UK Theatre Awards 2019

The winners of each award are highlighted in bold.

On Stage Awards      

Achievement in Dance   

• Scottish Ballet for the world premiere of Helen Pickett’s outstanding dance-theatre adaptation of The Crucible
• Scottee for Fat Blokes an uplifting collaboration with choreographer Lea Anderson and a gutsy cast
• Yorke Dance Project for their unique Cohan Collective initiative and distinctive programming   

Achievement in Opera  

• Buxton International Festival at Buxton Opera House for the World Premiere of Georgiana
• Opera North for Tosca
• Welsh National Opera for War and Peace

Best Musical Production

• Standing At The Sky’s Edge directed by Robert Hastie, a Sheffield Theatres production
• The Color Purple directed by Tinuke Craig, a Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome co-production
• West Side Story directed by Sarah Frankcom, a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production 

Best New Play

• Life of Pi adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti, from the novel by Yann Martel, a Sheffield Theatres Production
• The Watsons by Laura Wade, a Chichester Festival Theatre production
• Ulster American by David Ireland, a Traverse Theatre Company production

Best Play Revival

• Equus directed by Ned Bennett, an English Touring Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East production
• Death of a Salesman directed by Sarah Frankcom, a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production
• Plenty directed by Kate Hewitt, a Chichester Festival Theatre production

Best Show for Children and Young People

• Billionaire Boy The Musical directed by Luke Sheppard, a Nuffield Southampton Theatres production in association with Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
• Noughts and Crosses directed by Esther Richardson, a Pilot Theatre, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Colchester Mercury, York Theatre Royal and Derby Theatre production
• Tale Trail to The Wind In The Willows directed by Katherine Hughes, a New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme production

Best Director

• Max Webster for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production
• Atri Banerjee for Hobson’s Choice, a Royal Exchange Theatre production
• Katie Posner for My Mother Said I Never Should, a Theatre By the Lake production

Best Design

• Nick Barnes, Finn Caldwell, Carolyn Downing, Andrzej Goulding, Tim Hatley and Tim Lutkin for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production
• Ti Green for Touching the Void, a Bristol Old Vic, Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, Royal & Derngate Northampton and Fuel co-production
• Rosanna Vize for The Audience, a Nuffield Southampton Theatres production

Best Performance in a Play

• Hiran Abeysekera for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production
• Faye Castelow for The Audience, a Nuffield Southampton Theatres production
• Kudzai Sitima for Princess & The Hustler, an Eclipse Theatre Company, Bristol Old Vic and Hull Truck Theatre production
• Mark Gatiss for The Madness of King George III, a Nottingham Playhouse production

Best Performance in a Musical

• Rebecca Trehearn for Sweet Charity, a Nottingham Playhouse production
• Audrey Brisson for Amélie The Musical a Watermill Theatre, Hartshorn–Hook Productions, Selladoor Worldwide and Broadway Asia production
• Jenna Russell for The Bridges of Madison County a Menier Chocolate Factory production

Best Supporting Performance 

• Esh Alladi for Hobson’s Choice, a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production
• Jocasta Almgill for West Side Story, a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production
• Emmanuel Kojo for Oklahoma! a Chichester Festival Theatre production

Off Stage Awards

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Digital Innovation 

• Northern Ballet
• Hull Truck Theatre
• Scottish Ballet

Excellence in Arts Education 

• Derby Theatre
• Oldham Coliseum Theatre
• Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent

Excellence in Inclusivity 

• Mercury Theatre
• Bush Theatre
• Royal & Derngate, Northampton 

Excellence in Touring

• Pilot Theatre
• National Theatre of Scotland and Imaginate
• Northern Ballet

Workforce Award

• Northern Stage
• Hull Truck Theatre
• Mayflower Theatre

UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre

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• Storyhouse, Chester
• New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
• Young Vic, London

Our wonderful, creative communities and visitors are integral to Storyhouse’s welcoming atmosphere. This award is symbolic of the vital role a cultural centre plays in a community and we are delighted to be recognised.

Andrew Bentley, CEO, Storyhouse

Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre