fosterIAN (fos-tîr’ē-ən) – an award given for excellence in the theatre that I have witnessed.
For a long time, one of my life’s ambitions was to get the word ‘fosterian’ into the lexicon. I always thought it would be an adjective, like Thatcherite or Marxist, but I’ve now come to realise it is actually a noun, and hence we have the fosterIAN awards.
Awarded annually, you can find all of the winners and nominees below in a searchable table format. An elite club of 12 are currently two-time winners, and nominations-wise, Josefina Gabrielle leads the list with five, Daniel Crossley, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Lucian Msamati, Andrew Scott and Imelda Staunton just behind on four.
| Winner | Runner-up | Other nominees | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Best Actress in a Play | Sophie Melville, Iphigenia in Splott | Erin Doherty, The Crucible | Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, Blues for an Alabama Sky Noma Dumezweni, A Doll’s House Part 2 Chris Nietvelt, Age of Rage Claire Rushbrook, Middle Nicola Walker, The Corn is Green |
| 2022 Best Actor in a Play | Hans Kesting, Who Killed My Father | Shubham Saraf, The Father and the Assassin | Mohand Hasb Alrosol Abdalrahem & Peter Pearson, Mohand & Peter Jack Holden, Cruise Victor IJdens, Jesse Mensah, Felix Schellekens & Romijn Scholten, The End of Eddy Ramsey Nasr, A Little Life Daniel Ryan, Middle |
| 2022 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Kerry Howard, Jack Absolute Flies Again | June Watson, A Doll’s House Part 2 | Deborah Findlay, Orlando Marieke Heebink, A Little Life Wendy Kweh, Much Ado About Nothing Tracy-Ann Oberman, Noises Off Eileen Walsh, The Crucible |
| 2022 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Jordan Metcalfe, Jack Absolute Flies Again | Paapa Essiedu, A Number | Paul Bazely, The Father and the Assassin David Fynn, Much Ado About Nothing Hans Kesting, A Little Life Minne Koole, Age of Rage Joseph Millson, Noises Off |
| 2022 Best Actress in a Musical | Katie Brayben, Tammy Faye | Courtney Bowman, Legally Blonde | Carly Anderson, Crazy For You Liv Andrusier, Ride Kerry Ellis, Anything Goes Joanna Riding, Gypsy Frida Rødbroe, La Maupin |
| 2022 Best Actor in a Musical | Callum Scott Howells, Cabaret | Charlie Stemp, Crazy For You | Michael Ahomka-Lindsay, Legally Blonde Sam Harrison, Love is Only Love George Maguire, The Wicker Husband, Alon Moni Aboutboul, The Band’s Visit Jamie Muscato, Moulin Rouge, |
| 2022 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Yuki Sutton & Amy Parker, Ride | Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Hex | Rosie Ashe, The Great British Bake Off – The Musical Nadine Higgin, Legally Blonde Kayleigh McKnight, LIFT Sally Ann Triplett, Billy Elliot Olivia Warren, Megan Armitage, Katrina Michaels and Olivia Thompson, La Maupin, |
| 2022 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | John Owen-Jones, The Great British Bake Off – The Musical | Joe Caffrey, Billy Elliot | Sharif Afifi, The Band’s Visit Peter Polycarpou, The Band’s Visit Alistair Toovey, Legally Blonde Patrick Vaill, Oklahoma! Zubin Varla, Tammy Faye |
| 2021 Best Actress in a Play | Sophie Melville, Mum | Cush Jumbo, Hamlet | Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, Lava Jessie Buckley, Romeo and Juliet Julie Hesmondhalgh, Still Life Lesley Sharp, Paradise |
| 2021 Best Actor in a Play | Omari Douglas/Russell Tovey, Constellations | Ben Daniels, The Normal Heart | Charles Edwards, Best of Enemies Dickon Farmar, Gay Generations Josh O'Connor, Romeo and Juliet Jack Sunderland, DJ Bazzer’s Year 6 Disco |
| 2021 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Ayesha Dharker, The Book of Dust | Norah Lopez Holden, Hamlet | Liz Carr, The Normal Heart Deborah Findlay, Romeo and Juliet Anastasia Hille, Paradise Gloria Obianyo, Paradise |
| 2021 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Dino Fetscher, The Normal Heart | Pip Carter, The Book of Dust | Syrus Lowe, Best of Enemies Daniel Monks, The Normal Heart Lucian Msamati, Romeo and Juliet Luke Norris, The Normal Heart |
| 2021 Best Actress in a Musical | Sutton Foster, Anything Goes | Linzi Hateley, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Samantha Barks/Stephanie McKeon, Frozen Jessie Buckley, Cabaret Carly Mercedes Dyer, A Chorus Line Alex Young, She Loves Me |
| 2021 Best Actor in a Musical | Eddie Redmayne, Cabaret | Noel Sullivan, The Rhythmics | Declan Bennett, Carousel Adam Cooper, Singin' in the Rain Scott Mackie, The Off Key David Thaxron, She Loves Me |
| 2021 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Carly Mercedes Dyer, Anything Goes | Victoria Hamilton-Barritt & Rebecca Trehearn, Cinderella | Emily Barnett-Salter, A Chorus Line Kaisa Hammarlund, She Loves Me Joanna Riding, Carousel |
| 2021 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Ainsley Hall Ricketts, A Chorus Line | Robert Lindsay, Anything Goes | Stewart Clarke, Be More Chill Andy Coxon, She Loves Me Elliot Levey, Cabaret Obioma Ugoala, Frozen |
| 2019 Best Actress in a Play | Sarah Niles/Natalie Simpson/Racheal Ofori, Three Sisters | Marieke Heebink, Medea | Adjoa Andoh, Richard II Sharon D Clarke, Death of a Salesman Claire Foy, Lungs Leah Harvey, Small Island Chris Nietvelt, De Kersentuin |
| 2019 Best Actor in a Play | Lucian Msamati, ‘Master Harold’…and the boys | Cary Crankson, Country Music | Tobias Menzies, The Hunt Daniel Monks, Teenage Dick Wendell Pierce, Death of a Salesman Matt Smith, Lungs Zubin Varla, Equus |
| 2019 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Monica Dolan, All About Eve | Jackie Pulford, Karaoke Play | Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, Three Sisters Janni Goslinga, De Kersentuin Pippa Nixon, The Ocean at the End of the Lane Cecilia Noble, Faith Hope and Charity Gemma Whelan, Pinter Seven |
| 2019 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Nick Holder, Faith Hope and Charity | Hugo Koolschijn, De Kersentuin | Rupert Graves, Pinter Five John Heffernan, Pinter Seven Martins Imhangbe/Natey Jones, Death of a Salesman Arinzé Kene/Sope Dirisu, Death of a Salesman Ken Nwosu, Three Sisters |
| 2019 Best Actress in a Musical | Audrey Brisson, Amélie the Musical | Kirsty Findlay/Bethany Tennick, Islander | Lucie Jones/Katherine McPhee, Waitress Miriam-Teak Lee, & Juliet Samantha Pauly, Evita Joanna Riding, Follies Zizi Strallen, Mary Poppins |
| 2019 Best Actor in a Musical | Jamie Muscato, West Side Story (Curve Leicester) | Keith Ramsay, Preludes | Andy Coxon, West Side Story (Royal Exchange) Jordan Fox/Michael Vinsen, [title of show] David Hunter, Waitress, Charlie Stemp, Mary Poppins Oliver Tompsett, & Juliet, |
| 2019 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Cassidy Janson/Melanie La Barrie, & Juliet | Jocasta Almgill/Emily Langham, West Side Story (Royal Exchange) | Laura Baldwin/Marisha Wallace, Waitress Tiffany Graves/Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson, The Boy Friend Claire Machin/Claire Moore, Mary Poppins Rebecca McKinnis/Lauren Ward, Dear Evan Hansen Carly Mercedes Dyer/Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, The View UpStairs, |
| 2019 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | David Bedella, & Juliet | Jack Butterworth, The Boy Friend | Ricardo Afonso, Jesus Christ Superstar Rob Houchen, The Light in the Piazza Samuel Holmes, Curtains Cedric Neal, The View UpStairs Jez Unwin, Amélie the Musical |
| 2018 Best Actress in a Play | Leah Harvey, Clare Perkins & Vinette Robinson, Emilia | Sarah Gordy, Jellyfish | Patsy Ferran, Summer and Smoke Marieke Heebink, Oedipus Elinor Lawless, To Have To Shoot Irishmen Carey Mulligan, Girls and Boys Sarah Niles, Leave Taking |
| 2018 Best Actor in a Play | Kyle Soller, The Inheritance | Hans Kesting, Oedipus | Ben Batt, The York Realist Ian Bonar, Jellyfish Paapa Essiedu, The Convert Richard Harrington, Home I'm Darling Shubnam Saraf, An Adventure |
| 2018 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Cecilia Noble, Nine Night | Martha Plimpton, Sweat | Adjoa Andoh, Leave Taking Eva Feiler, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Watermill) Penny Layden, Jellyfish Lashana Lynch, ear for eye Charity Wakefield, Emilia |
| 2018 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Paul Hilton, The Inheritance | Forbes Masson, Summer and Smoke | Louis Bernard, Much Ado About Nothing (Antic Disposition) Demetri Goritsas, ear for eye Wil Johnson, Leave Taking Nicky Priest, Jellyfish Sam Troughton, Stories |
| 2018 Best Actress in a Musical | Rosalie Craig, Company | Kaisa Hammarlund, Fun Home | Bonnie Langford, 42nd Street Eva Noblezada, Hadestown Caroline O'Connor, The Rink Gemma Sutton, The Rink Adrienne Warren, Tina the Musical |
| 2018 Best Actor in a Musical | Steven Miller, Sunshine on Leith | Andrew Finnigan, Drip | Paul-James Corrigan, Sunshine on Leith Arinzé Kene, Misty Michael Mather, Mythic Leon Scott, Midnight Zubin Varla, Fun Home |
| 2018 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Patti LuPone, Company | Amber Gray, Hadestown | Naana Agyei-Ampadu, Caroline or Change Vivien Carter, Sweet Charity (Watermill) Genevieve McCarthy, Mythic Hilary McLean, Sunshine on Leith Seyi Omooba, Christina Modestou & Renée Lamb, Little Shop of Horrors |
| 2018 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Jonathan Bailey, Company | Patrick Page & André de Shields, Hadestown | Alex Cardall, Sweet Charity (Watermill) Alex James Ellison, The Secret Garden Richard Fleeshman, Company Matt Willis, Little Shop of Horrors |
| 2017 Best Actress in a Play | Hattie Morahan/ Kate O'Flynn/ Adelle Leonce, Anatomy of a Suicide | Victoria Hamilton, Albion | Shirley Henderson, Girl From the North Country Cherry Jones, The Glass Menagerie Justine Mitchell, Beginning Mimi Ndiweni, The Convert Connie Walker, Trestle |
| 2017 Best Actor in a Play | Ken Nwosu, An Octoroon | Andrew Scott, Hamlet (Almeida) | Andrew Garfield, Angels in America Gary Lilburn, Trestle Ian McKellen, King Lear Cyril Nri, Barber Shop Chronicles Sam Troughton, Beginning |
| 2017 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Bríd Brennan, The Ferryman | Kate Kennedy, Twelfth Night (Royal Exchange) | Sheila Atim, Girl From the North Country Laura Carmichael, Apologia Romola Garai, Queen Anne Lashana Lynch, a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun) Kate O'Flynn, The Glass Menagerie |
| 2017 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Fisayo Akinade, Barber Shop Chronicles | Brian J Smith, The Glass Menagerie | Philip Arditti, Oslo Gershwn Eustache Jnr, a profoundly affectionate, passionate devotion to someone (-noun) Fra Fee, The Ferryman Patrice Naiambana, Barber Shop Chronicles Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Angels in America |
| 2017 Best Actress in a Musical | Janie Dee, Follies AND Josefina Gabrielle, A Little Night Music AND Josie Walker, Everybody's Talking About Jamie | Amie Giselle-Ward, Little Women | Sharon D Clarke, Caroline or Change Kelly Price, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ T'Shan Williams, The Life |
| 2017 Best Actor in a Musical | Giles Terera, Hamilton | Scott Hunter/Andy Coxon, Yank! A WWII Love Story | John McCrea, Everybody's Talking About Jamie Philip Quast, Follies Michael Rouse, Superhero Jamael Westman, Hamilton |
| 2017 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Tracie Bennett, Follies | Rachel John, Hamilton | Christine Allado, Hamilton Julie Atherton, The Grinning Man Sharon D Clarke, The Life Joanna Riding, Romantics Anonymous Lucie Shorthouse, Everybody's Talking About Jamie |
| 2017 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Jason Pennycooke, Hamilton | Mark Anderson, The Grinning Man | Fred Haig, Follies Cornell S John, The Life Chris Kiely, Yank! A WWII Love Story Gareth Snook, Romantics Anonymous Obioma Ugoala, Hamilton |
| 2016 Best Actress in a Play | Juliet Stevenson/Lia Williams, Mary Stuart | Uzo Aduba/Zawe Ashton, The Maids | Gemma Arterton Nell Gwynn, Linda Bassett, Escaped Alone Helen McCrory, The Deep Blue Sea Maxine Peake, A Streetcar Named Desire Harriet Walter, The Tempest (Donmar) |
| 2016 Best Actor in a Play | O-T Fagbenle, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Lucian Msamati, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Phil Dunster, Pink Mist Paapa Essiedu, Hamlet (RSC) Rhys Isaac-Jones, Jess and Joe Forever Lucian Msamati, Amadeus Danny Sapani, Les Blancs |
| 2016 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Jade Anouka, The Tempest | Lizzy Connolly/Amanda Lawrence, Once in a Lifetime | Nadine Marshall, Father Comes Home From The War (Parts 1, 2, and 3) Tanya Moodie, Hamlet (RSC) Siân Phillips, Les Blancs Rachael Stirling, The Winter's Tale (Globe) Susan Wokoma, A Raisin In The Sun |
| 2016 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Peter Polycarpou, Scenes from 68* Years | Anthony Boyle, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | Rudi Dharmalingham, Mary Stuart Dex Lee, Father Comes Home From The War (Parts 1, 2, and 3) Nick Fletcher, The Deep Blue Sea Jonjo O'Neill, Unreachable Alan Williams, Mary Stuart |
| 2016 Best Actress in a Musical | Jenna Russell, Grey Gardens | Clare Burt, Flowers for Mrs Harris | Samantha Barks, The Last 5 Years Glenn Close, Sunset Boulevard Kaisa Hammarlund, Sweet Charity Cassidy Janson, Beautiful Landi Oshinowo, I'm Getting My Act Together... |
| 2016 Best Actor in a Musical | Louis Maskell, The Grinning Man | Ako Mitchell, Ragtime | Declan Bennett, Jesus Christ Superstar Dex Lee, Grease Hugh Maynard, Sweeney Todd Charlie Stemp, Half A Sixpence Mark Umbers, She Loves Me |
| 2016 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Jennifer Saayeng, Ragtime | Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Murder Ballad | Josie Benson, Sweet Charity Sheila Hancock, Grey Gardens Rachel John, The Bodyguard Katherine Kingsley, She Loves Me Gloria Onitiri, The Grinning Man |
| 2016 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Julian Bleach, The Grinning Man | Tyrone Huntley, Jesus Christ Superstar | Adam J Bernard, Dreamgirls Daniel Crossley, Sweet Charity Stuart Neal, The Grinning Man Dominic Tighe, She Loves Me Gary Tushaw, Ragtime |
| 2015 Best Actress in a Play | Lia Williams, Oresteia | Letitia Wright, Eclipsed | Thusitha Jayasundera, My Eyes Went Dark Marianne Jean-Baptiste, hang Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nell Gwynn Lara Rossi, Octagon |
| 2015 Best Actor in a Play | John Heffernan, Oppenheimer | David Morrissey, Hangmen | Chiwetel Ejiofor, Everyman Jamie Samuel, Plastic Figurines Eelco Smits, Glazen Speelgoed Angus Wright, Oresteia |
| 2015 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Daisy Haggard, You For Me For You | T’Nia Miller, Eclipsed | Priyanga Burford, The Effect Estella Daniels, Octagon Rosalind Eleazor, Plaques and Tangles Sally Rogers, Hangmen |
| 2015 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | John Simm, The Homecoming | David Moorst, Violence and Son | Harm Duco Schut, Glazen Speelgoed Johnny Flynn, Hangmen James Garnon, As You Like It (Globe) David Sturzaker, Nell Gwynn |
| 2015 Best Actress in a Musical | Natalie Dew, Bend It Like Beckham | Katie Brayben, Beautiful | Tracie Bennett, Mrs Henderson Presents Jennifer Harding, The Clockmaker's Daughter Debbie Kurup, Anything Goes Kelly Price, Little Shop of Horrors |
| 2015 Best Actor in a Musical | Giles Terera, Pure Imagination | Matt Henry, Kinky Boots | Ian Bartholomew, Mrs Henderson Presents Killian Donnelly, Kinky Boots Scott Garnham, Grand Hotel Alex Gaumond, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
| 2015 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Emma Williams, Mrs Henderson Presents | Amy Lennox, Kinky Boots | Anita Dobson, Follies Anna Francolini, wonder.land Lauren Samuels, Bend It Like Beckham Lorna Want, Beautiful |
| 2015 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Emmanuel Kojo, Show Boat | Ako Mitchell, Little Shop of Horrors | Matthew Malthouse, Mrs Henderson Presents Ian McIntosh, Beautiful Jamie Parker, High Society George Rae, Grand Hotel |
| 2014 Best Actress in a Play | Gillian Anderson, A Streetcar Named Desire | Chris Nietvelt & Halina Reijn, Maria Stuart (Toneelgroep Amsterdam) | Linda Bassett, Visitors Susannah Fielding, The Merchant of Venice (Almeida) Denise Gough, Adler and Gibb Imelda Staunton, Good People |
| 2014 Best Actor in a Play | Cary Crankson, The Saints | Jack Holden, Johnny Get Your Gun | Jonathan Broadbent, My Night With Reg Chris Connel, Wet House Harry Melling, peddling Mark Strong, A View From The Bridge |
| 2014 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Vanessa Kirby, A Streetcar Named Desire | Phoebe Fox & Nicola Walker, A View From The Bridge | Blythe Duff, The James Plays Liz White, Electra Lydia Wilson, King Charles III |
| 2014 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Joe Caffrey, Wet House | Hans Kesting, Maria Stuart (Toneelgroep Amsterdam) | Patrick Godfrey, Donkey Heart Julian Ovenden, My Night With Reg Hugh Skinner, Thérèse Raquin (Theatre Royal Bath) Geoffrey Streatfeild, My Night With Reg |
| 2014 Best Actress in a Musical | Imelda Staunton, Gypsy | Gemma Arterton, Made in Dagenham | Charlotte Baptie, Free As Air Natalie Mendoza, Here Lies Love Christina Modestou, In The Heights Sophie Thompson, Guys and Dolls |
| 2014 Best Actor in a Musical | Sam Mackay, In The Heights | Benjamin Scheuer, The Lion | Adrian der Gregorian, Made In Dagenham Killian Donnelly, Memphis Jon Robyns, The Last Five Years Jeremy Secomb, Sweeney Todd (Tooting Arts Club) |
| 2014 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Jenna Russell, Urinetown | Lara Pulver, Gypsy | Samantha Bond, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, In The Heights Kiara Jay, Sweeney Todd (Tooting Arts Club) Zoe Rainey, The Return of the Soldier |
| 2014 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Jason Pennycooke, Memphis | Aaron Tveit, Assassins | Damian Buhagiar, In The Heights Tyrone Huntley, Memphis Nadim Naaman, Sweeney Todd (Tooting Arts Club) Jonathan Slinger, Urinetown |
| 2013 Best Actress in a Play | Marianne Jean-Baptiste, The Amen Corner | Michelle Terry, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Globe) | Lucy Ellinson, Grounded Stella Gonet/Fenella Woolgar, Handbagged Lesley Manville, Ghosts (Almeida) Shuna Snow, Iron |
| 2013 Best Actor in a Play | Philip Duguid-McQuillan & Jamie Samuel, Jumpers for Goalposts | Al Weaver, The Pride | Brian Cox, The Weir Hugo Koolschijn, Scenes from a Marriage (Toneelgroep Amsterdam) Benedict Wong, Chimerica |
| 2013 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Linda Bassett, Roots | Deborah Findlay, Coriolanus | Anna Calder-Marshall, The Herd Isabella Laughland, The Same Deep Water As Me Hadewych Minis, Scenes from a Marriage (Toneelgroep Amsterdam) Cecilia Noble, The Amen Corner |
| 2013 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Pearce Quigley, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Globe) | Roeland Fernhout, Scenes from a Marriage (Toneelgroep Amsterdam) | Richard McCabe, The Audience Jeff Rawle, Handbagged Andy Rush, Jumpers for Goalposts Alexander Vlahos, Macbeth (MIF) |
| 2013 Best Actress in a Musical | Rosalie Craig, The Light Princess | Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple | Zrinka Cvitešić, Once the musical Anita Dobson, Carnival of the Animals Scarlett Strallen, A Chorus Line Charlotte Wakefield, The Sound of Music |
| 2013 Best Actor in a Musical | Kyle Scatliff, Scottsboro Boys | Declan Bennett, Once the musical | David Birrell, Sweeney Todd Nick Hendrix, The Light Princess Matt Smith, American Psycho Michael Xavier, The Sound of Music |
| 2013 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Leigh Zimmerman, A Chorus Line | Nicola Hughes, The Color Purple | Amy Booth-Steel, The Light Princess Katie Brayben, American Psycho Cassidy Janson, Candide Sophia Nomvete, The Color Purple |
| 2013 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Kit Orton, The Hired Man | Michael Matus, The Sound of Music | Ben Aldridge, American Psycho Christian Dante White, Scottsboro Boys Kane Oliver Parry, The Light Princess Gary Wood, A Chorus Line |
| 2012 Best Actress in a Play | Kate O’Flynn, Lungs | Laurie Metcalf, Long Day’s Journey Into Night | Hattie Morahan, A Doll’s House Helen McCrory, Last of the Haussmans Cate Blanchett, Big and Small Sally Hawkins, Constellations |
| 2012 Best Actor in a Play | Luke Treadaway, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time | Rafe Spall, Constellations | Billy Carter, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me David Suchet, Long Day’s Journey Into Night Hugh Ross, A Life Dominic Rowan, A Doll’s House |
| 2012 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Niamh Cusack, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time | Laura Howard, Lost in Yonkers | Ruth Sheen, In Basildon Nicola Walker, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Katie Brayben, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Open Air) Fenella Woolgar, Hedda Gabler |
| 2012 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Paul Chahidi, Twelfth Night (Globe) | Charles Edwards, This House | Robin Soans, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me Rory Kinnear, Last of the Haussmans Cyril Nri, Julius Caesar Olly Alexander, Mercury Fur |
| 2012 Best Actress in a Musical | Carly Bawden, My Fair Lady | Janie Dee, Hello, Dolly! | Caroline O’Connor, Gypsy Anna Francolini, Victor/Victoria Rosalie Craig, Ragtime Jenna Russell, Merrily We Roll Along |
| 2012 Best Actor in a Musical | Simon Russell Beale, Privates on Parade | Mark Umbers, Merrily We Roll Along | Richard Dempsey, Victor/Victoria Julian Ovenden, Finding Neverland Will Young, Cabaret Dominic West, My Fair Lady |
| 2012 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Clare Foster, Merrily We Roll Along | Bonnie Langford, 9 to 5 | Josefina Gabrielle, Merrily We Roll Along Debbie Kurup, The Bodyguard Helena Blackman, A Winter’s Tale Laura Pitt-Pulford, Hello, Dolly! |
| 2012 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Michael Xavier, Hello, Dolly! | Damian Humbley, Merrily We Roll Along | Alistair Brookshaw, A Winter’s Tale Stuart Matthew Price, Sweet Smell of Success Ben Kavanagh, Boy Meets Boy Oliver Boot, Finding Neverland |
| 2011 Best Actress in a Play | Eve Best, Much Ado About Nothing (Globe) | Ruth Wilson, Anna Christie | Rosie Wyatt, Bunny Siân Brooke, Ecstasy Lisa Palfrey, The Kitchen Sink Geraldine James, Seagull |
| 2011 Best Actor in a Play | Benedict Cumberbatch, Frankenstein | Andrew Scott, Emperor and Galilean | Trevor Fox, The Pitmen Painters Dominic West, Othello Jude Law, Anna Christie Charles Edwards, Much Ado About Nothing (Globe) |
| 2011 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Alexandra Gilbreath, Othello | Sheridan Smith, Flare Path | Sinéad Matthews, Ecstasy Billie Piper, Reasons to be Pretty Kirsty Bushell, Double Feature 1 Esther Hall, Many Moons |
| 2011 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Ryan Sampson, The Kitchen Sink | Harry Hadden-Paton, Flare Path | Robert Hands, The Comedy of Errors (Propeller) Edward Franklin, Many Moons Craig Parkinson, Ecstasy Adam James, Much Ado About Nothing (Wyndhams) |
| 2011 Best Actress in a Musical | Imelda Staunton, Sweeney Todd | Adrianna Bertola, Josie Griffiths, Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram, Eleanor Worthington Cox & Sophia Kiely, Matilda | Laura Pitt-Pulford, Parade Beverley Klein, Bernarda Alba Jemima Rooper, Me and My Girl Scarlett Strallen, Singin’ in the Rain |
| 2011 Best Actor in a Musical | Bertie Carvel, Matilda | Michael Ball, Sweeney Todd | Daniel Evans, Company Daniel Crossley, Me and My Girl Alastair Brookshaw, Parade Vincent Franklin, The Day We Sang |
| 2011 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Samantha Spiro, Company | Kate Fleetwood, London Road | Josefina Gabrielle, Me and My Girl Josie Walker, Matilda Rosalind James, Ragtime Ann Emery, Betty Blue Eyes |
| 2011 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Daniel Crossley, Singin’ in the Rain | Nigel Harman, Shrek the Musical | Connor Dowling, Guys and Dolls Jack Edwards, Betty Blue Eyes David Burt, Crazy For You Nick Holder London Road |
| 2010 Best Actress in a Play | Michelle Terry, Tribes | Nancy Carroll, After the Dance | Zoë Wanamaker, All My Sons Helen McCrory, The Late Middle Classes Miranda Raison, Anne Boleyn Sophie Thompson, Clybourne Park |
| 2010 Best Actor in a Play | John Heffernan, Love Love Love | Benedict Cumberbatch, After the Dance | Jacob Casselden, Tribes David Suchet, All My Sons Roger Allam, Henry IV Part I + II Andrew Scott, Design for Living |
| 2010 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Rachael Stirling, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Rose, Kingston) | Jemima Rooper, All My Sons | Jessica Raine, Earthquakes in London Sylvestra Le Touzel, Les Parents Terribles Clare Higgins, Hamlet (NT) Madeleine Potter, Broken Glass |
| 2010 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Robin Soans, Palace of the End | Nigel Lindsay, Broken Glass | Adrian Scarborough, After the Dance Eddie Redmayne, Red Stephen Campbell Moore, All My Sons William Gaunt, Henry IV Part I + II |
| 2010 Best Actress in a Musical | Tracie Bennett, End of the Rainbow | Emma Williams, Love Story | Cora Bissett, Midsummer Sheridan Smith, Legally Blonde Katie Moore, Salad Days Kirsty Hoiles, Spend! Spend! Spend! |
| 2010 Best Actor in a Musical | Sam Harrison, Salad Days | Jon-Paul Hevey, Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi | John Owen-Jones, Les Misérables Alan Richardson, Iolanthe Matthew Pidgeon, Midsummer Dean Charles Chapman, Billy Elliot |
| 2010 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Hannah Waddingham, Into the Woods | Jodie Jacobs, State Fair | Karen Mann, Spend! Spend! Spend! Siobhan McCarthy, The Drowsy Chaperone Jill Halfpenny, Legally Blonde Twinnie Lee Moore, Flashdance |
| 2010 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Michael Xavier, Into the Woods | Matthew James Willis, Iolanthe | Tom Parsons, Avenue Q Michael Howe, The Drowsy Chaperone Liam Tamne, Departure Lounge Earl Carpenter, Les Misérables |
| 2009 Best Actress in a Play | Rachel Weisz, A Streetcar Named Desire | Phoebe Nicholls/Lisa Dillon, When the Rain Stops Falling; Chris Nietvelt, The Roman Tragedies | Imelda Staunton, Entertaining Mr Sloane Juliet Stevenson, Duet for One Anna Chancellor, The Observer |
| 2009 Best Actor in a Play | Hans Kesting, The Roman Tragedies | Jude Law, Hamlet (Donmar) | Dominic Rowan, The Spanish Tragedy David Troughton, Inherit the Wind Dan Stevens, Arcadia Henry Goodman, Duet for One |
| 2009 Best Supporting Actress in a Play | Rebecca Hall, The Winter’s Tale (Bridge Project) | Kate Fleetwood, Life is a Dream | Jessie Cave, Arcadia Michelle Dockery, Burnt By The Sun Alexandra Gilbreath, Twelfth Night Ruth Wilson, A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 2009 Best Supporting Actor in a Play | Andrew Scott, Cock | Simon Paisley-Day, Entertaining Mr Sloane | Mark Dexter, Inherit the Wind Tom Goodman-Hill, Enron Ethan Hawke, The Winter’s Tale (Bridge Project) Barnaby Kay, A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 2009 Best Actress in a Musical | Samantha Spiro, Hello, Dolly! | Julie Atherton, The Last Five Years | Melanie Chisholm, Blood Brothers Donna King, Frank’s Closet Patina Miller, Sister Act Tamzin Outhwaite, Sweet Charity |
| 2009 Best Actor in a Musical | Simon Burke, La Cage aux Folles | Carl Mullaney, Frank’s Closet | Roger Allam, La Cage aux Folles Mark Umbers, Sweet Charity Aneurin Barnard, Spring Awakening Tony Sheldon, Priscilla Queen of the Desert |
| 2009 Best Supporting Actress in a Musical | Josefina Gabrielle, Hello, Dolly! | Sheila Hancock, Sister Act | Josefina Gabrielle, Sweet Charity Tiffany Graves, Sweet Charity The Lovely Debbie McGee, Frank’s Closet Jodie Prenger, Oliver! |
| 2009 Best Supporting Actor in a Musical | Oliver Thornton, Priscilla Queen of the Desert | Daniel Crossley, Hello, Dolly! | Rowan Atkinson, Oliver! Clive Carter, Priscilla Queen of the Desert John Marquez, Annie Get Your Gun Jason Pennycooke, La Cage aux Folles |
