[Theater] Rachelle Ann Go earns acting award in London for Les Miserables #JHedzWorlD

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Rachelle Ann Go bagged the Best Performance in a Long-Running West End Show (Female) award during the BroadwayWorld UK Awards for her performance as Fantine in Les Miserables.

Photo: Rachelle Siazon

Rachelle Ann Go brought honor to the Philippines again after winning a theater award for her performance in Les Miserables.

The Filipina actress is cast as Fantine in the West End production of this musical set during the 19th-century revolutionary France.

Rachelle received the award for Best Performance in a Long-Running West End Show (Female) during the BroadwayWorld UK Awards.

It can be remembered that Rachelle won the Best Featured Actress in a Musical Award for her role as Gigi in the revival of the Broadway musical Miss Saigon.

Another Filipino thespian, Jon Jon Briones, Rachelle Ann’s co-star in Miss Saigon, also won the “Best Performance in a Long-Running West End Show (Male)” award.

Hollywood actor Benedict Cumberbatch was one of the winners honored this year.

Here is the complete list of winners:

Best Choreography in a New Production of a Musical:
Drew McOnie (Hairspray, Leicester Curve)

Best Costume Design in a New Production of a Play or Musical:
Sue Blane (The Rocky Horror Show, Playhouse Theatre)

Best Direction of a New Production of a Musical:
Trevor Nunn (Cats, London Palladium)

Best Direction of a New Production of a Play:
Lyndsey Turner (Hamlet, Barbican)

Best Featured Actor in a New Production of a Musical:
Steve Rushton (American Idiot, Arts Theatre)

Best Featured Actor in a New Production of a Play:
Will Austin (Gods and Monsters, Southwark Playhouse)

Best Featured Actress in a New Production of a Musical: Kerry Ellis (Cats, London Palladium)

Best Featured Actress in a New Production of a Play: Rachel Lumberg (Romeo and Juliet, Sheffield Crucible)

Best Leading Actor in a New Production of a Musical: Killian Donnelly (Memphis, Shaftesbury Theatre)

Best Leading Actor in a New Production of a Play: Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet, Barbican Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a New Production of a Musical: Imelda Staunton (Gypsy, Savoy Theatre)

Best Leading Actress in a New Production of a Play: Olivia Vinall (The Hard Problem, National Theatre)

Best Lighting Design in a New Production of a Play or Musical: Hugh Vanstone (Future Conditional, Old Vic)

Best Long-Running Show in the West End:
Les Miserables, Queen's Theatre

Best Musical Direction (Fringe or regional):
George Dyer (Annie, UK tour)

Best Musical Direction (West End):
Richard Morris (American Idiot, Arts Theatre)

Best New Musical in the West End:
American Idiot, Arts Theatre

Best New Play: The Play That Goes Wrong, Duchess Theatre

Best New Production of a Musical (Fringe/Regions):
The Spitfire Grill, Union Theatre

Best New Production of a Play (Fringe/Regions):
Crucible, Manchester

Best Performance in a Long-Running West End show (Female): Rachelle Ann Go (Les Miserables, Queens Theatre)

Best Performance in a Long-Running West End show (Male): Jon Jon Briones (Miss Saigon, Prince Edward Theatre)

Best Revival of a Musical: Grand Hotel, Southwark Playhouse

Best Revival of a Play: Harvey, Theatre Royal Haymarket

Best Scenic Design in a New Production of a Play or Musical: Es Devlin (Hamlet, Barbican)

Best Sound Design in a New Production of a Play or Musical: Chris Whybrow (American Idiot, Arts Theatre)

Theatrical Event of the Year: Miss Saigon 25th Anniversary Concert, Prince Edward Theatre

Theatrical Venue of the Year: Queens Theatre

Understudy of the Year in any production of a Play or Musical (Female): Marsha Songcome (Miss Saigon, Prince Edward)

Understudy of the Year in any production of a Play or Musical (Male): Luke Baker, (American Idiot – Arts Theatre)

In 2016, Rachelle Ann is expected to perform in Manila as Les Miserables goes to the Philippines.

(Read: Rachelle Ann Go to take the stage as Fantine in Les Miserables in Manila)

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