First prize
Abiola Owokoniran, for Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest (English Touring Theatre)
Second prize
William Robinson, for Nero in Britannicus {Lyric Hammersmith)
Third Prize
Rosy McEwen, for Desdemona in Othello (National Theatre)
Commendations
Rose Ayling-Ellis, for Celia in As You Like It (@sohoplace)
Ralph Davis, for Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare’s Globe)
Eben Figueiredo, for Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing (National Theatre)
Conor Glean, for Dick the Butcher in Henry VI: Rebellion, Young Clifford in Henry VI: War of the Roses, and Murderer 2 in Richard III (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Phoebe Horn, for Margaret in Much Ado About Nothing (National Theatre)
Mirren Mack, for Ophelia in Hamlet (Bristol Old Vic)
Daniel Rock, for King Richard II in Richard II (Omnibus Theatre)
Rosie Sheehy, for Lady Anne Neville in Richard III and Helena in All’s Well That Ends Well (Royal Shakespeare Company)
Chanel Waddock, for Desdemona in Othello (Frantic Assembly)
Claire Wetherall, for Hero in Much Ado About Nothing (Sheffield Theatres/Ramps on the Moon)
Benjamin Wilson, for Borachio in Much Ado About Nothing (Sheffield Theatres/Ramps on the Moon)