Theatre honours nominated and voted for by the public, presented at The London Palladium as a concert of numbers from the season’s West End shows.
The WhatsOnStage Awards, theatre honours nominated and voted for by the public, hold their 27th ceremony at The London Palladium in the West End on Sunday 28 February 2027.
The awards were first presented in 2001 as the Theatregoers’ Choice Awards. From 2012 to 2023 the ceremony was held at the Prince of Wales Theatre, and it moved to the Palladium in 2024.
The organisers describe them as the only major theatre awards decided entirely by theatregoers. Readers nominate from Thursday 5 November 2026, and a shortlist for the public vote follows in early December.
The evening is staged as an awards concert. Between the presentations, casts from the season’s West End shows and productions beyond London perform on the Palladium stage.
Alex Parker and Damian Sandys co-produce the ceremony as its creative directors, and Parker is its musical director. The 2027 edition is the fourth at the Argyll Street house, which LW Theatres owns and runs.