Best Performance in a Play
Henry Goodman for THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI, a Chichester Festival Theatre production
Best Supporting Performance
Aidan McArdle for DEMOCRACY a Sheffield Theatres production at the Crucible, Sheffield
Best Performance in a Musical
Imelda Staunton for SWEENEY TODD a Chichester Festival Theatre production
Best Touring Production
ANNE BOLEYN – English Touring Theatre’s presentation of the Shakespeare’s Globe production
The Renee Stepham Award for Best Presentation of Touring Theatre
Music & Lyrics Limited
Achievement in Dance
Akram Khan for DESH – the epic scale of a very personal journey
Achievement in Opera
Christopher Alden’s production of NORMA for Opera North, a co-production with Theater Chemnitz, with Annemarie Kremer in the title role
Best Musical Production
THE GO-BETWEEN directed by Roger Haines a West Yorkshire Playhouse, Royal & Derngate, Northampton and Derby LIVE! production at West Yorkshire Playhouse
Best Design
Amanda Stoodley for MANCHESTER LINES a Library Theatre Company production
Best Show for Children and Young People
THE CURIOUS SCRAPBOOK OF JOSEPHINE BEAN by Shona Reppe on tour (joint winners)
Best Director
Garry Hynes for DRUIDMURPHY – plays by Tom Murphy – produced by Druid Theatre Company, at Hampstead Theatre and Oxford Playhouse
Theatre Employee of the Year
Graham Sutherland, Citizens Theatre & Erica Whyman, Northern Stage (joint winners)
Promotion of Diversity
Graeae Theatre Company
Achievement in Marketing / Audience Development
The Marlowe Theatre
Best New Play
IN THE NEXT ROOM by Sarah Ruhl a Theatre Royal Bath production in the Ustinov Studio
Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre Award
Timothy West & Prunella Scales
