Onstage theatre categories
Best design
Emma Bailey, Sunset Song
WINNER – Kenneth McCloud, Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning
Michael Taylor, Bhangra Nation
Best director
WINNER – Drew McOnie, The Artist
Conrad Nelson, One Man, Two Guvnors
Emma Rice, The Buddha of Suburbia
Roxana Silbert, The Girls of Slender Means
Best musical production
The Big Life, Stratford East
WINNER – Oliver!, Leeds Playhouse
Starter for Ten, Bristol Old Vic
Best new play
A Child of Science, Bristol Old Vic
Peanut Butter & Blueberries, Kiln Theatre
WINNER – Swim, Auntie, Swim!, Belgrade Theatre
Best performance in a musical
Matt Doyle, Sinatra the Musical
WINNER – Jenny Fitzpatrick, Oliver!
John Hopkins, My Fair Lady
Best performance in a play
Heather Agyepong and Tosin Cole, Shifters
Ian McDiarmid, The Caretaker
WINNER – David Shields, Punch
Keith Singleton, The Pillowman
Best play revival
The Deep Blue Sea, Ustinov Studio at Theatre Royal Bath
WINNER – Rhino, Lyric Theatre Belfast
A Taste of Honey, Royal Exchange Theatre
Best show for children and young people
WINNER – Beauty and the Beast, Stephen Joseph Theatre
FLIP! at Soho Upstairs, Soho Theatre
Starchitects Save Santa!, Midlands Arts Centre
Best supporting performance (in a musical or play)
WINNER – Chumisa Dornford-May, Evita
Tania Mathurin, Barnum
Andrew Schofield, Boys from the Blackstuff
Achievement in opera
Thomas Allen for his career with Glyndebourne
Buxton International Festival 2024 at Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre
WINNER – Welsh National Opera in collaboration with NoFit State for Death in Venice
Achievement in dance
London City Ballet for the company relaunch
WINNER – Mehek by Akash Odedra Company and Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company
Minotaur, Metamorphoses and Echo and Narcissus by Kim Brandstrup
Offstage categories
Excellence in arts education
Lyric Hammersmith
Mayflower Theatre and MAST Mayflower Studios
WINNER – Royal Shakespeare Company
Excellence in Sustainability
WINNER – Chichester Festival Theatre
Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre
Nottingham Playhouse
Excellence in Inclusivity
WINNER – Antony and Cleopatra at Shakespeare’s Globe
Bristol Old Vic
Punch at Nottingham Playhouse
Workforce Award
WINNER – Buxton Opera House
Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse
Nottingham Playhouse
UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre
Octagon Theatre, Bolton
Hall for Cornwall, Truro
WINNER – Polka Theatre, London
Excellence in Touring
ETT
WINNER – Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Wise Children
Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre
WINNER – Jenny Sealey, artistic director of Graeae
