Creatives group
Best director award
Matthew Xia, The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
WINNER – Ryan Calais Cameron and Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Royal Court Theatre, London
Dermot Daly, My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored, Leeds Playhouse
Best producer award
Jasmyn Fisher-Ryner, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Royal Court Theatre, London
Shanay Holmes and Chris Steward, West End Musical Christmas, Lyric Theatre, London
WINNER – Ameena Hamid, The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Best musical director award
Femi Temowo, Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre, London
WINNER – Sean Green, Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, Lyric Theatre, London
John Pfumojena, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Royal Court Theatre, London
Best choreographer or movement director award
WINNER – Leah Hill, The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Theophilus O Bailey-Godson, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Royal Court Theatre, London
Kane Husbands and Mateus Daniel, Passion Fruit, New Diorama Theatre, London
Best opera production of performance award
WINNER – April Koyejo-Audiger, Jenufa, Royal Opera House, London
Pumeza Matshikiza, The Cunning Little Vixen, London Coliseum
Best dance production award
Run it Back, Talawa, Fairfield Halls, Croydon
WINNER – Ballet Black Double Bill, Ballet Black, Barbican, London
Saturn Returns, Gateway Arts Productions, Brixton House, London
Best soloist in a dance production award
Mthuthuzeli November, Ballet Black Double Bill, Barbican, London
WINNER – Cira Robinson, Ballet Black Double Bill, Barbican, London
Isabela Coracy, Ballet Black Double Bill, Barbican, London
Best use of innovation and technology award
Mawa Theatre Company, What’s Past is Prologue, YouTube
Natalie Edwards Yesufu, Enter.Stage.Write, YouTube
WINNER – Ballet Black, Eightfold, Channel 4
Recognition Group (body of work)
Light and/or sound recognition award
Simisola Majekodunmi
Joshua Harriette
WINNER – Kayode Gomez
Costume design recognition award
Maybelle Laye
Natalie Pryce
WINNER – Jessica Cabasa
Book and lyrics recognition award
WINNER – Lux Knightley
Ryan Calais Cameron
Safaa Benson-Effiom
Casting director recognition award
Heather Basten
WINNER – Isabella Odoffin
Tonia Daley-Campbell
Plays
Best male actor in a play award
Terique Jarrett, Daddy, Almeida Theatre, London
Dior Clarke, Passion Fruit, New Diorama Theatre, London
WINNER – Michael Fatogun, Foxes, Theatre503, London
Best female actor in a play award
Shareesa Valentine, Forgotten Voices, Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
WINNER – Selina Jones, An Unfinished Man, the Yard Theatre, London
Shakira Newton, Things I Can Laugh About Now, Brixton House, London
Best supporting male actor in a play award
Gabriel Paul, Macbeth, Leeds Playhouse
WINNER – Hayden Mampasi, Passion Fruit, New Diorama Theatre, London
Habib Nasib Nader, Life of Pi, Wyndham’s Theatre, London
Best supporting female actor in a play award
Ashh Blackwood, The Play That Goes Wrong, Duchess Theatre, London
WINNER – Sasha Frost, Folk, Hampstead Theatre, London
Charlotte Gosling, Passion Fruit, New Diorama Theatre, London
Outstanding performance in a play award
Rochelle Rose, Rockets and Blue Lights, National Theatre, London
Emmanuel Akwafo, For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Royal Court Theatre, London
WINNER – Misha Duncan-Barry, My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored, Leeds Playhouse
Best production play award
My Voice Was Heard But It Was Ignored, Leeds Playhouse
WINNER – For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy, Royal Court Theatre, London
Things I Can Laugh About Now, Brixton House, London
Musicals
Best male actor in a musical award
Michael Ahomka-Lindsay, Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London
WINNER – Michael Duke, Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical, Lyric Theatre, London
Tarik Frimpong, The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Best female actor in a musical award
Nicole Raquel Dennis, Dreamgirls, UK and Ireland tour
Courtney Bowman, Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London
WINNER – Courtney Stapleton, Beauty and the Beast the Musical, UK and Ireland tour
Best supporting male actor in a musical award
WINNER – Jordan Shaw, Les Misérables, Sondheim Theatre, London
Shem Omari James, Dreamgirls, UK and Ireland tour
Cameron Bernard Jones, The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Best supporting female actor in a musical award
Nadine Higgin, Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London
WINNER – Nicolle Smartt, Domitius, Conway Hall, London
Jocasta Almgill, Grease, Dominion Theatre, London
Outstanding performance in a musical award
Billy Nevers, Legally Blonde, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London
WINNER – Amara Okereke, My Fair Lady, London Coliseum
Nicole Raquel Dennis, Dreamgirls, UK and Ireland tour
Best production musical award
WINNER – Domitius, Conway Hall, London
Dreamgirls, UK and Ireland tour
The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester
Achievement awards
LGBTQIA+ champion award
Alex Thomas-Smith
WINNER – Nicole Raquel Dennis
Courtney Stapleton
Best teacher award
Angeline Bell, Urdang Academy, London
WINNER – Hakeem Onibudo, Impact Dance, London
Carolyn Elaine Bolton, Shockout, Manchester
Best recent graduate award
Grace Melville, D&B Academy, Bromley
Shonah Buwu, Bird College, Sidcup
WINNER – Dianté Lodge, Laine Theatre Arts, Epsom
Best understudy/swing in a theatre production award
WINNER – Mitchell Zhangazha, Dear Evan Hansen, Noël Coward Theatre, London
Jemal Felix, Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London
Zara MacIntosh, & Juliet, Shaftesbury Theatre, London
