UK Theatre Awards 2019

Achievement in Dance
Scottish Ballet for the world premiere of Helen Pickett’s outstanding dance-theatre adaptation of The Crucible  

Achievement in Opera     
Buxton International Festival at Buxton Opera House for the World Premiere of Georgiana

Best Musical Production 
Standing At The Sky’s Edge directed by Robert Hastie, a Sheffield Theatres production

Best New Play
Life of Pi adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti, from the novel by Yann Martel, a Sheffield Theatres Production

Best Play Revival     
Equus directed by Ned Bennett, an English Touring Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East 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

Best Director     
Max Webster for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production

Best Design     
Nick Barnes, Finn Caldwell, Carolyn Downing, Andrzej Goulding, Tim Hatley and Tim Lutkin for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production

Best Performance in a Play
Hiran Abeysekera for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres Production

Best Performance in a Musical    
Rebecca Trehearn for Sweet Charity, a Nottingham Playhouse production

Best Supporting Performance      
Esh Alladi for Hobson’s Choice, a Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester production

UK's Most Welcoming Theatre sponsored by Theatre Tokens:  

Storyhouse, Chester

"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

Off Stage Categories

Digital Innovation      
Northern Ballet

Excellence in Arts Education  
Derby Theatre 

Excellence in Inclusivity  
Mercury Theatre

Excellence in Touring 
Pilot Theatre 

Workforce Award (sponsored by Integro Entertainment & Sport) 
Northern Stage

On Stage Categories       

   
• Scottee for Fat Blokes an uplifting collaboration with choreographer Lea Anderson and a gutsy cast
• Scottish Ballet for the world premiere of Helen Pickett’s outstanding dance-theatre adaptation of The Crucible
• 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

• The Color Purple directed by Tinuke Craig, a Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome co-production
• Standing At The Sky’s Edge directed by Robert Hastie, a Sheffield Theatres 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

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

• 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
• Max Webster for Life of Pi, a Sheffield Theatres 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

• Faye Castelow for The Audience, a Nuffield Southampton Theatres production
• Hiran Abeysekera for Life of Pi, a Sheffield 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

• 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
• Rebecca Trehearn for Sweet Charity, a Nottingham Playhouse 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 Categories

Digital Innovation 

• Hull Truck Theatre
• Northern Ballet
• Scottish Ballet

Excellence in Arts Education 

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

Excellence in Inclusivity 

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

Excellence in Touring

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

      Workforce Award

• Hull Truck Theatre
• Mayflower Theatre
• Northern Stage

Sponsored by Integro Entertainment & Sport

UK's Most Welcoming Theatre

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

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