SPECIAL AWARDS 2023
Artistic Director: Tarek Iskander, Artistic Director, Battersea Arts Centre
Producer: Bush Theatre
Special Achievement: John and Katie Plews, Upstairs on the Gatehouse
ONE OFF – Occasional Awards
Maggie Norris, The Big House
Blueprint Festival, Queens Theatre Hornchurch
Intervention 01, New Diorama
PEOPLE’S VOTE – awards for venues, voted by the general public
Foodie Experience: Drayton Arms Theatre
Programmes: Orange Tree Theatre
Theatre Bar: The Vaults
Facilities: The Vaults
Most Comfortable: Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
Most Welcoming: Barons Court Theatre
Online Info & Booking: Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch
Programming & Policy: Polka Theatre
Social Media Presence & Activities: Jack Studio Theatre
OnComm – awards for on-line theatre
Into The Night / Original Theatre
Online (Audio)
The Waves / Holy Mountain Productions / Tamasha Theatre Company
OffFest – awards for theatre at fringe festivals
Camden Fringe
Dog/Actor / Threedumb Theatre /Etcetera Theatre
Voila! Europe
Pourquoi les vieux, qui n’ont rien à faire, traversent-ils au feu rouge? / In Itinere Collectif / Cockpit Theatre
Edinburgh Fringe
Earwig / Time and Again Theatre Company / Assembly Rooms
Offies
DESIGN
Costume Design
Reuben Speed / Doctor Faustus / Southwark Playhouse
Set Design
Grace Smart / The Wonderful World of Dissocia / Theatre Royal Stratford East
Sound Design
Calum Perrin / Ten Days in a Madhouse / Jack Studio Theatre
Lighting Design
Aaron J Dootson / The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me / New Wimbledon Studio
Video Design
Douglas Baker / Ten Days in a Madhouse / Jack Studio Theatre
MUSICALS & OPERA
Opera Performance
Company & Orchestra / The Cunning Little Vixen / HGO / Jacksons Lane
Opera Production
Patience / Charles Court Opera / Wilton’s Music Hall
New Musical
Olivia Thompson / La Maupin / Lion & Unicorn
Musical Director
Jamie Noar / Say Yes to Tess / Camden People’s Theatre
Director (Musicals)
Matthew Parker / Thrill Me / Jermyn St Theatre
Supporting Performance in a Musical
Michael Mather / But I’m a Cheerleader / Turbine Theatre
Yuki Sutton / Ride / Charing Cross Theatre
Lead Performance in a Musical
Luke Bayer / Diva: Live from Hell / Turbine Theatre
Liv Andrusier / Ride / Charing Cross Theatre
Production (Musicals)
Operation Mincemeat / Southwark Playhouse
THEATRE FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
Design
set Sam Wilde, lighting Sherry Coenen / I Want My Hat Back / Little Angel Theatre
Original Music/Sound
composer Jon Ouin; sound design George Bellamy / Kinder / Smoking Apples Theatre / Little Angel Theatre
Writing
Azan Ahmed / Daytime Deewane / Half Moon Theatre /
Performance
Ellie Carroll, Hector Dogliani, Will Lawrence, Lauren Cambridge, Jonny Morton / Jack / Chickenshed
Production
Kinder / Smoking Apples Theatre / Little Angel Theatre
CROSS-GENRE
IDEA Design
Cages / Scenario Two / Woolf & The Wondershow / Riverside Studios
IDEA Performance
Louise Mothersole & Rebecca Biscuit / Evita Too / Soho Theatre
IDEA Production
It Don’t Worry Me / Bert & Nasi / ATRESBANDES / New Diorama
Access
Perfect Show for Rachel / Zoo Co Theatre / Barbican
The Paradis Files / Graeae / Queen Elizabeth Hall
Choreography / Movement
Dannielle “Rhimes” Leconte / Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World / Theatre Royal Stratford East
Newcomer
Nkhanise Phiri / Alice in Wonderland / Poltergeist Theatre / Brixton House
Performance Ensemble
Michael Fatogun, Anyebe Godwin, Doreene Blackstock, Tosin Alabi, Nemide May / Foxes / Seven Dials Playhouse
Cabaret
Reuben Kaye / The Butch Is Back / Soho Theatre
Panto
Sleeping Beauty / Queens Theatre Hornchurch
PLAYS
Most Promising New Playwright
Waleed Akhtar / Kabul Goes Pop / Brixton House (and likewise for The P Word on the Bush Theatre)
New Play
Tyrell Williams / Red Pitch / Bush Theatre
Director (Plays)
Matthew Iliffe / Bacon / Finborough
Supporting Performance in a Play
Oliver Hembrough / All My Sons / Queens Theatre Hornchurch
Caitlin Fielding / Monster / Park Theatre
Performance Piece
Liz Kingsman / One Woman Show / Soho Theatre
Solo Performance in a Play
Joseph Potter / The Poltergeist / Arcola
Dame Maureen Lipman / Rose / Park Theatre
Lead Performance in a Play
Rebecca Humphries / Blackout Songs / Hampstead Theatre (Studio)
William Robinson / Bacon / Finborough
Corey Montague-Sholay / Bacon / Finborough
Production (Plays)
The Solid Life of Sugar Water / Orange Tree Theatre