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 2004 Whatsonstage Awards were: [1]
| Category | Winner | % of Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Best Actress in a Play | Kristin Scott Thomas - Three Sisters at the Playhouse | 28% |
| Best Actor in a Play | Kenneth Branagh - Edmond at the NT Olivier | 38% |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Nicola Walker - Edmond at the NT Olivier | 24% |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Jim Broadbent - The Pillowman at the NT Cottesloe | 31% |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Sally Ann Triplett - Anything Goes at the NT Olivier & Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | 27% |
| Best Actor in a Musical | John Barrowman - Anything Goes at the NT Olivier & Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | 29% |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Trevor Jary - Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the New London | 24% |
| Best Solo Performance | Denise Van Outen - Tell Me on a Sunday at the Gielgud | 32% |
| Best Ensemble Performance | A Midsummer Night's Dream - Propeller, Watermill at the Comedy | 28% |
| Best Takeover in a Role | Ruthie Henshall - Chicago at the Adelphi | 32% |
| Best New Play | Hitchcock Blonde by Terry Johnson - at the Royal Court | 24% |
| Best New Comedy | His Girl Friday , adapted by John Guare from The Front Page & the Columbia Pictures film - at the NT Lyttelton | 36% |
| Best New Musical | Jerry Springer - The Opera by Richard Thomas & Stewart Lee - at the NT Lyttelton & Cambridge | 43% |
| Best Play Revival | Edmond - at the NT Olivier | 32% |
| Best Musical Revival | Anything Goes - at the NT Olivier & Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | 40% |
| Best Shakespearean Production | Henry V - at the NT Olivier | 26% |
| Best Director | Trevor Nunn - Anything Goes, Love's Labour's Lost at the NT Olivier & The Lady from the Sea at the Almeida | 42% |
| Best Set Designer | John Gunter - Anything Goes & Love's Labour's Lost at the NT Olivier | 39% |
| Best Choreographer | Stephen Mear - Anything Goes at the NT Olivier & Theatre Royal Drury Lane | 33% |
| London Newcomer of the Year | Benjamin Lake - Jerry Springer - The Opera at the NT Lyttelton & Cambridge | 37% |
| Best Overall Fringe Production | The Lisbon Traviata - at the King's Head | 23% |
| Best Regional Production | The Taming of the Shrew & The Tamer Tamed - RSC at the Royal Shakespeare & Swan Theatres, Stratford | 27% |
| The Planet Hollywood Theatre Event of the Year | The Travelex £10 season at the National Olivier | 41% |