Nicole Scherzinger and Andrew Scott were among the winners at this year’s Evening Standard Theatre Awards held at Claridge’s.Scott won the Best Actor Award for a second time for his solo performance of Vanya, while Scherzinger took home the Best Musical Performance for her show-stopping turn in Sunset Boulevard.A Streetcar Named Desire co-stars Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan shared the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress in association with Mithridate for their performance in the Tennessee Williams classic.Scott was unable to appear in person at the awards on Sunday evening so Jenna Coleman, who announced him as winner, picked up the award on his behalf. David Tennant handed out the Best Actress award.
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00:00 I was surprised to be nominated.
00:02 I'm obviously not from here, but everyone's like,
00:04 "Oh my gosh, you're nominated
00:07 "for the Evening Standard Awards."
00:08 And then I saw the people in the category,
00:10 and they're like, "Oh my gosh, this is crazy.
00:13 "Look at the people who are nominated alongside with you."
00:15 So I was like, wow.
00:17 It's humbling and it's overwhelming,
00:21 but it's truly gratifying to know that all of your work
00:28 hasn't gone unseen or appreciated.
00:32 - 'Cause how is it?
00:33 It is hard work.
00:34 I mean, it is show after show after show after show.
00:36 How are you keeping up with it?
00:39 - It's intense.
00:40 It's one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life.
00:43 I do seven shows a week.
00:44 So much respect to everyone in the theater community
00:47 who do seven, eight shows a week nonstop.
00:51 And to make each show as if it's the first and the last,
00:54 it's grueling and it's brutal.
00:57 So, but at the same time, it's the most rewarding
01:01 to be able to create that magical moment
01:05 one time only every night.
01:08 - I saw you at press night
01:10 and you seemed very emotional at press night,
01:11 which I can imagine it could be an emotional thing.
01:13 You sort of got over that hump and the show is out there
01:15 and it's in the wild.
01:17 Is it still emotional night after night
01:19 to be up there on stage in that stark performance?
01:22 - It's extremely emotional.
01:24 You saw the show.
01:26 So you can't half-ass that performance.
01:29 You have to commit and be in tuned 100%, 110% every time.
01:34 So I literally have to throw myself into it
01:39 every single night and every matinee.
01:43 So by the grace of God, he's given me the strength
01:47 and the passion and the drive to just try
01:53 to give the best performance every performance.
01:55 You never know who's out there.
01:57 Every single person counts.
01:59 It doesn't matter anyway.
02:00 So it's, yeah, and it's four months.
02:05 So I'm just making that four months count.
02:08 - If it had been another role,
02:09 would it have been as intense?
02:10 Or was there something about this role
02:12 that was the right role for the right person
02:14 at the right time?
02:16 - You're exactly right.
02:17 It is all about the role,
02:19 the right role for the right person
02:22 that Jamie Lloyd saw the exact right time in my life.
02:26 Everything I now realize looking back,
02:28 everything that's happened in my life
02:29 and all the pain and all the struggle
02:31 and all the confusion and all the emptiness
02:33 and all the loneliness and all the fight was for a reason.
02:37 And I use most of all of that in this show.
02:42 So the stars have aligned.
02:44 And yes, like I said out there in my speech,
02:47 this is a role of a lifetime.
02:49 And like Norma Desmond says,
02:51 I feel like I'm back where I was born to be.
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