Jodie Comer Named Best Actress at UK’s WhatOnStage Awards

Jodie Comer poses for photographers at the premiere of the film "The Last Duel" in London, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (AP)
Jodie Comer poses for photographers at the premiere of the film "The Last Duel" in London, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (AP)
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Jodie Comer Named Best Actress at UK’s WhatOnStage Awards

Jodie Comer poses for photographers at the premiere of the film "The Last Duel" in London, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (AP)
Jodie Comer poses for photographers at the premiere of the film "The Last Duel" in London, Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (AP)

“Killing Eve” star Jodie Comer was named best actor at London’s WhatsOnStage awards, where female performers dominated acting categories.

Comer won for her performance as a lawyer dealing with the aftermath of a sexual assault in one-person show “Prima Facie,” which is due to open on Broadway in April.

At Sunday’s awards Gwyneth Keyworth was named best supporting performer in a play for the role of Scout in “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

A revival of “Legally Blonde: The Musical” at Regent’s Park Open Air Theater scored acting prizes for Courtney Bowman, as best performer in a musical, and Lauren Drew as best supporting performer.

Lucy Jones won the prize for best takeover of a role, for “Wicked.” The sole male acting winner was Joe Locke, who won best professional debut for “The Trials.”

“Bonnie & Clyde the Musical,” a decade-old Broadway flop revived to acclaim in London’s West End, was named best new musical. An edgy, stripped down production of “Oklahoma!” that came to London after a hit run in New York was named best musical revival.

The night’s biggest winner was “My Neighbor Totoro,” an adaption of a classic Studio Ghibli animated film, which took five prizes including best direction for Phelim McDermott.

The awards, now in their 23rd year, are sponsored by theater website WhatsOnStage.com and are decided by public vote.



Brazilian Police Arrest 2 People over Plot to Bomb Lady Gaga Concert

Fireworks are seen at the end of Lady Gaga's open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Fireworks are seen at the end of Lady Gaga's open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
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Brazilian Police Arrest 2 People over Plot to Bomb Lady Gaga Concert

Fireworks are seen at the end of Lady Gaga's open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares
Fireworks are seen at the end of Lady Gaga's open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil May 4, 2025. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a plot to detonate a bomb at Lady Gaga’ s concert in Rio de Janeiro.
The event, on Saturday, was the biggest show of her career that drew some 2 million fans to Copacabana Beach.
Rio de Janeiro's state police said they had worked with the Justice Ministry to disrupt an attack allegedly planned by a group that was spreading hate speech. Police said the group sought to radicalize and recruit teenagers to carry out attacks using Molotov cocktails and improvised explosives.
“The plan was treated as a ‘collective challenge’ with the aim of gaining notoriety on social media,” the police said, according to The Associated Press.
Authorities said they arrested two people in connection with the planned attack — the alleged leader of the group on illegal weapons possession charges in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, and a teenager on child pornography charges in Rio.
Authorities said police raided the locations of 15 suspects across several states in Brazil and confiscated phones and other electronic devices.