The WhatsOnStage Awards, founded in 2001 as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are a fan-driven set of awards organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com, based on a popular vote recognising performers and productions of English theatre, with an emphasis on London's West End theatre.
The results of the 2002 Whatsonstage Awards were:[1]
| 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% |