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 2003 Whatsonstage.com Awards were:[1]
| Category | Winner | % of Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Best Actress in a Play | Gillian Anderson – What the Night Is For at the Comedy | 44% |
| Best Actor in a Play | Samuel West – Hamlet, RSC at the Barbican | 26% |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Sian Thomas – Up for Grabs at Wyndhams & The Price at the Tricycle | 24% |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Richard Coyle – Proof at the Donmar Warehouse & The York Realist, English Touring Theatre at the Royal Court & Strand | 23% |
| Best Actress in a Musical | Hannah Jane Fox – We Will Rock You at the Dominion | 54% |
| Best Actor in a Musical | Tony Vincent – We Will Rock You at the Dominion | 50% |
| Best Supporting Performance in a Musical | Sharon D Clarke – We Will Rock You at the Dominion | 50% |
| Best Solo Performance | Pete Postlethwaite – Scaramouche Jones at Riverside Studios | 25% |
| Best Ensemble Performance | Contact – at the Queen's | 28% |
| Best New Play | The Breath of Life by David Hare – at the Theatre Royal Haymarket | 25% |
| Best New Comedy | This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan – at the Garrick | 23% |
| Best New Musical | We Will Rock You by Queen & Ben Elton – at the Dominion | 49% |
| Best Play Revival | A Streetcar Named Desire – at the NT Lyttelton | 33% |
| Best Musical Revival | South Pacific – at the NT Olivier | 34% |
| Best Shakespearean Production | Macbeth – at the Albery | 23% |
| Best Director | Christopher Renshaw – Taboo at the Venue & We Will Rock You at the Dominion | 46% |
| Best Set Designer | Anthony Ward – Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium | 37% |
| Best Choreographer | Jerry Mitchell – The Full Monty at the Prince of Wales | 24% |
| London Newcomer of the Year | Jake Gyllenhaal – This Is Our Youth at the Garrick | 27% |
| Planet Hollywood Theatre Event of the Year | Madonna's West End debut in Up for Grabs at the Wyndham's Theatre | 35% |