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What’s On Magazine December 2018 is out now with our exclusive pictures from The 64th Evening Standard Theatre Awards. You will also find a comprehensive list of forthcoming events for December in your local area as well as many London exhibitions.
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The winners of the 2018 Evening Standard Theatre Awards were revealed at a recent ceremony at London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
A radical revision of Stephen Sondheim’s and George Furth’s Company won Marianne Elliott the Milton Shulman Award for Best Director. She switched the gender of the leading man to a woman, giving Rosalie Craig the role of a lifetime and the Evening Standard Award for Best Musical Performance.
The West End’s other unstoppable musical, Hamilton, also won two awards. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop history, which opened last December, was named Best Musical. Its London star Jamael Westman was presented the Award for Emerging Talent.

This year’s Lebedev Award went to Sir Cameron Mackintosh, a co-producer of Hamilton and owner of its London home, the Victoria Palace Theatre, for his contribution over 50 years to musical theatre.
Nine Night, a tragi-comedy about a family gathering on the final night of the traditionally Caribbean mourning period, earned first-time writer Natasha Gordon the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright. The award comes with a generous donation made by Dame Anna Wintour, American Vogue editor-in-chief and Artistic Director of Condé Nast. As an actress Gordon, 42, has had roles in previous Evening Standard Award winners, Red Velvet and Clubland, and her TV work includes Law and Order and EastEnders. She will take over the starring role in Nine Night when it transfers to Trafalgar Studios next month.
The annual awards, marking the 64th year, were hosted by the Evening Standard owner, Evgeny Lebedev, with co-hosts Dame Anna Wintour, Claire Foy and Idris Elba. Fleabag and Killing Eve writer and actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge returned for the second year to present the ceremony.
The individual awards were presented by Idris Elba, Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield, Richard Madden, Stella McCartney, Jenna Coleman, Letitia Wright and Paapa Essiedu, Patti LuPone and Bee Carrozzini.
In an extraordinarily successful year of West End transfers and extended runs, five of the productions to have won Evening Standard Awards this year can still be seen. Antony and Cleopatra is at the National’s Olivier, until 19 Jan; Company is booking at the Gielgud, WC2 until 30 Mar; Hamilton continues at Victoria Palace, SW1; The Inheritance is at Noël Coward, WC2 until Jan 19; and Nine Night transfers to Trafalgar Studios, SW1 from 1 Dec until 23 Feb.
Among three live performances on the night Jonathan Bailey and cast members of Company performed Getting Married. Sharon D. Clarke also sang Lot’s Wife from Caroline, or Change, the musical she is currently starring in at the Playhouse Theatre, and Michael Jibson performed King George’s song, You’ll Be Back, from Hamilton.
In addition to the awards presentations, the first in what promises to be an annual tribute was made to Behind-the-Scenes Heroes of theatre, dedicated on this occasion to the dressers, in partnership with Maison Margiela. Designer John Galliano introduced it with a speech in which he revealed that he started his working life as a dresser at the National Theatre after finishing at St Martin’s School of Art. He invited 26 dressers seated in the auditorium to join him on stage to take a bow.
The official After-Party, in association with Michael Kors, followed the awards ceremony and was hosted by Evgeny Lebedev with co-host Cressida Bonas.
GUESTS INCLUDED: Dame Anna Wintour, Claire Foy, Idris Elba, Evgeny Lebedev, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Ralph Fiennes, Andrew Garfield, Sophie Okonedo, Jenna Coleman, Letitia Wright, Stella McCartney, Richard Madden, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Dame Shirley Bassey, Cressida Bonas, Bee Carrozzini, Paapa Essiedu and Douglas Booth.

What’s On Magazine November 2018 features exclusive pictures from
The GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2018.

You will also find a comprehensive list of forthcoming events for November in your area as well as many London exhibitions.
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The GQ Men Of The Year Awards is one of the most glamorous events on the calendar, with an eclectic mix of icons, superstars & tastemakers celebrating the inspirational men and women of the last 12 months.

The GQ Men of the Year Awards 2018, now in its 21st year, took place at the Tate Modern in London and celebrates the men and women who shape the world’s cultural landscape over style, politics, entertainment and sport.

At this year’s awards guests enjoyed canapés and a three-course dinner by Michelin-star chef and GQ Food and Drink award winner, Paul Ainsworth, alongside a selection of whisky cocktails provided by Haig Club. Known for his bold flavours and taking advantage of the best produce Cornwall has to offer, Ainsworth’s dinner began with Cornish gin-cured salmon, followed by a main course of aged soy-glazed ox cheek and finished with a vanilla panna cotta with strawberries, hibiscus, honeycomb and hazelnuts.
To compliment the menu, Haig Club served stylish cocktails such as the Haig Clubman Boulevardier (Haig Clubman, Belsazar Rose Vermouth, Italian bitter aperitif, orange twist) and the Haig Club X GQ Cooler (Haig Club, elderflower, Fever-Tree Ginger ale, fresh cucumber).

These are the very worthy winners of 2018, including Prince Charles, Rose McGowan and many more.

Johnny Marr, John Legend, Dua Lipa, Olly Alexander, Paul Weller and Jorja Smith were among the music artists who won prizes. Legend and Marr also performed at the event.
The Smiths co-founder Johnny Marr received the Lifetime Achievement Award, John Legend was named Hugo Boss Most Stylish Man, Dua Lipa was given the Solo Artist Award, Olly Alexander was honored with the Live Act Award, Paul Weller received the Songwriter Award, and Jorja Smith was named Vero Solo Breakthrough Artist.
Other winners were Prince Charles, who received the Editor’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Services to Philanthropy; actor Chadwick Boseman (International Man); comedian/actor Sacha Baron Cohen (Editor’s Special Award); fashion designer/mogul Donatella Versace (Designer); model/actress Naomi Campbell (Fashion Icon), actress Elisabeth Moss (TV Actor); fashion designer Philipp Plein (Brand); Daniel Kaluuya (Actor); and actor Jeff Goldblum (Haig Club Icon). Activist, director and author Rose McGowan is the first woman to receive the Inspiration award at the annual ceremony.

Other attendees at the star-studded event included Kylie Minogue, Rita Ora, Zendaya, Diplo, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, Chrissy Teigen and Kate Beckinsale.

Twenty Magnificent Years
Goodwood Revival – 2018 Highlights

The 20th anniversary of the Goodwood Revival was a roaring success. The event was a complete sell out, with 146,000 people attending across the three days. Some 400 cars and motorbikes competed in 15 races, travelling from five continents. Two thousand five hundred hula hoops, 500 yoyos and 500 Slinkys were given away to guests, and the Goodwood Farm made 16,500 burgers and 20,000 sausages for the race weekend.
Friday evening saw the start of racing, and it was Emanuele Pirro and Niklas Halusa who won the Kinrara Trophy in the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB ‘Breadvan’. It was perhaps one of the most photogenic races ever staged, with the most glorious sunset as the cars raced down the Lavant Straight.
Opening the proceedings on Saturday, Darren Turner took his first ever win at the Revival, in the Fordwater Trophy, at the wheel of the works 1950 Aston Martin DB2. Sam Tordoff took second place in his 1953 Porsche 356 despite bogging down on the line and entering the first corner at the back of the pack.
The Goodwood Trophy was won by Calum Lockie in a 1938 Maserati 6CM.

In the inaugural Jack Sears Memorial Trophy it was the Jaguar Mk1 that proved to be the car to beat, with three of them on the podium, the winning driver, however, was John Young in a 1958 Jaguar Mk1.
It was Mike Whitaker in a 1966 Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyder that won the Whitsun Trophy at the third time of asking.
Closing Saturday was the Freddie March Memorial Trophy, won by Martin Hunt in a 1954 HWM-Jaguar.
Sunday’s racing opened with the Chichester Cup, resulting in Andrew Hibberd taking the win in a 1962 Lotus-Ford 22.
Nicholas Padmore claimed the Richmond Trophy in a 1958 Lotus-Climax 16, but overall race winner awarded the Gordon Trophy was William Nuthall in a 1960 Cooper-Climax T53 ‘lowline’.
The Barry Sheene Memorial Trophy, set across two races and an aggregate result, was won by Herbert Schwab and Troy Corser taking turns on a 1929 BMW R57 Compressor.
Another aggregate result taken from both St Mary’s Trophy races saw Andy Priaulx and Steve Soper win in the latter’s 1963 Ford-Lotus Corina Mk1.
Father-and-son pairing David and Oliver Hart were triumphant in the Royal Automobile Club TT Celebration in their 1963 AC Cobra.
The penultimate race winner was Joe Colasacco in the Glover Trophy, driving a 1965 Ferrari 1512.
Drawing a close on racing, and winning the Sussex Trophy, was Phil Keen in a 1959 Lister-Jaguar ‘Knobbly’. A mother-of-all-comeback drives, he started from the pitlane and charged to victory 25 minutes later, his team manager even shedding a tear.
At the event’s prize giving, the Duke of Richmond presented several awards to the best and fastest drivers and riders of the weekend. The fastest lap on two wheels was given to Troy Corser on the 1929 BMW R57 Compressor for a 1min 32.927 lap. However, the fastest lap of the weekend went to Karun Chandhok in a 1964 McLaren-Chevrolet M1A for a 1m 20.238.
The Rolex Driver of the Meeting was presented to Darren Turner for winning the Fordwater Trophy, coming second in the Whitsun Trophy and having a great drive in the TT, all without making any contact with another competitor, three very competitive races in three very different cars.

The next race meeting at Goodwood will be the 77th Members’ Meeting, which will take place on the 6/7 April, 2019. Tickets are now available. https://www.goodwood.com/flagship-events/members-meeting/

What’s On Magazine Sept 2018 is out now with our exclusive pictures from The Gumball 3000 2018 Rally. You will also find a comprehensive list of forthcoming events for September in your area as well as many London exhibitions.
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David Hasselhoff, Usher and other celebrities attended the launch party at Proud, Embankment and the flag drop in Covent Garden of the 2018 Gumball 3000 Rally, the annual star studded road trip which raises money for Gumball 3000 Foundation to support a variety of charities.

David Hasselhoff (66) and his new wife Hayley Roberts (38) were photographed for the first time since their wedding by What’s On Magazine at the Gumball flag drop, marking the start of the Gumball 3000 2018 Rally.
The couple travelled to London following their recent wedding in the southern region of Puglia, Italy. David & Hayley met in 2011 while David was staying in the UK, during his judging stint on Britain’s Got Talent.
The couple joined crowds of Gumball enthusiasts in Covent Garden, London.David wore acid wash jeans with a white sports shirt and Gumball cap, as he dropped the flag to start the rally. Hayley was the picture of summer chic in a floral summer dress and trendy Wayfarer shades, as she proudly watched her husband in action from the sidelines.
The couple were obviously looking forward to staying out the limelight during their forthcoming honeymoon in the Maldives.
The Gumball 3000 is an annual 3,000-mile international motor rally which takes place on public roads. It was started in 1999 by Maximillion Cooper, with the idea to combine cars, music, fashion and entertainment, taking its name from the 1976 film The Gumball Rally.
This year, the rally takes drivers of vehicles including Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Aston Martins on a road trip to Tokyo, in the process raising thousands of pounds for charity.
The 2018 route passes through Domaine De Chantilly in France, Sforza Castle in Milan, Italy and headed to Bologna to fly on Gumball air (A Malaysian Airlines airplane fully rented for Gumballers by the organizers of Gumball 3000 which stopped in Kazakhstan to refuel) to head to Osaka, Japan, some of the cars are also being flown over to Japan. In Japan they landed in Osaka and drove to Kyoto, Nanao ending in Tokyo where the Gumball finale party took place.

Awards and accolades revealed at
RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2018

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has awarded 154 prestigious medals to the gardens, floristry and floral and plant exhibitors at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, sponsored by Viking Cruises.
In addition to 64 Gold Medals, 38 Silver-Gilt Medals, 42 Silver Medals and nine Bronze Medals were also awarded across the world’s largest annual Flower Show, which runs from 2-8 July.
Two coveted titles were presented to the eye-catching ‘B&Q Bursting Busy Lizzie Garden’, with surrey based designer Matthew Childs earning Best Show Garden and contractors Tecwyn Evans scooping the award for Best Construction. Created using a range of affordable B&Q products, the garden demonstrates an inspirational and achievable space to entertain, with powerful injections of colour provided by the new breed of Busy Lizzies at its heart.

Commenting on the garden, RHS Judge James Alexander-Sinclair said: ‘RHS Hampton Court Palace never fails to provide something for everyone with a huge range of different styles and interests on display, and we’re particularly excited about our Best Show Garden this year, which added a much needed breath of fresh colour and zing to a hot July day.’
Other gardens among the Gold Medal winners included ‘The Landform Garden Bar’ by Rhiannon Williams, ‘The South West Water Green Garden’ by Tom Simpson and the ‘Breckland Beauty Garden’ by Jody Lingard, Nick Fryer and Tim Lingard. Also awarded Gold was the ‘Best of Both Worlds Garden’, designed by Rosemary Coldstream and built alongside students and apprentices.
Best in Show in the brand new Lifestyle Gardens category was awarded to Ula Maria for ‘The Style and Design Garden’, while Joseph Gibson secured the Gardens for a Changing World accolade for ‘Conscious Consumerism’, and the ‘Santa Rita: Living La Vida 120 Garden’ by Alan Rudden won Best World Garden.

A total of 54 Gold Medals were presented to nurseries in the Floral Marquee, as well as 29 Silver-Gilt, 21 Silver and two Bronze medals. Cook’s Garden Centre, Lime Cross Nursery and Southfield Nurseries were among the Gold Medal winners, and the prestigious Best Exhibit in the Floral Marquee went to Roualeyn Fuchsias. Also scoring well, the Allium National Collection was awarded Best Plant Heritage Exhibit and David Austin Roses took the title for Best Rose Exhibit.

Adding to the accolades, Best Dig In Exhibit went to Pennard Plants, Best Exhibit in the Floral Design Studio was awarded to Somerset Postal Flowers and Lauren Easter from Hadlow College was named RHS Future Florist of the Year.

The Best Flower & Vegetable Box Award was given to the Herbs and Preserves Garden – An Ode to Antiquity for their flower box celebrating the ancient tradition of flavouring and preserving food with herbs with the hopes of inspiring today’s population to address food waste.

What’s On Magazine July 2018 edition features exclusive pictures from The Summer Party 2018 presented by Serpentine Galleries & Chanel. The party was Hosted by Yana Peel, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Michael R. Bloomberg, CHANEL, Christo and Adwoa Aboah. The Summer Party took place on Tuesday 19 June in the grounds of the Serpentine Gallery and the Serpentine Pavilion 2018, which is designed by the award-winning architect Frida Escobedo.
This major annual fundraiser celebrates the Serpentine Summer Season and the year-round support of the Galleries’ friends, partners and collaborators.
Following the success of last year’s collaboration between the Serpentine Galleries and CHANEL, which saw the pioneering art institution and iconic fashion house combine creative forces, the partnership developed for 2018 creating a unique event celebrating free art and free thinking and honouring the best of art and architecture in the heart of the city.

Leading figures from the worlds of international art, architecture, design, fashion, music, film and business attended the party to celebrate and raise funds for the Serpentine’s globally acclaimed exhibitions, architecture, education and live programmes, which are free and open to everyone.
Catering was provided by the prestigious Cellar Society; guests drank Margarita’s and Vodka Martini’s and ate Salmon Poke, Beef Tagliata and Beetroot and Blackberries.
At Coco’s Restaurant, a seated dining experience by CHANEL, guests dined on Courgette Flowers, Rare-Roasted Hereford Beef and Roast Cod.
Award-winning interior designer Joyce Wang created a bespoke ice-cream cart from which gelato, including sesame ice-cream with charcoal cookies, was served throughout the night.
Music provided on the night included DJ sets by Mimi Xu, Horsemeat Disco and Black Madonna with a special live performance from Nile Rogers and CHIC featuring guest appearances from British female singer songwriters NAO and Cosha, performed on a stage created by acclaimed set designer Es Devlin, who has previously worked with both the Serpentine Galleries and CHANEL
Immersive experiences included a new interactive installation by Es Devlin, MICROPHONE / MEGAPHONE, that used words donated in real time by guests; Google Pixel 2’s Pixel Portrait an installation designed by TEM that captured guests’ portraits in unique and shareable compositions derived from the colour palette of Christo’s London Mastaba; and Temporary Graffiti, an intervention by the art group RANDOM INTERNATIONAL that invited guests to paint with nothing but light itself to create their own ephemeral works of art.
The Serpentine’s legendary summer fundraiser raises essential funds for the Galleries’ programmes, keeping access to the Serpentine free and open to all, all year round.
The Summer Party is organised by the Serpentine Galleries with support from CHANEL.