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About Acting

Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode.

US actress Piper Laurie, star of The Hustler and Carrie, dies at 91

Oct 15,2023 5:31 am

... " Her talents were not limited to Acting - Laurie took a 15-year-break from Acting to campaign for the civil rights movement...

Essex lorry deaths: Marius Draghici jailed for more than 12 years

Jul 11,2023 12:41 pm

... Draghici was in charge of the migrants onward transportation in the UK - Acting as a driver - and prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC described him as the " right hand man" to one of the ringleaders, Gheorghe Nica...

Church of England sacks independent abuse panel

Jun 21,2023 2:31 pm

... The Archbishops Council confirmed it was " ending the contracts" of all three board members - Acting chair Meg Munn, Jasvinder Sanghera and Steve Reeves...

Glenda Jackson obituary: An actress unafraid to speak her mind

Jun 15,2023 7:50 am

... " I regard Acting, " she once said, " as a serious job for serious-minded people...

Liverpool gun murders: 'Sadly, it's probably going to happen again'

Mar 30,2023 8:51 pm

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Oscars 2023: How to watch the nominated films

Mar 11,2023 8:31 pm

... Find out more about the films nominated in the Acting, animated and best picture categories and how to watch them in the UK...

Rosie Jones: 'If I went on Question Time again, I'd shut Twitter down'

Feb 25,2023 8:51 pm

... " At just 32, Rosie seems to have achieved everything when it comes to " media" - Acting in long-running dramas, publishing several children s books and writing for the Netflix hit, Sex Education...

WhatsOnStage Awards: Jodie Comer and Lucie Jones among winners

Feb 12,2023 6:01 pm

...By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterJodie Comer was among the winners at the first gender-neutral WhatsOnStage Awards, which saw all four of the major Acting prizes go to women...

WhatsOnStage Awards: Jodie Comer and Lucie Jones among winners

Nov 4,2022 2:10 am

By Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter

Jodie Comer was among The Winners at The First gender-neutral Whatsonstage Awards , which saw all four of The Major Acting prizes go to women.

The Killing Eve star was named best performer in a Play at Sunday's ceremony After starring in sexual assault drama Prima Facie Last Year .

Other winners included The Stars of To Kill A Mockingbird and Legally Blonde .

There was only one male winner for Acting - in a newly created additional category for best professional debut.

The Whatsonstage Awards , where The Winners are voted by The Public , have run annually since 2008, But this is The First year where The leading and supporting categories were named " best performer" instead of Best Actor or actress.

More awards ceremonies have been going gender neutral in recent years to allow non-binary performers to compete. But at other ceremonies, this has often resulted in an imbalance in favour of Men .

After their decision to merge best male and best female into one best artist category resulted in an all-male shortlist, which Harry Styles ultimately won.

The First gender-neutral Whatsonstage Awards saw Men nominated in all of The Major Acting categories, But The Four main prizes went to women.

They were Comer for Prima Facie, To Kill a Mockingbird's Gwyneth Keyworth , and Legally Blonde stars Courtney Bowman and Lauren Drew.

The decision to merge The gendered categories meant The Number of Acting prizes was almost halved, although The Ceremony maintained separate awards for plays and musicals.

However, The awards body also introduced an additional Acting prize this year for newcomers. The inaugural best professional debut trophy was won by 19-year-old Joe Locke , who appeared in The Trials at The Donmar Warehouse.

in The one-woman Show Prima Facie of a lawyer who struggles to reconcile Her Job of defending Men accused of rape After she is sexually assaulted herself.

Other big winners at Sunday's awards included My Neighbour Totoro , a stage adaptation of The Japanese animation classic, which won five of The Nine awards it was nominated for.

Legally Blonde , an adaptation of The Reese Witherspoon film about a fashion-loving lawyer, also won big, scooping two of The Acting prizes.

Bonnie & Clyde The Musical and Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! won best new Musical and best Musical Revival respectively, while Prima Facie and Cock were named best new Play and best Play Revival .

A West End transfer of To Kill A Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin 's adaptation of The Classic Harper Lee novel, won an Acting prize for Keyworth, who plays Scout Finch - The young girl whose perspective The Story is told from.

Former X Factor contestant Lucie Jones , who currently stars in The long-running Wicked, won best takeover Performance - an award given to an actor who has inherited a major role from a previous actor.

The Whatsonstage Awards have been held annually for 15 years, although during a Covid lockdown in 2021 The Ceremony was held virtually, and while theatres were closed it instead honoured members of The Public who had supported theatre during The pandemic.