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The WhatsOnStage Awards, formerly known as the Theatregoers' Choice Awards, are organised by the theatre website WhatsOnStage.com. The awards celebrate outstanding achievements in UK theatre, with categories covering both regional productions and shows in London's West End.

History
The origins of the WhatsOnStage Awards date back to early 2001, when WhatsOnStage invited its readers to vote online for their preferred winners of that year’s Laurence Olivier Awards. Within two weeks, over 5,000 people participated, with the public’s choices diverging significantly from those of the official Olivier judging panel. Encouraged by the strong response, the site’s editors created independent shortlists for the 2002 awards. In 2003, WhatsOnStage hosted its first launch event to announce the shortlists to an audience of approximately 200 theatre industry guests. The awards continued to evolve, and in 2008, the first full-scale concert and ceremony was introduced to formally celebrate the winners. Since 2023, WhatsOnStage adopted more inclusive awards by replacing gender-specific categories such as "Best Actor" and "Best Actress" with the gender-neutral "Best Performer" categories, reflecting a broader commitment to inclusivity in recognising performance talent. ==Judging==
Judging
Each year thousands of theatregoers submit nominations online across more than 20 award categories. The official nominations are revealed at a high-profile launch event, typically held in early December. Public voting then opens and continues through to the end of January. During the 2012–2013 awards season, over 60,000 theatre fans participated in the voting process, with leading contenders in several categories shifting frequently as votes were cast. ==Ceremony==
Ceremony
2026 The 2026 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony were held on 8 March 2026 at the London Palladium and were hosted for the second time by Gina Murray and Mazz Murray. 2025 (The Silver Anniversary Concert) The 2025 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony were held on 9 February 2025 at the London Palladium and were hosted for the first time by Gina Murray and Mazz Murray. 2024 The 2024 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony were held on 11 February 2024 at the London Palladium and were hosted by Bonnie Langford and Melanie La Barrie. 2020 The 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 1 March 2020 at the Prince of Wales Theatre and were hosted by Jodie Prenger and Tom Read Wilson. The event was broadcast live on BBC Radio 2, hosted by Elaine Paige and Paddy O'Connell. 2019 The 2019 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 3 March 2019 at the Prince of Wales Theatre and were hosted by Vicky Vox and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. 2018 The 2018 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 25 February 2018 at the Prince of Wales Theatre and were hosted by Simon Lipkin and Vikki Stone. 2017 The 2017 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 19 February 2017 at the Prince of Wales Theatre and were hosted by Simon Lipkin and Vikki Stone. 2016 The 2016 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 21 February at the Prince of Wales Theatre and were hosted by Mel Giedroyc and Steve Furst. 2015 The 2015 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 15 February at the Prince of Wales Theatre and were hosted by Mel Giedroyc and Steve Furst. 2014 The 2014 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 22 February at the Prince of Wales Theatre and were hosted by Stephen Fry and Julian Clary. 2013 The 2013 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 18 February at the Palace Theatre and were hosted by Mel Giedroyc and Rufus Hound. 2012 The 2012 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 20 February at the Prince of Wales Theatre and were hosted by Sheridan Smith, Alan Davies and Jenny Eclair. 2011 The 2011 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 19 February at the Prince of Wales Theatre and were hosted by Sheridan Smith, Christopher Biggins and Miranda Hart. 2010 The 2010 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 14 February at the Prince of Wales Theatre and were hosted by Christopher Biggins and Mel Giedroyc. 2009 The 2009 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 15 February at the Prince of Wales Theatre and were hosted by James Corden and Sheridan Smith. 2008 The 2008 WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony took place on 22 February at the Lyric Theatre and were hosted by James Corden and Sheridan Smith. Venues The inaugural WhatsOnStage Awards launch party was held at The Venue, before relocating to the Dominion Theatre in 2004. In 2005 and 2006, the event took place at Planet Hollywood, followed by a move to Café de Paris, where it was held annually—with the exception of 2009, when the launch was hosted at the London Hippodrome as part of a campaign to preserve the venue as a performance space. The first full-scale WhatsOnStage Awards concert and ceremony was introduced in 2008 at the 960-seat Lyric Theatre. In 2009, the event moved to the larger 1,100-seat Prince of Wales Theatre, where it sold out for four consecutive years from 2009 to 2012. The 2013 ceremony was held at the Palace Theatre, but the event returned to the Prince of Wales Theatre in 2014. Since 2024, the WhatsOnStage Awards have been staged at The London Palladium. ==Current Award Categories==
Current Award Categories
Performance categories • SINE Digital Best Performer in a Play Award • Best Performer in a Musical • Best Supporting Performer in a Play • Best Supporting Performer in a Musical • Best Takeover Performance • Best Professional Debut Performance • Go Live Theatre Best Child Performance Production categories • Travelzoo Best New Musical Award • Best Musical Revival • Best New Play • The Londoner Best Play Revival Award • Best West End Show • Audience Republic Best Regional Production • Best Studio Production • Best Concert Event • Best Direction • Best Casting Direction • Best Choreography • Preevue Best Set Design Award • Best Costume Design • White Light Best Lighting Design Award • Best Sound Design • Best Video Design • Best Musical Direction/Supervision • Best Wigs, Hair and Make-Up Design Special categories • AudienceView Services to UK Theatre Defunct categoriesBest Actor in a PlayBest Actress in a Play • Best Supporting Actor in a Play • Best Supporting Actress in a Play • Best Actor in a MusicalBest Actress in a Musical • Best Supporting Actor In a Musical • Best Supporting Actress In a Musical • Best Solo Performance • Best Ensemble Performance • Theatre Event Of The Year • Best Poster Design ==Recent winners==
Recent winners
2008Best Actress in a Play: Maggie Smith – The Lady from Dubuque at the Theatre Royal Haymarket • Best Actor in a Play: Ian McKellen – King Lear, RSC at the New London • Best Supporting Actress in a Play: Diana Rigg – All About My Mother at the Old Vic • Best Supporting Actor in a Play: Lee Evans – The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar StudiosBest Actress in a Musical: Leanne Jones – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury • Best Actor in a Musical: Michael Ball – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury • Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: Tracie Bennett – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury • Best Supporting Actor in a Musical: Ben James-Ellis – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury • Best Solo Performance: Fiona Shaw – Happy Days at the NT Lyttelton • Best Ensemble Performance: The Taming of the Shrew & Twelfth Night – Propeller at the Old Vic • Best Takeover in a Role: Kerry Ellis – Wicked at the Apollo Victoria • Best New Play: All About My Mother by Samuel Adamson – at the Old Vic • Best New Comedy: Elling by Simon Bent – at the Bush & Trafalgar Studios • Best New Musical: Hairspray by Marc Shaiman, Scott Whittman, Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan – at the Shaftesbury • Best Play Revival: Equus – at the Gielgud • Best Musical Revival: Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – at the Adelphi • The Best Shakespearean Production: Macbeth – at the Gielgud • Best Director: Jack O'Brien – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury • Best Set Designer: Rob Howell – The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane • Best Choreographer: Jerry Mitchell – Hairspray at the Shaftesbury • London Newcomer of the Year: Daniel Radcliffe – Equus at the Gielgud • Best Off West End Production: A Christmas Carol & The Magic Flute – at the Young Vic and I Love You Because – at the Landor • Best Regional Production: Pygmalion – at the Theatre Royal Bath & on tour • Theatre Event of the Year: Daniel Radcliffe's steamy publicity shots for Equus 2009Best Actress in a Play: Katy Stephens – The Histories, RSC at the Roundhouse • Best Actor in a Play: Kenneth Branagh – Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham's • Best Supporting Actress in a Play: Sophie Thompson – The Female of the Species at the Vaudeville • Best Supporting Actor in a Play: Tom Hiddleston – Othello at the Donmar Warehouse & Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham's • Best Actress in a Musical: Sofia Escobar – West Side Story at Sadler's Wells • Best Actor in a Musical: Ryan Molloy – Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward • Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: Tracie Bennett – La Cage aux Folles at the Playhouse • Best Supporting Actor in a Musical: Stephen Ashfield – Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward • Best Solo Performance: Eddie Izzard – Stripped at the Lyric • Best Ensemble Performance: Into the Hoods – at the Novello • Best Takeover in a Role: Daniel Boys – Avenue Q at the Noël Coward • Books Best New Play: Under the Blue Sky by David Eldridge – at the Duke of York's • Best New Comedy: Fat Pig by Neil LaBute – at Trafalgar Studios & the Comedy • Best New Musical: Jersey Boys by Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe, Rick Elice & Marshall Brickman – at the Prince Edward • Best Play Revival: Ivanov, Donmar West End – at Wyndham's • Best Musical Revival: West Side Story – at Sadler's Wells • Best Shakespearean Production: Othello – at the Donmar Warehouse • Best Director: Michael Grandage – Othello & The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse & Ivanov, Donmar West End at Wyndham's • Best Set Designer: Klara Zieglerova – Jersey Boys at the Prince Edward • Best Lighting Designer: Malcolm Rippeth – Brief Encounter at The Cinema, Haymarket & Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Gielgud • Best Choreographer: Lynne Page – La Cage aux Folles at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Playhouse • London Newcomer of the Year: Josh Hartnett – Rain Man at the Apollo • Best Off West End Production: Come Dancing – at Theatre Royal Stratford East • Best Regional Production: Hamlet – RSC at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon • Theatre Event of the Year: David Tennant returning to the stage in Hamlet for the RSC 2010Best Actress in a Play: Rachel Weisz - A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse • Best Actor in a Play: Jude Law - Hamlet, Donmar West End at Wyndham's • Best Supporting Actress in a Play: Miriam Margolyes - Endgame at the Duchess • Best Supporting Actor in a Play: Patrick Stewart - Hamlet, RSC at the Novello • Best Actress in a Musical: Patina Miller - Sister Act at the London Palladium • Best Actor in a Musical: Rowan Atkinson - Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane • Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: Jodie Prenger - Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane • Best Supporting Actor in a Musical: Oliver Thornton - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Palace • Best Solo Performance: Derren Brown - Derren Brown: Enigma at the Adelphi • Best Ensemble Performance: On the Waterfront at the Theatre Royal Haymarket • Best Takeover in a Role: John Barrowman - La Cage aux Folles at the Playhouse • Best New Play: Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth at the Royal Court Downstairs • Best New Comedy: Calendar Girls by Tim Firth at the Noël Coward • Best New Musical: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert by Allan Scott & Stephan Elliott at the Palace • Best Play Revival: A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse • Best Musical Revival: Oliver! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane • Best Shakespearean Production: Hamlet - RSC at the Novello • Best Director: Trevor Nunn - Inherit the Wind at the Old Vic & A Little Night Music at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Garrick • Best Set Designer: Brian Thomson - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Palace • Best Lighting Designer: Natasha Katz - Sister Act at the London Palladium at The Cinema, Haymarket, & Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Gielgud • Best Choreographer: Ross Coleman - Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at the Palace • London Newcomer of the Year: Diana Vickers - The Rise & Fall of Little Voice at the Vaudeville • Best Off West End Production: The Pirates of Penzance at the Union Theatre • Best Regional Production: Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall Bristol Old Vic & tour • Best West End Show: WickedTheatre Event of the Year: The pairing of Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Waiting for Godot 2011Best Actress in a Play: Zoe Wanamaker - All My Sons at the Apollo • Best Actor in a Play: David Suchet - All My Sons at the Apollo • Best Supporting Actress in a Play: Tamsin Greig - The Little Dog Laughed at the Garrick • Best Supporting Actor in a Play: Patrick Stewart - Hamlet, RSC at the Novello • Best Actress in a Musical: Sheridan Smith - Legally Blonde at the Savoy • Best Actor in a Musical: Ramin Karimloo - Love Never Dies at the Adelphi • Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: Jill Halfpenny - Legally Blonde at the Savoy • Best Supporting Actor in a Musical: Joseph Millson - Love Never Dies at the Adelphi • Best Solo Performance: Meera Syal - Shirley Valentine at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Trafalgar Studios 1 • Best Ensemble Performance: Les Misérables 25th anniversary concert – the company of companies – at The O2 • Best Takeover in a Role: Rachel Tucker - Wicked at the Apollo Victoria • Best New Play: Anne Boleyn by Howard Brenton – at Shakespeare's Globe • Best New Comedy: Yes, Prime Minister by Antony Jay & Jonathan Lynn – at the Gielgud • Best New Musical: Legally Blonde - by Nell Benjamin, Laurence O'Keefe & Heather Hach – at the Savoy • Best Play Revival: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Novello • Best Musical Revival: Les Misérables 25th anniversary production at the Barbican • Best Shakespearean Production: Hamlet at the National, Olivier • Best Director: Timothy Sheader Into the Woods & The Crucible at the Open Air • Best Set Designer: Joanna Scotcher - The Railway Children at Waterloo Station • Best Lighting Designer: James Farncombe Ghost Stories at the Lyric Hammersmith & Duke of York's • Best Choreographer: Jerry Mitchell - Legally Blonde at the Savoy • London Newcomer of the Year: Jonathan Groff - Deathtrap at the Noël Coward • Best Off West End Production: La Bohème at the Cock Tavern, Kilburn & Soho • Best Regional Production: Chess on tour • Best West End Show: WickedTheatre Event of the Year: Les Misérables 25th anniversary concert at The 02 & screened to cinemas worldwide 2012Best Actress in a Play: Vanessa Redgrave - Driving Miss Daisy at Wyndham's • Best Actor in a Play: James Corden - One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi • Best Supporting Actress in a Play: Catherine Tate - ''Season's Greetings'' at the National, Lyttelton • Best Supporting Actor in a Play: Oliver Chris - One Man, Two Guvnors at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi • Best Actress in a Musical: Amanda Holden - Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane • Best Actor in a Musical: Richard Fleeshman - Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly • Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: Hannah Waddingham - The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium • Best Supporting Actor in a Musical: Nigel Harman - Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane • Best Solo Performance: Kerry Ellis - Anthems at the Royal Albert Hall • Best Ensemble Performance: London Road - at the National, Cottesloe • Best Takeover in a Role: Alfie Boe - Les Misérables at the Queen's • Best New Play: Three Days in May by Ben Brown - at Trafalgar Studios 1 • Best New Comedy: One Man, Two Guvnors by Richard Bean - at the National, Lyttelton & Adelphi • Best New Musical: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert by Allan Scott & Stephan Elliott at the Palace • Best Play Revival: Driving Miss Daisy at Wyndham's • Best Musical Revival: The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium • Best Shakespearean Production: Much Ado About Nothing at Wyndham's • Best Director: Danny Boyle - Frankenstein at the National, Olivier • Best Set Designer: Rob Howell - Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly & Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge • Best Lighting Designer: Hugh Vanstone - Ghost the Musical at the Piccadilly • Best Choreographer: Peter Darling - Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge • London Newcomer of the Year: Tim Minchin - Matilda the Musical at the Cambridge • Best Off West End Production: The Riots - at the Tricycle • Best Regional Production: Sweeney Todd at Chichester Festival • Best West End Show: War HorseTheatre Event of the Year: David Tennant & Catherine Tate reuniting on stage in Much Ado About Nothing 2013Best Actress in a Play: Sheridan Smith – Hedda Gabler at the Old Vic • Best Actor in a Play: Rupert EverettThe Judas Kiss at the Hampstead • Best Supporting Actress in a Play: Natalie Casey - ''Abigail's Party'' at the Menier Chocolate Factor & Wyndham's • Best Supporting Actor in a Play: Stephen FryTwelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe & the Apollo • Best Actress in a Musical: Imelda StauntonSweeney Todd at the Adelphi • Best Actor in a Musical: Michael BallSweeney Todd at the Adelphi • Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: Melanie CJesus Christ Superstar at the O2 • Best Supporting Actor in a Musical: Tim MinchinJesus Christ Superstar at the O2 • Best Solo Performance: Idina MenzelIdina Menzel at the Apollo • Best Ensemble Performance: Richard III & Twelfth Night – at Shakespeare's Globe & the Apollo • Best Takeover in a Role: Ramin KarimlooLes Misérables at the Queen's • Best New Play: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Simon Stephens – at the National, Cottesloe • Best New Comedy: The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan – at the Gielgud • Best New Musical: The Bodyguard by Alex Dinelaris – at the Adelphi • Best Play Revival: ''Abigail's Party'' – at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Wyndham's • Best Musical Revival: Sweeney Todd – at the Adelphi • Best Shakespearean Production: Twelfth Night – at Shakespeare's Globe & the Apollo • Best Director: Jonathan Kent – Sweeney Todd at the Adelphi • Best Set Designer: Tom ScuttThe Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe at Kensington Gardens & Constellations at the Royal Court Upstairs & Duke of York's • Best Lighting Designer: Mark Henderson – Sweeney Todd at the Adelphi • Best Choreographer: Andrew Wright – ''Singin' in the Rain'' at the Palace • Best Original Music: Sweet Smell of SuccessMarvin Hamlisch at the Arcola • London Newcomer of the Year: Will YoungCabaret at the Savoy • Best Off West End Production: Taboo – at the Brixton Club House • Best Regional Production: American Idiot – on tour • Best West End Show: Les Misérables – at the Queen's Theatre • Theatre Event of the Year: Danny Boyle's Olympics Opening Ceremony 2014Best Actress in a Play: Dame Helen Mirren in The AudienceBest Actor in a Play: Daniel Radcliffe in The Cripple of InishmaanBest Supporting Actress in a Play: Haydn Gwynne in The AudienceBest Supporting Actor in a Play: David Walliams in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' • Best Actress in a Musical: Scarlett Strallen in A Chorus Line and CandideBest Actor in a Musical: Gavin Creel in The Book of MormonBest Supporting Actress in a Musical: Alexia Khadime in The Book of MormonBest Supporting Actor in a Musical: Stephen Ashfield in The Book of MormonBest Solo Performance: Barry Humphries in Eat Pray Laugh!Best Ensemble Performance: A Chorus Line at the London Palladium • Best Takeover in a Role: Carrie Hope Fletcher in Les MisérablesBest New Play: The Audience by Peter Morgan • Best New Comedy: The Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Shields, Henry Lewis and Jonathan SayerBest New Musical: The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre • Best Play Revival: To Kill A Mockingbird at the Open Air Theatre • Best Musical Revival: The Sound of Music at the Open Air TheatreBest Shakespearean Production: ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at the Noël Coward Theatre • Best Director: Michael Grandage for the Michael Grandage Season • Best Set Designer: Mark Thompson for Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryBest Lighting Designer: Adam Silverman for MacbethBest Choreographer: Peter Darling for Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryBest Original Music: Once by Glen Hansard and Marketa IrglovaLondon Newcomer of the Year: Rupert Grint in MojoBest Off West End Production: Titanic at Southwark Playhouse • Best Regional Production: My Fair Lady at the Crucible • Best West End Show: Matilda the MusicalTheatre Event of the Year: National Theatre's 50th anniversary gala 2015Best Actress in a Play: Billie Piper in Great BritainBest Actor in a Play: David Tennant in Richard IIBest Supporting Actress in a Play: Vanessa Kirby in A Streetcar Named DesireBest Supporting Actor in a Play: Mark Gatiss in CoriolanusBest Actress in a Musical: Eva Noblezada in Miss SaigonBest Actor in a Musical: Jon Jon Briones in Miss SaigonBest Supporting Actress in a Musical: Rachelle Ann Go in Miss SaigonBest Supporting Actor in a Musical: Kwang Ho Hong in Miss SaigonBest Takeover in a Role: Kerry Ellis for WickedBest New Play: Shakespeare in LoveBest New Musical: MemphisBest Play Revival: CoriolanusBest Musical Revival: Miss SaigonBest Director: Laurence Connor for Miss SaigonBest Set Designer: Totie Driver & Matt Kinley for Miss SaigonBest Lighting Designer: Mark Henderson for CoriolanusBest Choreographer: Bob Avian & Geoffrey Garratt for Miss SaigonBest Off West End Production: Sweeney Todd at Twickenham Theatre • Best Regional Production: Oliver! at Sheffield Theatres • Best West End Show: Miss Saigon 2016Best Actress in a Play: Nicole Kidman for Photograph 51Best Actor in a Play: Benedict Cumberbatch for HamletBest Supporting Actress in a Play: Judi Dench, ''The Winter's Tale'' • Best Supporting Actor in a Play: Mark Gatiss, Three Days in the CountryBest Actress in a Musical: Imelda Staunton, GypsyBest Actor in a Musical: Matt Henry, Kinky BootsBest Supporting Actress in a Musical: Lara Pulver, GypsyBest Supporting Actor in a Musical: David Bedella, In The HeightsBest New Play: Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler • Best New Musical: Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre • Best Play Revival: Hamlet at the Barbican • Best Musical Revival: Gypsy at the Savoy Theatre • Best Director: Jonathan Kent for GypsyBest Choreographer: Jerry Mitchell for Kinky BootsBest Set Designer: Es Devlin for HamletBest Lighting Designer: Jane Cox for HamletBest Off West End Production: Carrie at Southwark PlayhouseBest Regional Production: Mary Poppins, UK tour • Best West End Show: Les MisérablesEquity Award for Services to Theatre: Kenneth Branagh 2017Best Actress in a Play: Billie Piper for YermaBest Actor in a Play: Jamie Parker for Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildBest Supporting Actress in a Play: Noma Dumezweni for Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildBest Supporting Actor in a Play: Anthony Boyle for Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildBest Actress in a Musical: Amber Riley for DreamgirlsBest Actor in a Musical: Charlie Stemp for Half a SixpenceBest Supporting Actress in a Musical: Emma Williams for Half a SixpenceBest Supporting Actor in a Musical: Trevor Dion Nicholas for ''Disney's Aladdin'' • Best New Play: Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildBest New Musical: School of RockBest Play Revival: ''No Man's Land'' • Best Musical Revival: Funny GirlBest Director: John Tiffany for Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildBest Set Designer: Christine Jones for Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildBest Lighting Designer: Neil Austin for Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildBest Video Design: Finn Ross and Ash Woodward for Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildBest Choreographer: Andrew Wright for Half a SixpenceBest Off West End Production: The Last Five Years, St James Theatre • Best Regional Production: The Girls, National tour • Best West End Show: Wicked and Les MisérablesEquity Award for Services to Theatre: Cameron Mackintosh 2018Best Actress in a Play: Olivia Colman for Mosquitoes • Best Actor in a Play: David Tennant for Don Juan in SohoBest Supporting Actress in a Play: Juliet Stevenson for HamletBest Supporting Actor in a Play: Fra Fee for The FerrymanBest Actress in a Musical: Carrie Hope Fletcher for The Addams FamilyBest Actor in a Musical: John McCrea for ''Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' • Best Supporting Actress in a Musical: Lucie Shorthouse for ''Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' • Best Supporting Actor in a Musical: Ross Noble for Young FrankensteinBest New Play: The FerrymanBest New Musical: ''Everybody's Talking About Jamie'' • Best Play Revival: HamletBest Musical Revival: 42nd StreetBest Director: Sam Mendes for The FerrymanBest Set Designer: Douglas W, Schmidt for 42nd StreetBest Lighting Designer: Patrick Woodroffe for Bat Out of HellBest Video Design: 59 Productions for An American in ParisBest Choreographer: Randy Skinner for 42nd StreetBest Off West End Production: Hair, The Vaults • Best Regional Production: Sunset Boulevard, National tour • Best Original Cast Recording: Les MisérablesBest Show Poster: Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildBest West End Show: Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildEquity Award for Services to Theatre: Sonia Friedman 2019Best Actress in a Play: Sophie Okonedo for Anthony and CleopatraBest Actor in a Play: Aidan Turner for The Lieutenant of InishmoreBest Supporting Actress in a Play: Vanessa Redgrave for The InheritanceBest Supporting Actor in a Play: Adrian Scarborough for The Madness of George IIIBest Actress in a Musical: Carrie Hope Fletcher for HeathersBest Actor in a Musical: Jamael Westman for HamiltonBest Supporting Actress in a Musical: Patti LuPone for CompanyBest Supporting Actor in a Musical: Jason Pennycooke for HamiltonBest New Play: The InheritanceBest New Musical: HeathersBest Play Revival: The Madness of George IIIBest Musical Revival: Little Shop of HorrorsBest Director: Marianne Elliott for CompanyBest Set Designer: Tom Scutt for Little Shop of HorrorsBest Costume Designer: Paul Tazewell for HamiltonBest Lighting Designer: Howell Binkley for HamiltonBest Video Design: Terry Scruby for ChessBest Choreographer: Andy Blankenbuehler for HamiltonBest Off West End Production: SixBest Regional Production: Spring AwakeningBest Original Cast Recording: Everybody’s Talking About JamieBest Show Poster: Little Shop of HorrorsBest West End Show: Les MisérablesEquity Award for Services to Theatre: Michael Grandage 2020Best Actress in a Play: Claire Foy for LungsBest Actor in a Play: Andrew Scott for Present LaughterBest Supporting Actress in a Play: Sophie Thompson for Present LaughterBest Supporting Actor in a Play: Hammed Animashaun for ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' • Best Actress in a Musical: Miriam-Teak Lee for & JulietBest Actor in a Musical: Sam Tutty for Dear Evan HansenBest Supporting Actress in a Musical: Rachel Tucker for Come From AwayBest Supporting Actor in a Musical: Jack Loxton for Dear Evan HansenBest New Play: Life of PiBest New Musical: Come From AwayBest Play Revival: BetrayalBest Musical Revival: Mary PoppinsBest Director: Jamie Lloyd for EvitaBest Musical Direction: Ian Eisendrath, Alan Berry and team for Come From AwayBest Choreographer: Kelly Devine for Come From AwayBest Sound Designer: Gareth Owen for Come From AwayBest Set Designer: Soutra Gilmour for & JulietBest Costume Designer: Paloma Young for & JulietBest Lighting Designer: Howard Hudson for & JulietBest Video Design: Andrzej Goulding for & JulietBest Graphic Design: DeWynters for & JulietBBC Radio 2 Audience Award for Best Musical: SixBest Regional Production: The Color PurpleBest Off-West End Production: FalsettosEquity Award for Services to Theatre: Lizzie Berrington and Polly Kemp (ERA 50:50) 2022Best performer in a male identifying role in a musical: Eddie Redmayne - Cabaret, Playhouse Theatre, London • Best performer in a female identifying role in a musical: Carrie Hope Fletcher - ''Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella'', Gillian Lynne Theatre, London • Best supporting performer in a male identifying role in a musical: Hugh Coles - Back to the Future: the Musical, Manchester Opera House and Adelphi Theatre, London • Best supporting performer in a female identifying role in a musical: Carly Mercedes Dyer - Anything Goes, Barbican Centre, London • Best performer in a male identifying role in a play: James McAvoy - Cyrano de Bergerac, Playhouse Theatre, London • Best performer in a female identifying role in a play: Lily Allen - 2:22 A Ghost Story, Noel Coward Theatre, London • Best supporting performer in a male identifying role in a play: Jake Wood - 2:22 A Ghost StoryBest supporting performer in a female identifying role in a play: Akiya Henry - The Tragedy of Macbeth, Almeida Theatre, London • Best new musical: Back to the Future the MusicalBest musical revival: Anything GoesBest new play: 2:22 A Ghost StoryBest play revival: Cyrano de BergeracBest off-West End production: ''My Son's A Queer but What Can You Do?'' - The Turbine Theatre • Best regional theatre production: Rent - Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester • Best West End show: Six - Vaudeville Theatre • Best direction: Michael Grandage - Frozen, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London • Best choreography: Rob Ashford - FrozenBest set design: Christopher Oram - FrozenBest costume design: Christopher Oram - FrozenBest lighting design: Tim Lutkin - Back to the Future the MusicalBest musical direction or supervision: Stephen Oremus - FrozenBest sound design: Gareth Owen - Back to the Future the MusicalBest video design: Finn Ross - FrozenBest graphic design: Bob King Creative - Frozen 2023Best performer in a musical: Courtney Bowman - Legally Blonde, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London • Best supporting performer in a musical: Lauren Drew - Legally Blonde, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, London • Best performer in a play: Jodie Comer - Prima Facie, Harold Pinter Theatre, London • Best supporting performer in a play: Gwyneth Keyworth - To Kill a Mockingbird, Gielgud Theatre, London • Best takeover performance: Lucie Jones - Wicked, Apollo Victoria Theatre, London • Best professional debut performance: Joe Locke - The Trials, Donmar Warehouse, London • Best new musical: Bonnie & ClydeBest musical revival: Oklahoma!Best new play: Prima FacieBest play revival: CockBest off-West End production: ''But I'm a Cheerleader'' - The Turbine Theatre, London • Best regional theatre production: Billy Elliot - The Curve Theatre, Leicester • Best West End show: Six - Vaudeville Theatre • Best concert event: ''Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends'' - Gielgud Theatre, London • Best direction: Phelim McDermott - My Neighbour Totoro, Gillian Lynne Theatre, London • Best musical direction and supervision: Bruce O'Neil and Matt Smith - My Neighbour Totoro, Gillian Lynne Theatre, London • Best casting: Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher - Spring AwakeningBest choreography: Arlene Phillips - GreaseBest set design: Tom Pye and Basil Twist - My Neighbour TotoroBest costume design: Gabriella Slade - The Cher ShowBest lighting design: Jessica Hung Han Yun - My Neighbour TotoroBest sound design: Tony Gayle - My Neighbour TotoroBest video design: Finn Ross - Oklahoma!Best graphic design: Studio Doug - Prima Facie 2024Best performer in a musical: Nicole Scherzinger - Sunset Boulevard, Savoy Theatre, London • Best supporting performer in a musical: Jack Wolfe - Next to Normal, Wyndham's Theatre, London • Best performer in a play: James Norton - A Little Life, Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre, London • Best supporting performer in a play: Luke Thompson - A Little Life, Harold Pinter Theatre and Savoy Theatre, London • Best takeover performance: Aimee Lou Wood - Cabaret, Playhouse Theatre (a.k.a. The Kit Kat Club) • Best professional debut performance: Grace Hodgett-Young - Sunset Boulevard, Savoy Theatre, London • Best new musical: Operation MincemeatBest musical revival: Guys and DollsBest new play: Stranger Things: The First ShadowBest play revival: VANYABest off-West End production: Flowers for Mrs Harris - Riverside Studios, London • Best regional theatre production: The Lord of the Rings - Theatre Royal, PlymouthBest West End show: Cabaret - Playhouse Theatre (a.k.a. The Kit Kat Club) • Best concert event: Love Never Dies - Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London • Best direction: Jamie Lloyd - Sunset Boulevard, Savoy Theatre, London • Best musical direction and supervision: Alan Williams - Sunset Boulevard, Savoy Theatre, London • Best casting: Jill Green - The Little Big ThingsBest choreography: Matt Cole - NewsiesBest set design: Bunny Christie - - Guys and DollsBest costume design: Ryan Dawson Laight - La Cage aux FollesBest lighting design: Jack Knowles - Sunset BoulevardBest sound design: Adam Fisher - Sunset BoulevardBest video design: Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom - Sunset BoulevardBest graphic design: Muse Creative - Guys and DollsEquity Award for Services to Theatre: - Rufus Norris 2025Best performer in a musical: Imelda Staunton - Hello, Dolly!, The London Palladium, London • Best supporting performer in a musical: Melanie La Barrie - Hadestown, Lyric Theatre, LondonBest performer in a play: David Tennant - Macbeth, Harold Pinter Theatre, London • Best supporting performer in a play: Freema Agyeman - Romeo and Juliet, The Duke of York's Theatre, London • Best takeover performance: Layton Williams - Cabaret, Playhouse Theatre (a.k.a. The Kit Kat Club) • Best professional debut performance: Jeevan Braich - Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, London • Best new musical: Mean GirlsBest musical revival: Starlight ExpressBest new play: Spirited AwayBest play revival: MacbethBest off-West End production: Diary of a Gay Disaster - The Turbine Theatre, London • Best regional theatre production: Oliver! - Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, West Sussex • Best West End show: Six - Vaudeville Theatre • Best concert event: Something Rotten! in Concert - Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London • Best direction: Emma Rice - The Buddha of Suburbia, Barbican Centre, London • Best musical direction and supervision: Tarek Merchant and Liam Robinson - Hadestown, Lyric Theatre, LondonBest casting: Harry Blumenau and Sarah-Jane Price - Why Am I So Single?Best choreography: Christopher Wheeldon - MJ the MusicalBest set design: Tim Hatley - Starlight ExpressBest costume design: Gabriella Slade - Starlight ExpressBest wigs, hair and make-up design: Jackie Saundercock and Campbell Young Associates - Starlight ExpressBest lighting design: Howard Hudson - Starlight ExpressBest sound design: Gareth Fry - MacbethBest video design: Andrzej Goulding - Starlight ExpressEquity Award for Services to Theatre: - Paule Constable (Lighting Designer) == Past winners ==
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