories for our 8th annual Oscars, or monstas if you will, of 2022.

• Read on for the nominees for the monsta for Best Performance Of A Song 2021 winner Cabaret by Jessie Buckley 2020: A Summer In Ohio by Molly Lynch (The Last Five Years, Southwark Playhouse), 2019: I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman (& Juliet, Shaftesbury Theatre), 2018: Getting Married Today (Company, Gielgud Theatre), 2017: Tight Connection To My Heart (Girl From the North Country, Old Vic)